ChainCatcher message, the Ethereum L2 network Taiko is collaborating with the global geek movement platform DoraHacks to establish standards for community voting, providing the largest scale of anonymous community voting for a hackathon.Taiko's Grant Factory hackathon encourages developers to design projects that focus on providing innovative solutions, engaging and interesting applications, or generating positive social impact. After months of competition, the finalists will enter the final round of voting, marking a step towards greater community-driven decision-making.The Minimal Anti-Collusion Infrastructure (MACI), initially proposed by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, is a mechanism that provides privacy and anti-collusion voting in community environments. Concerns about obstacles in traditional voting systems, such as fraud, collusion, and lack of privacy, prompted him to propose on-chain solutions to these issues.MACI uses zero-knowledge technology to ensure that votes remain confidential while maintaining integrity and preventing bribery or coercion. In a MACI round, there are two roles: operators and users. Users vote on-chain for the MACI smart contract through encrypted votes. These votes are timestamped on-chain, and only operators can see their votes, with results published after the voting is completed.

ChainCatcher news, ZK Nation posted on platform X to announce the voting update for the TPP-2 proposal, which has now reached the quorum. Therefore, the voting period for the AAVE DAO airdrop claim extension application will end on February 12 at 07:30 UTC+8.

ChainCatcher news, the first Launchpad project of the trading platform JuCoin, as well as its platform token $JU IEO, has ended, with a total fundraising amount reaching 168,967,843.8964668 USDT. Compared to the original target of 630,000 USDT, this is an oversubscription of approximately 268 times, with a total of 24,354 participants.This significant oversubscription has sparked controversy among participating users. After the new token offering ended, JuCoin did not refund the oversubscribed funds but instead announced that a community vote would be held. The oversubscribed funds will be subscribed at a price of 26.8 USDT, rather than the original IEO price of 0.1 USDT. Many participating users are demanding refunds, and JuCoin has not yet provided further responses.

ChainCatcher message, in response to the community discussion about ETH holders participating in Ethereum Foundation (EF) governance, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin expressed support for establishing an anonymous voting tool similar to "anoncast" for ETH holders. Through zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP), users can verify the amount of ETH they hold and set their speaking frequency based on a ratio. For example, a user holding N ETH can express an opinion every (120 million / N) seconds.He suggested implementing this mechanism on decentralized social platforms like Farcaster or Lens Protocol to ensure the entire process is intermediary-free and fully trustless. Vitalik believes that this approach can avoid the noise interference of social media while genuinely reflecting the collective voice of ETH holders and showcasing the potential of Ethereum technology.

According to ChainCatcher news reported by The Block, the Arbitrum DAO has initiated a proposal for improvement (AIP) voting, planning to upgrade the Arbitrum One and Nova chains to the Bounded Liquidity Delay (BoLD) protocol. This protocol will run on the testnet starting in April 2024, and if the proposal is approved, it will be implemented on both mainnet chains in February 2025.The BoLD protocol aims to enhance the security of Arbitrum withdrawals to the Ethereum mainnet by introducing a fixed time window (approximately 13 days plus a 2-day grace period) for resolving chain state disputes. This mechanism will shift the verification authority from a whitelist system to a fully open one, allowing anyone to participate in network security verification, effectively reducing the risk of malicious delay attacks.

ChainCatcher message, the new VitaDAO proposal "Airdrop 6.9 million BIO to VITA and VitaDAO IPT holders" has opened for voting. The plan is to allocate 6.9 million out of the total distribution of 21 million BIO tokens obtained.According to the proposal, the airdrop will use a tiered system to determine eligibility through multiple snapshots. Of this, 80% (5.52 million BIO) will be allocated to VITA holders, and 20% (1.38 million BIO) will be allocated to VITA IPT holders.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, the Frax Finance community's vote on adopting the Bladex Dollar Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund Limited (BUIDL) as the reserve asset for the stablecoin Frax USD (frxUSD) is now live. The proposal will end on January 1, 2025, and currently has a support rate of 100%.According to the voting summary, the benefits of passing the Frax Dollar proposal may include creating yield opportunities, enhancing liquidity, providing transfer options, and reducing counterparty risk due to Bladex's support.

ChainCatcher message, the voting on LayerZero's "Enable Fee Switch" proposal has ended. Due to the lack of a quorum, the LayerZero protocol fee switch will remain off, and the next vote will take place in six months.

ChainCatcher news, the composition of the Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee is about to change, while renewed inflation concerns are making central bank decisions more complex. Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve lowered the benchmark policy rate by 25 basis points and hinted that there would only be two rate cuts in 2025.Chairman Powell clearly stated that the central bank is entering a new phase, and future rate cuts may be more gradual, depending on whether inflation decreases. In addition to the seven members of the Federal Reserve Board and the President of the New York Fed, the presidents of 11 regional Federal Reserve Banks will also take turns voting on interest rate decisions in the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Institutions expect more divergence in the FOMC in 2025. An assessment of the committee's voting members along the hawkish-dovish spectrum reveals that the opinions of next year's FOMC voting members will become more polarized, with views scattered at both ends of the spectrum and less concentrated in the middle.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Snapshot governance page, the voting support rate for the new proposal "Enable Transferability of BIO Tokens" by BIO Protocol is currently reported at 99.96%. The voting period is 3 days (until December 23). If passed, BIO will become a liquid asset within 14 days, with initial liquidity on the ETH mainnet, and more chains will be supported later.

