ChainCatcher news, recently, KIP Protocol announced on its official Twitter that its AI deployment solution provider Kipley.ai has officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR). TISTR is the largest government research institution in Thailand, directly under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation of Thailand.The strategic cooperation between KIP Protocol and TISTR will utilize the AI tools of Kipley.ai to analyze stem cell samples with the utmost precision, promoting faster and more reliable breakthroughs in regenerative medicine.It is reported that the AI technology architecture of Kipley.ai has been applied in key fields such as life sciences, agriculture, and biotechnology by more than 200 universities, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations. This cooperation aims to address significant challenges in the biotechnology and medical fields, benefiting millions of patients worldwide.KIP Protocol is a decentralized underlying protocol focused on AI and is the world's first decentralized RAG network. Over the past year, KIP has continuously expanded its customer base in the education, entertainment, and government cooperation sectors, partnering with leading Web2 and Web3 companies, and consistently promoting real use cases of DeAI while achieving sustainable user growth.

ChainCatcher news, the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) recently stated that it will focus on the research of wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) and will not consider issuing retail CBDC for the time being. The bank believes that the existing system is sufficient to meet retail payment needs.BNM stated that wCBDC will be used for interbank settlements of tokenized deposits both domestically and internationally, and has participated in Singapore's multi-CBDC project "Project Dunbar" and the cross-border CBDC project "mBridge." Although technical preparations and policy research are underway, BNM plans to continue researching wCBDC and distributed ledger technology in 2024-2025, but there are no immediate issuance plans.Several Asian central banks, including those in Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, are also exploring wCBDC to support tokenized deposits. A report by Ledger Insights indicates that there are currently over 70 tokenized deposit and bank stablecoin projects in progress.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, Galaxy Digital's research director Alex Thorn stated that the listing of options for BlackRock's $43 billion IBIT could reduce volatility and increase the base of Bitcoin investors.Thorn said in an interview on Tuesday, "Over time, as it is held more widely, volatility will decrease, and options will help to suppress volatility. As volatility decreases, people can hold larger positions." Nasdaq began offering options trading for the ETF for the first time on Tuesday. Thorn mentioned that if volatility decreases, more investors will view Bitcoin as a fundamental use case rather than just a high-risk bet.He stated that options would allow institutions to hedge more against Bitcoin and increase liquidity, while also impacting retail trading during bull markets. He added that the crypto industry must also figure out how to maintain control as traditional finance enters the space.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, JPMorgan's latest research report shows that the economics of Bitcoin mining significantly improved in the first half of November. Data indicates that the hashprice, which measures mining profitability, has increased by 29% since the end of October, primarily benefiting from Bitcoin's price increase outpacing the growth in network hash rate, as well as an increase in the proportion of transaction fees to block rewards.The report points out that the total market capitalization of the mining stocks tracked by the bank grew by 33% from October 31 to November 15, approximately $8 billion. The network hash rate has increased by 2% so far this month, averaging 718 EH/s. Notably, 14 publicly listed mining companies in the U.S. currently account for about 28% of the global network hash rate, maintaining a historical high.

ChainCatcher news, 10x Research released a report stating that the Google search trend for "Meme Coins" has reached an all-time high, surpassing the previous peak in March 2024. Since the election, retail speculation has significantly increased, and the sharp rise in altcoin spot trading volume is a clear indication of this. The search volume for altcoins is also catching up, with a search score reaching 70, the highest level since November 2021.

ChainCatcher message, according to Arkham monitoring, Alameda Research: FTX Bankruptcy Estate received 15,639,000 POL from the Polygon multi-signature contract at 22:21, worth approximately 5.81 million USD.The bankrupt Alameda Research is one of the investors in Polygon.

According to ChainCatcher news reported by Cointelegraph, North Korean hackers appear to have developed malware that can evade Apple's security checks. Researchers at Jamf Threat Labs, who focus on Apple, indicate that these applications seem to be experimental. This is the first time they have seen such technology used to infiltrate Apple's macOS operating system, but it does not run on the latest systems.Researchers found that Microsoft's VirusTotal online scanning service reported these applications as harmless, but they are actually malicious. Variants of these applications are written in Go and Python, utilizing Google Flutter applications. Flutter is an open-source development toolkit used for creating cross-platform applications.Out of six malicious applications, five are signed with developer accounts and have been temporarily notarized by Apple. Researchers wrote, "The domains and techniques in the malware are very similar to those used in other North Korean hacker malware, with indications that the malware was once signed and even temporarily passed Apple's notarization process."

According to ChainCatcher, The Block reported that Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake proposed a new consensus layer upgrade called "Beam Chain" at the Devcon conference, which the community refers to as "Ethereum 3.0."The proposal aims to achieve faster block times, lower validator staking requirements, "on-chain snarkification," and improvements in quantum security. The core of Beam Chain lies in the introduction of technologies such as zkVM, significantly enhancing the scalability of the Ethereum mainnet without relying on Layer 2 solutions. Doug Colkitt, founder of Ambient Finance, stated that the localization of zkEVM could completely eliminate gas limits, allowing nodes to only verify snarks, theoretically achieving infinite scalability for L1.Nevertheless, the proposal may lead to further centralization of block building. Drake emphasized that the final implementation of Beam Chain requires community consensus and called it his "most ambitious proposal to date." He previously resigned from his advisory position due to potential conflicts of interest with EigenLayer.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake proposed a new consensus layer upgrade called "Beam Chain" at the Devcon conference, referred to by the community as "Ethereum 3.0". This proposal aims to achieve faster block times, lower validator staking requirements, "chain snarkifaction", and quantum-safe improvements. The core of Beam Chain lies in the introduction of technologies like zkVM, significantly enhancing the scalability of the Ethereum mainnet, potentially without relying on Layer 2 solutions.Doug Colkitt, founder of Ambient Finance, stated that the localization of zkEVM could completely eliminate gas limits, allowing nodes to only verify snarks, theoretically achieving infinite scalability for L1. Nevertheless, this proposal may lead to further centralization of block building.Drake emphasized that the final implementation of Beam Chain requires community consensus and called it his "most ambitious proposal to date." He previously resigned from his advisory position due to potential conflicts of interest with EigenLayer.