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The founder of the WHUF project posted on X that the WHUF trading price is below the ICO price. He stated that the price guarantee is functioning as designed, and the redeemed WHUF will be destroyed and permanently removed from circulation. The team originally expected this mechanism to reduce sell-offs close to $3.57, but 23% of the original purchase amount did not receive guarantees within the protection window, which currently constitutes the largest outflow.The founder mentioned that the team focuses liquidity on Coinbase, hiring two market makers and allocating 175 basis points of centralized exchange liquidity, with only about 25 basis points on-chain. The launch pool has about 20,000 WHUF and less than $100,000 USDC, with auction buyers selling about 101,000 WHUF in the first hour after unlocking. A single $10,000 sell order caused the price to fluctuate nearly 20%. Of the 1,402 auction wallets, 298 sold, with 92% occurring in the first 3 hours. The team refused to pay for listings, and the exchange's +/-2% depth sometimes only amounts to $10,000 to $40,000. Of the $7.14 million raised from the ICO, $7.14 million has been reserved for price protection.The founder stated that if the auction is redone, they would choose Uniswap CCA and use the Sonar platform fees to inject liquidity. Redemptions must check against the sanctions list, and Sumsub has flagged 5 individuals who did not pass, with reasons including terrorism and crime. Redemptions for non-sanctioned users have been automated, and the team will return USDC in batches and destroy the corresponding WHUF, which is expected to take at least several days. At the time of the project's issuance, 20% of the supply was sold, mainly raised from the community, and provided protocol usage rewards and ICO price protection.

According to Cointelegraph, the SEC has released proposed rules for the "Regulation Crypto Assets," setting two exemptions for specific investment contracts involving crypto assets: allowing startups to raise up to $5 million in a one-time financing within four years; and allowing qualified issuers to raise up to $75 million within any 12-month period, with the possibility of conducting different rounds of issuance in subsequent years.Drew Hinkes, a partner at Winston & Strawn, stated that as long as each round of financing is an independent issuance, projects could theoretically raise $75 million every 12 months. Lilya Tessler, head of Sidley's fintech and blockchain practice, noted that subsequent financing is not automatically approved; issuers must resubmit offering documents, undergo SEC staff review, continuously submit annual and semi-annual reports, and disclose funds raised through the exemption in the past 12 months to confirm they have not exceeded the financing cap. The proposed rules also limit the participation scale of non-qualified investors, with their purchase amount not exceeding 10% of the higher of their personal income or net worth.Lee Reiners, a financial regulation expert at Duke University, indicated that the limited first-round cap may make early token allocations more attractive, but the rule is unlikely to replicate the ICO boom of 2017. Among projects that raised funds through ICOs from 2017 to 2019, as many as 90% ultimately failed.The SEC expects that approximately 130 issuances per year will utilize the above two exemptions, with about 475 issuers potentially using a broader investment contract safe harbor. The proposed rules will provide token issuers with a clearer path for financing in the U.S. compared to the current system, but secondary market trading may still exist in a gray area of securities attributes. The proposal stipulates that investment contracts related to crypto assets may continue to trade in the secondary market along with token transfers until the asset is separated from the issuer's statements or commitments.Drew Hinkes stated that if non-security tokens transfer investment contracts from seller to buyer, such transactions may still be considered securities transactions, impacting trading platforms. Lee Reiners also mentioned that some issuers may meet the formal requirements for exemptions but still influence token value through team management efforts, concentrated insider holdings, and aggressive promotion.

According to official news, MetaDAO will launch the IC0 of P2P.me on March 26, with a minimum fundraising goal of 6 million USD.P2P.me is an application that supports cryptocurrency exchange for fiat currency, and it completed a 2 million USD seed round financing with investments from Multicoin and Coinbase Ventures in April 2025. It is worth noting that in early February, the Solana ecosystem issuance platform MetaDAO experienced its first IC0 failure with the project Hurupay. This project failed to meet the minimum fundraising target (3 million USD) within the specified time.

According to CCTV reports, Yao Qian, the former director of the Science and Technology Supervision Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the former director of the Information Center, was entrusted by businessman Zhang, who was conducting an ICO in 2018, to make a connection with a trading platform. The ICO raised 20,000 ETH, and the businessman transferred 2,000 ETH to Yao Qian as a reward.The task force seized a hardware wallet from a drawer in Yao Qian's office. Several bank accounts opened by others were Yao Qian's proxy accounts, with one account holding 10 million yuan. After approximately four layers of penetration, the funds came from a virtual currency trader's account and were ultimately used to purchase a villa in Beijing.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Pump.fun transferred 50 million USDC obtained from the ICO sale to Kraken again 10 hours ago, after a month.Since November 15, over the course of nearly a month and a half, it has transferred a total of 605 million USDC obtained from the ICO sale to Kraken. The PUMP price has also dropped about 55% compared to the institutional ICO sale price of $0.004 in June.

