ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the decentralized leveraged trading platform Avantis based on Base has completed a $8 million Series A funding round, led jointly by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and Pantera Capital, with participation from Symbolic Capital, SALT Fund, and Flowdesk.It is reported that this funding round was completed in mid-2024, but Avantis chose to announce it now to align with the development of the protocol. The structure of Avantis's Series A funding consists of equity financing and token warrants, with a total funding amount reaching $12 million, which includes the $4 million seed round financing completed in September 2023.

ChainCatcher news, according to Techfundingnews, the German digital wealth management platform Scalable Capital announced the completion of a €155 million funding round, led by Noteus Partners, with participation from Balderton Capital, Tencent, and HV Capital.Scalable Capital was founded in 2014 in Munich by Erik Podzuweit and Florian Prucker, supporting clients to invest in over 8,000 stocks, 2,500 ETFs, 3,500 funds, and cryptocurrencies.

ChainCatcher news, a next-generation fintech company providing self-custodied stablecoin banking services, Limited, announced the completion of a $7 million seed round financing. This round was led by North Island Ventures, with participation from SevenX Ventures, Third Prime, Arche Capital, and Collab+Currency.Limited has built a comprehensive payment platform that combines the security of self-custodied stablecoins with the convenience of high-end banking services, currently covering 176 countries through iOS, Android, and web platforms. Limited has structurally redefined global banking, allowing businesses and individuals to fully control their funds through self-custodied wallets while enjoying exclusive high-end card benefits typically reserved for traditional bank customers.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, BCB Markets (the trading division of crypto payment company BCB Group) announced a partnership with French banking giant Societe Generale's digital asset subsidiary Societe Generale--FORGE to promote its euro stablecoin EURCoinVertible (EURCV).EURCV was launched in April 2023 and is one of the first stablecoins to meet the requirements of the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). This stablecoin is backed by cash reserves and is pegged to the euro, primarily targeting institutional users, aiming to bring stability and regulatory clarity to the European stablecoin market.

ChainCatcher news, according to Ember monitoring, the whale James Wynn has deleted the "begging" tweet he made public yesterday after his long position turned profitable today. Currently, he has raised about $60,000, and his long position has made a profit of over $400,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Robinhood has completed a $200 million cash acquisition of the Luxembourg-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp. This acquisition adds over 50 licenses and registrations to Robinhood's crypto business and brings a mature institutional client base. Bitstamp has over 5,000 institutional clients and 50,000 retail users, with the majority of its trading volume coming from institutional clients.Robinhood stated that this acquisition significantly expands its crypto business presence in the European, UK, and Asian markets, and does not rule out further acquisitions in the crypto space in the future.

ChainCatcher message, whale trader James Wynn posted on social media, "If you want to support this cause/fight against corruption, buy BTC now. As soon as I went long, I was instantly targeted. There must be some kind of conspiracy here, I don't know what it is. It can't just be because of my long position; it might be because I'm just a small fish playing in the big whale's game, or because I drew everyone's attention to HyperLiquid. Anyway, try to support me by buying BTC."

ChainCatcher news, according to Tiger News, SharpLink Gaming plummeted 20% in pre-market trading. Previously, the company announced a private placement of $425 million to purchase ETH, which caused its stock price to surge by 2225% last month.Note: SharpLink Gaming is a company focused on online performance marketing, recently transitioning into the cryptocurrency sector through a private investment in public equity (PIPE) to purchase Ethereum (ETH).

ChainCatcher news, according to HyperInsight monitoring, whale trader James Wynn's redemption of $4.25 million HYPE on HyperLiquid is expected to arrive today, possibly his "last hope."Previously, James Wynn stated on social media, "I will come back, I love this game. For me, it's either all or nothing, I will get everything back. I came at the wrong time before, their selling pressure was too strong then."

ChainCatcher news, the liquidity re-staking protocol YieldNest has announced that it has completed the airdrop snapshot, with the snapshot time being May 28, 2025, at 20:15. The YND TGE and airdrop claim start time will be June 3, 2025.

