ChainCatcher news, the Web3 development tool platform Thirdweb announced on X that it has reached a partnership with XAI to become the game infrastructure provider on XAI. Games on XAI will be able to directly utilize Thirdweb's full stack, including pre-built smart contracts, Unity SDK, Unreal Engine support, account abstraction infrastructure, wallet SDK, on-chain payments, and more.

ChainCatcher message, Web3 anti-fraud solution Scam Sniffer posted that, after further investigation, 515 tokens deployed by Thirdweb on the mainnet are affected by the Multicall and ERC-2771 vulnerabilities, of which 25 have been exploited. This includes HXA and WFCA, which are already listed on exchanges.In addition, 1276 tokens on the BNB Chain are affected.

ChainCatcher message, Web3 anti-fraud solution Scam Sniffer posted on the X platform that attackers can exploit vulnerabilities related to Thirdweb to call the Forwarder to invoke any function of ERC20 tokens, such as burning or transferring.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the decentralized trading platform Velodrome stated that today the OpenZeppelin team disclosed details regarding vulnerabilities related to Thirdweb to their team. Velodrome has identified that some functions in the Relay contract may be compromised, and therefore will temporarily disable Relay until necessary adjustments are made. In addition, the team stated that these issues do not put any user funds or veNFTs at risk, as the core contracts are not affected by the identified vulnerabilities.

ChainCatcher message, the Web3 anti-fraud platform Scam Sniffer indicates that there seem to be 515 tokens on the mainnet affected by vulnerabilities related to Thirdweb, of which 3 have been attacked. The attackers profited approximately $218,000.

ChainCatcher news, the security agency OpenZeppelin tweeted that the Thirdweb contract vulnerability has not been exploited yet. The issue is related to the integration of specific patterns and is not related to the implementations included in the OpenZeppelin contract library. OpenZeppelin will still lead the assessment of those affected in the community and provide them with mitigation strategies, disclosing the vulnerability at the appropriate time.For Thirdweb users, the team has developed a tool to check whether the contracts created through their platform are affected and to execute migrations: https://mitigate.thirdweb.com.

ChainCatcher message, Slow Mist founder Yu Xian posted on the X platform: "If there are projects using the Thirdweb platform to develop smart contracts, they may be affected (especially before November 22). If users have interacted (authorized) with these projects, their assets may also be at risk. You can check according to official recommendations, although the officials stated that no real attacks have been found, I'm afraid there will be soon, as open-source diff analysis is relatively easy."

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 developer platform Thirdweb announced on social media that on November 21 at 10:00 AM Beijing time, a security vulnerability was discovered in commonly used open-source libraries in the Web3 industry. This will affect various smart contracts in the Web3 ecosystem, including some of Thirdweb's pre-built smart contracts.According to the investigation so far, the vulnerability has not been exploited in any ThirdWeb smart contracts. However, smart contract owners must take mitigation measures for certain pre-built contracts created on ThirdWeb before 11:00 AM Beijing time on November 23. Affected pre-built contracts include but are not limited to DropERC20, ERC721, ERC1155 (all versions), and AirdropERC20.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 development platform Thirdweb has appointed former Facebook executive Atif Khan as its Vice President of Gaming. Recently, Thirdweb is developing a new Web3 game. It is reported that Khan worked at Facebook for eight years, where he served as the global gaming mid-market and in-app advertising lead. After leaving in 2021, he joined the Web3 gaming infrastructure company Stardust as Chief Operating Officer.Thirdweb is a development platform that provides developers with a Web3 infrastructure toolkit to help build decentralized applications for blockchain games, NFTs, DAOs, and more. The crypto data platform RootData shows that Thirdweb completed a $24 million Series A funding round in August 2022 at a valuation of $160 million, led by Haun Ventures, with participation from Polygon Labs, Coinbase Ventures, and Shopify. (Source link)

Web3 developer platform Thirdweb announced that it will airdrop NFT rewards to developers who deployed smart contracts during the bear market over the past 18 months.According to the details, the airdrop requires developers to have deployed smart contracts on five chains, including Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, Arbitrum, and Optimism, between January 1, 2022, and April 2023.Each NFT will contain a randomly assigned prize, including 1 ETH, tickets to the 2023 Consensus Conference, founding NFTs for Crypto Packaged Goods, 1000 AWS credits, and more. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 development platform thirdweb announced the launch of the Bear Market Builders airdrop event for developers. The airdrop eligibility is for developers who deployed smart contracts on Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, Arbitrum, and Optimism between January 1, 2022, and April 1, 2023.It is reported that each NFT contains random prizes, including 1 ETH, Consensus2023 tickets, Genesis NFTs, 1000 AWS credits, etc. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 developer platform Thirdweb tweeted that it will support the Polygon zkEVM scaling solution at launch. Currently, the team has deployed to the Polygon zkEVM testnet. (Source link)

According to ChainCatcher news, as reported by eu-startups, Steven Bartlett, founder of the Web3 development platform Thirdweb and the innovative marketing and consulting company Flight Story, announced the launch of a $100 million private equity fund, the Flight Story Fund. This fund will focus on investments in six major areas, including blockchain, biotechnology, and space technology, with individual investments expected to range from $1 million to $10 million. It will also provide expertise, funding, and networking support for the portfolio, aiming to create the next generation of European unicorns. (source link)