ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, OKX has partnered with Ethereum development company Consensys to integrate its DEX aggregator with the MetaMask wallet.This integration will provide MetaMask users with liquidity support across 25 blockchains and over 500 decentralized exchanges, with transaction execution speeds of less than 100 milliseconds. As part of the collaboration, the OKX wallet will also adopt Consensys's SERVO solution, becoming the first third-party wallet to integrate this MEV (Maximum Extractable Value) attack protection system.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Russian Finance Ministry official Ivan Chebeskov revealed that despite the introduction of cryptocurrency mining regulations by the end of 2024, 70% of mining companies have not registered with the Federal Tax Service.The two mining bills implemented by the Russian government in October-November last year require companies to complete registration and clarify legal definitions, but compliance progress has been slow. Chebeskov stated that he would promote the legalization of the remaining mining companies but did not disclose specific measures.Industry analysts pointed out that the current regulations contain restrictive clauses, such as prohibiting foreign entities from mining in Russia and implementing restrictions in certain regions, and have not truly achieved industry legalization, with the main effect being to improve tax collection management.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Bank of England's Executive Director for Prudential Policy David Bailey stated that the UK plans to propose new restrictive regulations on banks holding crypto assets before 2026 to mitigate financial stability risks.The proposal will reference the disclosure framework established by the Basel Committee, which recommends that banks limit their exposure to crypto assets like Bitcoin to no more than 1%.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Interchain Labs has confirmed that between 2022 and 2024, an individual later identified as being linked to North Korea contributed to the Cosmos codebase while employed by a former maintainer.The individual had limited access to the cosmos/IAVL and cosmos/cosmos-sdk codebases, and most of their contributed code has been deprecated or excluded from the roadmap, with independent audits finding no security vulnerabilities. To support transparency, ICL will offer a month of double bounties on the Cosmos HackerOne page for discovering vulnerabilities related to this participant's GitHub account.After ICL took over core stack development, new security protocols were implemented to prevent further contributions, and the individual was denied reapplication for a position. ICL has conducted security upgrades on all Cosmos core codebases and will deprecate the related codebases in the future. This incident highlights the need for stringent security protocols in the Web3 and broader technology sectors.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, the core cross-chain protocol of the TRON ecosystem, BTTC 2.0, is about to introduce an innovative revenue-sharing model. BTTC 2.0 supports multi-address joint staking and co-building nodes through a validator collaboration mechanism, and achieves flexible revenue distribution.All rewards are automatically executed through smart contracts, ensuring full transparency and decentralization, eliminating the risk of human manipulation. This upgrade will lay a solid foundation for the sustainable development of the Web3 economic ecosystem and promote the construction of a fairer and more open blockchain network.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Polygon has introduced its native POL token to Solana through the Wormhole's Native Token Transfer (NTT) framework.Wormhole stated, "By leveraging NTT, Polygon ensures that the core functionalities of POL (such as supporting transactions, securing the network, and facilitating community governance) can maintain their integrity while gaining access to the Solana ecosystem and user base."

ChainCatcher News: On June 12, the Ministry of Commerce of China held a regular press conference in the afternoon, where a reporter asked about the first meeting of the China-U.S. economic and trade consultation mechanism. The spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce, He Yadong, stated that from June 9 to 10, the economic and trade teams of China and the United States held the first meeting of the China-U.S. economic and trade consultation mechanism in London, UK.The two sides reached a principled consensus on the framework of measures to implement the important consensus from the phone call between the two heads of state on June 5 and to consolidate the achievements of the Geneva economic and trade talks, making new progress in addressing each other's economic and trade concerns. In the next step, both sides will further leverage the role of the China-U.S. economic and trade consultation mechanism, continue to maintain communication and dialogue, enhance consensus, reduce misunderstandings, strengthen cooperation, and jointly promote the stable and long-term development of China-U.S. economic and trade relations.

ChainCatcher news, according to News On 6, a new law in Oklahoma, USA, aims to prevent scammers from using cryptocurrency ATMs to steal funds, particularly from the elderly. The law will take effect in November, limiting first-time users to a withdrawal cap of $2,000 within 72 hours, requiring ATMs to be licensed and tracked, and allowing scam victims to seek refunds within 14 days of reporting.Lawmakers and the AARP Oklahoma chapter stated that this law is a step towards protecting local residents from the increasingly rampant digital fraud.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, PayPal has announced that it has introduced its stablecoin PYUSD to Stellar for cross-border remittances and payment financing. PYUSD has already been operating on Ethereum and Solana, and this collaboration will enable small and medium-sized enterprises facing accounts receivable delays or pre-financing requirements to access a new source of real-time working capital.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, U.S. Republican Congressman Tim Burchett has introduced HR 3798, a bill aimed at establishing a national strategic Bitcoin reserve and codifying it into federal law.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Securities Times, today the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Xu Zhengyu, stated that the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission is considering introducing virtual asset derivatives trading for professional investors and will formulate robust risk management measures.The measures will further enrich the product options in the Hong Kong market while ensuring that trading is conducted in an orderly, transparent, and secure manner.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official website information, Sky (formerly Maker) has begun to provide stablecoin incentives for SKY token staking, with incentives distributed in the form of USDS. The current APY for SKY staking is 17.48%.In previous news, two whales withdrew $5.4 million worth of MKR from Binance and staked it.

