ChainCatcher news, Pump.fun co-founder Alon Cohen posted on the X platform: "Pump.fun will continue to experiment at the intersection of social media and tokenization. Some of these attempts (like live streaming, by the way, which has now fully resumed). Whatever we do, we will do our utmost to ensure alignment with our core user base. That said: don't expect me, pump.fun, or any employees to issue tokens (there will be no 'secret issuance' either)."

ChainCatcher message indicates that, according to SoSoValue data, the crypto market sector has seen a slight pullback, with the Layer2 sector leading the decline at 3.47%. Within this sector, Celestia (TIA) and Movement (MOVE) dropped 7.38% and 12.28% respectively over the past 24 hours. The SocialFi sector remained relatively strong, rising by 1.08%, with Toncoin (TON) increasing by 1.24%.In other sectors, the Layer1 sector rose by 0.78%, with Solana (SOL) and Hyperliquid (HYPE) increasing by 3.25% and 4.32% respectively; the CeFi sector rose by 0.52%, with LEO Token (LEO) and Bitget token (BGB) increasing by 1.29% and 1.60% respectively; the Meme sector rose by 0.25%, with Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) increasing by 3.80%; the PayFi sector rose by 0.52%, with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Ultima (ULTIMA) increasing by 3.45% and 3.91% respectively; the DeFi sector fell by 0.58%, although Raydium (RAY) rose by 3.08%.Additionally, the crypto sector indices reflecting historical market trends show that the ssiSocialFi, ssiMAG7, and ssiCeFi indices rose by 0.75%, 0.48%, and 0.41% respectively over the past 24 hours, with the ssiMAG7 achieving a weekly return rate of 5.26%.

ChainCatcher news, the social protocol Towns Protocol, with a total funding amount of up to $35.5 million, announced on X that it will launch the TOWNS token in the second quarter of 2025. The total supply of TOWNS is 10 billion, with an initial airdrop ratio of 10%.Previously, Towns Protocol completed a $25.5 million Series A funding round in February 2023, led by a16z, with participation from Benchmark, Framework Ventures, and others; earlier this month, Towns Protocol announced the completion of a $10 million Series B funding round, also led by a16z, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Benchmark, and others.

ChainCatcher news, multiple insiders have revealed that OpenAI is building a social network similar to X. Although the project is still in its early stages, there is already an internal prototype focused on ChatGPT image generation with social dynamics features.According to sources, CEO Altman has been privately soliciting feedback from external parties about the project. It is still unclear whether OpenAI plans to release this social network as a standalone application or integrate it into ChatGPT, which became the most downloaded app globally last month.It is understood that a social application would provide OpenAI with its unique real-time data, while X and Meta already possess such data to help train their AI models.

ChainCatcher message indicates that, according to SoSoValue data, the encrypted market is experiencing a weak rebound, with the SocialFi sector rising 2.39% in the last 24 hours. Among them, Toncoin (TON) and Galxe (GAL) increased by 3.05% and 3.08%, respectively. Additionally, the RWA sector fell by 3.59%, and within this sector, due to the ongoing MANTRA incident, its native token OM dropped another 32.74% in 24 hours.Meanwhile, the crypto sector index reflecting the historical performance of the sectors shows that the ssiSocialFi index rose by 2.20% in the last 24 hours, while the ssiRWA index fell by 4.04%.In other sectors, the NFT sector rose by 1.36% in 24 hours, with Moca Coin (MOCA) and Animecoin (ANIME) increasing by 6.34% and 29.33%, respectively; the AI sector rose by 0.28%, with Render (RENDER) increasing by 3.80%; the CeFi sector rose by 0.15%, with Hyperliquid (HYPE) increasing by 3.54%; the PayFi sector rose by 0.10%, with Monero (XMR) increasing by 3.87%; the Layer1 sector fell by 0.08%, the Layer2 sector fell by 0.68%, the DeFi sector fell by 0.71%, and the Meme sector fell by 2.07%, but Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) rose against the trend by 6.82%.

ChainCatcher news, UXLINK announced the integration of TikTok social accounts on the official X platform. Users can now log into the UXLINK ecosystem using their TikTok accounts, leveraging its self-developed OAOG protocol to achieve cross-chain access to Web3 decentralized applications (dapps), covering scenarios such as DeFi, NFTs, and the metaverse. At the same time, UXLINK's native token UXLINK will serve as a cross-chain universal Gas, lowering the usage threshold for users.

