ChainCatcher news, Optimism stated on social media that since the launch of Retro Funding, it has rewarded over 15 million OP tokens to Ethereum core developers, development tools, and educators.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, U.S. federal prosecutors stated that FTX co-founder Gary Wang provided "outstanding" assistance to federal prosecutors in the SBF case, having created "tools" to help the U.S. government uncover other fraudulent activities and advocating for leniency for Wang.In a sentencing report submitted on Wednesday, federal prosecutors wrote: "Wang also provided substantial assistance and took steps to correct past mistakes in the process, utilizing his extraordinary computer programming skills to detect potential fraud in the stock and cryptocurrency markets." Details of Wang's code were heavily redacted in government documents.The U.S. government stated that, unlike his co-conspirators, Wang did not deceive customers, lenders, or investors, nor did he misappropriate customer funds. While prosecutors did not recommend a specific sentence, the submitted memorandum requested the court to consider Wang's outstanding cooperation.

ChainCatcher news, ConsenSys announced that it will gradually discontinue the Web3 development tools Truffle and Ganache, and authorize developers to use MetaMask tools such as Snaps and SDK to build DApps. ConsenSys stated that the demand for its Infura, MetaMask Snap, and SDK products has surged, and will shift the focus of the Truffle team to expanding these products and assisting developers in building with MetaMask.ConsenSys will collaborate with HardHat to provide a smooth transition process for current developers, supporting Truffle and Ganache users in transitioning to HardHat, Foundry, as well as other ecosystem tools like Remix, Thirdweb, and OpenZeppelin. Starting from December 20, 2023, the Truffle and Ganache codebases will continue to be available as public archives. This gives developers approximately 90 days to migrate to HardHat and other solutions.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, London-based startup Herodotus has partnered with StarkWare to launch a development tool called "on-chain accumulator," which allows users to read and verify data from any point in Ethereum's history using cryptographic methods of proof of storage. It aims to overcome the current limitation of Ethereum, which can only verify the last 256 blocks in the flash memory.

ChainCatcher news, the Arbitrum development team Offchain Labs has released the Arbitrum Orbit development tools, aimed at helping developers more easily develop on the L3 blockchain Arbitrum Orbit and manage their own Arbitrum Rollup and AnyTrust chains.In addition, Offchain Labs also provides a quick start guide and Orbit DevNet on-chain tools, with plans to release testnet and mainnet guides in the future. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Web3 middleware ThirdFi announced that it has integrated with the KCC ecosystem and will build a full set of API development tools for it. This strategic cooperation aims to help developers and more dApps smoothly join the KCC ecosystem.It is reported that ThirdFi is a middleware solution focused on multi-chain interoperability with an all-in-1 API, featuring API application interface solutions, multi-chain relayers, and cross-chain infrastructure. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Web3 development tool provider Cubist has completed a $7 million seed round financing, led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Dao5, Polygon, Amplify Partners, and Axelar. The funds will be used for hiring, as well as expanding and promoting the SDK.It is reported that Cubist was co-founded by former fraud operations expert Ann Stefan and computer security professors Riad Wahby, Fraser Brown, and Deian Stefan, who have taught at institutions such as Carnegie Mellon University and the University of California, San Diego. Its long-term goal is to provide a set of security-focused tools that developers can use when deploying decentralized applications. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the game engine Unity has introduced a new category of "decentralized" in the asset store, which includes 13 different blockchain-based software development kits (SDKs) such as MetaMask, Immutable X, Solana, Aptos, Algorand, Flow, Tezos, and Altura, aimed at providing decentralized solutions for Web3 developers, designed to help interested developers find verified solutions for managing digital assets, setting up smart contracts, building blockchain networks, and more. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, European venture capital firm Xange has launched an early-stage seed fund and is currently raising funds to invest in Web3 startups.According to the crypto data platform RootData, as of now, the venture capital's portfolio includes open banking platform Deposit Solutions, crypto asset hardware wallet Ledger, and NFT game Dogami, among others. Additionally, Xange raised €220 million for its fourth fund in July 2022, focusing on investments in digital health, DeFi, Web3, development tools, and other areas. (source link)