ChainCatcher news, according to Benzinga, Lunar Digital Assets has launched the Litecoin ecosystem zero-knowledge L2 network LitVM. This network is built on BitcoinOS and Polygon CDK, and has the support of the Litecoin Foundation.It is reported that LitVM is an EVM-compatible zero-knowledge rollup (ZK Rollup) designed to introduce smart contract functionality, cross-chain liquidity, and real-world asset (RWA) support. LitVM will help Litecoin expand into the DeFi and Web3 ecosystems, providing on-chain use cases such as stablecoin payments and programmable assets (Runes, Lordinals).

According to ChainCatcher news and reported by CoinDesk, House Republicans have officially introduced the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, a 236-page bill aimed at establishing a regulatory framework for the digital asset market.The bill grants the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) exclusive regulatory authority over the digital commodity spot market and allows crypto platforms to register with the CFTC or the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) based on their business nature. The bill explicitly states that payment stablecoins are not considered securities and exempts decentralized finance (DeFi) operators and wallet service providers from SEC regulation.Additionally, the bill requires the SEC, CFTC, and the Treasury Department to submit a research report on DeFi and non-fungible token (NFT) regulation within one year. If the bill is passed, the relevant regulatory agencies must complete the market structure rulemaking within one year. Currently, the Senate is still advancing the review of the stablecoin bill.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Aethir has officially launched the Checker node buyback program, allowing node holders to sell their NFT licenses to the Aethir Foundation in exchange for eATH (EigenATH) tokens. This program aims to strengthen the Aethir ecosystem by guiding new computing clusters to join Aethir's decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) stack. The buyback price for Checker nodes will fluctuate based on market conditions and buyback rates, with early participants receiving additional rewards.The eATH token has a one-year lock-up period, but during this time, it will continue to earn ATH rewards, with a redemption period of 30 days after June 13, 2026. eATH will be used to support Aethir's decentralized cloud computing infrastructure, particularly by guiding new GPU cloud hosts through EigenLayer's AVS model. Users holding eATH will receive rewards linked to the performance of Aethir's decentralized GPU cloud market. Additionally, eATH holders will be eligible for special rewards from Aethir's future airdrops (Q2 and Q3) and may gain instant liquidity through Pendle.

ChainCatcher message, AI agent protocol Swarms releases version swarms-rs 0.1.7. The new version enhances the agent structure, including a thread-safe 100-entry HashMap response cache, achieving sub-millisecond query responses; Arc-based configuration management, reducing memory usage by 40% in multi-threaded deployments; improved error handling and structured logging.In addition, contributor Adrián Gallego Castellanos has proposed a new pull request (PR), which introduces the SwarmRouter structure, ported from the Swarms Python framework to the Rust-based swarms-rs repository.

ChainCatcher news, Aethir has officially launched its ATH pre-staking activity on EigenLayer. Users can now stake ATH in the EigenLayer ATH vault and receive the liquid staking token EigenATH (eATH).The vault has integrated EigenLayer's AVS model, allowing computing power providers in the Aethir network to borrow ATH to operate a decentralized computing power network, with the service fees generated being proportionally distributed to eATH holders. All staked ATH will be locked for one year to ensure network stability.The redemption feature for eATH is expected to open on June 13, 2026, followed by a 30-day unlocking period.

ChainCatcher news, Mind Network announced a strategic partnership with Alibaba Cloud to provide security and consensus support for Alibaba Cloud's DeepSeek service based on Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE). Both parties will jointly promote the application of FHE technology in cloud AI inference scenarios, enhancing the security of AI infrastructure.This collaboration is based on Alibaba Cloud's high-performance GPU clusters and secure computing environment to achieve FHE encrypted inference support for DeepSeek model services, and to promote the construction of hybrid Agent architecture, encrypted API services, and scalable AI workflows.Through this partnership, Mind Network and Alibaba Cloud plan to expand the AgenticWorld ecosystem from the open-source community to cloud infrastructure, providing high-performance and privacy-preserving AI services for global developers and enterprises.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Information, Musk's legal team has modified the lawsuit against OpenAI, reintroducing RICO allegations.Previously, the judge had dismissed Musk's three allegations against OpenAI for violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and the "implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing."

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, Zug, Switzerland - The privacy communication application Session has announced the completion of its migration to the Arbitrum network and the official launch of its native token SESH.It is reported that the SESH token will be used to incentivize the DePIN network, which consists of over 2,000 nodes, ensuring the security of message storage and routing. According to official disclosures, the maximum supply of SESH tokens is 240 million, with 80 million unlocked at the initial issuance. Node operators are required to stake 25,000 SESH tokens to participate in network maintenance.At the same time, the project has received support from the Arbitrum Foundation, deploying its core functions on the Arbitrum One chain. Session uses onion routing technology to protect user privacy and plans to introduce features supporting high-quality voice and video calls in the future. Currently, the project is managed by the Swiss Session Technology Foundation.