ChainCatcher news, Binance CEO Richard Teng posted on the X platform: "We are deeply relieved and grateful that Tigran Gambaryan has finally been released after being detained in Nigeria for nearly eight months. During this difficult time, Tigran has shown tremendous strength, and we commend his resilience in such severe adversity. We are very thankful to everyone who has dedicated countless hours to support Tigran's release. Tigran's health and well-being remain our top priority, and we are glad that he can now receive the urgent medical care and rest he needs with his family. Binance remains committed to working with global regulators to ensure compliance and transparency in the ever-evolving digital asset space. We look forward to putting this incident behind us and continuing our efforts to create a brighter future for the global blockchain industry. Nigeria has a young, tech-savvy population with a strong interest in digital finance, fully capable of leveraging blockchain technology to address economic and social challenges. We look forward to playing a constructive role in this endeavor."Previous news from yesterday, according to DL News, Nigerian prosecutors withdrew criminal charges against Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan on Wednesday; Tigran Gambaryan has been detained in the African country since February.

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring data from Arkham, about three hours ago, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, transferred 117.435 BTC to a marked address of Flow Traders, worth approximately 7.86 million dollars.

ChainCatcher message, Vitalik Buterin posted on social media: "Aave is great, I appreciate its existence, but if you tell them you are providing 'loans', it won't give you almost anything that one would normally think of."

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, "Snow Crash" author Neal Stephenson has partnered with his co-created blockchain platform Lamina1 and Wētā Workshop to launch the metaverse project Artefact. Wētā Workshop is the special effects company behind films such as "The Lord of the Rings" and "Avatar."It is reported that this new project aims to develop intellectual property (IP) for a blockchain-driven metaverse. The platform also plans to include features such as digital ownership of items, exploration mechanisms, co-creation opportunities, and AI-driven tool integration.

ChainCatcher news, DeFi Technologies has completed the acquisition of intellectual property from Solana developer Stefan Jørgensen. According to reports, the scale of this strategic acquisition is approximately $4 million. After the acquisition deal is completed, Stefan Jørgensen will join the technology team at DeFi Technologies, responsible for leading the company's expansion in DeFi trading, development, and governance.

According to Chain Catcher, as reported by Cointelegraph, the anonymous white hat hacker "0xriptide" responded on Twitter, stating that they discovered a vulnerability involving $250 million in assets and should qualify for a maximum bounty of nearly 1,500 ETH, approximately $2 million, but expressed gratitude for the "very basic" 400 ETH bounty provided by the Arbitrum team. Currently, neither Arbitrum nor OffChain Labs has publicly commented on the vulnerability.Earlier, Chain Catcher reported that an anonymous white hat hacker "0xriptide" received a reward of 400 ETH (about $520,000) for discovering a vulnerability in Arbitrum's payment code, which involves $250 million in assets. (Source link)