According to official news, Jupiter announced the IC0 details for the dark pool DEX HumidiFi on social media. This IC0 will start with the whitelist round on December 3rd at 10 AM EST (December 3rd at 11 PM Beijing time), and the sale will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The details are as follows:Whitelist RoundSale Quota: 60,000,000 WET (6% of total supply)Sale Price: 0.05 USDC (FDV 50 million USD)Purchase Limit: Tiered limitStart Time: December 3rd, 10 AM ESTEnd Time: December 3rd, 10 PM ESTJUP Staker RoundSale Quota: 20,000,000 WET (2% of total supply)Sale Price: 0.05 USDC (FDV 50 million USD)Purchase Limit: Tiered limitStart Time: December 3rd, 10 PM ESTEnd Time: December 4th, 10 AM ESTPublic Sale RoundSale Quota: 20,000,000 WET (2% of total supply)Sale Price: 0.069 USDC (FDV 69 million USD)Purchase Limit: 1,000 USDCStart Time: December 4th, 10 AM ESTEnd Time: December 4th, 10 PM ESTAll whitelist phases have been oversubscribed and will be sold out on a first-come, first-served basis. Once each phase is fully subscribed, the sale will end. Tokens and liquidity pools will go live shortly after the sale ends at TGE (exact time to be announced).

ChainCatcher message, the Ethereum scaling solution MegaETH developed by MegaLabs announced on platform X that it will launch a public sale on Echo's Sonar platform on October 27, with a fully diluted valuation (FDV) starting at 1 million dollars, and a valuation cap set at 999 million dollars.Users can bid through a British auction, with the highest bid reaching up to 186,282 dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain Ethereum ICO participant address has sent 4,460 ETH to Kraken again, worth 19.85 million dollars.In the past 7 days, this address has sent a total of 9,803 ETH to Kraken, worth 43.88 million dollars.

According to ChainCatcher news, monitored by Lookonchain, an Ethereum ICO participant "0x61b9" transferred all 334.7 ETH ($1.48 million) today after being inactive for more than 10 years.He only invested $104 in the ICO and received 334.7 ETH------now worth $1.48 million, a return of 14,269 times.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, an Ethereum ICO participant transferred 2,283 ETH to Kraken exchange within 1 hour, worth approximately 10.42 million USD.

ChainCatcher message, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, an Ethereum ICO participant address transferred 4900.5 ETH to Kraken, worth approximately 14.6 million USD.The wallet currently still holds 100 ETH, worth approximately 298,000 USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to TheBlock, the well-known investor Cobie has officially launched the first project Plasma on the ICO platform Sonar, seeking to raise $50 million. Plasma co-founder Paul Faecks stated that 10% of the XPL tokens will be publicly issued this time, aiming to raise $50 million, corresponding to a total token valuation of $500 million.In previous news, the stablecoin project Plasma announced that it has received strategic investment from Founders Fund, which is under Peter Thiel, although the specific amount has not been disclosed. Peter Thiel is one of the earliest angel investors in Plasma. This investment will help Plasma expand its team, grow its ecosystem, and accelerate adoption in key regions from Latin America to the Middle East and beyond.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the well-known investor Cobie has officially launched the first project Plasma on the ICO platform Sonar, seeking to raise $50 million.Plasma co-founder Paul Faecks stated that this time 10% of the XPL tokens will be publicly issued, aiming to raise $50 million, corresponding to a total token valuation of $500 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, "the OG of 100,000 ETH from the 2015 ICO" sold another 1,000 ETH 2 hours ago, worth 2.65 million dollars, with a cost as low as 0.31 dollars.He transferred 5,000 ETH to the new address 0x0bE...0ECDf, and the remaining 4,000 is expected to be sold soon; since April, this whale has cumulatively sold 7,000 ETH and made a profit of 12.65 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, "the giant whale that acquired 76,000 ETH during the 2015 ICO" has liquidated all ETH half an hour ago, and this ICO whale has recharged 2,000 ETH to Kraken half an hour ago, approximately 3.66 million dollars.

ChainCatcher message, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, a dormant Ethereum ICO participant 0xE20...FA479 has deposited 1,732 ETH to Kraken, worth approximately 5.18 million USD.It is reported that this whale received 3,465 ETH from the Genesis address on 2015.07.30.