ChainCatcher news, VanEck's Director of Digital Asset Research Matthew Sigel stated that Bitcoin is evolving from a speculative asset into a functional monetary tool—especially in economies that wish to bypass the dollar and reduce the influence of the U.S.-dominated financial system.

ChainCatcher news, HTX DAO ambassador Molly was invited to attend the "TRON x HTX DAO 2025 Hong Kong Night." At the event, she introduced the development achievements and governance progress of HTX DAO since its establishment, and announced the official launch of the "Holding Voting Tool." The first batch of HIP formal governance proposals for HTX DAO will soon open for voting, namely the "Proposal for the Establishment of HTX DAO Committee Governance Mechanism" and the "Proposal for the Launch of HTX DAO Official Interview Column 'DAO Friends, Please Stay.'"As of now, the number of $HTX holding users has exceeded 760,000, with a total donation and destruction value of $HTX reaching $95.22 million, demonstrating strong community consensus and ecological value. She also mentioned that the global communication volume of HTX DAO continues to expand, with a total exposure of 471 million across all channels, achieving multidimensional interaction and breaking the circle through community cooperation, project collaboration, AMA Space, and other forms.Molly stated that with the official launch of the "Holding Voting Tool," users will have more say in platform governance. HTX DAO is working with global users to build a "People's Exchange" and a "Financial Freeport" in a more open, transparent, and decentralized manner.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Standard Chartered Bank stated that as signs of American isolationism begin to affect market sentiment, Bitcoin may benefit from rising tariff risks. Geoffrey Kendrick, head of global digital asset research at Standard Chartered Bank, said that $76,500 is a key support level, and Bitcoin has outperformed most tech stocks in the recent market pullback, only behind Microsoft and Google. It also predicts that Bitcoin could potentially return to last Friday's closing price of around $84,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to official social media announcements, HTX DAO officially launched the holding voting tool on April 7, allowing $HTX holders to vote on HTX DAO's HIP (HTX Improvement Proposal) proposals. This feature marks the complete opening of $HTX governance rights, and the HTX DAO decentralized governance system will further expand.HTX DAO is committed to enabling community members to deeply participate in the decentralized construction of the exchange, forming a decentralized financial ecosystem of co-construction, co-governance, and sharing. Any community member can initiate discussions in the governance forum to form proposal drafts. Drafts reviewed by the community and the governance committee will be marked as official HIP proposals. Community members will receive corresponding voting rights based on the amount of $HTX held in their TRON LINK wallet address and will vote on HIP proposals. Approved HIP proposals will be supervised by the HTX DAO governance committee for their implementation.It is reported that HTX DAO plans to introduce a series of "voting for rewards" incentive measures in the future to encourage community members to actively participate in the decentralized governance process.

ChainCatcher news, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino posted on the X platform stating, "Bitcoin is the hedge."

ChainCatcher message, a new tool for enhanced on-chain privacy has been launched by the team 0xbow, which includes Ethereum veteran developers Ameen Soleimani and cryptographers like Zak Cole.According to an announcement released on the X platform, this technology, named "Privacy Pools," officially went live on the mainnet on Monday. Privacy Pools is a hybrid network system that employs zero-knowledge proofs and an "Association Set Provider" to ensure that only "clean" funds can enter the pool. Its goal is to provide privacy protection for ordinary cryptocurrency users while maintaining regulatory compliance. 0xbow has received investments from institutions such as Bankless, Number Group, and Public Works, with angel investors including Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin also participating.The protocol from 0xbow is based on a paper co-authored by Buterin in 2023 with Chainalysis researcher Jacob Illum and scholars Matthias Nadler and Fabian Schar.

ChainCatcher message, on-chain detective ZachXBT announced commonly used investigation tools, including:Cielo - wallet tracking (EVM, Bitcoin, Solana, Tron, etc.);TRM - create charts for addresses/transactions;LeakPeek - database queries;Arkham - multi-chain block explorer;Archive Today - archive web pages;Etherscan/Solscan - block explorers, etc.In addition, ZachXBT specifically clarified that he does not receive compensation from these platforms and there are no referral links to share.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick stated that given the high correlation between Bitcoin prices and the Nasdaq index, investors would be better off viewing it as a tech stock rather than a tool for hedging against traditional market volatility.Kendrick created a hypothetical "Mag 7B" index, which is a derivative of the Magnificent 7 index, replacing Tesla with Bitcoin. Typically, the Mag7 refers to tech giants Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla. He concluded that traders who made this move in 2017 would now see a return of 5%.

