ChainCatcher news, according to Le Parisien, the criminal police in Val-de-Marne, France, are investigating a kidnapping case related to cryptocurrency. The incident occurred in Maisons-Alfort, where a 23-year-old man was kidnapped and unlawfully detained for several hours this Tuesday.The kidnappers demanded that his girlfriend hand over 5,000 euros in cash and a Ledger digital wallet as a condition for his release. The man was freed that afternoon in the neighboring city of Créteil.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum founder Vitalik reposted a tweet stating, "Ethereum Layer 1 is the world's ledger."The tweet describes: "Ethereum Layer 1 will become the main ledger for the whole world. Anyone can view, use, and add data or features without permission.It possesses trustworthy neutrality.It has censorship resistance.It has tamper-proofing and tamper visibility (achieved through penalty mechanisms and transparency).It continuously realizes progressive decentralization.It has a world-class large community that remains highly vigilant, as there will always be patient and well-resourced forces attempting to subvert the system. Fortunately, as Ethereum continues to grow and mature, this subversion will become increasingly difficult."

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the XRP Ledger will adopt decentralized governance through the upcoming XAO DAO, which is its first community-led organization aimed at leveraging the XRP token to drive proposals, funding, and on-chain decision-making.

ChainCatcher news, Consensys CEO and Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin stated: "Ethereum Layer 1 will become the global main ledger. It allows anyone to view, use, and add data or functionality without permission, possessing trusted neutrality and resistance to censorship. It features tamper-proof and verifiable tampering characteristics (achieved through a confiscation mechanism and transparency), and continuously advances its decentralization process. It has a top-tier large community that remains highly vigilant, as there will always be patient and well-resourced participants attempting to undermine the system.Fortunately, as Ethereum develops and matures, the difficulty of undermining the system will increase."

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi Data reports, the central bank governor Pan Gongsheng stated at the 2025 Lujiazui Forum that new technologies are accelerating their application in the field of cross-border payments. New technologies such as blockchain and distributed ledger are promoting the vigorous development of central bank digital currency stablecoins, reshaping the traditional payment system from the ground up, significantly shortening the chain of cross-border payments, while also posing huge challenges to financial regulation. Technologies such as smart contracts and decentralized finance will continue to drive the evolution and development of the cross-border payment system.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Circle has announced that the native USDC is now officially live on the XRP Ledger. Developers, institutions, and users will be able to use this largest compliant stablecoin in the world to further expand application scenarios and ecological potential.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official Ripple blog, Ondo Finance's short-term U.S. Treasury token OUSG has officially launched on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). This is the first tokenized treasury product that enables 24/7 subscription and redemption through Ripple's enterprise-grade stablecoin RLUSD. The total locked amount currently reaches $670 million, making it another mainstream institutional-level RWA solution following BlackRock and Franklin Templeton.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Ripple announced at the APEX 2025 conference in Singapore that the EVM-compatible sidechain of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) will officially launch in the second quarter. Since the testnet of this sidechain started running at the beginning of the year, it has grown rapidly, with data from the development company Peersyst showing that 87 new entities have participated in the ecosystem construction, covering areas such as infrastructure, application development, and user growth.EVM compatibility will enable the sidechain to seamlessly run decentralized applications and smart contracts based on Ethereum. After the mainnet launch, users will be able to achieve yields through DeFi applications such as liquidity pools. Ripple's Product Director Jaazi Cooper stated that this could be the largest user onboarding in the history of the XRP ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, financial services company Guggenheim Treasury Services announced the launch of digital commercial paper (DCP) on Ripple's XRP Ledger, providing institutional investors with the opportunity to access short-term debt instruments through a decentralized financial network. The product is backed by U.S. Treasury securities and will leverage the 24/7 trading, fast settlement, and low-cost transaction advantages of the XRP Ledger. As part of the collaboration, Ripple will invest $10 million in the DCP project.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, XRPScan data shows that activity on the XRP Ledger has significantly slowed down, with payment transaction volume dropping to 320,747, the lowest since October last year, far below the average of over one million transactions from March to early May. The number of active addresses has also fallen below 10,000, marking the lowest since October. Meanwhile, the amount of XRP destroyed as transaction fees has decreased to 1,500, the lowest in months, coinciding with the slowdown in new account creation.Messari's report is optimistic about the XRP Ledger's prospects, stating that institutional adoption is increasing through strategic partnerships and acquisitions. XRP has not benefited from Bitcoin's new highs as it did at the beginning of the year, which may suggest weakening demand, warranting caution, as a potential decline in Bitcoin could put pressure on XRP's price.

