ChainCatcher news, BNB Chain announced on platform X that the BNB Chain Foundation will purchase at least $100,000 worth of tokens to directly invest in qualified projects. This is not a grant or liquidity boost, but a strategic investment in teams building on BNB Chain.When a project qualifies, BNB Chain intends to purchase $100,000 worth of tokens and transfer them to a public wallet, with all transactions conducted on-chain to maintain transparency.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Verge, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in the Epic Games vs. Apple case ruled that Apple cannot charge fees for purchases made outside of the app, and this ruling is effective immediately. It prohibits the company from restricting developers from directing users to make purchases outside of the app. Apple stated that it will appeal the ruling. Epic Games will relist "Fortnite" on the U.S. App Store "next week."Additionally, according to Apple's developer announcement, the App Review Guidelines have been updated to comply with the U.S. court's ruling regarding buttons, external links, and other calls to action within apps. Guideline 3.1.1 states that apps can use in-app purchase features to sell and offer services related to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), such as minting, listing, and transferring. Apps must not include buttons, external links, or other calls to action that direct users to purchase mechanisms outside of in-app purchases, except for apps in the U.S. store.Crossmint, a cryptocurrency API development company, commented that this ruling is significant for cryptocurrency: applications can now directly sell NFTs, tokens, and digital assets while retaining 100% of the revenue.

ChainCatcher news, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) founder Michael Saylor posted on social media that, according to publicly available data as of the first quarter of 2025, over 13,000 institutions and 814,000 retail accounts directly hold MSTR.It is estimated that 55 million beneficiaries indirectly hold it through ETFs, mutual funds, pension funds, and insurance portfolios.

ChainCatcher news, BNB Chain's 100 million USD plan, after a 3-week trial of "rewards liquidity upon listing," is now launching a "direct token purchase" mechanism based on community feedback, to support the development of ecological projects in a more comprehensive and direct way.This plan targets native assets of BNB Chain or cross-chain assets, with projects in various tracks that meet the following on-chain data and security requirements having the opportunity to receive at least a single purchase of 100,000 USD.For transaction-driven assets: Market capitalization ≥ 1 million USD; Daily average traders ≥ 300; Daily average trading volume ≥ 200,000 USD.For TVL-driven assets: Total Value Locked (TVL) ≥ 20 million USD; with protocol TVL growth as the core evaluation criterion.Security requirements: The top 10 external account (EOA) holdings must not exceed 10% of the total supply (excluding CEX and wallets related to Zhao Changpeng); projects must complete contract verification on BscScan or pass a security audit, as well as undergo multiple risk assessments.The BNB Chain Foundation will select targets from the pool of qualified projects, purchasing through the foundation's wallet address, with purchase timing being random, and transactions will be announced through official accounts after completion. The BNB Chain Foundation acquisition address is 0x511DfE9E248c887E32ca8bF9d1cb76f101965060.The upgraded 100 million USD incentive plan reflects BNB Chain's steadfast commitment to continuously support builders and create long-term value for the ecosystem during market fluctuations.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Washington Post, over the past weekend, when Elon Musk repeatedly posted on social media criticizing a tough tariff plan pushed by one of President Trump's main White House advisors, he had actually bypassed this official and made a direct appeal to Trump himself.According to two insiders (who requested anonymity due to the private nature of the conversations), Musk's intervention has not yet been effective. However, Trump has also expressed an openness to negotiating some aspects of the policy.Meanwhile, Musk uploaded a video on the X platform featuring the late conservative economist Milton Friedman, in which Friedman emphasized the benefits of international trade cooperation, calling it "the impersonal operation of prices," and used an ordinary wooden pencil as an example to analyze the global sources of its various raw materials.

ChainCatcher news, financial giant Vanguard Group may indirectly engage with Bitcoin due to its holdings in GameStop shares.Vanguard is currently the largest institutional shareholder of GameStop, which recently announced a shift towards a Bitcoin strategy, attracting widespread market attention. Although companies like BlackRock and Fidelity have actively positioned themselves in Bitcoin spot ETFs, Vanguard has previously maintained a conservative stance and publicly stated in December 2024 that Bitcoin is "highly speculative and lacks intrinsic value." This indirect engagement may suggest a subtle shift in its cryptocurrency stance.