ChainCatcher news, on-chain detective ZachXBT responded to the community on platform X, stating that he is not interested in investigating Pulsechain because the community has not prioritized building analytical tools or paying integration fees. Without the Etherscan block explorer product, blockchain analysis on EVM chains would be very difficult; without Chainalysis or TRM integration, complex investigations would require ten times the workload; and without Arkham/Nansen integration, ordinary traders have almost no way to read/interpret trading activities. Previously, Interpol had issued a "Red Notice" on behalf of Finland to its member countries, seeking the founder of Hex and PulseChain, Richard James Schueler.

ChainCatcher news, the Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, Nabiullina, stated that the Central Bank of Russia considers cryptocurrency to be a volatile financial instrument. She reiterated the Russian side's concerns about the risks of crypto assets, pointing out their high volatility, making it difficult to be widely adopted as a means of payment or store of value.

ChainCatcher news, the meme coin fair issuance platform SunPump in the TRON ecosystem has launched an AI tool called SunGenX for platform X. Users only need to @Agent_SunGenX on the social platform X and attach token information (such as name, symbol, description, image) or a creative idea, to quickly create and deploy meme coins to SunPump for free, achieving "tweet to issue coins."SunGenX is positioned as the "Web3 AI assistant for meme creators," with simple operation and quick response. Currently in Beta, it allows the creation of up to 50 meme coins per day, with a limit of 1 per user each day. SunPump is known for its low cost and high efficiency, and this feature further lowers the creation threshold.

ChainCatcher message, Nillion officially announced on X that a new version of the airdrop check tool has been released, fixing some allocation errors discovered in the past few days, including users being unable to see associated account eligibility and users not receiving rewards due to staking against behavior.In addition, Nillion also announced the cancellation of the 90-day lock-up period for pre-staking, with all pre-staking rewards being distributed on the first day.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Fideum co-founder and CEO Anastasija Plotnikova stated that meme coins are violating the fundamental spirit of cryptocurrency decentralization, increasingly being used to exploit retail investors amid a growing number of rug pulls. She added, "Meme coins have evolved from community-driven social experiments into a chaotic situation dominated by retail investors extracting value, where internal circles, stock price manipulation, and targeted groups have replaced the organic and collectible nature of the original meme coin community, creating an unhealthy competitive environment."Anastasija Plotnikova believes that some behaviors are clearly illegal and fall under the jurisdiction of law enforcement agencies, and she supports the enforcement of certain projects.

ChainCatcher news, the on-chain risk analysis platform Chaos Labs has launched the crypto research tool Chaos AI.The official statement indicates that Chaos AI is built on proprietary data from trillions of transactions over the years, transforming fragmented market data into institutional-grade financial intelligence. Unlike typical inference models, Chaos AI is specifically designed for crypto, trained on public and proprietary crypto datasets, and integrates the Chaos Labs knowledge base, enhanced through the RAG agent tool.Chaos Labs is a cloud platform that enables teams to create high-fidelity agents and scenario-based simulations on mainnet forks, providing a realistic testing environment. The company's goal is to expand cryptocurrency adoption by offering customized and automated economic security tools for protocols, which can validate the resilience and stability of protocols under any market conditions. Chaos Labs' tools allow core teams and community members to better monitor protocol health and risks in real-time, enabling mainnet changes before potential vulnerabilities are exploited.

ChainCatcher news, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju stated on the X platform that the crypto market is gradually becoming a tool for the United States to pursue national interests. Since Trump's election, global moral standards have declined; as long as actions align with Trump and U.S. interests, they are no longer considered illegal.He pointed out that the U.S. has opened the market without regulation, and although it has not strictly cracked down on fraudulent projects, it has clearly sent a signal: projects that follow the Trump administration's agenda and benefit U.S. national interests will be supported. The issuance of Trump-themed coins is a symbol of this trend.Ki Young Ju believes that this strategy may lead to "tokens serving U.S. national interests" being detrimental to other countries. At the same time, this trend is also unfavorable to assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum that are committed to globalization and neutrality. He speculated that, based on Trump's recent remarks, Bitcoin and Ethereum are in a delicate position of "neither allies nor enemies."

ChainCatcher news, digital asset wallet TokenPocket issued a statement in response to the incident on February 14, where user assets were aggregated and stolen by hackers. Technical analysis revealed that affected users had downloaded a third-party mining software called "Bom," which exhibited malicious behavior by unauthorized access to users' photo albums and uploading data, leading to the leakage of users' mnemonic phrases or private keys.TokenPocket has collaborated with security teams such as SlowMist Technology and GoPlusSecurity, and reminds users to immediately stop using unverified third-party tools, and to avoid saving mnemonic phrases and private keys through screenshots, social platforms, cloud storage, and other methods.

ChainCatcher message, according to monitoring by The Data Nerd, 5 hours ago, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy spent $310,000 to buy 19.52 million Jailstool.In the past 10 days, he has accumulated a total of 50.08 million Jailstool, with an average price of $0.0157.