ChainCatcher message, in response to the statement "The self-updating of Ethereum requires generational/talent replacement. And the next generation needs to be rooted in Ethereum values (such as cypherpunk)," Vitalik Buterin replied on Warpcast: "I actually think that the growth of the application layer is precisely the time when good social philosophy is most needed. To put it another way: suppose C++ was developed by a totalitarian racist fascist. Would it be a worse language? Probably not. C++ is general-purpose and has little room for bad social philosophy to corrupt it (or for good social philosophy to improve it). Ethereum Layer-1 is not entirely like that: those who do not believe in decentralization will not add light clients, FOCIL, or (good forms of) account abstraction; those who do not care about energy waste will not spend five years migrating to PoS. But in any case, the opcodes of the EVM might be roughly the same. Therefore, Ethereum might be 50% general-purpose. Applications are about 80% specialized. What kind of applications you build largely depends on your ideas about what Ethereum applications (and Ethereum as a whole) will do for the world. Thus, having good ideas on this topic becomes crucial."Additionally, Vitalik listed some applications, considering good applications like Railgun, Farcaster, Polymarket, Signal, and bad ones like Pump.fun, Terra/Luna, FTX. He believes that the differences in application functionality stem from developers holding different beliefs about the goals they want to achieve.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI service protocol Port3 Network today announced the complete migration of its token PORT3 liquidity from Ethereum to BNB Chain, while also announcing the upcoming launch of a new product, Rankit.Rankit, based on comprehensive social data collection and deep analytical capabilities of AI large models, provides users with a full range of project popularity assessments, user behavior analysis, and community activity ranking services. Rankit can offer social rankings for the BNB Chain ecosystem. By integrating multidimensional data indicators, Rankit enables investors and project parties to quickly grasp market dynamics and make more informed decisions.As the infrastructure for Web3 social data, Port3 Network has developed rapidly since its establishment in 2022. Its core product SoQuest, leveraging the Social-to-Earn mechanism, has accumulated over 6 million active users. The project has established a unique advantage in the Web3 social data field, successfully integrating user data from mainstream social platforms such as Telegram, Discord, and X through proprietary data collection technology, covering a user base of over 10 million. These rich data resources have built Port3's unique Web3 Social Data Layer, providing valuable data support for the entire blockchain ecosystem.The launch of Rankit is another solid step for Port3 in the field of AI applications, injecting new vitality into intelligent decision-making and ecological construction in Web3.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news from MelodAI, MelodAI believes that Modal AI has significantly plagiarized MelodAI in terms of official website, Lightpaper, and social media content. MelodAI reminds investors to recognize the tactics of scammers and not to be deceived, which could lead to asset losses.MelodAI stated that when Modal AI plagiarized MelodAI's social media content, it overlooked the important criterion of the timing of information release for determining plagiarism. The plagiarism by Modal AI began on March 6, 2025, while MelodAI's official Twitter has been operating for over 2 years. MelodAI listed several tweets from Modal AI that can be identified as plagiarism, which were posted days after MelodAI's release, in a Medium article.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news from Towns Protocol, the Web3 social protocol Towns Protocol has completed a $10 million Series B funding round, led by a16zcrypto, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and Benchmark.Earlier news, Towns Protocol developer Here Not There Labs completed a $25.5 million funding round in February 2023, led by a16z.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official news from Towns Protocol, the decentralized communication protocol Towns has announced the completion of a $10 million Series B funding round, led by a16z crypto, with new investment from Coinbase Ventures, and continued participation from Benchmark. Towns is committed to building on-chain communication infrastructure to promote the development of Web3 social and collaboration tools. The project team stated, "The future of communication will move on-chain."

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the Web3 social media platform Wunder.Social announced the completion of a $50 million financing round, led by Rollman Management.Wunder.Social stated in the announcement that the project aims to reshape social media by using blockchain technology to verify social media users, thereby eliminating bots and sharing advertising revenue with users.In addition, the company plans to launch its token later this month.

ChainCatcher news, at the "CRYPTO 2025 Breakthrough and Rebirth" event co-hosted by RootData and ChainCatcher on April 8, LOOP Space founder Joan Teng stated in the themed roundtable "The New Narrative of Crypto 2025" that LOOP Space has currently held over 100 Spaces, attracting more than 150 KOLs. It is reported that LOOP Space is an AI social platform powered by DeepSeek, introducing the GiftFi concept, aiming to disrupt the application of AI in social scenarios.Joan mentioned that the current Web3 community is mainly concentrated on platforms like Telegram and WeChat, which have many limitations, thus LOOP Space was created. In the future, Look Space hopes to become the gateway for users to enter the crypto world, allowing users to see the dynamics of the crypto industry, participate in interactions, and connect with project parties, while the platform supports new projects in evangelizing and building communities.

ChainCatcher news, UXLINK announced on the official X platform that the sales of its Social Club Card for the Korean and Japanese communities will end 3 days earlier, with all 3000 ETH sold out. Due to technical reasons, the oversold 34.3 ETH will be fully refunded, and users will be compensated with UXLINK (100 UXLINK for each Elite Card and 10 UXLINK for each Gold Card).The head of the UXLINK community stated that as a Web3 social platform headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with a global reach, we have received strong support from the Japanese and Korean communities. The issuance of the Social Club Card has been a great success, and we sincerely thank the local users. In the future, we will consider issuing similar Social Club Cards in other regions and will work together with cardholders and the global community to build the UXLINK Web3 super social platform.

ChainCatcher news, Zhao Changpeng stated that he is conceptualizing an AI Bot named "X Agent" during discussions with BNB Chain developers, which can simulate user styles to tweet on the X platform. In the initial phase, the project will generate content that aligns with personal tones by analyzing users' historical tweets and trending topics. In the future, it will support features such as tweet summarization, intelligent replies, and sentiment analysis. His created YZi Labs intends to fund such projects and plans to monetize through a subscription model priced in BNB.

ChainCatcher news, the Lens Chain mainnet launched by Aave founder has gone live. Lens has established partnerships with several DeFi and infrastructure projects, including Uniswap, Balancer, LayerZero, Circle, Consensys, and Chainlink, aiming to unlock the economic potential of decentralized "SocialFi."