ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement from IOST, the IOST 3.0 mainnet has officially gone live, and the token snapshot was successfully completed on March 15 at 00:00 UTC. The airdrop query portal will be launched on April 1, and the staking portal will be introduced in early April.It is reported that the IOST 3.0 mainnet introduces a new IOST Layer 2 network, featuring advanced physical asset tokenization standards and innovative liquidity engine technology, aimed at achieving frictionless conversion between traditional assets and digital assets.

ChainCatcher news, decentralized infrastructure Offline Protocol has completed a $1.1 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by Portal Ventures, with participation from Seed Club Ventures and angel investors Paul Taylor, Rushi Manche, Rahim Noorani, and others. The funds raised will be used to develop its privacy-resistant censorship network.The decentralized infrastructure of Offline Protocol enables seamless peer-to-peer communication, offline payments, and locally prioritized applications without relying on centralized servers or traditional networks.

ChainCatcher message, the lending protocol zkLend on the Starknet chain stated on the X platform: "The asset recovery portal is now live, please stay vigilant------always interact with official channels and verify communications through verified social media." According to its previous introduction, users can directly access their claims through this portal by connecting the affected wallet.Earlier news reported that zkLend suffered an attack starting from February 11, resulting in a loss of approximately $9.6 million.

ChainCatcher news, the AI-driven autonomous world platform WORLD3 has surpassed 600,000 active users and achieved an outstanding ranking in the global top 100 and top 50 in the gaming category on DappRadar. The platform has reached remarkable milestones across multiple public chains: ranked 4th on the Base chain with over 415,000 transactions and more than 12,500 unique active wallets (UAW); ranked 12th on the Sui chain with over 138,000 transactions and over 4,300 UAW; ranked 16th on the opBNB chain with over 500,000 transactions and more than 16,800 UAW; ranked 7th on the SKALE chain with up to 1,060,000 transactions and over 8,500 UAW.The no-code AI Agent Portal feature of WORLD3 will officially launch in early March, enabling users to easily create AI Agents. With the no-code AI Agent builder, users can personalize and deploy fully autonomous AI agents with just a few clicks, selecting functionalities from the Skill Plugins and Knowledge Packs libraries to empower the AI Agent. Users can create dedicated AI Agents, such as executing DeFi trading strategies or automating social media interactions, and monitor and manage them in real-time through an intuitive dashboard.In addition, $WAI, as the native token of the WORLD3 ecosystem, will drive AI Agent services, helping users easily access scalable AI-driven solutions.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Portal Ventures believes that fintech will be the main driver of cryptocurrency mergers and acquisitions in 2025.Evan Fisher, founder and general partner of Portal Ventures, pointed out: "Today, no fintech investor would overlook cryptocurrency." In the cryptocurrency field, Evan Fisher expects that some established companies like Chainalysis will acquire smaller firms.

ChainCatcher news, the AI-powered autonomous world project WORLD3 has recently launched the highly anticipated AI Agent portal, aimed at revolutionizing the Web3 landscape by facilitating seamless collaboration between users and AI entities. This portal will enable users to create intelligent AI Agents that can manage their own lifecycle, creating AI-based Web3 participants.The WORLD3 team describes future scenarios for the AI Agents, including: as AI KOLs for fully automated management of social media, AI game assistants for automating gameplay in full-chain games, as automated crypto traders optimizing portfolios, and as AI-powered founders of Web3 projects, launching tokens and NFTs, among others.With adaptability and scalability, WORLD3's AI Agents will redefine user interactions within decentralized ecosystems, driving innovation and efficiency. Additionally, WORLD3 has announced a series of activities surrounding the highly anticipated release of its WAI token, which is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2025. Interested users can visit the official website for more details.

ChainCatcher news, the high-performance Ethereum L2 network Fuel announced the launch of FUEL Genesis Drop, with a total supply of 1 billion tokens, and introduced a portal for checking eligibility for airdrops, allowing users to claim from December 19, 2024, to January 19, 2025.

ChainCatcher news, the tokenized uranium mining company Uranium Digital has completed a $1.7 million financing round, led by Portal Ventures.Uranium Digital is a startup that tokenizes uranium ore to facilitate trading in the heavily regulated metal market in new ways.Uranium Digital founder Alex Dolesky stated that during his early years trading commodities, he discovered that uranium, as a commodity, has not developed as much as other metals like gold and silver. Due to strict regulations, uranium is only traded through over-the-counter (OTC) transactions dominated by institutional traders, making the trading process opaque and inaccessible to retail investors. Uranium trading is still in its early stages, and a financialized market needs to be established first.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, early-stage investment firm Portal Ventures has announced its support for Stacks' 1:1 Bitcoin programmable asset sBTC. The firm plans to launch a series of seminars to explain the role of sBTC in enhancing the capital efficiency of Bitcoin for institutional investors.Portal Ventures recently completed a $75 million second-phase fundraise, with investors including Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, Henry Kravis, and well-known institutions like Accolade and Theta. Portal Ventures is one of the earliest supporters of the Stacks ecosystem, and Portal Ventures partner Catrina Wang stated that sBTC will become an important bridge connecting Bitcoin and the DeFi ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 game platform Portal has launched a cross-chain crypto game center and wallet. The Portal Wallet supports 20 Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains, including game chains like Immutable, Ronin, and Xai, as well as Ethereum itself and general scaling networks like Arbitrum and Base. This wallet aims to help address interoperability issues between chains.

