ChainCatcher news, Sign product lead clairemxd.eth posted on X: "The journey of Sign began in 2021 with EthSign, a hackathon project born from CEO Xin's simple idea that digital signatures should be verifiable and accessible on the blockchain. After several iterations of the EthSign product, we launched the Sign Protocol, a full-chain authentication infrastructure that allows users to sign data on-chain in a structured format.The Sign App, launched in 2025, is the first product and the focus of Sign this year. The Sign App connects users' real-world identification documents with blockchain wallets in a user-friendly manner, seamlessly proving users' identities while protecting their privacy.The Sign App is privacy-centric and aims to empower users with control over their identities. However, the Sign App is not just about identity verification; it also creates a universal trust layer for the Web3 ecosystem. In the future, we hope the Sign App will evolve into a leading on-chain wallet identity resolver, providing a resolver framework for applications to easily verify user identities."

ChainCatcher news, Gray announced on platform X that it will start recruiting, with positions including: Analyst, Tax Specialist, Digital Asset Trader, Portfolio Manager, Senior Assistant for ETF Products, Product Manager, Engineering Director.

ChainCatcher news, Linea product lead Declan Fox stated in a reply to a user question on X that full decentralization is expected to be achieved by the end of next year.Regarding the timeline provided by Declan, user Freeman, who is concerned about potential airdrop conditions, commented, "Linea is not ready yet, let's disperse, guys." Declan responded, "Full decentralization does not only refer to the decentralization of governance."

ChainCatcher news, Bill, the product head of the decentralized computing network IO.NET, will attend the "Staking 2024 Tokyo" annual Staking conference during the WebX 2024 event on August 28, where he will deliver a keynote speech titled "Why Staking $ IO ?".This Staking conference is co-hosted by authoritative institutions such as DP CAPITAL, the Japanese cryptocurrency/Web3 entity CoinPost, and the well-known Web3 media ChainCatcher. The aim is to bring together the most secure, best risk-managed, and reliable liquidity Staking projects from around the world to explore opportunities and future trends in Staking business development.

ChainCatcher message, Bitget held an online AMA themed "Ace Feature - The Path of Copy Trading." Bitget's Senior Product Manager Francisca was a guest, explaining the existing copy trading features of Bitget and the future development direction.She stated, "In the design concept of Bitget's copy trading product, the focus is on maintaining high transparency and real-time performance. This allows every user to clearly see investment trends and execute trades quickly and easily." She also mentioned, "AI cannot replace traders; the intuition and understanding of the market that traders possess cannot be replicated. In the future, traders and AI will become collaborative partners."

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the attorney for former OpenSea product manager Nathaniel Chastain submitted a letter to the U.S. District Court in New York, informing the judge that Chastain has decided to withdraw his bail application during the appeal. Therefore, in accordance with the court's previous orders and judgments, Chastain will surrender by November 2 and begin serving his sentence during the appeal.Previous news, former OpenSea product manager Nathaniel Chastain was sentenced to 3 months in prison and fined $50,000 for insider trading.

ChainCatcher news, according to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice, former OpenSea product manager Nathaniel Chastain has been sentenced to three months in prison, fined $50,000, and ordered to forfeit illegally obtained Ethereum. Additionally, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, Nathaniel Chastain will face another three months of home confinement and three years of supervised release after serving his sentence.Previous news, in May of this year, Nathaniel Chastain was convicted of fraud and money laundering on Wednesday local time, for using insider information about which assets would be displayed on his homepage to trade NFTs, illegally profiting over $50,000.

ChainCatcher news, Google Play product manager Joseph Mills posted on the Android Developers Forum that the Google Play Store is currently updating its policies to open new avenues for blockchain-based digital content transactions within apps and games, such as injecting fresh vitality into traditional games through user-owned content or enhancing user loyalty with rewards like NFTs.This policy update requires that any in-app descriptions regarding tokenized digital assets must be clear and transparent. For example, if an app or game sells or allows users to earn tokenized digital assets, developers must explicitly state this in the app.

