ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, BitTorrent has announced its sponsorship of ETH Beijing 2025. This event, led by @PKUBlockchain, will take place from May 16 to May 18, 2025, in Beijing. The event aims to empower the next generation of blockchain developers and continuously promote groundbreaking innovations in cutting-edge fields such as cross-chain technology, artificial intelligence, and decentralized infrastructure. It is expected to attract over 500 blockchain developers from around the world.As an important part of the TRON ecosystem, BitTorrent Chain has successfully built a cross-chain bridge connecting Ethereum, TRON, and BNB Chain with its EVM-compatible Layer 2 model. The latest data shows that the network has over 14 million active addresses, has processed a total of 290 million transactions, and has successfully deployed over 7.6 million smart contracts.

ChainCatcher news, Zhao Changpeng posted on social media, welcoming the RWA project Securitize and VanEck to deploy the tokenized U.S. Treasury fund VBILL on the BNB Chain, emphasizing that the BNB Chain is a public blockchain where anyone can deploy smart contracts, rather than a private platform.Previously, Securitize announced that it has integrated with the BNB Chain to expand the accessibility and infrastructure efficiency of tokenized securities.

ChainCatcher message, according to Cyvers Alerts posted on platform X, our system has detected a vulnerability in the Mobius token smart contract, resulting in the theft of over $2.15 million worth of Mobius tokens ($MBU) on the BNB chain.Two minutes before the vulnerability occurred, our system detected the deployment of a malicious smart contract, with the ultimate goal being the Mobius token smart contract. The attacker executed multiple malicious transactions through the contract, targeting the victim's address.

ChainCatcher news, Neo announced the closure of the Neo Legacy network, which has served the Neo ecosystem for over 8 years since its launch in 2016. With the launch of the next-generation blockchain Neo N3 in 2021, Neo has decided to shut down the Neo Legacy network in 2025.The Neo Legacy testnet will be closed on June 1, and the mainnet will be closed on October 31. Users must migrate their assets and smart contracts to Neo N3 before the shutdown, or they will be permanently lost.

ChainCatcher message, the decentralized AI protocol ORA launched by four.meme announced today that its global pre-sale event will officially start at 11:00 AM Dubai time on April 15, 2025 (GMT+4). This pre-sale will be conducted through smart contracts, adopting a fair launch mechanism, and the ORA token will be open for subscription to the community.According to official disclosures, the ORA platform presents three core highlights:Technological breakthrough: The world's first AI protocol to achieve on-chain deployment of models such as GPT-5 and DeepSeekEconomic innovation: The first to introduce the "data contribution blind box" mechanism, allowing users' AI behaviors to be converted into token rewardsEcological layout: Technical support and a liquidity injection of tens of thousands of dollars have been secured"ORA is building a fundamental value bridge between AI and blockchain," said the project initiator, "This pre-sale is not only a financial activity but also an important opportunity for the global community to participate in the democratization of AI."Industry insiders analyze that the unique "AI learning + full-chain interoperability" architecture of the ORA protocol will address the current issues of data monopoly in the AI industry and the fragmentation of the Web3 ecosystem. The project's testnet phase has already attracted over 50,000 developers, with daily AI call volumes exceeding 300,000.

ChainCatcher news, GMX officially stated that security research institutions such as PeckShield and other blockchain security experts have discovered vulnerabilities in the funds pools (cauldrons) using GM tokens in Abracadabra/Spell that have been exploited.GMX has made it clear that the GMX smart contracts are unaffected and are operating normally; the issue is only related to the funds pools of Abracadabra/Spell. These funds pools allow users to use specific GM liquidity tokens as collateral for borrowing. Currently, Spell, the GMX team, and security researchers are investigating the cause of the issue.ChainCatcher previously reported that the blockchain security company PeckShield released the latest data, showing that the losses from the GMX and MIM Spell security vulnerability incident have increased to approximately 6260 ETH, equivalent to about 13 million USD at current market prices.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptonews, the Central Bank of Russia has invited the Republic of Tatarstan to assist in testing the smart contract functionality of the digital ruble. The Tatarstan Ministry of Finance has established a working group that will conduct conditional targeted funding expenditure experiments using the central bank's testing platform, with the tests expected to conclude in the third quarter of 2025.A month prior, the Central Bank of Russia had "indefinitely postponed" the nationwide rollout plan for the digital ruble originally scheduled for August this year, but this testing indicates that the digital ruble project is still progressing. Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina stated that the new launch date will be announced later.At the same time, the Moscow Metro also announced the expansion of its digital ruble pilot project, collaborating with the central bank and VTB Bank to test the functionality of recharging Troika smart cards using the digital ruble. These developments are similar to the pilot projects of China's digital yuan, but Russia has previously stated that one of the main functions of the digital ruble is to assist Russian enterprises in making cross-border payments with other countries that use digital fiat currencies.

