ChainCatcher news, Grayscale launches the Optimism Trust and Lido Trust.Grayscale's Product and Research Director Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary stated, "Lido is helping to democratize Ethereum staking, and Optimism is crucial for Ethereum's scalability to compete with newer, faster Layer 1 blockchains. The Grayscale Lido DAO Trust and Grayscale Optimism Trust provide investors with access to protocols that help enhance Ethereum's efficiency, security, scalability, and adoption within the broader DeFi ecosystem."

ChainCatcher news, according to Ember monitoring, 4 hours ago, the Optimism Foundation transferred 1.286 million OP to OKX, approximately 2.65 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, the Nasdaq Stock Exchange listed options for BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF on Tuesday. Data shows that over 350,000 contracts changed hands, with about 80% being bullish bets. Among the 10 most traded options, 9 were betting on an increase. The most traded was a call option expiring in January with a strike price of $55, followed by a call option expiring in December with a strike price of $65, which is 25% higher than the ETF's closing price on Monday. Bitcoin reached a historic high of $94,032 on the day the options contracts were listed.Some investors expect that U.S. Bitcoin ETF options will attract more capital inflow. Caroline Mauron, co-founder of Orbit Markets, stated that the options trading volume is a "good start, showcasing the increasing connection between the crypto-native ecosystem and traditional financial markets. While the volume itself is not yet enough to influence the direction of the underlying asset, the positive news has indeed fueled bullish sentiment."

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, Bitcoin has been boosted by Trump's election victory, breaking the $80,000 mark for the first time, with a daily increase of over 4.0%. Trump vowed during his campaign to make the United States a hub for the digital asset industry, including establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve and appointing regulators enthusiastic about digital assets.He is in a more favorable position in the election than expected—his Republican Party controls the Senate and is expected to gain a slim majority in the House of Representatives.

ChainCatcher message, according to the State Q3 report published by Messari, the third quarter saw a record high in new Safe accounts, with a total of 14 million new accounts created, representing a quarter-over-quarter growth of 693%. Most of these (93%) came from the integration of World IDs in World Chain.Safe currently holds over $72 billion in assets, distributed across more than 25 million smart accounts, with Ethereum accounting for 84% of the total assets. Safe has introduced a fee structure for native transactions in Safe {Wallet}, which is expected to generate $1.7 million in annual revenue for SafeDAO. Active users of Safe on the Optimism chain account for 88%, while Ethereum processed 83% of Safe's transaction volume.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum L2 solution Optimism tweeted that it will support the cross-chain intent messaging standard ERC-7683, aimed at unifying liquidity between Ethereum L2s.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the Bitcoin Layer2 project BOB has announced its integration into Optimism's Superchain ecosystem, becoming the first Bitcoin-native project integrated into this ecosystem.BOB has received a grant of $870,000 from the Optimism Foundation. This ecosystem has previously attracted Coinbase and Kraken to join, building its independent blockchain through the OP Stack toolkit.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the Optimism Foundation has agreed to provide Kraken with a grant of 25 million OP tokens. This deal was finalized around January or February of this year and also paves the way for Kraken to use Optimism's OP Stack. These tokens were worth about $100 million when the deal was made earlier this year and are now valued at approximately $42.5 million.It is reported that Kraken announced last week that it will build a layer two network called Ink on top of Optimism's OP Stack blockchain framework.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, in early trading on Tuesday, the price of Bitcoin rose from $69,000 to a solid breakthrough of $71,000, indicating that traders are increasingly optimistic about the U.S. elections a week away.Analysts point out that improved technical indicators, renewed inflows into spot Bitcoin ETFs, and broader macro factors (including speculation about a Trump victory and the seasonal strength of the market in the fourth quarter) support Bitcoin's continued upward trajectory.Bitfinex analysts stated, "'Trump trade' narratives and favorable seasonal factors for the fourth quarter have created a perfect storm for Bitcoin. Although prices may fluctuate before the election, an exciting period lies ahead."The options market also reflects an optimistic outlook for Bitcoin, with bullish positioning suggesting that the price of Bitcoin, the largest digital asset by market capitalization, could rise above $80,000 by the end of the year.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, in a bid to gain the support of Black male voters, Democratic presidential candidate Harris's campaign team released an outreach agenda this week, which includes a commitment to develop cryptocurrency regulatory policies to protect Black men investing in digital assets.This is the most specific statement from the current Vice President so far, as her campaign has shortened since she took over from Biden in July, with far less focus on cryptocurrency compared to her Republican opponent, former President Trump.Harris's campaign team's actions this week have elicited mixed reactions. While some cryptocurrency investors and industry insiders appreciated Harris's tougher rhetoric on cryptocurrency regulation, others criticized the wording as specifically targeting Black men."Research shows that over a quarter of Black Americans own cryptocurrency, while only about 15% of whites do, so cryptocurrency is more readily accepted," said Dr. Emdad, director of the Blockchain and Fintech Research Center at Morgan State University. "People have been waiting, and I think it's a bit late—but nonetheless, this statement is necessary."

ChainCatcher news, Lido announced on platform X that stETH is now live on Optimism, allowing users to access daily staking reward adjustments and bridging features for multi-chain support of stETH.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, in the latest Cycle 28 of the Optimism Grant, Mint Blockchain has become the only Superchain approved by the OP Grant Committee and successfully received $1.35 million (750,000 OP) in funding support. The funds obtained will be used for Mint ecosystem developer incentives and the introduction of new users, further promoting NFT innovation and application popularization in the Mint Blockchain and Superchain ecosystem, and building a richer NFT ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, The DeFi Report founder Michael Nadeau posted on the X platform that last year Uniswap generated nearly $1.3 billion in trading and settlement fees across Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Polygon, and Optimism.However, these fees were not earned by the protocols and token holders; 100% flowed to liquidity providers, Ethereum validators, MEV bots, and L2 sequencers.But with the launch of Unichain later this year, all of this will change.

According to ChainCatcher news, data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData shows that among the 15,032 projects/institutions currently operating (excluding those that have ceased operations) recorded by RootData, a total of 2,675 projects/institutions (including 2,549 projects and 126 institutions) are using the ".io" domain, accounting for approximately 17.8%.Notable projects include Sui, Sei, Arbitrum, Filecoin, Blur, Optimism, KuCoin, BitTorrent, Gate.io, StarkNet, Merit Circle, EOS, Neiro, Nexo, Synthetix, zkSync, Raydium, Blur, IOTA, Kava, IoTeX, 1inch, WOO X, Hamster Kombat, AltLayer, Mask Network, GMX, Metis, Blast, Banana Gun, etc. Notable institutions include Waterdrip Capital, The Spartan Group, AC Capital, OpenSea Ventures, Ryze Labs, YBB Foundation, Ton Ventures, etc.Previous report stated that the UK government announced the abandonment of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. Once the treaty is signed, the British Indian Ocean Territory will cease to exist. Previously, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) nominally assigned ".io" as a country code top-level domain (ccTLD) to the British Indian Ocean Territory, and returning the Chagos Islands would lead to the disappearance of the British Indian Ocean Territory, which may also result in the cancellation of the corresponding ISO-3166 two-letter country code IO and the ".io" domain.