ChainCatcher news, after obtaining approval from the Israel Securities Authority (ISA), six mutual funds tracking the price of Bitcoin (BTC) will be listed in Israel next week.The six companies will start operating on December 31, the same day, which is a condition set by the regulators. Investment company executives stated, "The investment companies have been pleading for ETF approval for over a year and began sending out prospectuses for Bitcoin funds mid-year. But the regulators have acted independently. They must check the details."

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum Foundation member Devansh Mehta announced that the AI-based project donation amount prediction competition has officially started. Participants are required to predict the relative funding ratios among 1023 groups of projects based on the provided 2387 training comparison data. This competition serves as a warm-up for the official contest at the end of January, which will involve 4303 Ethereum repositories and their dependent projects.Devansh Mehta stated that Vitalik will fund this event with $20,000, and the contributions of participants may influence the funding methods for future open-source projects, gaining recognition from the community and Ethereum developers.

ChainCatcher news, Matrixport released a daily chart stating that Ethereum, similar to Bitcoin, often loses momentum when prices rise significantly, especially when prices increase by more than 60% within 30 days. Historically, this has often been a good opportunity to take profits. Currently, the price has retraced to the level it was a month ago, which may indicate that a re-entry opportunity is brewing, especially if the cryptocurrency bull market is expected to last until 2025.It is worth noting that Ethereum has not exhibited the higher beta characteristics seen in the previous bull market during this round of rebound. However, it remains a favored asset among investors. The recent continuous inflow of ETF funds is the best proof of this. This strong demand not only highlights Ethereum's important position but also indicates that it remains a focus of attention even if it has slightly underperformed expectations in this cycle.

ChainCatcher news, Kaiko predicts that ETH will experience positive growth by 2025. Analysts state, "ETH will be one of the biggest winners of the regime change in Washington, D.C." The company believes that its clear classification—whether as a commodity or a security—will stimulate growth next year.Despite many investors becoming increasingly cautious about ETH, especially after the ETH/BTC exchange rate hit a new annual low, it has stabilized and risen after the election.According to Coinglass data, Ethereum ETFs recorded only three days of outflows in the past 30 days. Meanwhile, investors have poured in over $12 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the cross-chain DeFi protocol EYWA announced on platform X that it has completed a new round of financing, with participation from 1inch co-founder and Kenetic Fund. The specific amount has not been disclosed, but to date, the company's total financing has reached 8.5 million USD.It is reported that EYWA previously secured 7 million USD in financing in May this year, led by Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov, with participation from Fenbushi Capital. In addition, it also received a 500,000 USD grant from the TON Foundation. The new funds are intended to support the development of its low-slippage DEX product CrossCurve.

ChainCatcher news, according to GlobeNewswire, the gaming competition platform Coliseum, supported by Kraken Ventures and NBA star Kevin Durant, announced the launch of a $2 million Web3 gaming fund to accelerate the development of Web3 gaming projects, focusing on game studios, gaming guilds, and more.It is reported that the fund plans to provide financial support ranging from $500,000 to $2.5 million for each selected project and will integrate them into the Coliseum ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, DeFiance Capital founder and CEO Arthur Cheong stated on his social platform, "Despite the overall market weakness, AAVE's price is approaching its cycle high. This may be due to institutional buying behavior, aiming to claim they hold Aave in year-end reports------as one of the best-performing DeFi assets and an important representative of the financial future."

ChainCatcher news, according to Forbes, Musk's xAI company announced on Monday that it has raised $6 billion in a Series C funding round, with the company's valuation exceeding $40 billion as it continues to strengthen its artificial intelligence products and infrastructure.Investors include Blackrock, A16Z, Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Company, Fidelity, and Sequoia Capital, the latter three of which participated in xAI's $6 billion Series B funding round in May this year.In the funding announcement, xAI stated that it is training Grok 3, and according to a tweet released by Musk in June, Grok 3 has not yet been launched and is expected to be released by the end of the year.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Hyperliquid Labs has stated that it is aware of reports regarding the activities of so-called North Korean hacker addresses. In fact, Hyperliquid has not suffered any attacks from North Korean hackers—nor has any form of attack occurred. All user funds are being managed properly.Hyperliquid Labs takes operational security very seriously. No party has disclosed any vulnerabilities. As always, Hyperliquid Labs offers a generous reward program for vulnerability reports and adheres to industry best standards for blockchain analysis.Previously, someone claimed to be from the security side and attempted to contact Hyperliquid Labs. To clarify, Hyperliquid Labs has never received any allegations regarding attacks on its platform. This party added a fraudulent account to the group chat and subsequently communicated with us using insults and profanity. Given the level of professionalism displayed, Hyperliquid Labs confirmed with trusted parties to ensure that it is following best practices.

