ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has confirmed that it has initiated a proposal requesting the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol ParaSwap to return the transaction fees generated from trading with digital assets stolen from the exchange by the Lazarus hacker group.On March 4, a proposal was published on the ParaSwap decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) forum, requesting the freezing and return of 44.67 wETH worth nearly $100,000. The proposal initially raised skepticism, with several DAO members demanding verification of its origin. Bybit posted a verification message on its official X account on March 5, confirming that the proposal was initiated by them.This proposal for fund return sparked intense discussions among DAO members. DeFi researcher and ParaSwap DAO representative Ignas pointed out that profiting from a hacker attack gives a "bad image" to the DAO, and returning the funds would demonstrate support for industry peers. He added that retaining these funds could attract regulatory scrutiny and legal troubles. However, he also warned that refunds would set a dangerous precedent for DeFi: "Code is law. The DAO legally earned the fees through smart contracts. If we return the funds now, what happens in similar situations in the future? This would set a dangerous precedent."Opinions among ParaSwap DAO members are divided, with some supporting conditional refunds of the fees, while others voted against the refund. DAO member SEED Gov proposed three possible courses of action: full refund, rejection of the request, or negotiating a structured refund that includes retaining 10% as a bounty, consistent with Bybit's existing bug bounty program.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Swiss crypto bank Sygnum has expanded its custody services to the options exchange Deribit and has jointly adopted Fireblocks' "Off Exchange" service with Deribit, allowing traders to hold assets in a regulated bank custody while still accessing Deribit's deep liquidity.

ChainCatcher message, according to the latest data from DefiLlama - CEX Transparency, from February 21 to 27, 2025, following the Bybit hacking incident, Binance had a net inflow of $3.971 billion that week. In contrast, the total net inflow of the other 9 major exchanges (excluding Bybit) during the same period was $396.83 million, making Binance's inflow 10 times that of these exchanges combined.At the same time, in February 2025, Binance's net inflow for the month reached $5.323 billion, while the total net inflow for the other 9 exchanges (excluding Bybit) was $1.229 billion. This means that Binance's monthly net inflow was 4.33 times that of the total for these nine exchanges. (Note: Bitget's data for the month has not yet been disclosed.)It is noteworthy that Binance's monthly net inflow is nearly 7 times that of the second-ranked exchange, Bitfinex ($768.19 million). Additionally, according to DeFiLlama's historical data, in the past 12 months, Binance had a net inflow exceeding $3 billion for 6 months. Among them, in November 2024, it reached a peak of $9.2946 billion, setting the highest record in the past year.

ChainCatcher message, according to official news, MEXC will launch Roam (ROAM) in the innovation zone on March 6, 2025, at 18:00 (UTC+8), and open the ROAM/USDT trading market.The recharge function for ROAM is now open, and the withdrawal function will be available on March 7 at 18:00 (UTC+8). In addition, the ROAM swap function will also go live on March 7 at 18:00 (UTC+8), allowing users to exchange seamlessly and in real-time with other assets.To celebrate the launch of Roam (ROAM), MEXC has launched an Airdrop+ event with a prize pool of 76,000 ROAM and 66,000 USDT. Event duration: March 5, 2025, 18:00 -- March 17, 18:00 (UTC+8).

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptonews, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of India has chosen the cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX to manage the seized digital assets. As part of the collaboration, CoinDCX will provide a secure custody infrastructure to store and manage the confiscated assets.Indian authorities have intensified their enforcement against cryptocurrency fraud, seizing assets worth nearly $200 million in the GainBitcoin and BitConnect scams.Assistant Director of the Enforcement Directorate, Parneet Kumar, stated that CoinDCX has cooperated during the seizure process, assisting the ED in the investigation and ensuring compliance with all legal requirements.

ChainCatcher news, according to the announcement from WEEX exchange, with the recent surge in platform user numbers and trading volume, from March 5, 00:00 --- 01:08 (UTC+8), WEEX experienced high concurrent trading requests during the funding rate settlement period, leading to abnormal load on some shard nodes, resulting in matching delays for the ETH/USDT trading pair and anomalies in K-line data.Currently, the related issues have been fully resolved, and the platform is operating stably. WEEX has allocated a risk reserve of 10 million USDT to fully compensate affected users, fulfilling the commitment of "100% user asset security guarantee."In addition, the WEEX technical team has simultaneously initiated a review of the incident, focusing on optimizing distributed architecture and matching performance, increasing investment in technical performance, and further strengthening system stability and business capacity under extreme scenarios.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Hotcoin exchange will open PWEASE/USDT trading on March 5, 2025, at 14:00 (UTC+8), and SIREN/USDT trading on March 5, 2025, at 16:00 (UTC+8). $PWEASE is a meme token based on Solana that has attracted significant market attention. $SIREN is a fully on-chain deployed AI analyst that has garnered attention on the BSC chain.In addition, Hotcoin will officially launch VANA/USDT and S/USDT perpetual contract trading on March 5, 2025, at 16:00 (UTC+8). VANA supports up to 25x leverage, while S supports up to 75x leverage.$VANA: VANA is a decentralized AI infrastructure in the Web3 space, aiming to build an efficient and secure platform for AI model training and inference.$S: S is the core token of the Sonic ecosystem, which, as the highest performance EVM L1, combines extreme speed, incentive mechanisms, and top-tier infrastructure to provide exceptional support for decentralized applications.

