ChainCatcher news, Bitget plans to establish a European regional center in Lithuania. Currently, Bitget has completed the registration of cryptocurrency business in Lithuania and will prepare for compliance work under the MiCA (EU Crypto Assets Market) framework, including setting up a local office and recruiting a compliance and operations team.Bitget's Chief Legal Officer Hon Ng stated, "Establishing a European regional center in Lithuania is a key initiative for us to deepen our market presence in the EU, while supporting the development of the crypto ecosystem in the region based on the highest security and compliance standards."Bitget places a high priority on compliant operations and has already obtained licenses in major markets such as Poland, Australia, and Italy. Recently, it has returned to the UK market to provide compliant crypto services to users. In addition, Bitget is initiating registration or licensing applications in over 15 jurisdictions worldwide.

According to ChainCatcher news and CoinGecko data, the sports projects that have received the most sponsorships in the crypto industry since 2021 are: football (33 sponsorships), motorsports (21 sponsorships), esports (16 sponsorships), basketball (8 sponsorships), fighting (3 sponsorships), baseball (2 sponsorships), American football (2 sponsorships), and cricket (2 sponsorships).

According to ChainCatcher news and data disclosed by CoinGecko, the most sponsored sports projects in the cryptocurrency industry since 2021 are:Football - 33 sponsorship dealsMotorsport - 21 sponsorship dealsEsports - 16 sponsorship dealsBasketball - 8 sponsorship dealsCombat sports - 3 sponsorship dealsBaseball - 2 sponsorship dealsAmerican football - 2 sponsorship dealsCricket - 2 sponsorship deals

ChainCatcher news, Gaia launches a custom Formula 1 racing AI agent that can answer user questions.It is reported that GaiaNet is a decentralized network that provides secure, censorship-resistant, and monetizable AI agents, integrating everyone's proprietary knowledge and skills while protecting privacy.

ChainCatcher news, former House Speaker Paul Ryan urged Washington lawmakers to consider establishing a "robust and predictable regulatory framework for stablecoins" in the United States.In a recent op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, Paul Ryan argued that in the face of growing U.S. debt, one response lawmakers should consider is to embrace stablecoins, making this debt more attractive in international markets and reducing the likelihood of failed debt auctions. If other countries successfully enhance the influence of their currencies while selling off government bonds, the U.S. needs to find new ways to boost the attractiveness of the dollar. Dollar-backed stablecoins are one answer.

ChainCatcher news, Obol Network launches a 1% Decentralized Traceability Fund (1forDS). Users of the Obol Distributed Validator (DV) cluster will contribute 1% of their staking rewards to the traceability fund pool, which will reward projects and innovations that empower and drive decentralized impact on Ethereum.

ChainCatcher news, the Ethereum interoperability protocol Omni Network announced the details of the genesis airdrop, in which the Omni token OMNI will be launched on Ethereum with a total supply of 100 million tokens, of which 3 million tokens (3% of the total supply) will be distributed as part of the airdrop. Airdrop eligibility is retroactive to April 3, 2024, and users can claim their OMNI rewards within 45 days; thereafter, unclaimed tokens will be returned to the Omni Foundation for future community activities. Users can now check if they meet the eligibility criteria for the genesis airdrop.It is reported that the OMNI genesis airdrop is divided into 8 categories, among which Omni community members can allocate 1.5 million tokens (50%), EigenLayer re-staking users can allocate 400,000 tokens (13.3%), Beacon Chain Sola stakers can allocate 300,000 tokens (10%), Milady Maker NFT holders can allocate 230,000 tokens (7.7%), Redacted Remilio Babies NFT holders can allocate 150,000 tokens (approximately 5%), Pudgy Penguins NFT holders can allocate 170,000 tokens (5.7%), Injective Ninjas NFT holders can allocate 75,000 tokens (2.5%), and strategic partner agreements can allocate 175,000 tokens (5.8%).