ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, British fintech company Revolut has announced its partnership with multi-chain market data provider Pyth Network, becoming the first bank data publisher to join. Revolut will provide Pyth with digital asset quotes and trading data for DeFi developers to use in decentralized applications. The company currently serves over 45 million users across 200 countries.Mazen Eljundi, Head of Global Crypto at Revolut, stated that this collaboration will help developers and users access real-time accurate market data. As a publisher on the Pyth oracle network, Revolut will provide reliable data support for hundreds of dApps.

ChainCatcher news, CoinDesk has acquired the crypto data provider CCData and its retail division CryptoCompare, which serves over 300,000 active users.CCData is regulated in the UK and is one of the providers of digital asset data and index solutions.CoinDesk CEO Sara Stratoberdha stated, "We are excited to begin integrating CCData's high-quality, robust, and trusted data platform and retail suite into CoinDesk's existing products and services, bringing more opportunities to our customers."

ChainCatcher message, The ETF Store President Nate Geraci disclosed that BlackRock is acquiring alternative/private market data provider Preqin, seeking to leverage this data to ultimately create ETFs.Nate Geraci stated, "Using data" = replication, as it is clearly not possible to create an ETF that holds private market investments. I think this is a conundrum.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Pyth Network announced that Aleno has joined the Pyth data provider community, contributing its proprietary data to help ensure the security of the Pyth price oracle.It is reported that Aleno is a DeFi native asset service company headquartered in Paris, providing services to DeFi asset managers, financial managers, on-chain companies, and institutions.Aleno provides accurate on-chain prices by leveraging comprehensive market data from on-chain active price discovery venues. Pyth Network combines Aleno's price data with inputs from up to 63 other data providers to create a reliable aggregated price feed for each price feed to support smart contracts.

ChainCatcher news, Pyth announces Cables Finance as its new data provider. Cables Finance is contributing its proprietary data on cryptocurrencies and foreign exchange to help ensure the coverage of price sources for Pyth Price Feeds.

ChainCatcher news, Pyth Network announces that the crypto trading company Time Research has become its new data provider.It is reported that Time Research was founded in 2019 and has a team composed of seasoned professionals from traditional and cryptocurrency trading, focusing on developing complex strategies and innovative tools for quantitative trading of various crypto assets in the CeFi and DeFi sectors.

ChainCatcher news, digital asset data provider PYOR announced the completion of a $4 million seed round financing, led by [Castle Island Ventures](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Investors/detail/Castle Island?k=MjY0), with participation from Hash3, Antler, Future Perfect Venture, Force Ventures, CoinSwitch Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and angel investor Balaji Srinivasan.PYOR plans to use this funding to establish its digital asset interpretation layer and accelerate global institutional participation in digital assets, driving the expansion of its core infrastructure and product platform. Additionally, these funds will be used to expand the team and hire new talent. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, MakerDAO has successfully integrated the smart contract automation of blockchain data provider Chainlink into its Keeper system, which helps maintain the stability of the DAI stablecoin.It is reported that Chainlink Automation will run specific tasks, including price updates, liquidity balancing for the DAI Direct Deposit Module (D3M), and debt ceiling upgrades for assets held as collateral. Nadia Álvarez, a core member of MakerDAO's growth department, stated, "This automation network executes essential tasks to maintain the Maker protocol and will be greatly enhanced through integration with Chainlink's highly reliable automation platform." (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to PR Newswire, cryptocurrency software and data provider Lukka has appointed former McKinsey partner Ian Hurst as the first Head of Europe, responsible for further expanding its business in the European market. Previously, Ian Hurst served as the Global General Manager of Financial Services at IBM, overseeing overall relationships with major global financial services companies. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized oracle network Chainlink tweeted that multiple data providers supporting Chainlink have removed the FTX data source, and other providers are closely monitoring the situation and using anomaly detection to remove FTX data as needed. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, digital asset data provider Amberdata has announced the acquisition of crypto options analytics firm Genesis Volatility. The company plans to leverage this acquisition to expand its focus on DeFi, supporting DeFi options protocols such as Frikton, Ribbon, and Lyra. Additionally, the company will seek to optimize Genesis Volatility's analytics interface using Amberdata's on-chain, DeFi, and market data.According to sources, although Amberdata did not disclose the terms of the deal, it was primarily an equity-based acquisition. (The Block)