ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Ondo Finance announced the launch of an instant exchange service for Ondo short-term U.S. government bonds OUSG and PayPal's dollar stablecoin PYUSD, aimed at further enhancing the redemption liquidity of OUSG and expanding the utility of PYUSD as a source of liquidity for real-world assets (RWA).

ChainCatcher message, according to Arkham monitoring, about five hours ago, the Blad BUIDL Fund transferred 250,000 USDC to Ondo Finance.

ChainCatcher news, Coinbase has returned to the top ten of the US Apple App Store. Coinbase is currently ranked 9th in the "Free iPhone Apps" category. The Cash App, which supports Bitcoin, is currently ranked 30th, while the cryptocurrency and stock trading app Robinhood is ranked 13th.On Wednesday, Coinbase also rose to the number one spot in the financial category of the US App Store, and Coinbase's non-custodial web3 wallet is currently ranked 14th.

ChainCatcher news, DeFi platform Folks Finance has raised $3.2 million in Series A funding, reaching a valuation of $75 million. This round was led by Borderless Capital, with participation from Algorand Ventures, Mapleblock Capital, Sovo Ventures, and others. The total funding for Folks Finance has reached $6.2 million.Benedetto Biondi, co-founder and CEO of Folks Finance, stated that the first $2 million of this round was raised in February of this year, with the remaining $1.2 million raised recently. He declined to comment on the structure of this round but mentioned that the $75 million reflects both equity valuation and fully diluted valuation (FDV), indicating that Folks Finance may issue tokens in the future.According to RootData, Folks Finance is a DeFi platform that provides innovative tools for lending, trading, and managing digital assets. Users can deposit assets to earn yields, obtain loans by providing collateral, swap assets through Folks Router, and participate in Algorand governance with gALGO and xALGO assets.

ChainCatcher news indicates that the decentralized trading protocol Turbos Finance has now integrated with the OKX Web3 wallet. Users can directly trade assets such as Sui ecosystem Meme on Turbos Finance through the OKX Web3 wallet, as well as earn and provide liquidity, among other features. With the integration of the OKX Web3 wallet, its users can experience a one-stop service from trading to asset management within a single wallet.It is reported that Turbos Finance is a decentralized trading platform (DEX) based on the Sui public chain, supporting efficient and low-cost on-chain asset exchanges, aiming to provide users with a transparent trading experience. In addition, the product incubated by Turbos Finance, the Sui ecosystem Meme token launch platform Turbos.Fun, has officially launched, providing project parties with a convenient and efficient token issuance experience, promoting the sustainable development of the Sui ecosystem. The OKX Web3 wallet, as an industry-leading Web3 entry point, supports over 100 popular public chains, with a unified experience across app, plugin, web, and Telegram Mini wallet. The integration with Turbos Finance will further enrich its users' decentralized finance experience.

ChainCatcher news, at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit held during Devcon in Bangkok, the RootData List 2024 annual rankings have been officially announced. Richard Liu, co-founder of Huma Finance, has been selected as one of the Top 20 Best CEOs in the RootData List 2024. Richard Liu is the co-founder of Huma Finance and a partner advisor at Foothill Ventures. He graduated from Sichuan University, Tsinghua University, and the University of Florida.It is reported that this list is the second annual selection launched by RootData following its first release in 2023, aimed at showcasing influential and innovative key players in the Web3 field and assessing the key forces that continue to drive industry progress. RootData is committed to demonstrating the core forces and trend characteristics of industry development through rigorous data analysis.The statistics for the list cover the period from October 31, 2023, to October 31, 2024, with a total of five lists published, specifically: Top 50 Projects (TGE completed), Top 50 Projects (TGE not conducted), Crypto VC Top 50 Investment Institutions, Top 10 Angel Investors, and Top 20 Best CEOs.

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by Pie Shield, the Bunny Finance attacker marked address has transferred approximately 1,411.2 ETH (about 4.7 million USD) to Tornado Cash in the past 9 hours.

ChainCatcher news, the payment financing (PayFi) network Huma Finance announced the launch of the RWA protocol on the Solana mainnet.This launch aims to meet the growing demand in the payment industry for affordable, accessible, and secure on-chain payment financing. At the same time, Huma has introduced the first stablecoin liquidity pool on Solana for qualified individual investors, offering double-digit, real-world stable returns.It is reported that Huma has raised $38 million in funding and expects the payment financing transaction volume to reach $10 billion next year. Currently, it is piloting DePIN financing use cases on its PayFi network to accelerate the construction of decentralized infrastructure.Huma co-founder Erbil Karaman stated, "PayFi is one of the most important trends in the cryptocurrency space, as it has a significant impact on global businesses and individuals. To support the rapid development of the PayFi ecosystem, expanding the Huma network is crucial. Just like PayPal and Stripe, we believe Solana provides one of the best tools for global payment and financing solutions."Additionally, according to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Huma Finance is the first PayFi network. Huma provides financing support for global payments, enabling instant liquidity access anytime, anywhere.

ChainCatcher news, at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit held during Devcon in Bangkok, the RootData List 2024 annual rankings have been officially announced. Huma Finance has successfully made it to the RootData List 2024 annual rankings as one of the "Top 50 Projects (not yet undergone TGE)." Huma Finance is a PayFi network that powers global payment financing, providing instant liquidity anytime and anywhere.It is reported that this list is the second annual selection launched by RootData following its first release in 2023, aimed at showcasing the influential and innovative key players in the Web3 space and assessing the critical forces that continue to drive industry progress. RootData is committed to demonstrating the core forces and trend characteristics of industry development through rigorous data analysis.The statistics for the list cover the period from October 31, 2023, to October 31, 2024, with a total of five lists published, specifically: Top 50 Projects (completed TGE), Top 50 Projects (not yet undergone TGE), Crypto VC Top 50 investment institutions, Top 10 angel investors, and Top 20 best CEOs.

