ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Echo founder Jordan Fish (also known as Cobie) has joined Paradigm as an advisor. The Echo platform allows retail investors and members of the cryptocurrency community to participate in early financing under terms similar to those of venture capitalists. Previously, on-chain detective ZachXBT also joined Paradigm as an incident response advisor.

ChainCatcher news, pump.fun co-founder Alon Cohen posted on social media that the CTO feature for creator revenue sharing is about to launch.

ChainCatcher message, Believe founder Ben Pasternak posted on the X platform, "Seeing a lot of concerns about fees, there will be more explanations later. In short: we are receiving a large volume of transactions, causing many systems to have issues, and we are working on fixing them. I have seen a lot of misinformation regarding fees on the X platform. All creators will receive their payments as scheduled, and the fix may take a little time."

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, DeGods founder Frank (real name Rohun Vora) had his Solana wallet hacked, resulting in the theft of 16 DeGods NFTs which were sold on the open market, with losses amounting to approximately 108 SOL (about $19,000).Frank stated that the attack originated from his trading laptop being compromised, but the attack was limited to a single wallet. This incident occurred just days after he announced his resignation as the project's CEO. Frank denied speculation on social media regarding his active selling of NFTs and emphasized that he still holds a significant number of DeGods NFTs in other wallets, as well as DEGOD tokens worth over $50,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced that it will drop some "unauthorized money transmission" charges against Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm before the trial on July 14, but will still proceed with charges of money laundering, some unauthorized money transmission, and violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.Previously, Roman Storm was charged with three counts related to his work with Tornado Cash: conspiracy to promote money laundering, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitter, and violation of sanctions. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum of 45 years in prison.

ChainCatcher news, DeFiance Capital founder and Chief Investment Officer Arthur posted on X platform stating that Coinbase really needs to address their issues. If the Coinbase platform ultimately becomes a honeypot for users' important information, there is no reason to continuously require KYC.According to previous reports, hackers obtained some personal information of less than 1% of Coinbase's active users by bribing overseas customer service personnel, but did not involve passwords, private keys, or funds. Coinbase refused to pay the $20 million ransom and set up a $20 million bounty fund to track down the attackers.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptoslate, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal recently revealed that scammers are using AI technology to forge videos of his likeness to defraud startups in the crypto industry.The scammers first hacked the Telegram account of Polygon Ventures head Shreyansh Singh, and then contacted startups within the ecosystem, luring victims into Zoom meetings under the pretense of investment discussions. During the meetings, the scammers used AI-generated images of Nailwal, Singh, and fictitious team members (without audio interaction) to deceive attendees into installing malicious software development kits.Nailwal stated that several entrepreneurs have reached out to him to verify the authenticity of the meetings. Nailwal advised community members not to install unfamiliar software during unsolicited interactions, and he emphasized the importance of operational protocols, urging crypto users to separate wallet signing activities from everyday device usage.

ChainCatcher news, Believe founder Ben Pasternak posted on social media that the team has recently received a large number of new project applications, but has decided to pause the acceptance of new projects and focus resources on supporting the development of existing projects.Pasternak emphasized that Believe's top priority is to ensure they have the tools and resources needed for success.

ChainCatcher news, DoNotPay founder and CEO Josh Browder announced on the X platform that his founded Browder Capital has completed the fundraising for its fourth fund, totaling 30 million dollars.The fund has received support from well-known investors including Sequoia Capital, a16z founder Marc Andreessen and partner Chris Dixon, Accel founder Arthur Patterson, and SignalFire founder Walter Kortschak. Institutional investors also include several venture capital firms such as Cendana Capital and General Endowment Management.

ChainCatcher news, BitMart founder Sheldon forwarded on X the news about JPMorgan completing its first tokenized government bond transaction through Chainlink and Ondo technology, and revealed that "BitMart is actively promoting the tokenization of traditional financial assets such as stocks, stock indices, foreign exchange, and gold, as well as market maker funds and collateral applications. In the future, users will be able to trade these assets on the BitMart platform and its upcoming digital wallet, stay tuned."With more traditional financial assets being traded on-chain, the potential of blockchain technology to improve liquidity, enhance transparency, and facilitate decentralized trading will further manifest. This shift may bring new growth opportunities to the global financial market.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, at the Consensus 2025 conference held in Toronto, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson announced the details of the Glacier Drop airdrop plan for the privacy sidechain Midnight.The project will airdrop NIGHT governance tokens and DUST privacy transaction tokens to approximately 37 million users across 8 major blockchains, exclusively targeting retail users, with no allocations reserved for venture capital firms. The project is currently in the testnet phase and is expected to launch the mainnet by the end of 2025.

ChainCatcher news, MetaMask co-founder Dan Finlay stated in an interview with Tim Copeland from The Block that the team is still considering launching a native token for the wallet.Finlay mentioned that the parent company Consensys has long proposed the idea of launching tokens for vertical industries, including MetaMask, to promote "progressive decentralization." "If we really do this, we would promote it directly in the wallet. You would find the link right in the wallet."

ChainCatcher news, MIM issuer Abracadabra founder Daniele announced the launch of an on-chain data analysis Chrome browser plugin HUD this week. This tool supports the Solana blockchain, and in v1 it supports: Axiom, GMGN, Photo, and pump.fun. The HUD has two core components, on-chain coverage and technical analysis coverage, which will dynamically display who is buying, holding, and where tokens are being sold, along with the built-in AI assistant Gemma.

ChainCatcher news, Solport Tom, the founder of the meme issuance platform Letsbonk.Fun, stated that an additional $15,000 USDC reward will be offered to the projects that stand out in the next 7 days. The bonus will be paid to the project initiator or the CTO/team responsible for the project (if the initiator withdraws). The project requirements are as follows: must be unrelated to BONK; must launch on Letsbonk.Fun; must be organic—no forced hype; needs a strong story to unite people.

ChainCatcher news, BitMart founder Sheldon Xia recently revealed on the X platform that he has made it to the top 25 of the Trump Meme dinner event and will be invited to attend the VIP dinner and reception at the Trump National Golf Club in Washington DC on May 22. The next day, he will also participate in a special visit arranged by the officials.According to on-chain data, the current 18th ranked wallet address has the Last Name "Xia," which is highly likely to be held by Sheldon, with a peak holding value exceeding 10 million dollars. The wallet address suspected to be ranked first is associated with Sun Yuchen, with a holding market value exceeding 20 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to @theunipcs, the official Pump.Fun X account has unblocked the founder of Letsbonk.Fun and the Raydium developer.

ChainCatcher news, 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on the X platform stating that Ethereum dominates the real-world asset (RWA) ecosystem, with a market share of 81.6%, and that trusted neutrality is crucial.

ChainCatcher news, DeFi Report founder Michael Nadeau posted on X regarding the ETH market, stating:In the past few days, the open interest for ETH has increased by 40%, indicating a significant amount of leveraged long positions;The spot trading volume for ETH has surged from $4-6 billion per day to $15-18 billion, indicating real capital inflow;The funding rate has risen from 0.005% to 0.03%;In the past few days, the amount of ETH short liquidations has exceeded $85 million.In summary, there are signs of "real capital inflow, long position accumulation, and short squeeze" for ETH, driven by these three factors collectively pushing the price up.

ChainCatcher news, LayerZero co-founder and CEO Bryan Pellegrino posted on the X platform, stating that a clearer explanation may be needed, and that there is currently no Season 2 airdrop plan, and it seems like it could be something entirely different, so users are advised not to inflate their numbers.LayerZero itself has a lot of work to do, but will not focus on any form of meaningless trading volume.