According to ChainCatcher news and the official blog, Binance released its 2024 anti-fraud refund program year-end report, stating that a total of $9.1 million has been recovered. There were 30,000 proactive calls made to potential victims, preventing total losses exceeding $129 million. A total of 47,000 malicious addresses have been blacklisted, and more than 15,000 alerts are sent to users daily.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Aerodrome announced that 16 million AERO have been acquired by the public goods fund and locked as veAERO.

ChainCatcher news, the RWA stablecoin protocol Usual has completed a $10 million Series A funding round, led by Binance Labs and Kraken Ventures. Galaxy, OKX Ventures, Wintermute, IOSG Ventures, echo, Symbolic Capital, M^0, LeadBlock Partners, GSR, and others participated.According to RootData, Usual is a stablecoin protocol that has launched USD, a permissionless and fully compliant stablecoin backed 1:1 by real-world assets (RWA). USUAL is a governance token that allows the community to guide the future development of the network. Usual addresses current issues in the stablecoin market by redistributing profits to the community and rewarding token holders with actual earnings generated from RWA.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the Bitcoin-based stablecoin USDa issuer Avalon Labs has completed a $10 million Series A funding round, led by Framework Ventures, with participation from UXTO Management, Presto Labs, and Kenetic Capital.Avalon's goal is to evolve BTC from a digital store of value into a more active financial tool that can meet various different uses. In addition to the stablecoin, Avalon also offers Bitcoin-backed loans, interest-generating savings accounts, and credit cards.

ChainCatcher message, the dYdX community voted to allocate 4 million dollars from the Treasury subDAO assets to fund the remaining 14 months of DEP.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized publishing platform SilentBerry based on the RGB++ protocol has announced a strategic investment from the CKB ecological fund. SilentBerry's model allows authors to directly inscribe book content onto the Bitcoin blockchain, converting ownership and revenue rights into digital assets. The platform is expected to launch on January 3, 2025.

ChainCatcher news, citing The Wall Street Journal via Cryptoslate, a new survey shows that among 160 crypto hedge funds, about 120 funds reported issues with basic banking services over the past three years. These funds invest in digital currencies and blockchain technology companies.The other 20 alternative investors surveyed (in areas such as real estate and private credit) reported no similar issues. Banking problems include poor communication and direct termination of partnerships. Among the crypto hedge funds facing issues, more than half were explicitly informed by banks that they would terminate their partnerships.However, the reasons for these decisions are often vague or nonexistent. When banks provide explanations, they state a desire to limit their risk exposure to cryptocurrency clients or the industry.

ChainCatcher news, according to Mariblock, the blockchain venture capital firm Verda Ventures announced a partnership with the web browser company Opera to launch the MiniPay fund with a scale of $40 million to support blockchain startups in emerging markets.It is understood that the investors in the fund also include Jump Crypto, Borderless Group, and Richard Parsons. Startups benefiting from the MiniPay fund will have access to Opera's MiniPay wallet framework and build financial products around it, while also integrating relevant infrastructure for development.

According to ChainCatcher news reported by GlobeNewswire, the MultiversX Foundation has announced the launch of a $1.5 million annual grant program "Growth Games," aimed at supporting innovation in key verticals of the crypto industry such as DeFi, AI infrastructure, and education. This includes an annual allocation of $500,000 to support more than 5 innovative projects in the xLaunchpad and joint incubation programs.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, the U.S. Senate has passed a temporary funding bill to avoid a government shutdown, and Biden is expected to sign the bill into law on Saturday.ChainCatcher previously reported, citing Fox News as reported by Jinshi, that after Congress failed to pass a temporary spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and send it to President Biden's desk before the deadline, some government agencies have shut down. The Senate is currently actively voting on amendments and other deliberations to submit the bill to Biden. This temporary bill is expected to pass in the Senate within the next few hours.This partial government shutdown comes just days before Christmas and New Year. However, since the Senate is expected to pass the bill shortly, the disruption to government functions from the brief shutdown will be minimal.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Web3 game company Immortal Games has announced the launch of a $2 million investment fund to attract game guilds and Web3 game projects to join its on-chain esports tournament platform, Coliseum.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, [Immortal Game](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Immortal Game?k=MTc0MQ== "Next Generation Chess Platform") is the next-generation chess platform that transforms chess into a Web3 game with NFTs. The Web3 game startup Immortal Games completed a $12.2 million Series A funding round in September 2022, led by TCG Crypto, with participation from institutions and investors such as Cassius, Greenfield One, Sparkle Ventures, Kraken Ventures, and Spice Capital.