ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune, the cryptocurrency-focused venture capital firm dao5 has raised $222 million for its second fund.It is reported that dao5 was founded in 2022 by Tekin Salimi, an alumnus of the crypto venture capital giant Polychain. Previously, it raised $125 million for its inaugural fund, which has been fully deployed into crypto startups, including the Layer 1 blockchain Berachain and the decentralized AI project Bittensor.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda stated that if the economic and price trends meet expectations, the Bank of Japan is expected to continue raising interest rates.

ChainCatcher news, according to Solscan data, the wallet address for the Meme coin MIKAMI released by Yua Mikami has raised 17,760.37 SOL, approximately 2,643,986.38 USD. It has been 26 hours since the subscription opened, and the subscription phase will last for 72 hours.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune, stablecoin startup Zar announced the completion of a $7 million funding round, led by a16z, Dragonfly Capital, and VanEck Ventures.The project aims to launch a stablecoin ZAR pegged to the South African Rand, focusing on digital payments and cross-border transactions in the African market. ZAR plans to ensure compliance and stability by collaborating with local financial institutions and promote the widespread adoption of stablecoins in the African region.

ChainCatcher news, decentralized AI project Gata today announced the completion of a $4 million seed round financing. This round was participated by YZi Labs, IDG Blockchain, Maelstrom Fund, Manifold Trading, Gate Ventures, Formless Capital, Anti Capital, MH Ventures, V3V Ventures, 071 Labs, and Echo.Gata focuses on developing decentralized large model inference, training, and data technologies to enable decentralized infrastructure to truly participate in and support the trillion-dollar global AI economy. Gata believes that decentralized inference, training, and data resources will bring lower costs, high availability, and censorship-resistant architectures to the AI industry, helping AI achieve sustainable and inclusive development.As one of the important milestones, Gata launched the DataAgent platform, which utilizes computing power resources contributed by global users to automatically generate the data required for AI training through AI, replacing the traditional manual data labeling method.

ChainCatcher news, according to ai_9684xtpa's disclosure, the fundraising for the Meme coin MIKAMI by Yua Mikami has reached 14,354 SOL, worth over 2.1 million USD. The current fundraising data is summarized as follows:A total of 10,461 addresses participated, with each address averaging an investment of 1.35 SOL (200 USD);Addresses investing less than 1 SOL account for as much as 94.4%, while only 0.1% of addresses transferred over 100 SOL, yet they account for 17.8% of the total funds;The current TOP1 address EH7ZU...3Pkvh has contributed a total of 574 SOL (84,000 USD), with a win rate of 33% for this address, nearly all of its account balance has been invested.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Ark Invest, led by Cathie Wood, has raised its bullish price forecast for Bitcoin from the previous $1.5 million to $2.4 million (target date is 2030), based on its latest adopted model.In a report released on Thursday, Ark Invest analyst David Puell stated that the firm initially estimated the price forecast for Bitcoin in a bullish scenario for 2030 to be around $1.5 million. However, after adopting Ark's latest experimental model, the forecast was raised to $2.4 million. This model takes into account the circulating supply of Bitcoin, excluding lost or long-held Bitcoins.The report noted that this bullish price forecast is based on an approximately 72% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for Bitcoin from the end of 2024 to the end of 2030. Meanwhile, using this more "aggressive" experimental model (which is more ambitious than Ark's official model), the report predicts a price of $1.2 million for Bitcoin in a baseline scenario (with a CAGR of 53%) and a price of $500,000 in a bearish scenario (with a CAGR of 32%).

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI training platform FLock.io officially announces a strategic partnership with Qwen, a leading series of open-source large language models under Alibaba Cloud, marking a deep connection between decentralized AI and blockchain technology within the mainstream AI ecosystem.This collaboration focuses on three major technological breakthroughs:Technological Integration: Combining Alibaba Cloud's centralized infrastructure with FLock.io's decentralized technology to jointly develop domain-specific and general AI models, while promoting the seamless integration of decentralized AI models into centralized platforms.Data Privacy Protection: Exploring the combination of distributed ledger technology and federated learning to address data privacy and sovereignty issues in model training, providing innovative solutions for the secure application of private data.Collaborative Innovation: Through joint research and technological collaboration, creating a more inclusive, scalable, and privacy-preserving AI ecosystem, facilitating the collaborative development of centralized and decentralized AI.As one of the world's leading large language models, Qwen has demonstrated outstanding performance in multiple authoritative benchmark tests and is widely used in natural language processing, content generation, and other fields. Through this collaboration, FLock and Qwen will work together to explore deeper technological integration, maintaining the advantages of high-performance AI models while promoting the practical application of decentralized AI training in a broader range of scenarios, making it more accessible, flexible, and valuable in both centralized and decentralized ecosystems.

ChainCatcher news, Hong Kong listed company Hongya Holdings announced that it plans to issue 13.12 million HKD in new shares and convertible bonds with a total principal amount of 52.3776 million HKD, raising approximately 65 million HKD in total.Of this, approximately 57,769,518 HKD (about 90% of the net proceeds) will be used to capture potential investment opportunities that may arise in the future, to explore cryptocurrency investments and opportunities in Web 3.0, and/or for the acquisition of digital assets such as Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the blockchain interoperability protocol Analog has raised $15 million through a token sale, with digital asset financing company Bolts Capital completing the token purchase, bringing Analog's total support to $36 million. Analog plans to use these funds to develop interoperability tools, such as the Omnichain Token Standard (OATS) and the RWA market Firestarter.

