ChainCatcher message, according to a post by the security community Dilation Effect on platform X: "Compared to previous similar incidents, in the Bybit incident, only one signer needed to be compromised to complete the attack, as the attacker used a 'social engineering' technique.Analyzing on-chain transactions reveals that the attacker executed a malicious contract's transfer function through delegatecall. The transfer code modifies the value of slot 0 using the SSTORE instruction, thereby changing the implementation address of Bybit's cold wallet multi-signature contract to the attacker's address. The transfer here is very clever; it only requires dealing with the person/device initiating this multi-signature transaction, and the subsequent reviewers will significantly lower their guard when they see this transfer. Because a normal person seeing a transfer would think it's just a transfer, who would know it's actually changing the contract? The attacker's methods have evolved again."

ChainCatcher message, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, the funding rate for Binance's $ENA contract has soared to 2.5 per thousand. Under the condition that the rate remains unchanged, shorting $10,000 requires a funding fee of $25 every 4 hours, and significant fluctuations are expected at the 12 o'clock settlement. Based on historical funding rates, at 4 AM today, ENA started a strong rebound, and the rate rose to 3.2 per thousand, with a trading volume of $876 million in the last 24 hours.ENA and Bybit have a deep cooperative relationship, with 21% of USDe executing delta-neutral hedging strategies on Bybit. After the theft at Bybit, ENA briefly dropped by 11%, and USDe also experienced a slight discount. However, after Bybit promised compensation and ENA informed that "all spot assets supporting USDe are held in custody solutions outside the exchange," the price has gradually rebounded (lowest $0.4078, current price $0.453).

ChainCatcher message, Slow Mist stated on platform X that the Safe contract is fine, but the issue lies in the non-contract part, where the front end has been tampered with and forged to achieve a deceptive effect. This is not an isolated case. North Korean hackers managed to compromise several companies last year, such as:WazirX 230M USDT Safe multi-signatureRadiant Capital 50M USDT Safe multi-signatureDMM 305M USDT Gonco multi-signatureThis type of attack method has matured in engineering. Other companies also need to pay more attention, as multi-signatures may have similar attack points beyond just Safe.

ChainCatcher message, according to the Cryptorank report on February 20: In terms of contract liquidity, MEXC ranks first among five centralized exchanges, with its substantial liquidity depth primarily concentrated in the three currency pairs of BTC, ETH, and SOL. It ranks third in spot liquidity, demonstrating strong liquidity in the BTC and ETH trading pairs.

ChainCatcher news, HashKey Global has launched the MANTRA (OM) perpetual contract, supporting up to 20x leverage, providing users with a flexible and efficient trading experience.This contract is a U-based perpetual contract, with the underlying asset being the OM/USDT index, the settlement currency being USDT, the contract value being 1 OM, the minimum price fluctuation being 0.0001, and the funding fee cap being +0.75%/-0.75%. The funding fees are settled every 8 hours, and 24/7 uninterrupted trading is supported.In addition, HashKey Global will launch a zero-fee promotion for designated trading pairs starting from January 16, allowing trading with zero fees.

ChainCatcher news, according to Binance's announcement, the leverage and margin tiers for the FETUSDT, POLUSDT, BANUSDT, and OMUSDT perpetual contracts will be adjusted on February 21, 2025, at 17:30 (Beijing time).The announcement states that this adjustment will affect existing positions, and due to the updates in leverage and margin tiers, grid trading strategies may expire and become ineffective. Binance advises users to make the necessary adjustments in a timely manner before the changes take effect.

ChainCatcher news, according to BlockSec Phalcon, a contract on the BSC chain has encountered suspicious transactions, which appear to be related to an inactive NFT project StepHeroNFTs, and has been detected as a typical reentrancy attack.The contract is not open source, and this attack has resulted in a loss of approximately $90,000.

