ChainCatcher News, U.S. Department of Commerce: The Biden-Harris administration launches a competition for up to $1.6 billion in funding to accelerate the development of advanced semiconductor packaging technology in the United States.

ChainCatcher news, the world's first AI-driven comprehensive financial derivatives service platform EraAI today announced the official launch of its membership system. To align with EraAI's global strategy in the Asia-Pacific region and to gather initial traffic, achieving the market share target for the DePIN track in the Asia-Pacific region by June 2025, EraAI provides efficient, secure, and intelligent multi-domain AI technology solutions and hardware device solutions for enterprises and users within Asia.In addition, EraAI also announced a strategic partnership with D3X, with both parties working together to promote innovation in AI technology and jointly explore the Asian AI market. EraAI will leverage its advanced technology in the AI field and D3X's global resources and experience to not only optimize investment management and trading strategies but also achieve overall profitability, real-time decision-making, and automated trading, which is expected to significantly enhance the operational efficiency and innovation capabilities of enterprises in the region.EraAI's Asia-Pacific strategy will achieve a perfect combination of European and American technology with Asian traffic. Era's entry into the market will also provide blockchain and DePIN enthusiasts in the Asia-Pacific region with new services and more optimization options, laying a solid foundation for future market expansion and user growth.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, ECB Executive Board member Fabio Panetta stated that while central banks have long provided central bank money for wholesale transactions, we do not yet have a digital form of cash. As the use and acceptance of cash decline, this issue is becoming increasingly prominent. Therefore, the European Commission has proposed a legislative initiative to ensure the acceptance of cash, and the ECB is also committed to maintaining the widespread availability and accessibility of euro cash.Nevertheless, the trend of reducing the use of banknotes in everyday transactions may continue, reflecting the digitalization of economic activities and the patterns of many developed economies. We must act swiftly to address the risks posed by Europe’s current inability to ensure the integration and autonomy of its retail payment systems. This is a key motivation behind the digital euro project: to bring central bank money into the digital age, providing digital currency equivalent to banknotes and strengthening our monetary sovereignty.

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, the vice presidential candidate debate is scheduled to take place on October 1 local time. Current Senator JD Vance and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will debate. It is currently unclear whether the two will mention cryptocurrency-related topics. In today's second presidential candidate debate between Harris and Trump, cryptocurrency did not become a topic of discussion.

ChainCatcher message, Sun Yuchen stated on his social platform that due to SunPump's earnings exceeding expectations, the SUN community plans to conduct the first SUN earnings burn ahead of schedule. Specific details will be announced later.

ChainCatcher message, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, the whale vladilena.eth (@0xVladilena) redeemed the weETH PT and YT maturing on December 26th 20 minutes ago, exchanging it for 5000 ETH and depositing it into Binance, worth 12.24 million USD, suspected to be sold.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the modular protocol Curvance, aimed at optimizing liquidity management, has launched its public testnet on Ethereum's Sepolia, Arbitrum's Sepolia, and Berachain's bArtio V2.The team stated, "The public testnet is the last chance to provide feedback, and most importantly, participants can earn some Bytes. Public testers in the Curvance testnet can collect up to 300 Bytes."

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, CFRA's Chief Investment Strategist Sam Stovall stated that Powell clearly indicated in his statement that inflation is declining, which is somewhat surprising. In addition, the Federal Reserve also believes that inflation will continue to decrease, and employment has not been adversely affected.Powell wants the market to know that the Federal Reserve is not behind the curve. By clearly indicating the possibility of a rate cut in September, Powell is essentially signaling a rate cut a month in advance. The timing of the first cut is clear, but the magnitude remains uncertain. I believe the Federal Reserve will not suddenly cut rates by 50 basis points. A slow and steady approach is what the Federal Reserve hopes to implement in the early stages of easing policy.

ChainCatcher news, the full-chain yield and liquidity protocol Solv Protocol announced a strategic partnership with institutional-grade crypto asset custody service provider Ceffu and Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon. In this collaboration, Solv and Ceffu jointly built a solution that integrates the Babylon protocol within the Ceffu MPC custody wallet. Users can use BTCB to achieve trusted staking of Babylon through Solv on the BNBChain.

ChainCatcher message, Coinbase International and Coinbase Advanced have launched ATOM-PERP, DYDX-PERP, and OM-PERP perpetual contracts, and the related markets have entered full trading mode.

ChainCatcher message, Jupiter co-founder Meow stated on social media that voting will be restarted this week. Jupiter Work Groups (JWGs) play an extremely important role in the Jupiverse, and several votes will take place this week to further advance the JWGs.Draft proposals from various parties will be submitted soon and will be discussed in tomorrow's meeting. Voting may take place on Friday, and debates around these proposals will continue throughout the week.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Bitcoin developer Robin Linus proposed a theoretical method last year aimed at making the Bitcoin blockchain more programmable. Today, he has launched a second iteration called "BitVM2," which reportedly has significant improvements that bring this concept closer to real-world deployment. The project will rely on advanced cryptography and innovative design to establish a secure "bridge" that transfers Bitcoin from the main network to a secondary network known as "rollup."According to a white paper released this week by Linus and five co-authors, the basic setup involves using cryptography to compress programs into subprograms, which are then executed in Bitcoin transactions. Subsequently, these programs are "verified" in three on-chain transactions, essentially ensuring that no one is attempting to cheat or steal. According to one of the co-authors, Alexei Zamyatin, previous versions required up to 70 transactions for verification. It is reported that Alexei Zamyatin is working separately on the Bitcoin L2 network Build on Bitcoin (BOB).A key improvement in the new version is that anyone can challenge suspicious transactions, a feature known as "permissionless challenges." The original BitVM was released last October but was never truly deployed in practice, with only a fixed group of operators able to initiate challenges."This design brings us these significant improvements," Zamyatin said in a video interview, "We now have a complete and comprehensive description of the BitVM paradigm."

ChainCatcher News: Former U.S. President Trump and his partner Vance's campaign team appointed co-chairs for the transition team. (Jin Ten)

ChainCatcher news, a document on Wednesday showed that Bitcoin mining company Riot continues to attempt to acquire competitor Bitfarms, which purchased approximately 10.2 million shares of Bitfarms stock in July.In May of this year, Riot attempted to acquire Bitfarms for about $950 million. The CEO of Riot Platforms criticized Bitfarms' plans to block the acquisition. In June of this year, Bitfarms took its first "poison pill" measure to prevent a potential acquisition, which was later escalated in July.According to Google Finance, Riot's stock price on Nasdaq closed down 1.74% on Wednesday, while Bitfarms' stock price closed up 4.03%. Year-to-date, Riot's stock price has fallen by 33.87%. (The Block)

ChainCatcher news, OpenAI announced the rollout of a beta version of the Advanced Voice Mode to select ChatGPT Plus users. This feature offers more natural real-time conversations, supporting interruptions and emotional awareness. OpenAI plans to make it available to all Plus users in the fall, with video and screen sharing features to be launched later.To ensure safety, OpenAI has tested GPT-4o in 45 languages and implemented privacy protection and content moderation measures. The company will release a detailed capability and safety assessment report in early August. This testing aims to further enhance the safety and user experience of the advanced voice experience.