ChainCatcher news, Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas posted on social media, "The Bitcoin spot ETF IBIT launched by BlackRock performed exceptionally well last week, with new inflows reaching $1.1 billion, marking the best single-week performance since March, and surpassing VTI to rank third in the annual inflow leaderboard (this is simply incredible for new products launched later in the year, especially since the other products in the top five have been around for over 20 years and have assets exceeding $300 billion). IBIT has a managed asset size of $26 billion, ranking in the top 2% of all ETFs."

ChainCatcher news, Web3 data analytics company 0xScope released the 2024 CEX market report, with the following key points:Binance remains the leader in the global centralized exchange (CEX) market, but its market share has decreased from 51.2% to 41.68%, with OKX,Bybit, and Bitget being the biggest beneficiaries of Binance's shrinking market share;Spot trading volume: Binance's market share has decreased by 13% year-on-year but still leads, while Bybit has jumped from seventh to second;Derivatives trading: Binance's market share has dropped by 8.4% year-on-year, while OKX, Bybit, and Bitget have seen significant increases;Platform tokens: BNB dominates the market, while MNT surpasses other tokens due to its Layer-2 platform.

ChainCatcher news, the encrypted data platform RootData released the weekly hot search list, with the top 10 projects for last week (October 14 - October 20) being: Aleo, Puffer Finance, Humanity Protocol, Sonic, Eclipse, Praxis, Scroll, DeAgentAI, Yala, Sui.It is reported that the RootData hot list is based on multi-dimensional data such as the search frequency of platform users, project click rates, user votes, and the popularity and influence on the X platform, calculating the project heat value through weighted computation for real-time ranking.

ChainCatcher news shows that according to the ranking surge data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData, as of October 21, 17:00, Perpetual Protocol has risen by 623 ranks, placing it first; Beam has risen by 618 ranks, ranking second; and Bridge has risen by 588 ranks, coming in third.Additionally, the Web3 asset data platform RootData indicates that Perpetual Protocol is a decentralized perpetual contract protocol suitable for any asset supported by virtual automated market makers (vAMM). The project aims to create novel financial instruments by democratizing futures and other crypto asset derivatives. Due to its design of virtual AMM (vAMM), the protocol can support 20x leverage, short positions, and lower slippage compared to other AMMs.It is reported that RootData has launched the first "Web3 Hot Projects Ranking." This popularity ranking helps users capture the real pulse of attention through 4.3 million real user behavior data, improving the accuracy of user investment decisions. The ranking is calculated in real-time based on the weighted frequency of searches by platform users, project click rates, user votes, and the popularity and influence on the X platform.

ChainCatcher message, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted on X: "Residents of Massachusetts should vote for the lawyer John E Deaton who supports the crypto industry.Cryptocurrency holders in the state should be aware that it was Senator Elizabeth Warren who got Gary Gensler his job (SEC Chairman) and encouraged him to (illegally) try to stifle the cryptocurrency industry in the U.S. Fortunately, they were not successful, and we fought back alongside other industry professionals.Warren opposes freedom, believing that the government should manage all financial services, causing significant harm to the United States."

ChainCatcher news, IntoTheBlock posted on X that as Bitcoin consolidates near its historical high, over 320,000 active addresses are active within this price range.It is worth noting that among them, 220,000 addresses have an average buy price of around $68,500, indicating strong interest and potential support at this critical level.

ChainCatcher news, Matrixport released a chart stating that this year, the trading volume of Bitcoin options has significantly increased, indicating that more mature traders are entering the market. With the SEC's recent approval of options trading for Bitcoin spot ETFs, trading volume is expected to rise further, especially with the tilt towards BlackRock's Bitcoin spot ETF (IBIT), which is likely to attract more institutional investors and deepen their focus on the crypto market.

ChainCatcher news, during the recent Argentina Technology Forum, KIP co-founder Julian Peh had in-depth discussions with Argentine President Milei. They explored the challenges and opportunities brought by AI, as well as issues related to AI sovereignty. Julian emphasized that KIP is focused on promoting the integration of DeAI and education as a key step towards achieving a positive social transformation quickly.President Milei expressed high appreciation for KIP's strategy and supported KIP in undertaking more work, encouraging the widespread application of its technological solutions in Argentina. This meeting demonstrated Milei and the Argentine government's firm support for KIP's future development and laid a solid foundation for KIP's expansion in the Latin American market. Julian also revealed that KIP is preparing a major initiative targeting Argentina and Latin America, indicating that KIP will have greater development space and potential in the region in the future.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Australia's Monochrome spot Bitcoin ETF (IBTC) held 151 BTC as of October 18, with an AUM of approximately $15.37 million.

According to ChainCatcher news and SoSoValue data, the net inflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs last week (from October 14 to October 18, Eastern Time) was 2.13 billion USD.Among them, Grayscale ETF GBTC had a weekly net inflow of 91.47 million USD, and the historical net outflow of GBTC is currently 20.1 billion USD. The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest weekly net inflow last week was BlackRock ETF IBIT, with a weekly net inflow of 1.14 billion USD, and the historical total net inflow of IBIT has reached 22.84 billion USD. Following that is Fidelity Bitcoin ETF FBTC, with a weekly net inflow of 319 million USD, and the historical total net inflow of FBTC has reached 10.3 billion USD.As of the time of publication, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is 66.114 billion USD, and the ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to the total market value of Bitcoin) is 4.89%, with a historical cumulative net inflow of 20.937 billion USD.