ChainCatcher message, the BIO Protocol new proposal "Enable Transferability of BIO Tokens" has opened for voting, with a voting period of 3 days (until December 23). If approved, BIO will become a liquid asset within 14 days, with initial liquidity on the ETH mainnet, and support for more chains to follow.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin Shi reports, the annual changes in the composition of the Federal Reserve's FOMC voting members next year may slightly increase resistance to further rate cuts. Compared to the outgoing voting members, the incoming voting members are more hawkish. TD Securities analyst Oscar Munoz stated, "This opens the door for more dissenting votes next year."At the December FOMC meeting, 4 of the 19 Federal Reserve decision-makers wrote down forecasts indicating that this rate cut was inappropriate, with Cleveland Fed President Mester casting a dissenting vote. Mester will exit the FOMC next year, to be replaced by Chicago Fed President Goolsbee, who believes that the policy rate needs to be significantly lowered next year, clearly more dovish than Mester. However, the other two new voting members—St. Louis Fed President Bullard and Kansas City Fed President George—will make the 2025 voting members' stance more hawkish, as they will replace the centrist Atlanta Fed President Bostic and San Francisco Fed President Daly.TD Securities analysts speculate that Bullard is one of the four policymakers who submitted dissenting forecasts against this rate cut, with George possibly being the other, both of whom have hinted at some hesitation regarding further rate cuts. The fourth could be Fed Governor Bowman, who opposed a 50 basis point cut in September but may have shifted to support this week's cut during the two-day meeting.

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, preliminary voting results show that Microsoft shareholders voted against the Bitcoin investment proposal.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coindesk, preliminary voting results show that Microsoft shareholders voted against the Bitcoin investment proposal.The proposal titled "Assessment of Investing in Bitcoin" was put forward by the National Center for Public Policy Research, suggesting that Microsoft consider diversifying 1% of its total assets into Bitcoin as a potential hedge against inflation.According to Bloomberg data, Microsoft holds $78.4 billion in cash and securities on its balance sheet.

ChainCatcher message, Sky announced on the X platform that the execution voting has now started. If passed, the proposed changes to the Sky protocol will take effect 30 hours after approval by the Sky ecosystem governance committee. The impact on users is as follows:Changes in Savings RatesSky Savings Rate (SSR) will increase to 12.5%, Dai Savings Rate (DSR) will increase to 11.5%.Stable Fee Parameter UpdatesETH stable fees will increase: ETH-A will increase to 12.75%, ETH-B will increase to 13.25%, ETH-C will increase to 12.5%.WSTETH stable fees will increase: WSTETH-A will increase to 13.75%, WSTETH-B will increase to 13.5%.WBTC stable fees will increase: WBTC-A will increase to 16.25%, WBTC-B will increase to 16.75%, WBTC-C will increase to 16%.

ChainCatcher message, Jupiter posted on X that it will review the updated Jupuary proposal and initiate the second vote on Wednesday at 11:30 AM (UTC+8).It is reported that on November 30, the Jupuary governance vote failed to reach the required 70% absolute majority for approval, with 58% in favor and 42% against. The first Jupuary vote opened on November 26, and if the 70% support requirement is not met, the team will quickly iterate new votes until the required 70% support milestone is achieved.

ChainCatcher news, the Ethereum L2 project Corn tweeted to announce that the Polyhedra Network community is voting on a network expansion proposal for its zkBridge integration with Corn, a move that will enhance asset diversity and expand the decentralized cross-chain interoperability of BTCFi.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Corn is an Ethereum L2 that uses Bitcoin as its gas token. BTCN is its hybrid tokenized Bitcoin, backed 1:1 by native BTC.

ChainCatcher news, the ZKsync community has submitted the on-chain proposal [ZIP-002], which proposes to reduce the execution delay from 21 hours to 3 hours. The voting for ZIP-002 will start on December 2 at 21:12. ZIP-002 aims to enhance the finality of transactions under the oversight of the newly established council while maintaining security.

ChainCatcher message, Jupiter posted on X that the first Jupuary vote has opened, seeking a 70% support rate.If the requirement is not met, the team will quickly iterate new votes until the desired support rate milestone is achieved. This vote aims to confirm whether the community accepts the addition of two airdrops, each containing 700 million JUP.Users who stake JUP tokens through Jupiter are eligible to vote on this proposal, with voting power proportional to the amount of staked JUP at a 1:1 ratio. The proposal aims to reward "real and active users," with the voting deadline set for November 29 at 10:59 AM EST.

ChainCatcher news, the fully encrypted network Mind Network based on FHE has officially launched the FHE voting feature and verification network Hubs today at 16:00. Users can participate in voter registration with zero barriers or use vFHE to participate in Hubs delegation.Mind Network is incubated by Binance Labs and recently announced the completion of a $10 million Pre-A round of financing. Last month, it launched the voting product MindV based on fully homomorphic encryption (FHE). The newly launched MindV Hubs include two foundational module networks: FCN (Consensus Network) and FDN (Decryption Network), as well as the fully homomorphic encryption random number generator RandGen.Existing vFHE holders can participate in delegation and earn rewards. MindV Hubs are temporarily open for 10,000 early voter slots, and registration does not require holding vFHE. Additionally, future Hubs partners have been previewed, including InfStones, KIP Protocol, Rivalz Network, Lumoz, CARV, DIN, and Inferix.Mind Network is the first Web3 fully encrypted infrastructure based on FHE, providing end-to-end encryption for AI and Web3 networks through innovative fully homomorphic encryption, and offering solutions for data sovereignty protection, fair consensus, encrypted voting, and secure cross-chain transfers.