ChainCatcher news, cybersecurity company Moonlock has issued a warning that hackers are attacking by distributing a malicious clone disguised as Ledger Live. Ledger Live is an application widely used for managing Ledger cold wallets.Initially, the attackers could only steal passwords, notes, and wallet information through this clone app, thus gaining a rough understanding of the user's wallet assets, but they could not directly extract funds. However, within just a year, they have learned to steal recovery phrases and are able to hijack victims' wallets.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has launched a Solana-specific version of its latest Ledger Flex device. This touchscreen wallet will come pre-installed with a soulbound token, which may bring rewards in the future.

ChainCatcher news, Slow Mist founder Yu Xian stated that the "fake Ledger" scam has reemerged recently, with attackers mailing counterfeit Ledger devices to users, accompanied by fake manuals, guiding them to input the mnemonic phrases from their real Ledger into a fake application, resulting in asset theft. This attack method had cases as early as 2021, and there are also variants that commit fraud by pre-setting mnemonic phrases or tampering with random number generators.Experts remind that although such physical-layer phishing attacks may seem rare, their success rate is not low, and the targets are often high-net-worth users.

ChainCatcher news, Web3 AI company Openledger has established a foundation account. The mission of the OpenLedger Foundation is to build and popularize artificial intelligence blockchain, unlock liquidity, monetize data and models, and ensure that the efforts of contributors (the people powering each AI model) are fairly recognized and rewarded.According to the crypto investment data platform RootData, Web3 AI company OpenLedger completed an $8 million seed round financing in July 2024, led by Polychain Capital and Borderless Capital.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune, JPMorgan announced that it has completed the settlement of a transaction on a public ledger with the help of cryptocurrency companies Chainlink and Ondo Finance.It is reported that the transaction was operated by its blockchain division Kinexys, which purchased tokenized government bonds deployed on the ONDO public ledger through a private chain account and triggered cross-chain payments using the Chainlink protocol.

ChainCatcher news, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng today issued an important security warning regarding the hacking incident of the Ledger Discord administrator account. He pointed out that the attacker infiltrated the official Ledger Discord administrator account, forged a security vulnerability announcement, and lured users to a phishing website to submit their 24-word recovery phrases. Zhao Changpeng emphasized, "No matter who the other party is, never give out your private key recovery phrase," and noted that "the social media accounts of crypto companies are often the weakest security link."In this attack, the hacker meticulously designed phishing messages that included false compensation schemes, falsely claiming that there was a vulnerability in the Ledger security system that could lead to the leakage of users' recovery phrases. It is worth noting that the phishing domain used by the hacker was highly deceptive. Zhao Changpeng's warning highlights the new types of social engineering attack risks currently facing the crypto industry, particularly the escalating threat of hijacking official communication channels.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Ledger stated that on Saturday night, an attacker compromised the account of a Discord administrator, leading to the account being attacked. Ledger has regained control and stated that it is taking additional precautions to strengthen its security.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, a recent offline phishing scam targeting Ledger hardware wallet users has emerged, with scammers requesting victims to verify their recovery phrases through postal letters.On April 29, tech commentator Jacob Canfield exposed a forged "Ledger Security Update Notification" letter on the X platform, which contained a branded QR code that lured users into entering their 24-word recovery phrase.Ledger's official response emphasized: "We will never ask for your recovery phrase in any way."This scam may be linked to the Ledger user data breach incident in July 2020, when the names, phone numbers, and addresses of over 270,000 users were exposed by hackers. Reports in 2021 indicated that some users received counterfeit hardware wallets preloaded with malware.Experts remind: Any request for recovery phrases is a scam, and physical isolation is the core security advantage of hardware wallets.

ChainCatcher message, the new SEC Chairman Paul Atkins stated at the third cryptocurrency roundtable: "This is my fourth day working at the commission, and I am eager to address the long-standing issues in the blockchain space, such as the regulatory treatment of digital assets and distributed ledger technology, and to collaborate with my colleagues and staff, as well as seek external input. This is an important job because entrepreneurs across the United States are leveraging blockchain technology to modernize the financial system. I look forward to the significant benefits this market innovation will bring in terms of efficiency, cost reduction, transparency, and risk mitigation."