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 official sources, CurveDAO has announced the launch of Savings crvUSD (scrvUSD), which is a yield version of its stablecoin, allowing users to earn "low-risk" automatic compounding on their crvUSD deposits.

ChainCatcher message, CurveDAO has launched Savings crvUSD (scrvUSD), which is developed in collaboration with Yearn Finance and utilizes Yearn's customized V3 Vaults to provide users with yield and interest on stablecoins.As an interest-bearing stablecoin, scrvUSD offers low-risk returns from a portion of the interest paid by crvUSD minters. This yield is managed on-chain by CurveDAO, which effectively acts as a decentralized on-chain central bank, providing "low-risk" returns. User funds in the scrvUSD module are not re-collateralized, and all collateral remains fully on-chain.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin10, Meta stated that it will reduce the monthly subscription price for its services in the EU from €9.99 for desktop users to €5.99, and from €12.99 to €7.99 for iOS and Android users.

ChainCatcher news, institutional analysts indicate that the most notable part of the statement so far is that the Federal Reserve has become more cautious in expressing too much certainty about progress on inflation. Officials tend to gauge underlying inflation using September data, but it is important to remember that there is a lot of data showing strong economic growth. Coupled with a prospective president who supports underlying inflation policies, the Federal Reserve may enter a wait-and-see mode.

ChainCatcher message, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, Christian2022.eth transferred 644,852 SCR to Binance 20 minutes ago, worth approximately $368,000.13 days ago, he received this SCR airdrop, which was valued at $763,000 at the time, and its value has since declined, with an estimated loss of about $395,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to informed sources, the blockchain venture capital firm Superscrypt, backed by Temasek Holdings Private Limited, plans to raise up to $100 million for its second investment fund.Informed sources indicate that Temasek has been listed as a major investor in the new fund alongside the New York-based fintech company Republic. Temasek and Republic will jointly serve as general partners of the new company. Informed sources stated that this process is ongoing, and the final amount may change.

According to ChainCatcher news and the official announcement, OKX will open SCR/USDT spot trading on November 4, 2024, at 16:00 (UTC+8).SCR deposits will open on November 1, 2024, at 06:00 (UTC);The call auction time will be from November 4, 2024, 15:00 to 16:00 (UTC+8);SCR withdrawals will open on November 5, 2024, at 18:00 (UTC+8).

ChainCatcher news, Scroll announces the launch of Scroll SDK and tools. The Scroll SDK is a production-ready infrastructure for deploying sovereign blockchain networks, while the tools are optional modules for customizing and enhancing the Scroll SDK chain.At the same time, the project also released its development roadmap, with enhanced features to be launched in the first quarter of 2025 and further tool integration in the second quarter.

ChainCatcher news, Slow Mist founder Cosine stated that Lottie Player was attacked by supply chain poisoning, with Ace Drainer related to phishing gangs poisoning the front-end script module Lottie Player relied on by well-known Web3 projects. Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and the impact should be minimal.If your project uses the Lottie Player module, please check whether there is any malicious code introduced (currently known versions 2.0.4 and the latest 2.0.8 do not contain malicious code).

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 asset data platform RootData has released its weekly hot search list. The top 10 projects for the last week (October 21 - October 27) are: Scroll, Chainbase, Aleo, DeAgentAI, Walrus, Eclipse, Grass, Moonwalk, Fuel, Abstract.It is reported that the RootData hot search list is based on multi-dimensional data such as user search frequency, project click volume, user votes, and the popularity and influence on the X platform, calculating the project heat value through weighted computation for real-time ranking.

ChainCatcher news, the Scroll ecosystem stablecoin project Essence Finance is suspected to have undergone a Rug Pull, with its stablecoin CHI dropping 93.94% to $0.06 in the past 6 hours, and over $20 million in collateral is suspected to have been removed. The last post from its official X was on September 11. The project's audit report is from FEI Protocol V2.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, the decentralized workforce benefits platform Craftt has completed a $2 million seed round of financing, led by Superscrypt, with participation from DCG and several well-known angel investors. Craftt aims to provide universal benefits for the modern workforce, helping independent workers gain financial confidence and achieve work freedom and flexibility.Craftt Pass is now in open testing. Recently, Craftt completed integration with World’s digital human identity verification system World ID, allowing its over 7 million users to log in to Craftt Pass using World ID.Craftt plans to continue developing Layer-2 infrastructure, expand ecosystem collaborations, and further enhance users' benefits and income opportunities.

ChainCatcher message, Manta Network officially launched the Expedition exploration event, encouraging users to cross-chain ETH from Scroll and other L2s to Manta, hold assets on the Manta chain, participate in DEX trading, and add LP to earn double points. The event lasts for 3 months, and at the end, the points will be exchanged for real MANTA token rewards.

ChainCatcher news, the airdrop frenzy of the Ethereum L2 network Scroll has pushed the Ethereum blob fees up to $4.52, marking the third significant increase in blob fees since the Ethereum Dencun upgrade in March. Crypto data analyst Hildobby posted on X that the rise in blob fees is related to Scroll opening airdrop claims.According to data from Dune Analytics, on October 22, blob fees reached a four-month high of $4.52.The significant increase in blob fees has only occurred twice before: once during the surge of L2 activity in July, and once during the launch of Blobscriptions on March 27, a protocol that allows users to directly inscribe data onto blobs.Analysis indicates that the increase in blob fees is a double-edged sword for Ethereum. More expensive blobs will lead to higher blob gas payments to the network; however, they will also raise the costs of executing transactions and transfers on Ethereum L2.

ChainCatcher news, Kelp DAO announced that the SCR token claim for Kelp Gain users on the Scroll network is now open.