ChainCatcher news, HashKey Global will officially launch the Kaito (KAITO) perpetual contract on February 20, 2025, at 14:00 (UTC), and will introduce a zero-fee promotion for designated trading pairs. Starting from January 16, 2025, participants trading in designated pairs can enjoy zero trading fees.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, MEXC will launch Kaito (KAITO) in the Innovation Zone on February 20 at 21:00 (UTC+8), and open the KAITO/USDT trading market.On the same day at 21:10 (UTC+8), the Kaito (KAITO) U-based contract will be launched, supporting leverage of 1-50 times, with both full and isolated margin modes. Kaito (KAITO) flash exchange will be available the day after the spot launch at 18:00 (UTC+8).To celebrate the launch of Kaito (KAITO), MEXC has launched an Airdrop+ event to share 300,000 USDT.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement from Binance, Binance Futures will adjust the leverage and margin tiers for the 1000BONKUSDT, INJUSDT, EOSUSDT, and OMUSDT perpetual contracts on February 20, 2025, at 17:30 (Beijing time). This adjustment will affect existing positions and may cause futures grid strategies to become ineffective. Binance recommends that users make corresponding adjustments in a timely manner before the changes take effect.

According to ChainCatcher news and the official announcement, Binance's contract copy trading will add the following U-margined perpetual contracts on February 20, 2025, at 08:00 (UTC):1MBABYDOGEUSDT, ACHUSDT, ACTUSDT, AGLDUSDT, ALPACAUSDT, ANIMEUSDT, API3USDT, ARKUSDT, AUCTIONUSDT, B3USDT, BAKEUSDT, BANUSDT, BERAUSDT, BIOUSDT, BSWUSDT, COWUSDT, EIGENUSDT, ETHFIUSDT, GLMUSDT, GOATUSDT, GPSUSDT, HEIUSDT, IOUSDT, IPUSDT, KASUSDT, LAYERUSDT, LISTAUSDT, MELANIAUSDT, MOODENGUSDT, PEOPLEUSDT, PIPPINUSDT, PNUTUSDT, POLUSDT, RENDERUSDT, RPLUSDT, SHELLUSDT, SPELLUSDT, SUSDT, SWELLUSDT, SYNUSDT, TAOUSDT, THEUSDT, TROYUSDT, TSTUSDT, USTCUSDT, USUALUSDT, UXLINKUSDT, VINEUSDT, VVVUSDT, XVSUSDT.

ChainCatcher news, Orderly announced on X that it will launch the KAITO perpetual contract, supporting up to 5x leverage. Trading will start on February 20 at 13:00 (UTC).It is reported that Orderly is a liquidity infrastructure project that integrates cross-chain derivatives liquidity. By consolidating orders from different chains into a unified on-chain order book, Orderly creates a unified cross-chain liquidity ecosystem, addressing the issue of fragmented liquidity between chains.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, OKX will officially launch the KAITO/USDT perpetual contract on the web, App, and API at 10:00 PM (UTC+8) on February 20, 2025, and will launch KAITO's leveraged trading and simple earning services at 12:10 PM (UTC+8) on February 21, 2025.

ChainCatcher message, the U.S. Department of the Treasury stated in a post on X: "We are working with DOGE to identify waste, fraud, and abuse. To this end, the IRS has rescinded the previously planned $1.9 billion contract and committed to focusing on the responsible use of taxpayer funds.We have included the project SoW and FPDS entries to ensure full transparency. We look forward to continuing to work with the DOGE team to reduce waste."

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance Futures will update the leverage and margin tiers for the perpetual contracts of BADGERUSDT, BOMEUSDT, 1000FLOKIUSDT, GOATUSDT, OMUSDT, and BNXUSDTU on February 19, 2025, at 17:30 (Beijing time). Existing positions before the update will be affected, and users are advised to make appropriate preparations before the adjustment.

ChainCatcher message, OKX will officially launch the HYPEUSDT perpetual contract on the web, App, and API at 3:00 PM (UTC+8) on February 21, 2025, and will settle the HYPEUSDT pre-delivery contract at 6:00 PM (UTC+8) on February 21, 2025.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, OKX will officially launch the HYPEUSDT perpetual contract on the web, App, and API at 3:00 PM (UTC+8) on February 21, 2025, and will settle the HYPEUSDT pre-settlement contract at 6:00 PM (UTC+8) on the same day.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Coinbase has announced the launch of Solana and Hedera futures contracts regulated by the CFTC.Eligible U.S. investors can now trade the above contracts on Coinbase Derivatives.

ChainCatcher news, Coinbase International stated on platform X that Coinbase International Exchange and Coinbase Advanced will increase support for EURC perpetual contracts, and the EURC-PERP market will open on February 19, 2025, at 9:30 AM (UTC) or later.