ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin predicts a significant paradigm shift in the entire Web3 space centered around "intention" in 2025.He noted, "This not only expands the capabilities that users and application developers can achieve, but also enables AI agents to act and transact on Web2 and Web3, which will change the way we interact with the internet."

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 asset data platform RootData released the “Q2 2024 Web3 Industry Investment Research Report”. The X Impact Index launched by RootData showcases the most influential Web3 projects in the industry, with 12 core projects distributed across 4 key areas:Exchanges: Coinbase, Binance, UniswapLayer 1 Blockchains: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, PolygonWeb3 Media: CoinDesk, The Block, CointelegraphAnalytics Tools: CoinMarketCap, Messari

ChainCatcher news, UneMeta and Berachain are jointly promoting the innovation of intellectual property (IP) in the Web3 space, injecting new narratives into this bull market. By combining Une's rich top-tier IP resources with a culturally vibrant community layer and Berachain's high-performance EVM-compatible blockchain built on liquidity proof consensus, they are transforming the traditional entertainment industry model. This innovative narrative redefines the creation, value, and sharing models of IP in the Web3 ecosystem, enabling users to freely express themselves and participate in the evolving digital environment.

ChainCatcher news, Blue Harbor Interactive Group Limited (HK.8267) recently announced that it has successfully signed a share subscription agreement, planning to invest 1.26 million USD to subscribe for 30.3% of the shares of EcoPowX, a company focused on innovative services in the Bitcoin network and AI computing power. The company primarily focuses on providing computing power solutions for artificial intelligence and the Bitcoin network through environmentally friendly gas power generation technology.It is reported that EcoPowX collaborates with major oil field and natural gas processing equipment suppliers in West Africa to promote the environmentally friendly treatment of flare gas in oil areas, which not only helps to promote the sustainable development of the cryptocurrency market and the foundational network of blockchain technology but also provides new solutions for the energy demands in the field of artificial intelligence.

ChainCatcher news, the fully digital public infrastructure PlatON announced that it will collaborate with NetDragon Websoft (Hong Kong) Limited to explore relevant cooperation in the Web3 field, including decentralized gaming economic ecosystems, NFT minting and issuance, bringing global users more freedom, safer digital asset services, and a more enjoyable gaming experience.In this cooperation, both parties will jointly explore collaboration in the development and operation of global Web3 games, introducing Web3 payments and decentralized gaming economic ecosystems based on existing games. PlatON will provide professional technical services and advanced solutions to bridge Web2 game users into the Web3 world; the PlatON wallet plugin will also be embedded in blockchain games to provide users with safer and more convenient payment services. NetDragon Hong Kong is a gaming company funded by the well-known game manufacturer NetDragon, holding exclusive licenses for multiple high-quality game IPs.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Slow Mist blockchain hacking archive statistics, from October 1 to October 7, 2023, a total of 10 security incidents occurred, with an increase in DNS hijacking attacks and Discord hacking incidents. The specific events are as follows:Galxe (2023-10-06): Unauthorized access obtained through DNS hijacking led to the misappropriation of visitor funds, affecting 1,120 users. Loss: approximately $270,000;MCT (2023-10-06): DNS domain hijacking allowed private keys to be uploaded to a fraudulent domain. Preventive measures are recommended. Loss: not specified;Fake CommEx tokens (2023-10-06): A large amount of liquidity was removed in a rug pull, with the deployer extracting approximately $154,000;friend.tech (2023-10-05): Four users faced SIM swap attacks, resulting in significant losses. Loss: approximately $385,000;Stars Arena (2023-10-05): The platform's smart contract had a major security vulnerability, leading to the theft of a large amount of funds. Loss: approximately $3 million;DePay (2023-10-05): The platform faced a flash loan attack, resulting in relatively small theft. Loss: $827;Metropolis World (2023-10-05): The platform's Discord server was hacked. Loss: unspecified;GEMIE (2023-10-02): The Discord server was hacked, leading to phishing links being shared. Users are advised not to interact. Loss: not specified;VendX (2023-10-02): Another instance of a Discord server being hacked. Loss: not specified;Fake EigenLayer tokens (2023-10-01): A fake token exit scam that brought huge profits to the deployer. Loss: approximately $300,000.

ChainCatcher news reports that, according to monitoring by blockchain security auditing company Beosin, the total losses in the Web3 sector due to hacker attacks, phishing scams, and project Rug Pulls reached 655.61 million USD in the first half of 2023. Among them, there were 108 attack incidents, with total losses of approximately 471.43 million USD; phishing scams had total losses of about 108 million USD; and there were 110 project Rug Pull incidents, resulting in total losses of around 75.87 million USD.The total loss amount from hacker attacks in the Web3 sector has significantly decreased compared to last year. In the first half of 2022, the total losses from attacks were approximately 1.91 billion USD, and in the second half of 2022, about 1.69 billion USD, while in the first half of 2023, this figure dropped to 470 million USD.In terms of the types of attacked projects, DeFi remains the most frequently attacked type with the highest loss amount. The total loss from 85 DeFi security incidents reached 292 million USD, accounting for 62% of the total loss amount.From the perspective of blockchain platforms, 75.6% of the loss amount came from Ethereum, approximately 356 million USD, ranking first among all blockchain platforms.In terms of attack methods (statistical by root cause), the most frequent and damaging attack method was contract vulnerability exploitation. 60 contract vulnerability incidents caused losses of 264 million USD, accounting for 56% of all loss amounts.Regarding the flow of funds, approximately 215 million USD of stolen assets were recovered, accounting for 45.5% of all stolen assets. Additionally, about 113 million USD of stolen assets were transferred to Tornado Cash and other mixers.In terms of auditing, among the attacked projects, about 49% of the projects had not undergone an audit.In contrast to the decreasing trend of hacker attack incidents compared to 2022, phishing scams and project Rug Pull incidents became more frequent for ordinary users in the first half of 2023. According to incomplete statistics, these two types of incidents involved a total amount of at least 184 million USD. The decrease in the technical threshold for phishing (for example, malicious toolkits can be purchased from certain channels to profit and then share the earnings) has led to a significant increase in phishing scams in the first half of 2023, becoming a major threat to the safety of Web3 users.

According to ChainCatcher news, monitoring by Beosin EagleEye, a security risk monitoring, early warning, and blocking platform under the blockchain security audit company Beosin, revealed that in the first quarter of 2023, a total of 61 major attack incidents occurred in the Web3 field, with total losses amounting to approximately $295 million, a decrease of about 77% compared to the fourth quarter of 2022.It is reported that the total loss amount in the first quarter of 2023 is lower than any quarter in 2022. Among them, there was 1 security incident with losses exceeding $100 million (the Euler Finance flash loan attack resulted in a loss of $197 million). There were 2 incidents with losses in the range of $10 million to $100 million, and 17 incidents with losses in the range of $1 million to $10 million.In addition to attack incidents, 41 major Rug Pull incidents were also monitored in the first quarter of 2023, involving an amount of approximately $20.34 million. (Source link)