ChainCatcher news, at the "Web3 Future Night" gala held during the Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, Uweb founder and president Yu Jianing delivered a keynote speech on "Key Trends and Outlook for Web3.0 in 2025." He stated that the current Web3.0 is experiencing regression phenomena such as increased centralization, declining project quality, and weak capital inflows.He pointed out that from 2024 to 2030, Web3.0 digital assets will evolve along "two main lines": one is the market capitalization growth of individual assets driven by spot ETFs (vertical uplift), and the other is the expansion of asset pools driven by RWA tokenization (horizontal expansion). Compliance is key for mainstream institutions to enter the market.In addition, he also predicted that the Web3.0 industry will welcome nine major trends in 2025, including crypto-friendly policies driven by the Trump administration, widespread adoption of Bitcoin as a reserve asset, expansion of the RWA market, Hong Kong leading the compliance wave, explosive growth of Web3 AI Agent applications, continuous growth of the Meme ecosystem, Layer1/Layer2 reshaping on-chain logic, simplification of development experience through chain abstraction, and the Bitcoin ecosystem moving towards a new era of programmability and staking economy.

ChainCatcher news, Matrixport analysis shows that the Bitcoin ETF IBIT's 30-day actual correlation with Nasdaq is approaching 70%, a level that has only occurred twice in history, indicating that Bitcoin is currently driven by macro factors and is moving in line with other risk assets.The high correlation mainly stems from the market's reassessment of earnings expectations ahead of the first-quarter earnings season and the uncertainty surrounding tariff policies.However, historical data indicates that such a high correlation is difficult to sustain, and Bitcoin may experience a divergence in trends from Nasdaq in the future.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Aave founder Stani Kulechov stated that he will not create new tokens for the product Horizon proposed by Aave. The proposal page shows that if a token is created, the Aave DAO may receive a 15% allocation and revenue-sharing arrangement. However, many opposing users believe that the new token could dilute the value of the existing AAVE tokens, undermining AAVE's status as the sole governance and utility token.

ChainCatcher news, according to Aave co-founder Stani's post on the X platform, the overall consensus of Aave DAO is that they are not interested in other tokens. This consensus will be respected, as Aave DAO is a true DAO. Once the right approach is found, the exploration of RWA will continue, and currently only AAVE exists.Previous news, Aave Labs announced the launch of the RWA product Horizon, suggesting that a Horizon token may be launched, with part of the profits from Horizon being allocated to Aave DAO, and if the token is launched, 15% will be allocated to Aave DAO. This has faced skepticism from the community, which believes that new tokens and branding will detract from Aave's value.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Aave Labs has announced the launch of a new initiative called Horizon, aimed at developing RWA products (such as tokenized securities) to facilitate institutional adoption of DeFi, with the goal of leveraging the Aave ecosystem as a foundation to bridge the gap between traditional finance and DeFi.It is reported that Horizon's first product will be a structured real-world asset solution that allows institutions to use tokenized money market funds as collateral to obtain stablecoin liquidity, with the stablecoin GHO serving as the primary source of liquidity. Aave Labs stated that this move could create new revenue streams for Aave DAO.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official X message from the project, the computing power RWA project Miners.Club will officially launch its brand upgrade on March 13, 2025, and release the new computing power RWA ecological roadmap Hash Horizon 2025.The project will focus on "computing power equity" as its core vision, committed to deeply integrating real Bitcoin computing power assetization (RWA) with gamification and financialization models through technological innovation and ecological construction, providing users with a very low-threshold participation channel, and promoting the transparent, compliant, popular, and global development of the computing power economy.In addition, the C-end Bitcoin computing power RWA application developed by Miners.Club will also be launched in late March.

ChainCatcher news, tomorrow more than twenty executives, investors, and prominent figures in the cryptocurrency field will gather at the White House Cryptocurrency Summit to plan the future direction of the cryptocurrency sector under Trump's leadership.Insiders reveal that this event is likely to become a platform for promoting multiple administrative initiatives related to cryptocurrencies, with various proposals currently under consideration.According to insiders, Trump may announce that the government will stop selling cryptocurrencies seized in criminal cases and instead use these assets to establish a national reserve. They also indicated that Trump might issue an executive order to create a genuine Bitcoin reserve, which is expected to purchase more of this digital currency.One insider mentioned that another potential proposal would involve the tax treatment of cryptocurrencies, and it will likely require review and approval by Congress. These insiders stated that these actions are still under discussion and may ultimately not be implemented or could change.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance is expected to suspend token deposits and withdrawals for Horizon (ZEN) network on March 11, 2025, at 20:00 (UTC+8) to support its network upgrade.The project team will perform the network upgrade at block height 1,730,680 (expected on March 11, 2025, at 21:00 UTC+8).

