ChainCatcher News, NBC host Stephanie Ruhle said on the 4th that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Basset can no longer tolerate the Trump administration's "absurd (reciprocal) tariff algorithm" and is planning to resign.Ruhle stated on the "Morning Joe" television program, "My sources say that Basset has been acting differently in the Trump administration. In terms of Trump's inner circle, Trump is not close to Basset at all and does not listen to him." Ruhle added, "Someone told me he is looking for an exit and an opportunity to go to the Federal Reserve. Because in the past few days, he has really been damaging his credibility and track record in the market." Basset himself has not yet responded to the matter.

ChainCatcher news, Nasdaq futures plummeted violently, with a decline of 2.4%. (Jin Shi)

ChainCatcher message, based on ZKsync's modular blockchain Sophon, stated on social media that the four types of NFTs, Pudgy Penguins, Milady, Doodles, and Azuki, can be exchanged for special roles in the Sophon Discord.

ChainCatcher news, according to unchainedcrypto, during a hearing of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, SEC chairman nominee Paul Atkins expressed concern about reports regarding the profits made by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's (SBF) parents and Stanford University in the FTX fraud incident.Atkins committed to reviewing the SEC's investigation into the connections between SBF's parents and Stanford Law School.Additionally, Republican Senator John Kennedy criticized the SEC for its slow response to the incident, emphasizing that he would continue to question the accountability related to it. The hearing is the first step in the confirmation process for four financial officials nominated by Trump.

ChainCatcher news, uDEX announced that the team has coordinated with all stakeholders and reached the following action plan: the development team wallet (similar to a foundation) will be locked for 2 years; 149 million UUU in the internal wallet (accounting for 14.9% of the total supply) will be used for community airdrops, partnerships, and liquidity, with all operations remaining transparent and implementing rolling locks; 500 million UUU (accounting for 50% of the total supply) will be sent to a black hole address for permanent destruction, expected to be completed soon; 18 million UUU related to insider trading will be destroyed with the assistance of Binance.Previously, according to an official announcement from Binance, its internal audit team received a report on March 23, 2025, alleging that an employee used insider information for front-running trades to gain improper profits. Binance launched a comprehensive internal investigation. The preliminary investigation has now concluded, and the person involved has been suspended and will face legal accountability.

ChainCatcher message, on-chain detective ZachXBT criticized Hyperliquid on platform X, stating: "It is outrageous that Hyperliquid officials can manipulate prices at will, but when North Korean hackers use Radiant to steal funds and hold a significant short position on it, they remain indifferent."

ChainCatcher news, according to News.bitcoin, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on March 21 that $7 million in proceeds from a cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme has been recovered, and victims are now being invited to submit petitions to have the funds returned.Authorities stated: "These fraudulent websites mimic legitimate cryptocurrency investment platforms, but they funneled victims' funds to the perpetrators through more than 75 bank accounts opened in the names of shell companies." Victims were misled into believing that the value of their investments was increasing, but in reality, the profits were fabricated.After laundering the funds through a series of complex domestic and international transactions, the criminals ultimately transferred the money overseas. In June 2023, the U.S. Secret Service seized funds from a foreign bank account, prompting the DOJ to file a civil forfeiture lawsuit.After a claim was made by the foreign bank, both parties reached a settlement, resulting in the $7 million being forfeited to the United States.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, the RWA project Zoth has released an update regarding the theft, stating that the team is actively investigating the incident and collaborating with professionals to trace the stolen funds and facilitate recovery. Additionally, Zoth has partnered with Crystal Blockchain BV to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the incident.73% of Zoth platform's TVL (Total Value Locked) has been immediately secured with the help of the asset issuer. A detailed report will be shared in a few weeks.Zoth has announced a public bounty of $500,000. Any actionable leads that assist in the recovery of funds will be rewarded from the bounty.Previously, Zoth confirmed that it had encountered a security breach, and the attackers had exchanged the stolen funds for 4,223 ETH.

ChainCatcher message, according to the monitoring by Shield, the attacker of the RWA project Zoth has exchanged the stolen funds for 4,223 ETH.