ChainCatcher news, Roam ($ROAM) will launch ROAM/USDT trading on March 6, 2025, at 10:00 (UTC) on eight exchanges: Bybit, KuCoin, MEXC, Bitget, Backpack, Gate.io, Hotcoin, and LBank. The specific arrangements for each exchange are as follows:Bybit: Deposits open from February 28 at 10:00 (UTC) (Solana network). New users can participate in a share of the $ROAM prize pool of 3.5 million (March 4-18), and there will be a trading event from March 6-18 to win a prize pool of 500,000 $ROAM.KuCoin: Deposits are open (SOL-SPL network). The collective auction will start on March 6 from 09:00 to 10:00 UTC, and various spot trading bots will be supported after trading goes live.MEXC: Deposits are open, with a pre-deposit prize pool of 10,000 $ROAM (maximum 100 $ROAM per person). Instant exchange will open on March 7 at 10:00 (UTC).Bitget: Deposits are open, and new users can enjoy a CandyBomb airdrop of 1,675,000 $ROAM (March 6-13).Backpack: Pre-deposits are open, but the event announcement has not yet been released.Gate.io: HODLer Airdrop provides 200,000 $ROAM (March 4-6, requires ≥ 1 GT), and deposits will share a pool of 20,000 $ROAM (March 3-10).Hotcoin: Deposits & trading will share a prize pool of 50,000 $ROAM (March 6-13).LBank: Pre-deposits are open, but the event announcement has not yet been released.In addition, Roam officially launched multiple airdrop activities: 100,000 ROAM community creation rewards; miner/network builder airdrops; and a 7-day continuous check-in reward (up to 1400 Points).

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement from Binance, GoPlus Security (GPS) will gradually launch multiple trading services on Binance starting from March 4. According to the announcement, the GPS principal-protected earning product will be open for subscription on the Binance principal-protected earning platform at 21:00 (Beijing time) on March 4; Binance leverage will add GPS borrowable assets at 21:20 on the same day, as well as GPS/USDT, GPS/USDC, and GPS/FDUSD full margin and isolated margin trading pairs.In addition, starting from 18:00 on March 5, users can purchase GPS through Binance's regular investment using any supported payment method. Within one hour after the spot launch, GPS will simultaneously enable the one-click buy feature, and the instant exchange platform will also support fee-free exchanges between GPS and tokens such as BTC and USDT.

ChainCatcher news, crypto analyst Ali Martinez disclosed data on social media, revealing that over 25,000 BTC have been withdrawn from exchanges in the past 2 weeks.

ChainCatcher message, according to official news, the GPSUSDT perpetual contract will officially launch on Hotcoin at 18:00 (UTC+8) on March 4, 2025, supporting up to 25x leverage. GPSUSDT spot trading will go live at 21:15 (UTC+8) on March 4, 2025.$GPS: $GPS is the native token of GoPlus Security, which is building the first decentralized security layer in the Web3 space, providing comprehensive security protection for all blockchain networks.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, the KMNOUSDT perpetual contract will officially launch on Hotcoin on March 4, 2025, at 16:00 (UTC+8), supporting up to 50x leverage. The HBARUSDT perpetual contract will officially launch on Hotcoin on March 4, 2025, at 16:00 (UTC+8), supporting up to 75x leverage.$KMNO: $KMNO is the native token of Kamino, which offers a range of DeFi products that combine various DeFi primitives to support efficient automated strategies, providing convenient access through a user-friendly interface.$HBAR: $HBAR is the native token of the Hedera network, used for paying transaction fees and supporting the decentralized application ecosystem.

According to ChainCatcher news and reported by CoinDesk, Japan's financial giant SBI Group's cryptocurrency exchange SBI VC Trade announced on March 4 that it has completed the registration of the first "electronic payment method and other transaction practitioners" related to stablecoin trading in Japan. After obtaining approval, the company will start processing the stablecoin "USDC" issued by the American company Circle on March 12. However, this feature will currently be in a testing phase, with circulation limited to within the group. With this latest approval, SBI VC Trade now holds three licenses: cryptocurrency exchange business, Type 1 financial instruments business, and electronic payment tools trading business.

ChainCatcher message, according to official news, the MEUSDT and AGLDUSDT perpetual contracts will officially launch on Hotcoin on March 3, 2025, at 16:00 (UTC+8), supporting up to 25x leverage.$ME: $ME is the official token of Magic Eden, driving the on-chain economy and supporting cross-chain trading, minting, and wallet protocols.$AGLD: $AGLD is the native token of the Loot ecosystem, initially airdropped to Loot NFT holders, now serving as the governance and Gas token for the Adventure Layer, supporting the development and operation of decentralized games.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, the Dojima Exchange plans to complete the preparation for the listing application of Bitcoin futures within this month. Sources revealed that the exchange is expected to start Bitcoin futures trading as early as the fiscal year 2025, which could make it the first exchange in Asia to offer such services.The decision by the Dojima Exchange is seen as a positive response to current market trends, aiming to meet the growing investment demand. If the application is approved smoothly, Bitcoin futures trading is expected to begin in the fiscal year 2025, providing investors with more trading options and risk management tools.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken stated that the U.S. SEC has agreed to withdraw its lawsuit against it. Currently, SEC staff have in principle agreed to dismiss the lawsuit against Kraken, not admitting any wrongdoing, not paying fines, and not changing its business.