ChainCatcher news, according to Token Terminal data, last week the number of smart contract deployments on the Layer 2 network (L2) Base reached 11.4 million, setting a new historical record.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI training platform FLock.io has officially reached a strategic partnership with hardware wallet provider OneKey to jointly launch an AI model training challenge focused on smart contract security. This collaboration will integrate FLock's federated learning architecture with OneKey's expertise in blockchain security to jointly promote the upgrade of industry security standards.This challenge is built on the training framework of FLock's core module AI Arena, utilizing an audited real vulnerability dataset, along with a dynamic attack and defense scenario simulation question bank. Participants can engage in the competition by optimizing detection algorithms, contributing threat intelligence, validating model effectiveness, and more, competing for $FLOCK token rewards and OneKey hardware wallets.In addition, the project team has specially opened the "Elite Trainer Program" registration channel, inviting global security engineers and AI developers to collaboratively create efficient and accurate smart contract security detection models.

ChainCatcher message, according to official news, the BTFS airdrop rewards have been launched with the public testing of the BTTC testnet. This upgrade introduces smart contracts for distributing airdrop rewards, ensuring that eligible miners can receive rewards daily, while enhancing the transparency and openness of the distribution process, providing miners with a more convenient and efficient user experience.The airdrop claiming process in this testnet will operate based on data from the mainnet environment, offering users a more authentic experience.

ChainCatcher news, according to CrowdFund Insider, Ernst & Young (EY) has announced new artificial intelligence features for its blockchain analyzer: Smart Contract and Token Review (SC&TR) tool, aimed at enhancing smart contract vulnerability detection through broader code coverage and simplifying the contract simulation process for faster and more robust smart contract reviews.This AI feature allows users to automate and simulate the entire contract review process through natural language prompts and the tool's testing engine, significantly improving efficiency. This functionality is trained on a large number of existing testing and simulation libraries, supporting reviewers and enhancing vulnerability detection capabilities. Automation enables clients to achieve higher testing coverage while maintaining the same resources, while reducing the EY team's review time by 50%.Paul Brody, EY's Global Blockchain Leader, stated, "To fully realize the true value of smart contracts, businesses first need to eliminate the time-consuming and easily overlooked manual processes in testing. Our blockchain analyzer demonstrates how blockchain and AI can complement each other to achieve process automation and improvement."

ChainCatcher news, the Grayscale Smart Contract Fund announced its latest holdings, including Ethereum (31.22%), Solana (31.30%), Cardano (18.23%), Avalanche (7.26%), Sui (6.5%), Near (2.95%), and Polkadot (2.54%).The fund rebalances quarterly, weighted by market capitalization, with a cap of 30% for each rebalancing.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the popular Ethereum wallet MetaMask has announced a new development roadmap, focusing on optimizing user experience and planning to launch smart contract accounts (CA), ERC-5792 batch transaction features, and the MetaMask debit card.New features include the introduction of smart contract wallets, which support transaction recovery mechanisms compared to the current externally owned accounts (EOA) that rely on private keys, enhancing asset security. In addition, MetaMask will support ERC-5792 batch transactions, allowing users to complete approval + transaction with one click, reducing gas fees and operational steps.The MetaMask team also announced that its MetaMask debit card will be launched in mid-March in certain states in the U.S., having previously been trialed in the UK and EU. The card allows users to pay directly with crypto assets in their wallets and is compatible with the Mastercard network.Furthermore, MetaMask will add support for Bitcoin (BTC) and Solana (SOL), enabling users to manage multiple blockchain assets within the same wallet. The team stated that they will continue to optimize multi-chain integration in the future to enhance the overall user experience.

ChainCatcher news, Alliance DAO founder and core contributor Qiao Wang posted on platform X, stating, "A few years ago, I suggested that, contrary to intuition, the value of dApps lies in their front end (web apps, browser extensions, mobile applications, etc.), rather than the underlying smart contracts.The launch of pump's AMM leading to a 30% drop in Raydium is a clear example."