ChainCatcher news, according to Blockworks, Anza has proposed two proposals to implement a slashing mechanism in the network, primarily targeting the so-called "duplicate blocks" to penalize validators, which refers to the situation where the same block is created twice. Anza has not yet decided on the specific economic details of the penalty mechanism, but the author of SIMD suggested destroying (or functionally abolishing) the staked tokens that are penalized.Anza's Ashwin Sekar also proposed a parabolic penalty curve: if 5% of a validator's staked tokens are in violation, then 1% of their staked tokens will be destroyed; if 33% of the staked tokens are in violation, then all staked tokens will be penalized. Sekar explained in a validator discussion session that Ethereum's penalty curve is linear. Sekar also stated that the penalty proposal is still in its early stages, and such updates are not expected to be released until the summer of 2025 at the earliest.

ChainCatcher news, Avalanche founder Emin Gün Sirer stated on social media: "Meme coins on Avalanche can not only be used for staking but also as gas tokens."

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, the Oman Investment Authority has announced the acquisition of a partial stake in Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI. The Oman Investment Authority is also a shareholder of SpaceX.

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 news, Nasdaq-listed company Nature's Miracle Holding Inc. (NMHI) announced the acquisition of 90% fully diluted shares of Bitcoin mining company J&Y Marigold Ltd. for a total purchase price of $5.32 million. The latter is currently constructing a 14-megawatt Bitcoin mining facility, expected to be operational in the first half of 2025. The first phase of the transaction (9MW) is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2025, while the second phase (5MW) is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2025.

ChainCatcher news, Starknet disclosed data on the X platform stating that the staking amount of STRK tokens on Starknet has exceeded 100 million.In addition, according to on-chain blockchain Voyager data, the current number of staked STRK tokens has reached 101,303,963.261.

ChainCatcher news, HashKey Global announces the launch of the 15th Launchpool project------Moca Network (MOCA). Users can participate in mining by staking HSK or MOCA tokens to share a total prize pool of 1,250,000 MOCA. This mining activity will last for 4 days from December 18, 2024, 16:00 to December 22, 16:00 (UTC+8).Users can start depositing or staking MOCA in advance from December 16, 16:00 (UTC+8). Rewards will be dynamically calculated based on hourly snapshots, with earnings settled and distributed to accounts every 24 hours after the mining starts, while supporting staking and redemption at any time.During the event, users can also share a prize pool of 20,000 MOCA by inviting friends or participate in MOCA community trading activities. Accumulating a trading volume equivalent to 1000 USDT will give them a chance to share 30,000 MOCA. Both deposits and withdrawals of MOCA support the ERC20 network, and MOCA/USDT spot trading will open on December 18, 16:00 (UTC+8).

ChainCatcher message, Zhao Changpeng previously stated, "I am glad to contribute to the acquisition of Twitter," and was then asked by the community: "Can it now be considered that Binance owns a stake in the X platform?" In response, Zhao Changpeng said, "Holding a small stake."

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale address associated with Nexo unstaked 18,000 ETH (approximately 7.08 million USD) one hour ago and transferred it to Binance.Since December 2, this address has transferred a total of 72,419 ETH to Binance, with a total value of approximately 270.6 million USD. Currently, this address still holds 42,108 ETH, worth approximately 16.5 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to informed sources, former SoftBank Group executive Akshay Naheta, known for overseeing some of its largest deals, is currently in preliminary talks to sell a minority stake in the stablecoin payment startup he co-founded.Distributed Technologies Research Ltd. (DTR), which uses blockchain to process cross-border payments with stablecoins, will use the funds to expand into new markets, including the United States, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity as the negotiations are private.They noted that it is unclear what the size and valuation of the initial public offering will be, as the company is in talks with multiple strategic investors and venture capital firms.

