ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, BONK holders and users who lock BONK on BONKrewards (minimum of 1 billion BONK) will receive a PENGU airdrop. All details regarding the PENGU airdrop will be handled by the Pudgy Penguins team.

ChainCatcher message, top trader Eugene Ng Ah Sio posted on platform X showcasing his contract positions, involving cryptocurrencies SOL, WIF, and BONK. According to the image, Eugene Ng Ah Sio is long on the related tokens, with a perpetual contract leverage of two times.

According to ChainCatcher news, the Aligned Foundation will allocate a significant portion of the total ALIGN tokens to the token holders of Mina, EigenLayer, and Ethereum zk L2, especially to those who chose to continue holding during the market's lowest points. Registration will close on December 23, 2024.The specific eligibility requirement is that the wallet address must hold at least $50 worth of tokens at the historical lowest price of the following projects: Mina (MINA), Starknet (STRK), Polygon (POL), EigenLayer (EIGEN), ZKsync (ZK), Scroll (SCROLL), Taiko (TKO).

ChainCatcher news, the high-performance Ethereum L2 network Fuel announced the launch of FUEL Genesis Drop, with a total supply of 1 billion tokens, and introduced a portal for checking eligibility for airdrop. Users can claim from December 19, 2024, to January 19, 2025.

ChainCatcher news, KOL Murad posted on the X platform, pointing out that among the 1 billion Meme coins that have emerged, the vast majority will disappear. About 15-25 of them will be "cult" Meme coins, which will perform well. Only 3-5 are expected to become "mainstream" Meme coins and gain widespread popularity.

ChainCatcher news, U.S. stock market opens, Dow Jones down 157 points, S&P 500 index down 0.49%, Nasdaq down 0.37%. Some tech stocks weakened, NVIDIA (NVDA.O) down 2.3%. (Jin Ten)

According to ChainCatcher news and the official announcement, the OKX Web3 wallet has launched the Cryptopedia Christmas season "Pudgy Penguins" exclusive reward event, distributing a total of 44,444,444 PENGU in Christmas gift packages. OKX Web3 users who meet the event conditions have the opportunity to participate in the reward sharing.

ChainCatcher message, Binance market shows that PENGU opened at 0.07 USD, currently quoted at 0.0545 USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to data from Magic Eden, the floor price of Pudgy Penguins has dropped below 19 ETH, currently reported at 18.69 ETH, with a 24H decline of 40.7%. The floor price of Lil Pudgys has dropped below 1.8 ETH, currently reported at 1.714 ETH, with a 24H decline of 56.9%.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the digital asset company Tether has announced its investment in the European stablecoin provider StablR, aiming to accelerate adoption in the region.Tether's investment in StablR demonstrates its commitment to the European market and support for fully regulated stablecoins. In July of this year, StablR obtained an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from the Malta Financial Services Authority for its MiCAR-compliant stablecoin.Currently, StablR offers two tokens: EURR and USDR, both issued in the form of ERC-20 and Solana-compatible tokens, which can be seamlessly transferred to any Ethereum or Solana wallet address.

ChainCatcher news, the Solana ecosystem algorithmic stablecoin protocol Nirvana Finance has announced that it has opened the claims for compensation and will launch Nirvana V2 on December 18 at 2:00. Original ANA holders can experience the application in advance.Previously, in July 2022, hacker Shakeeb Ahmed stole approximately $3.5 million in stablecoins by manipulating the protocol's pricing mechanism. After collaborating with the U.S. Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and IRS, Nirvana successfully recovered the stolen funds, and Ahmed was sentenced to three years in prison, during which he was ordered to return the cryptocurrency and pay $3.4 million in restitution. (Jin Shi)

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) released its final guidance on Tuesday to assist member states in implementing the upcoming regulations. ESMA published the final report on reverse solicitation, systems, the potential classification of cryptocurrencies as financial instruments, and technical standards for preventing market abuse.The EU's dedicated regulation for the cryptocurrency industry, the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, is set to come into effect on December 30 across 27 member states. However, some countries have yet to develop legislation to implement MiCA. The Bank of Portugal stated on Monday that, as the legislation has not yet been passed, it is currently unclear which national authority will be responsible for these rules. Industry associations noted that part of the delay in national authorities is due to the short time gap between ESMA's release of the final technical standards in October and the implementation date.ESMA Chair Verena Ross stated, "Looking ahead, as the transition period progresses, we will continue to provide guidance and work with all national competent authorities (NCAs) to ensure the smooth implementation of MiCA and support a level playing field through regulatory convergence actions."