ChainCatcher news, reported by The Block, states that Ethereum core developers plan to terminate support for the Holesky testnet in September 2025 and are preparing for its role transition and eventual deprecation.Deprecating testnets is a common practice; Ethereum developers previously discontinued Kiln, Ropsten, and Rinkeby in 2022, and stopped Goerli last year. Holesky was launched in September 2023 and is one of Ethereum's two main testnets, the other being Sepolia. It has been a key public testnet for staking, infrastructure, and protocol development.

ChainCatcher news, on the X platform, on-chain detective ZachXBT stated that the recently highly publicized "Hyperliquid 50x leverage whale" is actually a cybercriminal using stolen funds for gambling.When users asked ZachXBT to disclose the identity of the criminal, ZachXBT responded: "We are waiting and seeing; it's just no longer enjoyable to post investigation results on X/Twitter."Additionally, ZachXBT explicitly ruled out the possibility that the address is linked to the North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group.

ChainCatcher news, according to @PeckShieldAlert monitoring, the Four.Meme hacker has stolen approximately 200 BNB (worth about $130,000) and transferred the funds to FixedFloat.

ChainCatcher news, the cross-chain interoperability protocol Wormhole announced on platform X the integration of Circle's new cross-chain transfer protocol CCTP V2, to support USDC transfers between Avalanche, Base, and Ethereum blockchains. Its Wormhole Settlement feature will also provide developers building multi-chain applications with expansion options.

ChainCatcher news, blockchain security company CertiK issued a warning, as its security team detected multiple suspicious transactions on the Arbitrum network. An attacker with the address 0x97d8170e04771826a31c4c9b81e9f9191a1c8613 may have exploited a vulnerability in arbitrary calls to bypass signature verification, stealing approximately $140,000 from multiple unverified exchange adapter contracts.

ChainCatcher news, QCP Capital's latest analysis points out that as the market anticipates the White House cryptocurrency summit, Trump has signed an executive order to establish a "strategic Bitcoin reserve and U.S. digital asset reserve" ahead of time. Although this move is widely expected to be beneficial for Bitcoin, the market has shown a typical "sell the news" reaction, with Bitcoin's price dropping from $90,000 to $85,000 after the signing.The timing of the signing caught the market off guard, especially for investors who had built positions in anticipation of a more optimistic outcome from the summit. Volatility has significantly decreased, and risk reversals have once again shifted towards bearish options, with previous bullish positions being rapidly closed.The sharp market drop may stem from the realization that there has not been an actual budget allocation for Bitcoin purchases recently. Initially, the reserve will mainly utilize the Bitcoin already held by the U.S. government, primarily from criminal or civil asset seizures. However, this does not rule out the possibility of continuing to accumulate Bitcoin in the future. The Treasury Secretary and Commerce Secretary have been authorized to explore budget-neutral strategies to acquire more Bitcoin, provided that it does not increase the burden on taxpayers.Although this is not the direct positive factor many were hoping for, it still has structurally positive implications for cryptocurrencies. The risk of random sell-offs of Silk Road Bitcoin disrupting the market has been eliminated, and the U.S. government's commitment to a long-term cryptocurrency strategy has been reaffirmed. As the announcement of the strategic Bitcoin reserve settles, market expectations for tonight's White House cryptocurrency summit have cooled, shifting the focus to tonight's non-farm payroll data.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim published a summary of the 152nd Ethereum Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call.This week, developers agreed on a new strategy for testing Pectra based on the progress of the Holesky and Sepolia upgrades; developers will continue to work on restoring Holesky to a stable state, which is expected to take about three weeks; additionally, developers will initiate a Holesky shadow fork, inheriting the exact same state and on-chain environment as the original public testnet.

ChainCatcher news, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng responded to a community user's question about "whether he holds ETH" by stating that he does not hold any significant amount of ETH, and may only have a small amount in some old wallets, mainly because BNB was initially issued as an ERC20 token which required ETH for gas fees.CZ further revealed, "I missed the entire ETH train right in front of me. I met Vitalik at a Bitcoin conference in 2013. In 2014, I learned about 'ICO'. In 2015, Vitalik briefly stayed at my small apartment in Tokyo during his travels. My (arrogant) suggestion was: 'A Turing-complete language on the blockchain? Isn't that too difficult?' He said, 'It can be done.'This is truly a missed opportunity. But then again, if I had bought ETH that early, I might not have had the motivation to start Binance or BNB."