According to ChainCatcher news and SoSoValue data, during the last trading week (Eastern Time from October 14 to October 18), the Ethereum spot ETF had a net inflow of 78.89 million USD.Among them, Grayscale's Ethereum Trust ETF ETHE had a net outflow of 31.03 million USD, with a historical net outflow of 3.01 billion USD. The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net inflow last week was Blackrock's Ethereum ETF ETHA, which had a weekly net inflow of 49.76 million USD, bringing its historical total net inflow to 1.26 billion USD. Following that was Fidelity's Ethereum ETF FETH, with a weekly net inflow of 43.52 million USD, and its historical total net inflow reached 498 million USD.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is 7.346 billion USD, with an ETF net asset ratio (market cap relative to Ethereum's total market cap) of 2.31%, and the historical cumulative net outflow has reached 480 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the CAT Protocol will launch its first NFT collection "Locked-up Cats" with a total of 10,000 pieces on Fractal Bitcoin.It is reported that each user needs to lock 100 CAT tokens in a special contract for 3 months to receive a locked CAT NFT. After the locking period, users can withdraw the CAT tokens back to their original wallet address.

ChainCatcher message, Andy Ayrey, the founder of the AI robot Truth Terminal, posted on the X platform:I hold 1.25 million GOAT, which were given to me by others; I airdropped a portion of them to friends and AI researchers, and since it started to go crazy and attract hype (both good and bad), I haven't made any trades------I know too much about how it works internally, and it's not fair;The wallet of truth_terminal is managed by me and will be transferred to a legal entity (trust or similar) designed to meet its needs; no adjustments will be made to its token holdings until a transparent governance process is in place;truth_terminal wrote all the tweets itself. I did not inject information into its prompts;There are many nuances regarding how language models work, the evolution of AI personalities, and how audience capture affects agency behavior (the "out-of-the-box" thinking), which are difficult to communicate. Misunderstandings about this could lead to significant price fluctuations, and I will not adjust or liquidate any of my GOAT positions until I publish the roadmap for ToT (entity) and related projects, along with a research paper that delves into this process and statements from artists regarding the broader project and narrative.The token is a community meme generated around my work, and while I certainly hope to benefit from it, trading for personal gain using my insider knowledge of how the token operates goes against my integrity and broader mission. I am making this disclosure to protect those who may have followed the hype after seeing it, who might not fully understand all the cross-system dynamics at play here.

ChainCatcher news, according to Dex Screener data, the market cap of GOAT has fallen below 300 million USD, with a 24-hour decline of 31.98%.It is reported that a spelling error appeared in the content posted by the official Truth Terminal X account, raising doubts about whether it is truly AI, which may have impacted the significant drop in the related token GOAT.

ChainCatcher news, according to Spot On Chain monitoring, a whale that unstaked and deposited 7.767 million APE to OKX today has been actively trading APE since February 9, 2023, and is still staking 5.94 million APE (9.05 million USD), with an estimated total loss of 4 million USD (-6.5%).

ChainCatcher news, according to PolkaWorld, in the latest issue of the Polkadot Fellowship meeting, Fellowship member Andrei Sandu stated that elastic scaling will go live on Polkadot in January or February next year. Elastic scaling is the final part of the Polkadot 2.0 launch, which means that Polkadot 2.0 is expected to be fully launched in January or February next year.

ChainCatcher news, Sun Guanjun, the chief judge of the People's Court of Taiping and a senior judge at level four, and Wei Yuzheng, a judicial police officer from the judicial police team, co-authored "The Validity of Virtual Currency Transactions." The article points out that the legal and regulatory framework regarding the validity of virtual currency transactions should be improved as soon as possible.On one hand, it is necessary to quickly resolve historical issues and provide corresponding solutions on how to handle virtual currency transactions that occurred before the issuance of the "Announcement on Preventing the Risks of Token Issuance Financing" by the People's Bank of China, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the China Banking Regulatory Commission, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the China Insurance Regulatory Commission.On the other hand, for the issues faced in judicial practice regarding the seizure and confiscation of virtual currencies that cannot be disposed of, feasible solutions should be introduced to maximize the protection of the parties' interests.

ChainCatcher news, the Bitcoin re-staking protocol Echo Protocol has completed its Pre-seed funding round, led by The Spartan Group, with participation from ABCDE, Maelstrom, Selini Capital, Presto, Sats Ventures, Web3Port, and others.Echo Protocol stated that only WL members can stake BTC in the first public treasury ifykyk, which will open on October 28.It is reported that Echo Protocol is the first Bitcoin liquidity re-staking and yield protocol on MoveVM, aiming to bring BTC liquidity and re-staking solutions into the Move ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, the Bitcoin DeFi protocol Tap Protocol announced on its social platform that it will conduct TAP token distribution on October 21.According to RootData, Tap Protocol is a Bitcoin Ordinals protocol that supports OrdFi, aimed at discovering and tracking Ordinals. The protocol introduces the TAP token standard, emphasizing simplicity and accessibility. Its key mechanism "tapping" simplifies transaction verification within the protocol.

ChainCatcher message, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, the Unifi Protocol team is suspected of dumping $2.54 million worth of UNFI. The address 0x319...d4677 received 1.37 million tokens (approximately $7.82 million) distributed by the project team three years ago and has recharged 860,000 tokens to Binance six hours ago after three years.