ChainCatcher news, Sonic Labs' strategy director officially announced the non-renewal of the contract with market maker Wintermute, ending a five-year exclusive partnership between the two parties.The Sonic team will turn to market makers that can provide "MM++ services," hoping that the new partners will not only offer centralized trading platform support but also actively participate in the construction of the DeFi ecosystem, support application growth, host global community events, and maintain open and positive communication with the team.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, internal documents leaked from the Trump-backed crypto startup Movement Labs show that it signed memorandums with two advisors, promising to grant them up to 10% of the total supply of MOVE tokens. These agreements were not disclosed to investors or the public, and one advisor, referred to internally as the "shadow co-founder," is currently seeking legal avenues to claim tokens worth over $50 million.Movement Labs stated that these agreements are non-binding, but the incident has intensified the controversy surrounding the company due to a previous market manipulation scandal and has led to public disagreements among the co-founders.

ChainCatcher news, according to an announcement from YZi Labs, has appointed Cathy Dou as the Head of Incubation Operations, responsible for the 10-week offline incubation project EASY Residency, which starts on June 2.The first stop of the project is located in Silicon Valley, California, targeting top startup teams in the fields of Web3, AI, and healthcare, providing funding, accommodation, meals, and mentorship resources. There are plans to expand to locations such as Singapore and Dubai. Applications will close on May 22 at 14:59 Beijing time.

ChainCatcher news, according to an announcement from YZi Labs, the company has appointed Cathy Dou as the Head of Incubation Operations, responsible for the 10-week offline incubation project EASY Residency, which starts on June 2.The first stop of the project is located in Silicon Valley, California, targeting top startup teams in the fields of Web3, AI, and healthcare, providing funding, accommodation, meals, and mentorship resources. There are plans to expand to locations such as Singapore and Dubai in the future. Applications will close at 14:59 Beijing time on May 22.

ChainCatcher news, the Singapore High Court ruled in favor of Sonic Labs' motion to force the Multichain Foundation into liquidation to recover the funds stolen during the 2023 hack.Sonic Labs CEO Michael Kong stated in a post on X on May 14 that the team behind Sonic felt they had no choice but to file a lawsuit to shut down Multichain, as its former employees were "completely uncooperative."

ChainCatcher News, the OpenAI Research Center has announced that, in response to widespread user requests, GPT-4.1 will be available directly in ChatGPT starting today.GPT-4.1 is a specialized model focused on coding tasks and instruction following. Plus, Pro, and Team users will be able to access GPT-4.1 through the "More Models" dropdown menu in the model selector. Enterprise and education users will gain access in the coming weeks. OpenAI will also launch GPT-4.1 mini to replace the existing GPT-4o mini, which will be available to all users in ChatGPT.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the first native protocol of the JuChain ecosystem, Butterfly, officially launched its node purchase at 18:00 today. A total of 3000 limited node slots were opened in this round, attracting a large number of community users to participate, and it was sold out in just 18 minutes, with market enthusiasm rapidly rising.Butterfly is defined as a core protocol component on JuChain, dedicated to building a diverse ecosystem driven by the synergy of computing power, traffic, and capital. The protocol has garnered widespread attention in the industry for its economic model design and application scenario layout, and is considered to have strong growth potential and sustainable narrative capability.Industry analysis points out that the rapid sell-out of nodes not only reflects the market's positive expectations for native protocol projects but also marks an important step forward in the actual implementation and user participation of the JuChain ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the blockchain ticketing platform KYD Labs announced the completion of a $7 million seed round financing, led by a16z Crypto.KYD Labs aims to empower artists and venues to control ticket sales, fan data, and revenue, addressing the issue of revenue loss. The platform is built on Solana, allowing fans to quickly purchase tickets, and plans to expand to over 100 venues in the United States by 2026.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, OP Labs will test the improved Superchain event response feature today at 14:30 (UTC). As a result, the mainnet withdrawals of the Superchain network will be paused for about 20 minutes. However, this will not affect any L1 to L2 deposit transactions or L2 transactions. Users or operators do not need to take any action.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance VIP lending has added new borrowable assets: Kamino Finance (KMNO), Maple Finance (SYRUP), Space and Time (SXT), StakeStone (STO).

ChainCatcher news, according to LookonChain monitoring, crypto market maker DWF Labs recently purchased 3 million SIREN tokens, with a total value of approximately $541,000, and has completed the on-chain withdrawal operation. This transaction was executed through the official address of DWF Labs, and the specific use has not been disclosed.

ChainCatcher news, according to Businesswire, The Infinite Node Foundation (NODE) announced the acquisition of all intellectual property rights of CryptoPunks from Yuga Labs.As a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection of digital art, NODE plans to maintain CryptoPunks through three main pillars: protection, community, and expansion.

ChainCatcher message, ZKsync Developers have once again posted on the X platform stating that ZKsync and Matter Labs X accounts are in a compromised state, reminding users not to interact.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the Ethereum Layer 2 network ZKsync and its development company Matter Labs' official X account were hacked, with the attacker posting false statements claiming that the platform is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Matter Labs confirmed that this information is false and has regained control of the account.As a result, the platform's token ZK briefly fell 2% to $0.07158. This is the second security incident for the platform in four months, following a token theft incident worth approximately $5 million in April. Company investigations indicate that this intrusion may have been carried out through a vulnerability in third-party delegated account permissions. Currently, the ZK price has retraced 6.4% from a 38.5% increase over the previous week.

ChainCatcher news, ZKsync Developers posted on social media that the zkSync and Matter Labs X accounts have been fully regained control by the team. The team is investigating the reason for the account being hacked, with initial assessments suggesting it was achieved through an authorized account that was compromised.Currently, all authorized accounts and associated applications have been disconnected, and the tweets posted by the hacker have been deleted.

ChainCatcher message, ZKsync Developers posted that the official X accounts of ZKsync and Matter Labs have been hacked. Please do not interact with these accounts or click on any related links.

ChainCatcher news, according to Blockworks, blockchain cloud computing company Nirvana Labs has completed a $6 million seed extension round of financing, led jointly by Jump Crypto and Crucible Capital, with participation from RW3 Ventures, Castle Island, and Hash3 VC, bringing its total funding to $11.8 million.The company offers computing services tailored specifically for the crypto space. Unlike traditional cloud service providers that centralize computing resources, Nirvana uses bare-metal infrastructure, with each server serving only one client. Nirvana has served infrastructure providers such as BitGo and Fireblocks, as well as protocol foundations like Avalanche and Berachain. Nirvana also plans to act as a front-end service to help organizations deploy on the internet-filtering startup DoubleZero.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news from sns.sol, the $SNS airdrop will be open for claiming on May 13, with a total airdrop amount of 2 billion SNS, and the claiming period will last for 90 days.