ChainCatcher news, the Aligned Foundation announced on social platforms that it will airdrop 26% of the ALIGN tokens to 891,322 addresses. The specific airdrop targets are users holding tokens such as STRK, MINA, ZK, POL, SCR, TAIKO, EIGEN, etc., and users must hold the corresponding tokens when they are at their historical lowest price, but the minimum holding requirement has not been disclosed. Addresses eligible for the airdrop must register before December 23.ChainCatcher previously reported that the Aligned Layer Foundation, developed based on EigenLayer and targeting Ethereum, announced the economic model for the ALIGN token. The total supply of ALIGN is 10 billion tokens, with an initial circulation of 3 billion tokens (i.e., 30%), most of which will flow to the community to incentivize early work and contributions. The specific allocation plan for ALIGN is as follows:Ecosystem and community: 44%;Foundation: 10%;Team: 23.5%;Investors: 22.5%.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin Magazine, European lawmakers are calling for the establishment of a Bitcoin strategic reserve, rejecting the digital euro.

Chaincatcher news, the multi-chain trading platform UXUY, incubated and invested by Binance Labs, officially partners with the BNB Chain meme airdrop event. During the event, users trading BNB Chain ecosystem memes on UXUY iOS, Android, and Telegram DEX (@UXUYDexBot) will enjoy 0 Gas fee trading benefits.The BNB Memecoin event will further incentivize the development of the meme community. BNB Chain will rank memes based on a weighted calculation of 24-hour trading volume, market capitalization, and price increase, with the top-ranked meme becoming the winner of the day. The BNB Chain community will purchase meme tokens of the winning meme worth 33 BNB for the airdrop.UXUY will enable a red envelope feature for the winning meme project and distribute on-chain meme red envelopes to the community, further expanding the number of Meme Coin holders and its influence.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Lido announced on Monday that it will stop Polygon staking services and informed users that they can withdraw funds before June 16, 2025. The announcement also stated that after June 16, 2025, users will withdraw through a browser tool.The announcement indicated that multiple factors prompted Lido to reassess and ultimately exit the staking service on the Polygon PoS chain, including limited user adoption, insufficient rewards, resource-intensive maintenance requirements, and changes in ecosystem dynamics.

ChainCatcher news, the algorithmic stablecoin protocol Nirvana Finance announced that its V2 version will officially open to the public at 2 AM Beijing time on December 18 (UTC time December 17 at 6:00 PM). This restart not only completes the full compensation for the victims' funds from the 2022 hacking incident but also introduces a brand new security, governance, and token economic model.In addition, Nirvana V2 has launched a Market Driven Minting (MDM) framework, which ensures that the token ANA has upside potential and limited downside risk through a reserve-backed price floor mechanism. The protocol also plans to gradually expand to assets such as BTC and SOL.Previous news, former security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed was sentenced to 3 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero for attacking two decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges and stealing over $12 million worth of cryptocurrency. This is the first conviction case related to smart contract hacking.In July 2022, Ahmed attacked a cryptocurrency exchange using false pricing data and stole approximately $9 million worth of cryptocurrency. Subsequently, he attacked Nirvana Finance, exploiting a vulnerability in its smart contract to purchase cryptocurrency at a price lower than that set by the contract and sell it to Nirvana at a higher price, stealing nearly all of Nirvana's $3.6 million funds, which led to its closure shortly after being hacked.