ChainCatcher news, Becker Ventures successfully held the "VC Horizon-Investors Reunion" summit in Hong Kong on February 19, gathering top investment institutions, entrepreneurs, project parties, and industry leaders from the global Web3 ecosystem to discuss the future development trends of AI, Meme, and Web3. The event attracted over 500 industry guests, covering multiple cutting-edge fields such as blockchain infrastructure, AI, crypto investment, decentralized finance (DeFi), and Meme culture.High-Quality Dialogue, Focusing on Web3 Innovation FrontiersAs Becker Ventures' flagship event, "VC Horizon" is known for its high-quality content and cutting-edge topics. This summit featured keynote speeches, roundtable forums, and high-end networking sessions, discussing AI-driven innovative applications, the commercialization potential of Meme culture, and the globalization of Web3 development. Attendees shared the latest industry trends and engaged in in-depth discussions on the deep integration of AI and Web3, as well as emerging markets for Meme assets.Thank You to Our Partners, Co-Building the Web3 EcosystemThis event received strong support from many well-known institutions and projects, with special thanks to our partners and sponsors:CUDIS, LF Labs, BTX Capital, Planet Hares, SunDog, Mango Network, MovieAI, PalmCode, Bugscoin, DeAgentAI, MelodAI, MetYa.Their support made this summit an important exchange event in the Web3 industry, jointly promoting innovation and development in the ecosystem.Continuous Empowerment, Becker Ventures Joins Hands with Industry Leaders to Create the FutureAs a leading Web3 venture capital institution, Becker Ventures will continue to focus on the three tracks of Infra, AI, and Mass Adoption, helping early-stage quality projects grow and promoting the prosperity of the Web3 ecosystem. In the future, we will continue to hold high-end investor events in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Tokyo, and other locations, connecting global capital with innovative projects.

ChainCatcher news, the on-chain AI infrastructure Autonomys has launched the Auto Horizon Developer Challenge, where developers can build AI-driven decentralized applications (super DApps) or proof of concept (PoC) using the Auto SDK, with a chance to win up to 1000 USDC in prizes. This challenge will also provide an early version of the Auto SDK, including features such as Auto Drive (decentralized storage), Auto Consensus (consensus interaction capabilities), and Auto DAG Data (on-chain data preparation), to help developers realize their ideas.The submission deadline for the developer challenge is January 31, 2025, and winners will be announced in mid-February.

ChainCatcher news, the Coresky asset allocation platform was invited to participate in the "VC Horizons - Investing Goes Parabolic" event held on November 14 in Bangkok, Thailand, organized by Tido Capital and T Fund. As a long-term partner, Coresky has participated in this event multiple times, engaging in in-depth discussions with industry experts, project parties, communities, and opinion leaders on the direction and trends of Web3 investment.At this event, Coresky also clearly expressed its intention and plans to focus on TON ecosystem projects in the future market, further demonstrating its strategic layout in the crypto field.

ChainCatcher news, according to FinanceFeeds, Horizon announced a partnership with China Merchants Securities (Hong Kong) to provide market-making solutions for virtual asset ETFs.It is reported that the virtual asset spot ETF will be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for the first time in April 2024, offering investment opportunities in Bitcoin and Ethereum under the supervision of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong.

ChainCatcher message, deBridge announced on social platforms that deBridge ARB Horizon has been launched, with 1 million ARB being distributed to users and DApps across the entire deBridge ecosystem. ARB Horizon is a growth program that will distribute 1 million ARB to deBridge users and teams integrated with deBridge Widget, deBridge API, or dePort over a period of 12 weeks.Users utilizing ARB Horizon can receive 100% of ARB token fees and Gas fees as rebates when transferring into Arbitrum cross-chain. When transferring from Arbitrum to other chains, a 50% fee rebate is available. Starting today, deBridge will distribute up to 166,666 ARB within one week, followed by distributions every two weeks on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the bi-weekly cap is reached, rebates will pause until the next round. This cycle will continue every two weeks until all 1 million ARB have been distributed.

ChainCatcher message, XAI announced on social platforms that it has partnered with Horizon and Sequence to launch an integrated L3 developer control platform Xai Builder for AAA game development.

ChainCatcher news, the cross-chain bridge deBridge has announced the launch of the OP Horizon incentive program, aimed at distributing 100,000 OP grants received by deBridge. These grants will be allocated to projects/DApps integrated with the DLN API or DLN Widget, or to DLN Trade and deSwap users.

ChainCatcher message, the Horizen official blog announces that the community has recently approved ZenIP 42204 to deprecate the Horizen mainchain shielded pools. After deprecation, all privacy features will be removed from the Horizen mainchain at the consensus level. This means that after this change, ZEN will no longer be considered a privacy coin. Horizen states that the purpose of deprecating the Horizen mainchain shielded pools is to ensure that Horizen uses privacy technology in a correct and sustainable manner, mitigating regulatory threats.The deprecation of the Horizen mainchain shielded pools will be implemented as part of the upcoming mandatory software upgrade ZEN 4.1, with the testnet being deprecated in August this year and the mainnet in September. (Source link)