ChainCatcher news, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) plans to tighten reporting requirements for virtual asset service providers (VASP) to enhance data collection and supervision. The BSP released a draft notice over the weekend, revealing that a new reporting portal for all VASPs will be launched by January 1, 2025.The notice outlines the new reporting requirements aimed at bridging data gaps, reducing information discrepancies, improving data collection, and enhancing the quality of data related to virtual assets and VASPs.According to the bank, VASPs will be required to submit 13 reports at different intervals. Monthly, they must submit two reports on transaction volume, value, and total assets under custody. Seven reports are required quarterly, including data on operational offices, websites, and account holder statistics. Additionally, three reports must be submitted biannually. An audited financial statement must also be provided annually.VASPs must submit currency service business reports using existing channels in the first two quarters of 2025. After that, unless otherwise instructed, all submissions must switch to the new reporting portal.Entities that fail to comply with these requirements will face enforcement actions. VASPs must submit feedback on the proposed changes by December 13.

ChainCatcher message, Portal announced on X that the Portal to Bitcoin Chrome extension is now live. In addition, it is launching the Portal to Bitcoin Aurelia testnet event.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune, early blockchain venture capital firm Portal Ventures is nearing the final close of its second fund, which has a target size of $75 million. Its founder and general partner Evan Fisher stated that the fund has been oversubscribed, reaching $90 million.According to documents submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in August, the initial fund target was $70 million, but Portal later decided to raise the cap by $5 million.Fisher and another general partner, Catrina Wang, stated that Portal's investment strategy differs from other funds, focusing on early-stage "pre-seed" investments and has garnered support from top-tier investors. Portal's first fund was fully deployed in May of this year, and Fisher expects distributions to begin next year.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, DWF Labs received 102 trillion LADYS from Symbiosis Portal 4 hours ago, worth approximately $861,000.DWF Labs officially announced its investment in LADYS in June 2024, but has been trading LADYS for over a year.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 social data portal Port3 Network announced on platform X that it has completed a new round of financing, with OOKC Group participating, though the specific investment amount has not been disclosed.Port3 Network previously disclosed that it had received investment from DWF Labs, as well as grants from Binance Labs, Mask Network, and Aptos.

ChainCatcher message, Swell announced on platform X that the Season 2 EIGEN airdrop query portal is now live. 100% of the 1,408,243 EIGEN allocated to rswETH will be distributed to re-staking users, and the claim will be open in the coming days.

ChainCatcher message, FTX official stated on social media that creditors with access to the FTX customer claims portal can now provide tax information on the portal, and users need to provide certain tax information for distribution. Please provide the required tax information on the completed applicable IRS Form W-9 or IRS Form W-8.To complete this step, users must first complete KYC verification.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the decentralized exchange Osmosis has announced the launch of a "token portal" named Polaris, aimed at addressing one of the biggest challenges in the DeFi space: fragmented user experience. The Polaris platform will allow users to trade tokens across multiple blockchains through a single interface, without the need for multiple wallets, bridging, and gas tokens.Osmosis co-founder Sunny Aggarwal stated that Polaris marks a strategic shift for Osmosis, which will also apply to non-Cosmos chains like Ethereum and Solana.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the non-custodial Bitcoin interoperability protocol Portal has announced important strategic partnerships with Bitlayer, Sovryn, and Tari, and is set to launch an incentivized testnet. Portal provides users with a revolutionary, fully decentralized way to access Bitcoin liquidity by innovatively combining the Lightning Network and atomic swap technology. The platform does not rely on centralized intermediaries or custodians, ensuring users have complete control over their assets.It is reported that Bitlayer, as a Bitcoin sidechain/L2 solution, will provide Portal with faster transaction speeds and enhanced privacy features.Sovryn integrates its Bitcoin-backed stablecoin DLLR into the Portal DEX, enabling one-click trading with native BTC without the need for bridging, wrapping, or custody.The addition of Tari will expand the tokenization and trading possibilities of digital assets, allowing users to seamlessly trade various digital assets with Bitcoin as the settlement layer.

ChainCatcher news, the blockchain-based global air rights market SkyTrade has completed its pre-seed funding round, led by Modular Capital and Portal Ventures, with participation from Solana Foundation, Mercatus Center, and angel investors Santiago R Santos, Yano, among others. The specific amount of funding has not been disclosed.SkyTrade is establishing the world's first air rights market, allowing owners, real estate companies, and traders to monetize and smoothly buy and sell air rights.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, SkyTrade is a blockchain-based global air rights market for buying, selling, and leasing airspace. SkyTrade enables users to control their low-altitude airspace, allowing them to seamlessly register, manage, and control access.