ChainCatcher news, at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit held during Devcon in Bangkok, Huma Finance co-founder Richard Liu delivered a speech titled "The Future of Financing - Building the World's First PayFi Network."Richard pointed out that traditional payment tools like Swift play an important role in cross-border transactions, while crypto payments provide new business opportunities for small enterprises. An increasing number of consumers are gaining trust in emerging financial tools (such as RWA), and building a platform that supports multiple use cases will be key to attracting users and achieving network effects. Huma has merged with Arf to become the first PayFi network focused on the financing layer, bringing new growth potential to payment financing. Currently, Huma's payment financing transaction volume has exceeded $2 billion, with a monthly growth rate of 10%, and it has achieved zero credit defaults, with an additional $500 million in monthly demand waiting to be met. Through blockchain and stablecoin technology, PayFi not only revolutionizes the payment financing market but also provides sustainable support for improving cross-border payment efficiency and real-world asset (RWA) yields, further promoting the development of DeFi.Remote participation 👉Live video link: https://www.youtube.com/live/tTVcUPumPysImage live link: https://www.pailixiang.com/album_ia7637038926.html

ChainCatcher news, Vitalik published a new article "From Prediction Markets to Information Finance" stating that he has been a close supporter and follower of Polymarket this year, and that prediction markets are one of the Ethereum applications that excite him the most.Vitalik believes that Polymarket has a dual nature: on one hand, it is a betting site for participants, and on the other hand, it serves as a news site for everyone else. As the election results gradually come in, despite many experts and news sources enticing the audience with favorable news for Harris, Polymarket directly reveals the truth that Trump's probability of winning has reached 95%. The real money invested by users allows the market to realize what the truth is closer to.Moreover, prediction markets can also use finance as a way to coordinate incentives to provide valuable information to the audience. Information finance addresses the trust issues that actually exist among people. A common concern of this era is the lack of knowledge and not knowing whom to trust in political, scientific, and business environments. Information finance applications can help be part of the solution. He predicts that a technology that will drive the development of information finance in the next decade is artificial intelligence.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the investment division of the stablecoin issuer Tether, Tether Trade Finance, has completed its first financing for a Middle Eastern crude oil transaction.It is reported that the transaction was completed in October 2024 and aims to facilitate the loading and transportation of 670,000 barrels of Middle Eastern crude oil, valued at approximately 45 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by The Data Nerd, about 4 hours ago, a multi-signature wallet suspected to belong to the Beta Finance team transferred 170 million BETA tokens to Binance, worth approximately 7.37 million USD, accounting for about 17% of its total supply.

ChainCatcher news, Impossible Finance core developer Calvin Chu confirmed his attendance at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit to be held on November 11 in Bangkok during Devcon. Impossible Finance is a DeFi-native multi-chain product ecosystem. The core vision of IF is to nurture and accelerate top blockchain projects as a product-first incubator.The "DeInsight 2024" annual summit will take place on November 11 at Hotel Nikko Bangkok in Bangkok. This summit is co-hosted by ChainCatcher and RootData, with SoSo Value as a co-organizer, and aims to gather elites in the Web3 field to exchange insights about the industry, expecting to attract over 1,000 industry elites.In addition, the conference will unveil the RootData List 2024 annual heavyweight rankings, objectively selecting influential individuals or institutions in the industry from a data perspective.

ChainCatcher news, Puffer Finance announced on platform X that the UniFi testnet is now live.The UniFi testnet will be divided into two different phases:UniFi Testnet (Builder - Now)UniFi Testnet (Public - December)

ChainCatcher news, LSP Finance marketing director Jessie confirmed attendance at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit to be held on November 11 in Bangkok during Devcon. LSP.Finance is a user-centric digital asset ecosystem that builds yield-generating and tradable assets such as POS node shares, Alpha project shares, and Bata tokens, dedicated to enhancing the economic vitality of sovereign blockchain economies by transforming stagnant, frozen capital into liquid opportunities, allowing traditional users to explore the yield and growth opportunities of token assets in one stop.The "DeInsight 2024" annual summit will take place on November 11 at Hotel Nikko Bangkok. This summit is co-hosted by ChainCatcher and RootData, with SoSo Value as a co-organizer, and aims to gather elite individuals in the Web3 field to exchange insights on the industry, expecting to attract over 1,000 industry elites.In addition, the conference will unveil the RootData List 2024 annual heavyweight list, objectively selecting influential individuals or institutions in the industry from a data perspective.

ChainCatcher news, Matrixport's leading RWA tokenization platform Matrixdock announced its strategic partnership with Kinza Finance, with its gold token XAUm officially launched on the Kinza Finance platform. Users can use XAUm assets for over-collateralized lending in the Kinza DeFi ecosystem. Currently, XAUm holders can stake XAUm on the BNB chain to borrow USDT or USDC, with a collateralization ratio of 70%.XAUm is a high-standard, innovative gold token fully backed by physical gold bars with a purity of no less than 99.99% from LBMA (London Bullion Market Association), with each XAUm token anchored to one troy ounce of LBMA physical gold bars. Kinza is an emerging lending platform invested by Binance Labs, dedicated to providing secure and efficient collateral lending scenarios for RWA assets. Matrixdock is actively expanding industry ecosystems and project collaborations, continuously broadening the use cases for XAUm and enhancing its liquidity.

ChainCatcher message, Alpaca Finance has completed the 189th week of buyback and burn, with 8,888 ALPACA (approximately $1,100) being burned. The total cumulative amount burned has now reached 34.53 million tokens (accounting for 18.37% of the total supply).