ChainCatcher news, MetaMask product lead Alex Jupiter stated in an interview with Decrypt that although various technologies aimed at optimizing user experience, such as account abstraction and EOA, were mentioned multiple times during EthCC, MetaMask will be very cautious in adopting these technologies. After all, for a self-custodial wallet with 30 million daily active users, security is the most important factor, while applications with a smaller user base are more likely to adopt new technologies. He also emphasized that "quick action and breaking conventions are not the essence of the Web3 spirit," especially in wallet development.However, Alex also mentioned that the team is currently researching better account abstraction solutions, but translating theory into code takes a long time. Additionally, the adoption of account abstraction will have to wait until the Web3 ecosystem is more mature and use cases are more developed.Furthermore, Alex stated that MetaMask "will not announce a token issuance plan in the short term."

ChainCatcher news, Coinbase product manager Conor Grogan tweeted that, according to Arkham data, the Prime Trust wallet holds a total of $69.71 million in digital assets, of which the holding of AUDIO is $61.51 million, accounting for 88% of its digital currency assets.Previously, news reported that Nevada regulators required Prime Trust to undergo bankruptcy management, stating that it was unable to meet customer withdrawal requests, with Prime Trust owing its customers over $85 million in fiat currency and over $69 million in digital currency. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, documents from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) show that former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi and his brother Nikhil Wahi have agreed to settle the insider trading charges brought against them by the SEC, and they are required to pay disgorged profits and pre-judgment interest.The SEC filed a lawsuit on July 21, 2022, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, accusing Ishan Wahi of helping coordinate the public listing announcement of the platform while employed at Coinbase, including which crypto assets would be made available for trading. According to the complaint, Coinbase regarded such information as confidential and warned its employees not to trade based on that information or disclose it to others. However, at least from June 2021 to April 2022, Ishan violated his duties by repeatedly disclosing the timing and content of upcoming listing announcements to his brother Nikhil Wahi and his friend Sameer Ramani. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday, marking the first insider trading case involving cryptocurrency. According to prosecutors, the three individuals made $1.5 million by trading 55 digital assets before the listing announcements from June 2021 to April 2022. (Source link）

ChainCatcher news, according to Reuters, former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi has pleaded guilty in an insider trading case.In July 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice stated that former Coinbase product manager ISHAN WAHI was charged with leaking listing information from Coinbase to his brother Nikhil Wahi and a friend. In September 2022, Nikhil Wahi pleaded guilty to insider trading charges during a virtual court hearing in the U.S. District Court, admitting that he traded based on Coinbase's confidential information, and was subsequently sentenced to 10 months in prison.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, Nikhil Wahi, the brother of former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for insider trading. In September last year, Nikhil Wahi pleaded guilty to insider trading charges at a U.S. District Court hearing, admitting to trading based on confidential information from Coinbase.U.S. authorities stated that the Wahi brothers and their friend Ramani illegally profited $1.1 million, and the SEC plans to file a civil lawsuit against the three. Currently, Ishan Wahi has pleaded not guilty to the charges. (Decrypt)

ChainCatcher news, a judge in the Southern District of New York has denied former OpenSea product manager Nathaniel Chastain's motion to remove the term "insider trading" from the indictment.Previously, Chastain was accused of using OpenSea's confidential information to secretly purchase NFTs and sell them for profit. The DOJ believes that while the alleged activities are similar to insider trading violations in securities, due to uncertainty over whether NFTs constitute securities, the U.S. Department of Justice has brought wire fraud charges against him. (source link)

According to Chain Catcher news and Reuters, Nikhil Wahi, the brother of former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi, pleaded guilty to insider trading charges during a virtual court hearing in a U.S. district court, admitting that he traded based on Coinbase's confidential information. Nikhil Wahi and Ramani (a friend of Ishan Wahi, currently at large) executed at least 14 trades between June 2021 and April 2022, before Coinbase announced news, generating at least $1.5 million in profits.Previously reported, in July, Ishan Wahi was charged with leaking information about Coinbase's listing to his brother and a friend, after which Ishan Wahi and his brother Nikhil Wahi were arrested in Seattle, Washington. (Reuters)