ChainCatcher news, according to official information, KiloEx announced on April 15 regarding the progress of the hacking incident that it has reported to the Hong Kong police and filed a case, and is cooperating with the Criminal Investigation and Cybersecurity departments for investigation. Some information related to the hackers has been obtained. Meanwhile, KiloEx has collaborated with the security company SlowMist to submit a detailed incident report, which will be publicly released when the time is right.The security vulnerability has been fixed, and there is currently no risk of position liquidation. All positions will be settled at the snapshot price before the incident. KiloEx is formulating a compensation plan and raising funds, and the Vault function will gradually resume after the plan is implemented, ensuring the safety of user funds.The hackers have not yet moved the stolen funds. KiloEx has repeatedly sent messages on-chain requesting the return of 90%, but has not received a response so far. The related addresses have been jointly blocked in coordination with multiple DeFi protocols and CEX.In response to rumors about internal involvement, KiloEx solemnly clarifies: the police and SlowMist have fully intervened in the investigation and obtained all internal data. If there are internal issues, the case will not be filed.

ChainCatcher news, recently, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng positively responded to the "Bhutan Happiness Exploration Special Project" initiated by Pieverse Timepot on the X platform, calling it an "interesting variation of the idea" and sending his wishes of "Good luck!"Pieverse Timepot is the first decentralized platform built around the "Time Economy" in the BNB ecosystem and is also a project incubated in Binance MVB Phase 9. The launched "Bhutan Happiness Exploration Special Project" not only showcases Timepot's unique time minting mechanisms (Time Bid, Time Draw, and Time Fund) but also engages in deep collaboration with the Ninth Living Buddha of Bhutan, the Bhutan Sovereign Fund, the Happiness Research Institute, and the Astrology Academy, focusing on the cross-border integration of "Happiness Economy," "Time Value," and "Blockchain Practice."

ChainCatcher news, according to CNBC, U.S. public company Janover announced on Monday that it has raised $42 million by issuing convertible notes and warrants to several investors, including Pantera Capital, Kraken, and Arrington Capital. This funding will be used to purchase SOL as a financial reserve.Janover may be the first company in the U.S. to adopt an acquisition strategy targeting Solana. The company plans to rename itself to DeFi Development Corporation and modify its stock ticker. The newly appointed chairman and CEO Joseph Onorati revealed that his team plans to "immediately" start accumulating SOL. Janover also plans to acquire validators (computers that help run the Solana network and validate transactions), which can be used not only to acquire SOL tokens but also to "stake" them, earning rewards by locking SOL tokens on the network.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, JPMorgan's chief economist Bruce Kasman warned that if the tariff policies implemented by the Trump administration persist, they could push the U.S. and global economy into recession by 2025. He pointed out that the risk of a global economic recession has risen from 40% to 60% this year. Kasman stated that these tariffs represent the largest tax increase on American households and businesses since 1968, and their impact could be amplified by retaliatory measures, worsening business sentiment, and supply chain disruptions.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Calamos Investments, which manages over $41.3 billion in assets, stated that it will continue to focus on its three launched Bitcoin-protected ETFs, which have raised over $100 million. The company believes that Ethereum lacks sufficient liquidity and hedging tools, and is not yet in a position to launch related products, while clearly ruling out the possibility of getting involved in Meme coin ETFs.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune, the startup Halliday, which helps financial institutions automate services using blockchain and AI technology, has completed a $20 million Series A funding round, led by venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Blizzard Fund, Credibly Neutral, SV Angel, and other angel investors.Griffin Dunaif, CEO and co-founder of Halliday, stated that the company collaborates with chartered banks, payment service providers, and other financial institutions interested in blockchain technology to help them accelerate their entry into the field by simplifying the design of financial workflows.Financial workflows (a structured sequence of steps to transfer funds from one place to another) are crucial for any company that handles funds for clients. In the crypto world, establishing these workflows requires engineers to program smart contracts, which can be a slow and arduous process.

ChainCatcher message, Zhao Changpeng commented on "Binance Alpha 2.0", "This is a brilliant move. It allows CEX users to purchase any DEX tokens directly from CEX without the need for withdrawal. Thanks to the team for coming up with this idea (I was not involved in it)."

ChainCatcher news reports that voting data on Mintscan shows that the proposal to restore the 70 billion CRO tokens that were destroyed has passed with a support rate of 62.18%. This proposal suggests restoring the 70 billion CRO tokens destroyed in 2021 to establish a strategic reserve for Cronos and will update network parameters and token distribution in the Cronos POS V5 upgrade.Additionally, according to Un Chained, the aforementioned proposal had slightly more votes in favor than against before March 16, but it had not yet reached the required quorum of 33.4% to take effect at that time. Just before the voting was about to close, 3.35 billion CRO tokens were added to the yes category, reaching the quorum, and the turnout far exceeded the maximum voting rate.Sources say that the problematic votes came from large validators operated by Crypto.com (including Starship, Falcon Heavy, Electron, Antares, and Minotaur IV), which control 70-80% of the total voting power. One token holder commented on the final result in Telegram, saying, "They (Crypto.com) voted almost at the last minute. Now they have set a precedent that other projects can follow."

