ChainCatcher news, Meta Platforms (META.O) has donated $1 million to the inauguration fund of incoming President Trump, marking the latest move by the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg to solidify the once-tense relationship with Trump.The company confirmed the donation, which differs from Zuckerberg's and his company's past practices. Previously, Trump threatened during his campaign that he would retaliate if Zuckerberg attempted to influence the election against him. Zuckerberg's efforts to strengthen the relationship began several years ago, including a dinner with Trump on the terrace of Mar-a-Lago in November. Before the dinner, Zuckerberg privately showcased Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses to Trump and gifted them to him.

ChainCatcher message, BNB Chain announced on platform X that BNB Chain has provided a donation of 78,800 USDT to support the Happy-Sci Researcher fund program, which means that the community's generous donations will be doubled, providing more support for PhD students around the world.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the U.S. government is negotiating with several political action committees (PACs) to return up to $13.25 million in political donations made by former FTX executives.The request has been approved by Judge Lewis Kaplan, who is overseeing the FTX case, and the government will continue discussions with the PACs regarding the forfeiture of these funds until January 15.Data shows that the donations were made by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried or former engineering chief Nishad Singh, who testified that some of the donations were made at Bankman-Fried's request and that he had signed blank checks.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, the America PAC disclosed that Elon Musk donated approximately $44 million to the team supporting Trump in the first half of October, increasing his support for Trump.Previous reports indicated that Musk donated about $75 million to the organization over the three months from July to September.Additionally, according to another document submitted to the Federal Election Commission, Trump's campaign team reported that in the first half of this month, it spent over $88 million on advertising and had $36 million in the bank for the final stages of the campaign. During this period, Trump's campaign team raised $16 million.

ChainCatcher news, CNN reporters stated on social media that the U.S. Department of Justice has sent a letter to Elon Musk's Super Political Action Committee (PAC), warning that its daily $1 million donations may violate federal law.

ChainCatcher news, as of October 2024, the total political donations from the U.S. crypto industry during the upcoming election cycle have exceeded $190 million, an increase of nearly 13 times compared to 2020.The pro-crypto super PAC Fairshake is one of the major donors, contributing nearly $29 million in September, focusing on campaigns in New York, Nevada, and California. Fairshake has increased donations to both Democratic and Republican candidates, indicating the industry's broad influence across both parties.

ChainCatcher news, the cryptocurrency-supported Political Action Committee (PAC) Fairshake reports that it has raised over $169 million in donations since its inception and supports candidates by purchasing media or its affiliated PAC (Defend American Jobs and Protect Progress).In documents submitted to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on October 17, Fairshake PAC reported that it spent over $900,000 on media advertising to support Democratic Congressman Thomas Suozzi in New York's 3rd Congressional District.The PAC also disclosed that it spent over $60,000 on media advertising to support Democratic Congressman Yadira Caraveo in Colorado's 8th Congressional District.

ChainCatcher message, according to Federal Election Commission documents, Musk donated $75 million to a pro-Trump political action committee.

ChainCatcher news, Seoul National University announced the suspension of cryptocurrency donations until stability and regulation are assured. This move reportedly comes after the gaming company Wemade's commitment to provide WEMIX tokens worth 1 billion won (approximately 737,000 USD) to a startup fund sparked controversy.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, former co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets Ryan Salame stated in an interview with Tucker Carlson that the U.S. government is unfairly targeting him because of his support for the Republican Party.Salame claimed he was wrongly accused of "violating campaign finance regulations" because he donated to the Republican Party. He emphasized that convicted former colleagues like FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) "helped Biden get elected," yet never faced the same accusations. Salame stated that he donated a total of $20 million to $30 million to Republican candidates, while SBF donated approximately $60 million to $70 million to the Democratic Party during the 2020 election cycle.Salame explained that the campaign finance violations he was accused of were due to borrowing from Alameda for political donations. At the time, lawyers advised him that this practice was legal. However, he was later accused of orchestrating a "straw donor scheme," which involved illegally using other people's funds to make political donations in his own name.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted on social media, "I am very grateful to those Meme coin projects that directly donate a portion of their token supply to charities. (For example, I saw Ebull donated a large amount of tokens to several groups last month)Any tokens sent to me will also be donated to charity (thanks to Moodeng, the 10 billion tokens I received today will be donated to technology for preventing and controlling airborne diseases), but I would prefer to donate tokens directly to charities, and perhaps establish a DAO to allow the community to participate directly in decision-making and processes.I mentioned before that I believe the best outcome for Meme coins is that they can bring the greatest positive sum effect to the world, so it's really great to see things like this happen."

ChainCatcher message, DOGS announced on the official Telegram channel that the community has voted to allocate $15 million worth of DOGS tokens for charitable donations, future project development, and token burn, which accounts for 3.2% of the total token supply. The allocation plan is as follows:Charitable donations: 606.7 million DOGS, approximately $5.217 million;Future development: 702.2 million DOGS, approximately $6.038 million;To be burned: 478.3 million DOGS, approximately $4.113 million.The DOGS tokens allocated for charity and future project development will have a one-year vesting period to allow the project to focus on prudent donations and investment project development.

ChainCatcher news, FOX Business reporter Eleanor Terrett posted on social media that, according to Breadcrumbs.app data, the cryptocurrency industry has contributed $190 million in political donations for the 2024 U.S. election so far.In comparison, cryptocurrency donations were only $15 million during the 2020 election.

ChainCatcher news, Base chain founder @jessepollak posted on the X platform stating that this week, 3 current or potential members of Congress have accepted on-chain donations on Base.

ChainCatcher news, a Coinbase spokesperson clarified on Wednesday that Harris's statement about "accepting cryptocurrency donations" was inaccurate. The spokesperson stated, "Coinbase can confirm that the lobbying organization Future Forward PAC has partnered with Coinbase Commerce to accept cryptocurrency donations." Harris's campaign website currently does not offer the option to donate via cryptocurrency.Although Harris's campaign team does not directly accept cryptocurrency donations, Future Forward USA is a major source of support for Harris, and this development may at least signal the Democrats' growing interest in cryptocurrency.

ChainCatcher news, Coinbase's CFO stated that Kamala Harris's campaign team is using Coinbase to accept cryptocurrency donations.

ChainCatcher message, according to a report released by the corporate watchdog Public Citizen on Wednesday, nearly half of corporate political donations in the 2024 election cycle are coming from cryptocurrency companies.The report by Public Citizen is based on data provided by the government transparency organization OpenSecrets, which found that so far, 48% of corporate election spending comes from crypto companies like Ripple and Coinbase. The vast majority of these donations have flowed into super political action committees (PACs) that support cryptocurrency, such as Fairshake.The report notes that of the $203 million raised by Fairshake, $107.9 million came directly from crypto companies, with the remainder coming from prominent figures in the tech and crypto industries, including large donations from the Winklevoss brothers and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.

ChainCatcher message, according to market news, Harris has received more donations in 11 days than Biden has throughout his entire campaign.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin News, U.S. Senate Republican candidate Curtis Bashaw has started accepting Bitcoin donations.