ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by Shield, in December 2024, there were over 25 hacking incidents in the cryptocurrency sector, resulting in approximately $24.7 million in losses, a 71% decrease compared to the previous month, making it the month with the least losses this year.The top 5 attack incidents are as follows:LastPass: $12.38 million;Yeifinance: $2.2 million;GemPad: $2.2 million;MEMECoin Drainer: $2.2 million;FEGToken: $1.3 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to News.bitcoin, NFT sales in October fell by 36% after a 47.9% drop in September. The sales for the month were approximately $361.5 million, with Ethereum NFTs dominating the market. NFTs based on Ether generated over $120 million in revenue, a decline of 34.11% compared to September.Following closely are Bitcoin NFTs, with sales reaching $69.6 million, down 27.17%. Solana ranked third, with sales of $66.26 million, a decrease of 22.94% compared to September.

ChainCatcher news, RootData data shows that the total financing amount in the crypto market reached $785 million in August 2024, a decrease of 22% compared to the previous month, but an increase of 17% year-on-year. The number of financing deals that month was 110, which is basically flat compared to July. In terms of total financing amount, other categories, Cefi, and Defi ranked as the top three sectors.

ChainCatcher news, data from CryptoSlam tracking 20 blockchain NFT sales shows that in July 2024, NFT sales totaled approximately $430 million, a decrease of 2% from June's $439 million. Among them, NFT sales on the Ethereum chain accounted for 33.07%, approximately $142 million, ranking first. NFT sales on the Solana chain accounted for 22.69%, approximately $97.68 million, ranking second. Following are Bitcoin ($77.31 million), Polygon ($33.92 million), Immutable ($21.03 million), and Mythos ($17.51 million).

ChainCatcher news, according to Dune data, in December 2023, there were 18,978 new ENS registered domain names, a decrease of 9.09% compared to November (20,877).As of the time of publication, the total number of active ENS domain names reached 2,160,541, with a total of 793,601 unique participating addresses.

ChainCatcher news, the crypto mining company Riot Platforms released its production and operational update for July. In July, it produced 410 BTC, a decrease of 11% compared to June and a decrease of 29% compared to July last year. It is reported that the average daily output in July was 13.2 BTC, with a total of 400 BTC sold, and currently holding 7,275 BTC. Riot's Bitcoin mining hash rate in July was 10.7 EH/s, with a total of 95,904 mining machines deployed.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin mining company Iris Energy produced 428 BTC in June, a decrease of 16% compared to May. The average operating hash rate was approximately 5.6 EH/s, with revenue per BTC at $27,211 and electricity costs per mined BTC at $13,011.Iris Energy's revenue in June was $11.7 million, a decrease of 14% compared to May. The monthly revenue decline, along with the reduction in Bitcoin production, was mainly due to the drop in network transaction fees and the increase in mining difficulty. Additionally, Iris Energy announced plans to expand from 5.6 EH/s to approximately 9.1 EH/s in early 2024. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin mining company Marathon Digital released its unaudited Bitcoin production and mining operation update for June, reporting a Bitcoin production of 976 coins in June, a month-over-month decrease of 21%, but a year-over-year increase of 599%. The operational hash rate increased by 16% month-over-month to 17.7 EH/s, and the installed hash rate increased by 8% month-over-month to 21.8 EH/s. (Source link)

According to ChainCatcher news and The Block Data, Bitcoin mining revenue reached $760 million in June, a decrease of about 17% month-over-month. Additionally, Ethereum block validator revenue decreased by 29% month-over-month to $112 million in June, with transaction fees amounting to $29.4 million. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to data from The Block, the trading volume of cryptocurrency exchanges in May was $307.4 billion, a month-on-month decrease of 23.2%, marking the lowest level since November 2020.In recent months, trading volumes on exchanges have been declining, and the data from May continues this trend. Binance had a market share of 71% in May, followed by Coinbase and BTSE, with 8.7% and 5.1%, respectively. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the trend of layoffs in the crypto industry significantly slowed down in February, with approximately 570 layoffs, a decrease of 80% compared to 2,850 in January.Recent layoffs came from crypto analytics firms Elliptic and Messari, which cut 10% and 15% of their workforce, respectively. At the beginning of February, Chainalysis laid off 44 employees, accounting for 4.8% of its total workforce. Australian cryptocurrency recruiter Neil Dundon stated, "The surge in layoffs is a macro event, occurring not only in the Web3 space but also across the entire tech sector driven by concerns over a prolonged downturn." (source link)