ChainCatcher message, on-chain data shows that a Hyperliquid 50x leverage whale has just added 5 million USDC to a 40x BTC short position, with a current holding of 4522.84 BTC, approximately 380 million USD, and the liquidation price raised to 86593 USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to TechInAsia, Atlanta-based surveillance technology company Flock Safety has completed a $275 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (A16z), with the company valued at $7.5 billion. Other participants in this round of investment include Greenoaks Capital and Bedrock Capital.So far, Flock Safety has raised over $950 million in total funding. The company plans to develop domestically manufactured drones in the U.S. by 2025 and build a 100,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Georgia. The company focuses on providing AI-based security monitoring solutions, primarily targeting government and enterprise clients.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the Bitcoin staking platform Solv has raised $10 million for its Bitcoin Reserve Offering (BRO), aiming to establish a $100 million BTC reserve. Solv will deploy the raised BTC into various yield-generating tools, such as liquid staking tokens, and invest in decentralized finance (DeFi), real-world assets (RWA), and institutional financial products.Solv stated in a Thursday announcement: "This means that the Bitcoin reserves held by the Solv protocol will be active and productive, rather than letting BTC sit idle."BRO combines various aspects of traditional convertible bonds with crypto-native features to drive institutional adoption of BTC finance. Solv aims to provide a "on-chain MicroStrategy" model, and BRO may attract institutions looking to invest in BTC as a store of value in a manner similar to MicroStrategy, but without the need to purchase and hold it personally. Additionally, they may be seeking a more actively yield-generating form of BTC investment.

ChainCatcher news, economists at Wall Street investment bank JPMorgan have raised the risk of an economic recession this year from 30% in early 2025 to 40%.The Wall Street Journal reported that analysts wrote, "Due to extreme policies in the U.S., we believe the risk of the U.S. falling into recession this year is significant."Previous news, Morgan Stanley economists downgraded their economic growth expectations last week and raised their inflation expectations. The bank predicts that the GDP growth rate will be only 1.5% in 2025 and will drop to 1.2% in 2026. Goldman Sachs economists also raised the probability of a recession in the next 12 months from 15% to 20%.

ChainCatcher news, Manus founder and CEO Xiao Hong stated in an interview with Tencent Technology that as of now, Manus's parent company Butterfly Effect has completed two rounds of financing, with a total scale exceeding 10 million USD. The first round of investors was ZhenFund (ZhenFund was Xiao Hong's angel investor in his previous venture, and they invested all the funds earned from Xiao Hong's last project into this project); the second round of investors includes Sequoia China, Tencent, ZhenFund, and Wang Huiwen.In 2023, under the facilitation of investors, the company brought in core members such as Ji Yichao (former founder and CEO of Peak Labs, now Chief Scientist of Manus AI) and Zhang Tao (former product head of Beyond Lightyears, now product head of Manus AI).

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Foundation Capital has raised $600 million for its 11th fund. The firm, an early investor in Solana Labs, will continue to focus on supporting early-stage startups.This venture capital firm, established 30 years ago, primarily invests in areas such as cryptocurrency, fintech, and artificial intelligence. It stated that the new fund will continue its tradition of supporting founders before product building or revenue generation, providing support at the "zero starting point" stage. Foundation Capital noted that 80% of its investments occur before a company generates its first dollar of revenue, "We look for what we call 'zero-to-billion-dollar markets'—these opportunities do not appear in industry forecasts because they are only visible to those who can see beyond the current existence."Foundation Capital is one of the early investors in Solana Labs, having participated in its $20 million Series A funding round in 2019. Its cryptocurrency portfolio also includes Binance U.S., OpenSea, MoonPay, Algorand, Stacks, BCB Group, Helius, Jito, and Kamino. The firm stated, "We have been investing in blockchain since 2014, unaffected by the harsh cryptocurrency winter."Foundation Capital's 11th fund has grown by 20% compared to the previous $500 million fund that closed three years ago. The firm's partner Rodolfo Gonzalez stated on social media, "If you are a seed-stage founder working in cryptocurrency, fintech, or enterprise AI, please come talk to us."

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, U.S. President Trump praised the "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) and thanked Musk.

According to ChainCatcher news, Spot On Chain has released the latest data update, stating that Bybit raised 254,830 ETH (approximately $693 million) within 48 hours after the hack, including:132,178 ETH ($367 million), possibly obtained through OTC trades with Galaxy Digital, FalconX, and Wintermute;122,652 ETH ($326 million), from loans by trading platforms/institutions such as Bitget, MEXC, Binance, and DWF Labs (which may also include personal borrowing by certain whales).At the same time, the hacker has swapped 40,944 ETH ($115 million) for BTC and other assets across chains using Chainflip, THORChain, LiFi, DLN, and eXch. The hacker still holds 458,451 ETH ($1.29 billion), which accounts for approximately 91.7% of the stolen 499,395 ETH ($1.4 billion).