ChainCatcher news, the modular blockchain infrastructure developer Lava Network announced that the community has voted to extend the lock-up period of the LAVA token by one year until January 2026. Lava will focus on implementing the relevant upgrades on the mainnet to enforce the extended lock-up period.

ChainCatcher news, BSC ecosystem RWA project TopGoal announced on X that the lock-up period for the GOAL tokens held by the team will be extended for one year. No team GOAL tokens will be unlocked before December 2025.According to RootData, TopGoal is a football metaverse with officially licensed digital collectibles, GameFi, and SocialFi, aiming to connect sports with Web3.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, venture capital firms that have invested in Toncoin (typically signing agreements not to sell for at least a year) are now trying to assess whether France's actions against Pavel Durov will lead to user exodus from Telegram.Insiders say that Pantera purchased TON at a price 40% below market value at the time. Due to confidentiality of the terms, this insider requested anonymity. Based on the average price of $6.32 at the time the deal was announced in May, this investment is still likely to be profitable. The insider also revealed that Pantera's lock-up period is one year, after which it can sell TON in batches over several years.Additionally, Bloomberg reported that Pantera described Toncoin as its largest investment, but did not disclose the specific amount. The TON Foundation stated in an email that it has never raised funds. Animoca Brands did not comment on its investment, and Mirana Ventures did not respond immediately to inquiries.Previously, Pantera Capital announced its investment in TON on May 2 of this year, with founder Dan Morehead stating that it was the largest investment in the fund's history in Telegram's TON blockchain project. Analysts estimate that the investment amount will exceed $250 million at a minimum.

ChainCatcher news, on X, on-chain analyst Yu Jin stated that ByBit and FTX exchanged their platform tokens in early November 2021: ByBit exchanged 100 million BIT for 3.36 million FTT, with both parties committing not to sell for 3 years.Now there are only 2 months left until the 3 years are up, and after the lock-up period ends, a sell-off is very likely.At that time, it was an equivalent exchange, but now the value difference is quite significant: 100 million BIT is worth 57.73 million USD; while 3.36 million FTT is worth only 4.47 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, Starkware co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson emphasized the Starknet roadmap during an interview with Decrypt regarding the "large unlock of shares for investors and early contributors at the launch of STRK," and explained why he believes this will not harm the community.According to public information, on April 15, less than two months after the launch of STRK, over 1.3 billion STRK tokens (accounting for 13.1% of the total STRK token supply) allocated to investors and early Starknet contributors will be unlocked for transfer and sale. Based on futures trading prices, this amount is estimated to exceed $2.15 billion.In response, Eli Ben-Sasson explained that Starknet's airdrop structure is different from traditional models, and the team's perspective on things is slightly different as well. He also emphasized that the team's main focus is on driving the development of Starknet, rather than short-term token price fluctuations. He believes that providing rewards to contributors is reasonable and that the lock-up period should not be unduly extended out of concern for short-term price impacts.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Curve founder Michael Egorov's 159.4 million CRV sold OTC last August will end its 6-month lock-up period on 2/1. In August last year, to avoid liquidation of his loans on multiple DeFi platforms, Michael Egorov sold 159.4 million CRV to 33 investors/institutions at a price of $0.4 through over-the-counter (OTC) transactions, in exchange for 63.76 million U stablecoins to repay his loans. These CRV were sold at a price 30% lower than the market price at that time and had a 6-month lock-up period ("ethical lock-up," which would not incur penalties or consequences even if violated).The lock-up will end in 2 days on February 1. Although there are no constraints on the lock-up, the vast majority of investors have adhered to the lock-up well, keeping the CRV in wallets, depositing them in Curve lock-ups, or in Convex. Only 2 individuals sold a small amount of CRV (12,500 CRV and 50,000 CRV).

ChainCatcher news, Michael Lewis, the author of "The Big Short," reveals in his new book "Going Infinite" that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was concerned that his employees would become wealthy due to the significant rise in the price of Serum (SRM) tokens in 2021, and might no longer be willing to work up to 14 hours a day for his crypto trading platform. As a result, Bankman-Fried modified the release rules for SRM tokens, locking the employees' SRM tokens for seven years.It is reported that Michael Lewis's new book about SBF, "Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon," is set to be published on October 3. Several sources have revealed that Apple acquired the rights to the book for $5 million. Michael Lewis's works also include "The Fall of Crypto King Sam Bankman-Fried & FTX" and "The Big Short."

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by Lookonchain, 2.694 billion ARB allocated to the [Offchain Labs](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Arbitrum - Offchain Labs?k=MjczOA==) team, the Future team, and advisors was transferred yesterday from the address "0x1e70" to 140 EOA addresses, which have no time lock restrictions and can be transferred to exchanges for sale at any time.According to the Arbitrum DAO documentation, all investor and team tokens have a 4-year lock-up period. On-chain data shows that the address "0x8d45" transferred 22.56 million ARB (approximately 28 million USD) to Coinbase after receiving it. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, LayerZero co-founder and CEO Bryan Pellegrino tweeted that he is willing to draw on the cooperation model between Tron and FTX. If FTX is willing to cooperate with us, it will help exchange the current 2.8 million STG held by FTX, converting 2.8 million STG into veSTG with a 6-month lock-up period at a 1:1 ratio. He hopes the DAO and the foundation will support this. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, Sharding Capital founder Belinda Zhou tweeted that there is currently no publicly transparent APT token economic data available for investors to DYOR, but what she knows as a VC is that APT has a 7-year lock-up period.It is reported that the 7-year lock-up specifically consists of a 3-year cliff (pure lock-up) and a 4-year linear unlock. According to unofficial sources, the initial circulating supply should be around 0.47%. Since Aptos's last round of financing was valued at $4.5 billion, the initial market cap of APT should be around $20 million. (source link)