ChainCatcher message, on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa released a review of the Hyperliquid vault being attacked again:The 50x leverage whale on Hyperliquid previously used the Hyperliquid mechanism to "actively liquidate 160,000 ETH long positions" and withdrew a profit of $1.857 million;More cunning target selection: At that time, the 50x leverage whale on Hyperliquid chose ETH as the target, while this time the attacker’s target was the Memecoin $Jellyjelly, which had a depth difference of N times, making price manipulation much easier.Setting bait with airdrop: Address 0xde9...f5c91 opened a $4.08 million short position on $JELLY on Hyperliquid, with an opening price of $0.0095 and a margin of 3.5 million USDC.Replaying the active liquidation: Another address Hc8gN...WRcwq, after opening the short position, collaborated to crash the spot price, creating floating profit space for the short position, while the opening address withdrew 2.76 million USDC in margin, using the same trick to have the position liquidated and taken over by the vault.Turning around to buy and empty the vault: Two waves of intensive buying starting at 21:01 and 21:45 further enlarged the vault's floating loss until the amount became significant enough to attract market attention.As long as jellyjelly does not drop, retail investors in HLP will withdraw their funds; the more withdrawals, the lower the liquidation price, which can be understood as "the early runners profit at the expense of the late runners." Subsequently, HLP may experience a bank run, and eventually, it may not even require jellyjelly to pull much from the vault to be forcibly liquidated due to insufficient margin... However, currently, HLP's TVL has decreased by about $20 million, and the liquidation price for the short position has dropped to around $0.14. The last buying operation of the address manipulating the coin price was 1 hour ago; this address currently holds 124 million jellyjelly (worth $4.86 million), making it the top holding address on-chain. This address currently has no more funds available for buying, which is also the main reason for the significant price fluctuations that followed. As one of the main competitors of Hyperliquid, if Binance releases related positive news, such as listing jellyjelly spot or others, it will directly kill the competition.

ChainCatcher message, @ai_9684xtpa published a recap of the Hyperliquid vault being attacked again:A whale on Hyperliquid using 50x leverage previously "actively liquidated 160,000 ETH long positions" and withdrew a profit of $1.857 million;More cunning target selection: At that time, the whale on Hyperliquid chose ETH as the target, while this time the attacker targeted the Memecoin $Jellyjelly, which has a depth gap of N times, making price manipulation much easier;Setting bait with an airdrop: Address 0xde9...f5c91 opened a $4.08 million short position on $JELLY on Hyperliquid, with an opening price of $0.0095 and a margin of 3.5 million USDC;Replaying the active liquidation: Another address Hc8gN...WRcwq, after opening the short position, collaborated to dump the spot price, lowering the coin price, which created floating profit space for the short position, while the opening address withdrew 2.76 million USDC in margin, repeating the trick led to the position being liquidated and taken over by the vault;Turning around to buy and empty the vault: Two waves of intensive buying starting at 21:01 and 21:45 further amplified the vault's floating losses until the amount became significant and caught the market's attention.As long as jellyjelly does not drop, retail investors in HLP will withdraw funds, and the more funds withdrawn, the lower the liquidation price will be, which can be understood as "the early runners profit at the expense of the late runners." Subsequently, HLP may experience a bank run, and eventually, it may not even require jellyjelly to pull much from the vault before being forcibly liquidated due to insufficient margin.However, currently, HLP's TVL has decreased by about $20 million, and the liquidation price for the short position has dropped to around $0.14. The last buying operation from the address manipulating the coin price was 1 hour ago, and this address currently holds 124 million jellyjelly (worth $4.86 million), making it the top holding address on-chain. This address currently has no more funds available for buying, which is also the main reason for the significant price fluctuations that followed. As one of the main competitors of Hyperliquid, if Binance releases related positive news, such as listing jellyjelly spot or others, it will directly kill the competition.

ChainCatcher news, Zhao Changpeng stated, "You may not have noticed that the news 'MGX invests in Binance' was directly published on X, Binance Square, and the blog. It was not released by any traditional media."

ChainCatcher news, according to News.bitcoin, the White House has clarified Trump's executive order, stating that future Bitcoin confiscated by the U.S. government will no longer be sold but will be included in a new strategic Bitcoin reserve managed by the Treasury.Meanwhile, other digital assets will be categorized into an independent U.S. digital asset reserve to enhance regulation, optimize management, and promote the development of a long-term cryptocurrency strategy. According to the order, U.S. federal agencies must report their Bitcoin holdings directly to the Treasury to improve oversight and management transparency.