ChainCatcher message, encrypted detective ZachXBT posted, "SIM card swapping/social engineering fraud needs harsher penalties. The laws in Canada/EU are very lenient, allowing threat actors to escape many punishments. Many of them are minors, which enables them to evade even more penalties, and their details are protected (this is why I disclose their full names regardless of age). In 2020, 17-year-old Canadian Cameron Redman helped a SIM card swapping attack gain $37 million, and his full name or photo was never mentioned online until I released it after he got involved in phishing/X ATO."

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Solana ecosystem quantitative strategy sharing platform Neutral Trade has completed a $2 million financing round, with angel investors from projects such as Perena, Drift, and Pyth participating.The team will use this funding to continue developing a full suite of delta-neutral, directional, ETF-style, and structured products based on perpetual indices and CEX, operated by a decentralized strategy operation team carefully curated by the team and the community.

ChainCatcher message, the Sui community recently approved an on-chain proposal that will release approximately $162 million that was seized during the Cetus vulnerability last week, allowing the DEX to repay users and resume full operations. The affected funds will be transferred to a multi-signature wallet and held until they are returned to users according to the plan led by Cetus.In response, Cetus announced plans to complete a full recovery and restart in about a week, which includes data recovery, restarting the upgraded CLMM contracts, and fully restoring all paused product features (including LP functions), among others.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, stablecoin startup Atticus is conducting a new round of financing, with a valuation expected to reach between $1.5 billion and $2 billion. This round of financing is led by Anduril co-founder and CEO Palmer Luckey, with existing investor Haun Ventures participating.Atticus was co-founded by Owen Rapaport, founder of compliance technology company Aer Compliance, and Jacob Hirschman, a former advisor at Circle. If the financing is completed, the company may become the first unicorn in the stablecoin sector in 2025. Currently, the monthly trading volume of stablecoins on the Ethereum chain has exceeded $1 trillion for four consecutive months.

According to Jinshi reports, Trump Media Group announced today that it has completed the previously announced private placement with approximately 50 institutional investors. This issuance includes:Selling 55,857,181 shares of the company's common stock at a price of $25.72 per share, raising approximately $1.44 billion in gross funds;Issuing $1 billion principal amount of convertible senior secured notes due in 2028, with a conversion price of $34.72 per share.The total fundraising amounts to approximately $2.44 billion. Trump Media will use about $2.32 billion of the net proceeds to establish a Bitcoin reserve and for other general corporate purposes and working capital. As one of the largest Bitcoin reserve transactions among publicly traded companies, the net proceeds from this issuance and the company's strategy will position Trump Media Group as one of the companies holding the most Bitcoin among U.S. publicly traded companies.After this issuance, Bitcoin will be included in Trump Media Group's balance sheet, alongside a total of $759 million in cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments as of the end of the first quarter of 2025.

ChainCatcher News, former U.S. President Donald Trump claimed in a social media post that China faced a severe economic crisis two weeks ago, stating that the high tariffs he imposed made it nearly impossible for China to enter the U.S. market, leading to factory closures and "social unrest."Trump stated that he reached a "quick agreement" with China out of humanitarian concerns, helping to stabilize China's economic situation.However, Trump later accused China of "completely violating the agreement with the U.S." and expressed disappointment in his "good guy" role.

ChainCatcher news, according to Chainwire, the smart crypto trading tool Alph.AI announced the completion of a $2 million strategic financing round, led by Bitrue.The new funds are intended to drive the platform's AI development to help users identify high-potential tokens early.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the Solana-based AI platform Assisterr announced the completion of a $2.8 million funding round, with a company valuation of $75 million. This round of financing was participated in by institutions such as Google for Startups, Outlier Ventures, Web3.com, Echo.xyz, and Moonhill Capital.ChainCatcher previously reported that Binance Alpha will launch Assisterr AI (ASRR), with the trading opening date set for May 30, with specific timing to be announced later. Eligible users need to use Binance Alpha points to claim the airdrop on the Alpha event page, which will go live on May 30 along with the event details.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized trading platform Dexari announced the completion of a $2.3 million seed round financing, led by Prelude Ventures and Lemniscap, with participation from several well-known angel investors in the Hyperliquid ecosystem.

ChainCatcher message, Binance has completed the integration of WalletConnect Token (WCT) on the Ethereum network (ERC-20), and the deposit and withdrawal services for WCT are now available.