ChainCatcher message, Slow Mist founder Yu Xian posted, "Everyone beware of @osiris_guard, this so-called Web3 security plugin, it is a malicious plugin. If installed on Chrome, this malicious plugin will replace links, causing users to download well-known programs that turn into Trojan programs, leading to computer compromise. Ultimately, it results in wallets being stolen and related key accounts being wiped out, with similar outcomes, but with more variations in the scams. Detailed analysis is ongoing."

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Moonbeam has announced the launch of a Web3 gaming hub aimed at providing a one-stop service platform for developers, players, and community members to promote the development of the blockchain gaming ecosystem.The hub integrates the Game Builder tools powered by Sequence, helping developers quickly deploy on-chain games, and collaborates with N3MUS to establish a game directory showcasing existing and upcoming games built on Moonbeam.Moonbeam stated that this move will lower the development threshold, enhance user engagement, and drive the popularity and growth of Web3 gaming.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has partnered with the Innovation Center of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to conduct research testing a tokenized monetary policy toolkit based on smart contracts. This experiment, named Project Pine, aims to explore how blockchain technology can help central banks achieve rapid policy responses in future tokenized financial systems.According to a report released by the BIS on May 15, the research team developed a prototype of a "universal customizable tokenized monetary policy toolkit" and validated its flexibility in hypothetical scenarios. The results showed that central banks could instantly adjust policy tool parameters, such as collateral standards and interest rates, and complete the substitution of liquidity collateral and non-liquid collateral within 10 minutes.The BIS emphasized that if currency and securities tokenization are widely adopted, smart contracts will become the core technology for implementing monetary policy. This framework allows central banks to "instantly" deploy new facilities, such as adjusting reserve interest rates or providing liquidity support, enabling rapid responses to crises like declines in collateral value. The report stated that this speed and flexibility provide central banks with new ideas for addressing "emergencies and rapidly evolving risks."However, the report also pointed out the limitations of the current financial infrastructure. Most traditional systems are not yet compatible with advanced use cases like smart contracts, and central banks may face challenges in advancing technological integration. The testing of Project Pine used the Ethereum ERC-20 token standard and combined it with another "access control" standard to ensure compliance.In recent years, financial institutions have accelerated their layout of tokenization technology. At the Consensus 2025 conference, Joseph Spiro, Director of Digital Asset Products at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), stated that stablecoins are an "ideal" tool for real-time collateral management in transactions such as loans or derivatives. This collaboration between the BIS and central banks further confirms the trend of exploration of blockchain technology in the traditional financial sector.

ChainCatcher news, Tether announced the integration of blockchain data platform Chainalysis's compliance and monitoring tools into its asset tokenization platform Hadron. This integration provides Hadron with institutional-grade risk detection, real-time transaction monitoring, and comprehensive "Know Your Transaction" (KYT) support, aimed at ensuring that platform users comply with global regulatory standards from the outset.Hadron primarily targets institutions, enterprises, and governments, supporting the issuance and management of assets such as stablecoins, bonds, funds, and commodity-backed tokens across multiple blockchains. This upgrade also includes ecosystem-level transaction monitoring, integrated "Know Your Customer" (KYC) and KYT frameworks, as well as API interfaces for seamless integration with enterprise systems.Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that this move signifies that Hadron is building a compliant, secure, and scalable asset tokenization platform. Chainalysis co-founder and CEO Jonathan Levin also pointed out that this collaboration will provide institutions and organizations with compliance-based digital asset solutions. To date, Tether has collaborated with 255 law enforcement agencies in 55 countries worldwide, assisting in the freezing of over $2.7 billion in illegal assets.

ChainCatcher news, Coinbase's Head of Institutional Strategy John D'Agostino discussed the rise of Bitcoin, the reasons behind the latest surge, and whether a technical decoupling is underway on CNBC's "Squawk Box" program. He stated that Bitcoin and gold have become the two primary inflation hedging tools.

ChainCatcher message, on-chain detective ZachXBT announced commonly used investigation tools, including:Cielo - wallet tracking (EVM, Bitcoin, Solana, Tron, etc.);TRM - create charts for addresses/transactions;LeakPeek - database queries;Arkham - multi-chain block explorer;Archive Today - archive web pages;Etherscan/Solscan - block explorers, etc.In addition, ZachXBT specifically clarified that he does not receive compensation from these platforms and there are no referral links to share.

ChainCatcher news, on-chain detective ZachXBT responded to the community on platform X, stating that he is not interested in investigating Pulsechain because the community has not prioritized building analytical tools or paying integration fees. Without the Etherscan block explorer product, blockchain analysis on EVM chains would be very difficult; without Chainalysis or TRM integration, complex investigations would require ten times the workload; and without Arkham/Nansen integration, ordinary traders have almost no way to read/interpret trading activities. Previously, Interpol had issued a "Red Notice" on behalf of Finland to its member countries, seeking the founder of Hex and PulseChain, Richard James Schueler.

ChainCatcher news, digital asset wallet TokenPocket issued a statement in response to the incident on February 14, where user assets were aggregated and stolen by hackers. Technical analysis revealed that affected users had downloaded a third-party mining software called "Bom," which exhibited malicious behavior by unauthorized access to users' photo albums and uploading data, leading to the leakage of users' mnemonic phrases or private keys.TokenPocket has collaborated with security teams such as SlowMist Technology and GoPlusSecurity, and reminds users to immediately stop using unverified third-party tools, and to avoid saving mnemonic phrases and private keys through screenshots, social platforms, cloud storage, and other methods.

