ChainCatcher message, after the Binance security team assisted in recovering the stolen funds from KiloEx, some community members suggested that Binance disclose specific support details regarding the incident to enhance community trust in the ecological security. In response, Zhao Changpeng stated: "Some details in the middle can help with the handling of future security incidents; if everything is fully disclosed, hackers might learn to avoid them. We must respect the opinions of all parties involved. Everything else should be transparent."

ChainCatcher news, Du Jun, co-founder of ABCDE, stated on social media that ABCDE has officially ceased new project investments and suspended the fundraising plan for the second phase of its fund. The original team will continue to be responsible for post-investment support and exit arrangements for existing projects, ensuring that commitments to entrepreneurs and LPs are fulfilled seriously.His personal work focus will also gradually shift from financial investments in the primary market to a strategy-led approach combined with deep incubation, with a greater emphasis on industrial synergy and long-term value creation.Du Jun added that he has launched a new incubator brand, Vernal, and will announce the incubator shareholders and incubation rules, as well as the first batch of incubated projects in May. In May, he will also release the first buying list, detailing how much was bought and the reasons for the purchases.

According to ChainCatcher news, citing five informed sources from the AXIOS website, the acting head of the IRS is about to be replaced. Previously, Treasury Secretary Besant complained to President Trump that the agency's latest leader was appointed at the behest of Musk without his knowledge.Besant believes that Musk bypassed him to make Gary Shapley the acting head of the IRS, which falls under the Department of the Treasury. Informed sources said that Musk's Office of Government Efficiency pushed for this appointment through White House channels, without consulting Besant or seeking his approval.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Coinbase blog, Coinbase responded to the securities enforcement action initiated by the Oregon Attorney General, stating that the lawsuit is as baseless as the previous lawsuit filed against Coinbase by the SEC, and relies on outdated theories that have already been dismissed.Coinbase stated that it will vigorously respond to the lawsuit, defend the rights of the industry and users, and support federal digital asset legislation to regulate the industry, emphasizing that the Oregon action hinders the progress of the crypto industry.

ChainCatcher news, according to a prediction by Binance Research, the supply of U.S. Treasury bonds will exceed $31 trillion by 2025, accounting for about 109% of GDP and 144% of M2, a record scale that will create significant financing pressure on the market.Declining foreign demand or sell-offs may push up yields, thereby affecting risk assets such as cryptocurrencies. If the government adopts debt monetization, it may benefit cryptocurrencies. Close attention should be paid to macro impacts and policy responses.

ChainCatcher news, BNB Chain's 100 million USD plan, after a 3-week trial of "rewards liquidity upon listing," is now launching a "direct token purchase" mechanism based on community feedback, to support the development of ecological projects in a more comprehensive and direct way.This plan targets native assets of BNB Chain or cross-chain assets, with projects in various tracks that meet the following on-chain data and security requirements having the opportunity to receive at least a single purchase of 100,000 USD.For transaction-driven assets: Market capitalization ≥ 1 million USD; Daily average traders ≥ 300; Daily average trading volume ≥ 200,000 USD.For TVL-driven assets: Total Value Locked (TVL) ≥ 20 million USD; with protocol TVL growth as the core evaluation criterion.Security requirements: The top 10 external account (EOA) holdings must not exceed 10% of the total supply (excluding CEX and wallets related to Zhao Changpeng); projects must complete contract verification on BscScan or pass a security audit, as well as undergo multiple risk assessments.The BNB Chain Foundation will select targets from the pool of qualified projects, purchasing through the foundation's wallet address, with purchase timing being random, and transactions will be announced through official accounts after completion. The BNB Chain Foundation acquisition address is 0x511DfE9E248c887E32ca8bF9d1cb76f101965060.The upgraded 100 million USD incentive plan reflects BNB Chain's steadfast commitment to continuously support builders and create long-term value for the ecosystem during market fluctuations.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the decentralized perpetual contract protocol Hyperliquid has recently reached a market share of nearly 70%, a significant increase compared to the beginning of 2024.Its trading volume in March reached $175 billion, and in the first half of April, it has already reached $83 billion, with the protocol's trading volume approaching 10% of Binance.

ChainCatcher news, Jupiter advisor Kash Dhanda tweeted, "Content coin is a silly name for Meme tokens; Meme tokens are actually closer to financial content rather than finance."