ChainCatcher news, Bitdeer is increasing its financial leverage and fully promoting its Bitcoin ASIC miner manufacturing plan.According to its latest annual report, the company has raised a total of $179 million through loans and stock issuance. The company has signed a loan agreement with Matrixport for up to $200 million and issued over 6 million Class A shares earlier this year, raising $118.8 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to the New York Post, President Trump announced on Monday that he will reveal the details of the Ukraine war peace plan within the next three days. The plan may include the deployment of European troops as "resilience forces" after a ceasefire is reached, as well as the possible recognition of Crimea as Russian territory.The Ukrainian Defense Minister has denied the claim of "90% agreement" with the U.S., while Russian President Putin stated that a decision will be made after "analyzing and assessing" the results of the short ceasefire announced last weekend. The U.S. envoy will present the "final best offer" to the Russian side this week, which may include a reduction in sanctions.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the total value of SOL tokens staked on the Solana network briefly surpassed the market value of staked ETH on Ethereum yesterday.On-chain data shows that there are 505,938 unique wallets on the Solana network staking SOL worth $53.9 billion, with an annual staking yield of 8.31%; on the Ethereum chain, there are a total of 34.7 million ETH participating in staking, valued at $53.93 billion. The high validation threshold of 32 ETH (approximately $50,000) has led many stakers to shift from node staking to liquid staking protocols, which is a key reason for the reduction of native staking on the Ethereum chain. Currently, about $21.5 billion in funds are participating in liquid staking on the Ethereum chain, with Lido alone accounting for 88% of the market share, exacerbating concerns about Ethereum's centralization, and Ethereum developers are exploring solutions to promote staking decentralization.

ChainCatcher news, Du Jun, co-founder of ABCDE, stated on social media that ABCDE has officially ceased new project investments and suspended the fundraising plan for the second phase of its fund. The original team will continue to be responsible for post-investment support and exit arrangements for existing projects, ensuring that commitments to entrepreneurs and LPs are fulfilled seriously.His personal work focus will also gradually shift from financial investments in the primary market to a strategy-led approach combined with deep incubation, with a greater emphasis on industrial synergy and long-term value creation.Du Jun added that he has launched a new incubator brand, Vernal, and will announce the incubator shareholders and incubation rules, as well as the first batch of incubated projects in May. In May, he will also release the first buying list, detailing how much was bought and the reasons for the purchases.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, after Russia announced the end of a month-long ceasefire targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure, U.S. President Trump hinted that if the two sides cannot reach an agreement soon, he may abandon efforts for peace. "If for some reason one side creates tremendous difficulties, we can only say you are foolish," Trump said to reporters in the Oval Office on Friday. "You are fools, you are terrible, then we might as well just let it go. Of course, I hope we won't reach that point."Trump stated that he has not set a "specific number of days" for withdrawing from negotiations if an agreement is not reached, but he hopes to see rapid progress. "I can see clearly whether people are playing us," Trump said, "so I need to see a keen desire to end this. I also believe I have seen that keen desire. I think both sides have it."

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, U.S. President Trump: If it becomes extremely difficult for all parties to end the conflict in Ukraine, I will choose to walk away, but I hope it won't come to that. I do not want to claim that I will withdraw from negotiations.We have a great opportunity to reach an agreement between Ukraine and Russia, and the Ukraine agreement needs to be finalized as soon as possible. When asked if Russia is taking advantage of him, Trump stated, "No one can take advantage of me."

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, KiloEx announced on April 15 regarding the progress of the hacking incident that it has reported to the Hong Kong police and filed a case, and is cooperating with the Criminal Investigation and Cybersecurity departments for investigation. Some information related to the hackers has been obtained. Meanwhile, KiloEx has collaborated with the security company SlowMist to submit a detailed incident report, which will be publicly released when the time is right.The security vulnerability has been fixed, and there is currently no risk of position liquidation. All positions will be settled at the snapshot price before the incident. KiloEx is formulating a compensation plan and raising funds, and the Vault function will gradually resume after the plan is implemented, ensuring the safety of user funds.The hackers have not yet moved the stolen funds. KiloEx has repeatedly sent messages on-chain requesting the return of 90%, but has not received a response so far. The related addresses have been jointly blocked in coordination with multiple DeFi protocols and CEX.In response to rumors about internal involvement, KiloEx solemnly clarifies: the police and SlowMist have fully intervened in the investigation and obtained all internal data. If there are internal issues, the case will not be filed.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Galaxy Ventures is expected to complete fundraising of $175 million to $180 million by the end of June 2025, exceeding its initial target of $150 million. The fund focuses on the payments and stablecoin sectors and plans to invest in 30 crypto and blockchain startups.

ChainCatcher News, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Economic performance and prices are generally in line with the Bank of Japan's expectations. If the economy and prices develop as anticipated in our quarterly report, the Bank of Japan expects to continue raising interest rates.