ChainCatcher news, decentralized finance and digital asset company DeFi Technologies announced that it will acquire a minority stake in Swiss asset management company Neuronomics AG, with the specific acquisition amount not disclosed. According to the terms of the letter of intent, DeFi Technologies will increase its stake in Neuronomics by subscribing to 10% of the issued and outstanding securities of Neuronomics. This acquisition aims to enhance DeFi Technologies' asset management and trading capabilities, diversify revenue sources, and complement the company's specialized arbitrage trading platform DeFi Alpha.It is reported that Neuronomics specializes in quantitative trading strategies driven by artificial intelligence, computational neuroscience, and quantitative finance, and holds an asset management license issued by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

ChainCatcher message, the ME Foundation announced on the X platform that the TGE is live, users can claim and stake ME tokens. To receive ME tokens, users need to load the Magic Eden mobile application and complete the claim process. All unclaimed ME will belong to ME stakers.

ChainCatcher news, the Solana ecosystem liquidity platform Meteora officially announced on the X platform that it plans to airdrop M3M3 tokens to some stakers. This move aims to guide Meme coin trading from PVP to PPP. The current reward pool amount is $3.317 million.It is reported that the M3M3 fee reward funds mainly come from the trading fees of the locked liquidity in the Memecoin pool. These fee rewards need to be manually claimed by the stakers, and the current model is in Beta version.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, the on-chain options protocol Derive (formerly known as Lyra) announced that it will launch the DRV token on January 15, 2025.Ethena Labs officially stated that 5% of the DRV token supply will be allocated to sENA token stakers.

ChainCatcher message, Bitget is about to launch the Launchpool project XION (XION), with a total prize pool of 330,000 XION. The locking period opens from December 5th 18:00 to December 10th 18:00 (UTC+8).This round of Launchpool opens three locking pools, details are as follows:BGB Locking PoolNormal user staking limit: 10,000 BGBVIP user staking limit: 50,000 BGBTotal prize pool: 282,000 XIONXION Locking PoolStaking limit: 200,000 XIONTotal prize pool: 24,000 XIONINJ Locking PoolStaking limit: 16,667 INJTotal prize pool: 24,000 XION

ChainCatcher message, to celebrate the global launch of HSK, HashKey Global proudly introduces the HSK Mega Launchpool event, providing HSK holders with an exclusive prize pool worth millions of dollars.Users can stake HSK and simultaneously earn rewards in three tokens: HSK, ALEO, and KAIA, with a mining period of up to 30 days. The page will go live on November 27, 2024, at 16:00 (UTC+8), with staking starting from November 28 at 16:00 (UTC+8), and earnings will be calculated from 17:00 (UTC+8) on the same day.The total staking cap for this event is 15,000,000 HSK. Users can participate after completing KYC verification, with a staking range from a minimum of 1 HSK to a maximum of 500,000 HSK. During the event, the prize pool will distribute ALEO and KAIA rewards daily, while HSK rewards will be distributed uniformly after the event ends, allowing users to unlock more value with triple rewards.

ChainCatcher news, Elon Musk has offered investors who supported his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter (now named X) a 25% stake in xAI. xAI was founded last year with the aim of competing with companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.Insiders revealed that xAI is set to complete a new round of $5 billion financing as early as Wednesday, with its valuation doubling in just six months to reach $50 billion. By the end of this week's financing, xAI will have raised approximately $11 billion in total to cover the massive expenses required to build AI models and one of the largest supercomputer clusters in the world.This means that, due to the significant increase in the startup's value, some of Musk's supporters can profit handsomely from their stakes in xAI, while these supporters faced losses of billions of dollars during his acquisition of Twitter. Beneficiaries as investors in Musk's two companies include Fidelity, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, and Silicon Valley venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

ChainCatcher news, perpetual contract DEX KiloEx collaborates with First Digital to provide at least 15% annual yield for FDUSD stakers. Users can purchase FDUSD using USDT from Binance and withdraw it to the opBNB chain, or lend FDUSD on the opBNB chain through the Venus lending protocol and deposit it into the KiloEx Hybrid Vault to earn returns.It is reported that KiloEx is a leading perpetual contract DEX on the BNB Chain, opBNB Chain, and Manta, supported by institutions such as Binance Labs, Foresight Ventures, and Manta Foundation.