ChainCatcher message, Base protocol head Jesse Pollak posted on platform X stating: "The open-source generative AI platform Venice will become one of the most important AI tools in the world, supporting rapid model addition, comprehensive privacy protection, and on-chain construction."

ChainCatcher news, Clanker co-founder proxystudio.eth tweeted on Base's meme coin launch platform, "I believe more than ever that our core value proposition will come from iterating around creating simple, open markets. Creating tokens around them and linking tokens to reward mechanisms that do not require increasing supply or diluting holders. We will work towards this direction in the upcoming experiments, focusing on content and networks. We must provide creators with better tools and more attention."

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated on social media Thursday that political tokens could lead to "unlimited" bribery. Vitalik's comments are part of a broader discussion about trends in the cryptocurrency industry, especially in the context of political leaders like U.S. President Trump embracing cryptocurrencies. Vitalik pointed out that certain parts of the industry conflict with each other due to their short-term and long-term values, comparing them to "highly addictive mobile games" and chess.Vitalik wrote on X: "Over the past year, we are entering a new order, and now the most powerful people in the world are cheering for the idea of creating tokens for anything, on any scale, for anyone. Therefore, it is time to discuss the difference between the short-term 'sugar high' fun that is not recommended for newcomers and the long-term sense of achievement and wealth accumulation. This is not to say that 'fun is bad,' but rather the distinction between modern highly addictive mobile games and chess or World of Warcraft. It is time to discuss the fact that large-scale political tokens cross another line: they are not just a source of fun, whose harms are limited to the mistakes made by voluntary participants; they are tools for unlimited political bribery, including bribery from foreign governments."The two recently launched large-scale political tokens are TRUMP and MELANIA, both related to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. These two tokens were launched before Trump took office as the 47th President of the United States on January 20 and soon experienced significant price drops.

ChainCatcher news, Du Jun, the Executive Director and CEO of New Fire and founder of ABCDE, stated that in 2025, he plans to donate $1 million to 10-20 tool projects in the crypto field and recruit an assistant in Base Singapore to assist in this effort.The assistant will be responsible for developing the donation plan, screening projects, and maintaining communication relationships. Fluency in English is required, along with a helpful attitude and the ability to empathize with entrepreneurs. A background in technology or mathematics is preferred.

ChainCatcher news, according to Beijing Business Daily, on January 10, the Ministry of Public Security held a press conference where spokesperson Zhang Ming introduced the telecom network fraud issues related to Myanmar that have garnered attention from various sectors. Since the deployment of a special operation to combat telecom network fraud crimes related to Myanmar in July 2023, the Ministry of Public Security has relied on the China-Myanmar law enforcement security cooperation mechanism, directing police forces in Yunnan, Zhejiang, and other regions to conduct joint operations, fully engaging in case investigations. By the end of 2024, over 53,000 Chinese nationals involved in fraud have been arrested, completely dismantling the notorious "Four Families" criminal group in Kokang, Myanmar. The large-scale telecom fraud parks near our border in northern Myanmar have been eradicated, and the special operation has achieved significant interim results, leading to a substantial decrease in the number of telecom network fraud cases and losses nationwide. Currently, cases involving the "Four Families" criminal group have begun to enter the litigation phase.Despite the significant achievements in combating and managing these issues, the current crime situation remains severe and complex. This includes: an escalating offensive and defensive confrontation, with fraud groups continuously updating and upgrading their criminal tools using new technologies such as blockchain, virtual currency, and AI intelligence.

ChainCatcher news, OKLink has officially released the 2024 Security Annual Report, which states that the cumulative losses from on-chain security incidents across the network amount to approximately $1.945 billion. The losses due to private key leaks have decreased by 65.45% compared to 2023, totaling about $305 million, which accounts for 16% of the total losses. Among these, phishing scams caused losses of $705 million, accounting for 36% of the total losses. REKT incidents and RugPull incidents caused losses of $383 million and $141 million, respectively.Mainstream public chains remain the primary targets for hacker attacks, with losses for major public chains such as BTC, ETH, and ARB reaching $744 million, $902 million, and $228 million, respectively. In 2024, OKLink continues to make efforts, providing core technical support to over 120 municipal-level units and successfully assisting in handling more than 300 cases, with a total amount involved of approximately $685 million.At the same time, OKLink also offers a variety of on-chain security tools and features, such as address monitoring and token authorization queries, helping users quickly check and manage the assets authorized to smart contracts by addresses, identify suspicious transactions and addresses, thereby preventing fraudulent transactions.

ChainCatcher news, Optimism stated on social media that since the launch of Retro Funding, it has rewarded over 15 million OP tokens to Ethereum core developers, development tools, and educators.

ChainCatcher news, regarding recent AGI-related product developments in the field of OpenAI and AI, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin posted on the X platform, "My definition of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) is: AGI is a sufficiently powerful artificial intelligence that, if one day all humans suddenly disappear and this AI is uploaded into a robotic body, it will be able to independently continue civilization.Clearly, this is a very difficult definition to measure, but I think it captures the core of the intuitive distinction between 'the AI we are used to' and 'AGI' in many people's minds. It marks a shift from a tool that constantly relies on human input to a self-sufficient form of life. ASI (Artificial Superintelligence) is a completely different matter—my definition is when humans no longer add value to productivity in the loop (like in board games, we actually only reached this point in the past decade).Yes, ASI scares me—even the AGI I defined scares me because it brings obvious risks of losing control. I advocate focusing our work on building intelligence-enhancing tools for humans, rather than creating superintelligent life forms."