ChainCatcher news, a16z general partner Ali Yahya tweeted that a16z has made an additional investment of $55 million in the LayerZero token ZRO, with a lock-up period of 3 years. Currently, ZRO is priced at $2.5, up 5.7% in the last 24 hours, with an FDV of $2.5 billion, and a previous high of $7.1.According to data from RootData, a16z previously led a $120 million financing round for LayerZero in April 2023, with a valuation of $3 billion. Earlier, in March 2022, a16z also led a $135 million financing round for LayerZero, with a valuation of $1 billion. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Coinbase Platform announced the completion of the Solana infrastructure upgrade, which includes optimizations such as: asynchronous transaction processing, a 5-fold increase in block throughput; the introduction of bare-metal servers, a 4-fold improvement in RPC performance; and enhanced system resilience through optimized failover mechanisms, liquidity, and operational control.Coinbase stated that it will continue to invest in Solana infrastructure to support its future expansion needs.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Jupiter has announced that the next-generation trading aggregator Juno is now live, featuring: multi-route aggregation from Jupiter, hashflow, and DFlow; Metis v1.5; self-learning capabilities; and a brand new experimental algorithm.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, digital wallet infrastructure developer Dynamic has integrated support for the Layer 1 blockchain Sui.Sui has now become the latest ecosystem supported by Dynamic, which also supports Algorand, Base, Berachain, Bitcoin, Cosmos, Eclipse, Farcaster, Solana, TON, and other Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) networks.Additionally, developers can now integrate Dynamic's wallet software development kit (SDK), allowing Sui users to access decentralized applications (DApps) such as Crossmint, Relay, and xLabs.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, KiloEx announced on April 15 regarding the progress of the hacking incident that it has reported to the Hong Kong police and filed a case, and is cooperating with the Criminal Investigation and Cybersecurity departments for investigation. Some information related to the hackers has been obtained. Meanwhile, KiloEx has collaborated with the security company SlowMist to submit a detailed incident report, which will be publicly released when the time is right.The security vulnerability has been fixed, and there is currently no risk of position liquidation. All positions will be settled at the snapshot price before the incident. KiloEx is formulating a compensation plan and raising funds, and the Vault function will gradually resume after the plan is implemented, ensuring the safety of user funds.The hackers have not yet moved the stolen funds. KiloEx has repeatedly sent messages on-chain requesting the return of 90%, but has not received a response so far. The related addresses have been jointly blocked in coordination with multiple DeFi protocols and CEX.In response to rumors about internal involvement, KiloEx solemnly clarifies: the police and SlowMist have fully intervened in the investigation and obtained all internal data. If there are internal issues, the case will not be filed.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, analysts at JPMorgan have stated that safe-haven demand is driving up gold prices, while Bitcoin has failed to benefit from this.In a report released on Wednesday, a team of analysts led by Managing Director Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou pointed out that, influenced by macroeconomic uncertainty, investors seeking safe havens are driving funds into gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and the futures market.In contrast, Bitcoin has been left behind. Analysts noted that speculative interest in the Bitcoin futures market is waning, and ETFs have seen consecutive outflows.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance Pool has launched the SuperMine event page and started a new event.During the event period (from April 17, 2025, 10:00 to May 17, 2025, 10:00 UTC), participants can share a reward pool of 5000 USDT vouchers by increasing their BTC hash rate.

ChainCatcher news, according to official Grok information, it has now launched a conversation memory feature. This feature can remember users' conversation history, providing more personalized recommendations and suggestions.Users can view the conversation content recorded by Grok and can selectively delete specific memories. The memory feature is in the testing phase and is only available on the Grok official website and its mobile application (excluding the EU and UK regions), with plans to expand to the X platform in the future.

ChainCatcher news, according to market information, cryptocurrency stocks in the U.S. pre-market are generally rising, among which:Coinbase (COIN) up 1.3%;Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) up 1.11%;Tesla (TSLA) up 1.26%;MicroStrategy (MSTR) up 1.23%;MARA Holdings (MARA) up 0.97%;Riot Platforms (RIOT) up 1.1%;Hut 8 Corp. (HUT) up 1.17%.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, a16z is urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to update the crypto custody rules for registered investment advisers. In a formal letter submitted to the SEC's crypto working group, a16z stated that registered investment advisers should be able to directly hold cryptocurrency assets under specific conditions and within clearly defined safeguards. "The Commission should provide new guidance to facilitate custody arrangements for crypto assets, even if it is just a temporary measure before the Commission issues new rules."