ChainCatcher message, regarding the issue of airdrop registration that is now open, the Babylon Foundation has provided answers on social platforms, as follows:If I staked through a third party (such as a liquid staking protocol or Binance Earn), can I register to receive the airdrop? No. The third-party protocol and its service providers can register to receive the airdrop themselves. You should contact the maintainers of the third-party protocol or service provider to inquire about any potential rewards and incentives they may offer.If I staked through a third-party protocol and also hold a Pioneer Pass NFT, am I eligible to receive the airdrop related to the NFT? No, because you did not stake directly through Babylon in the first phase.Will NFTs increase the rewards for staking airdrops? No. NFT holders who staked directly in the first phase will be eligible for a separate airdrop. NFTs will not amplify or increase any rewards.

ChainCatcher message, on the official channel, on-chain detective ZachXBT stated that the recent pump.Fun X account leak incident is directly related to the Jupiter DAO X account intrusion incident in February 2025 and the WIF X account intrusion incident in November 2024.

ChainCatcher news, according to Sing Tao Daily, Joy Lam, the Head of Compliance and Legal Affairs for Binance in the Asia-Pacific region, stated in a recent interview that Hong Kong's regulatory framework for virtual assets is relatively cautious and is moving in the right direction. He suggested that further relaxation of restrictions could allow more virtual asset products and services to enter the local market while ensuring the protection of investors' rights.However, he did not directly respond to market concerns about whether Binance intends to return to the U.S. market or enter the Hong Kong market, only emphasizing that the Asia-Pacific region is the engine of global economic growth and that the local cryptocurrency usage rate is relatively high. He hopes to participate in and support the development of the local virtual asset market in different ways.

ChainCatcher news, Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett posted on the X platform that legal professionals she spoke with believe that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is attempting to reach a settlement with crypto companies rather than directly dismissing related lawsuits, in order to "justify" spending millions of taxpayers' money and regain some face.Additionally, SEC commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda did inform Coinbase that they were sorry for the inconvenience, which is a real blow to the enforcement regime of the SEC under Gensler and the Biden administration.

ChainCatcher news, Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated that U.S. regulators should directly address the risks of stablecoins, stablecoins will benefit from regulation, and stablecoins may expand the role of the U.S. dollar globally. Allow banks and non-banks to issue stablecoins.

ChainCatcher message, Magic Eden official stated that starting from February 14 at 11 AM (Pacific Time), 16.4 million ME will be directly distributed to wallets that staked before the application deadline on February 1.

ChainCatcher news, Bernstein analyst Gautam Chhugani stated that insiders holding Trump tokens may distribute these supplies, leading to losses for unsuspecting investors, a situation that has occurred in the past with Trump-related assets, especially when the stock of Truth Social's parent company, Trump Media & Technology Group, fluctuated.Gautam Chhugani added that given the rapid surge in the token's market capitalization, the 80% supply held by insiders does put some pressure on it. However, tokens directly related to the president may be more enduring than most tokens, but their ownership structure could diminish their appeal. In this case, meme coins leveraging Trump's brand effect and political image have a certain durability, but since 80% of the insider supply is provided by Trump's affiliates, their longevity will depend on the potential token design.

ChainCatcher message, Musk posted on X: "We want to go directly to Mars. The Moon will distract us. Orbital mass is the key metric, followed by surface mass on Mars. The former needs to reach a million tons of orbital mass per year to establish a self-sustaining colony on Mars."Zhao Changpeng joked: "That's right. Musk said price is a distraction. Keep building."

ChainCatcher news, according to information disclosed by Yu Xian, the founder of Slow Mist, the Humanity Protocol project team stores the plaintext private key directly in the browser's sessionStorage, provided that users log in using Web2 methods, such as email. The platform will automatically assign a wallet to users. Fortunately, this is just a testnet and has not yet caused any actual harm.

ChainCatcher news, Cointelegraph posted on the X platform revealing that MetaMask has expanded its cryptocurrency payment card pilot program in the United States, allowing users to pay directly from their wallets.