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Binance announces the upgrade of the U-based contract WebSocket URL architecture to support traffic growth and enhance overall stability and scalability. The new architecture is divided into three specialized base URLs by data category: Public (high-frequency public market data), Market (regular market data), and Private (user data stream).The new WebSocket URL is available for use starting today, and the old URL will be permanently decommissioned on April 23, 2026. Additionally, this upgrade continues to support both ws and stream access modes and combined subscriptions.

According to market news, during the conflict in Iran today, the one-hour Bitcoin sell volume surged by approximately $1.8 billion, reflecting a large number of sell orders in the market.Analysts indicate that in the current situation, sellers have a clear advantage, and the market's aversion to the increasing short-term risks is intensifying. Market conditions typically become more volatile and harder to predict. Capital flows are driven more by sentiment and risk management rather than structural dynamics, so caution is advised.

According to market news, the American fast-food chain Steak 'n Shake announced that it will grant Bitcoin bonuses to hourly employees at its company-owned stores, accumulating at a rate of $0.21 per hour worked starting from March 1, with a two-year vesting period before they can be redeemed.Based on a 40-hour work week, employees can accumulate approximately $436.8 worth of Bitcoin each year. The final value will depend on the market price of Bitcoin two years later. The chain began accepting Bitcoin payments at select locations last year, with all Bitcoin sales revenue going into the company's "strategic Bitcoin reserve."

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According to CertiK monitoring, the official website of the BSC cross-chain trading platform BiSwap has been infected with a malicious URL that redirects to a gambling site. Please stay vigilant.

According to Bloomberg, LevelField Financial Inc. has announced that it has received approval from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to acquire Burling Bank, headquartered in Chicago, and transform it into a full-service bank offering cryptocurrency services. This transaction is still subject to approval by the Federal Reserve Board.According to CEO Gene Grant II, LevelField aims to complete the transaction by the end of the year after obtaining regulatory approval and meeting other closing conditions. According to the application documents submitted to the Federal Reserve, LevelField has agreed to spend up to $70 million to acquire the bank. This marks the second attempt by both parties to merge.As early as the beginning of 2023, just before the collapse of Silvergate and Signature Bank, LevelField attempted to acquire Burling Bank. A year later, they withdrew their acquisition proposal, but after Donald Trump's election as President of the United States in December 2024, they made another attempt to acquire it.The merged entity will retain Burling Bank's primary community banking operations, with a new focus on providing deposit accounts, loans, and custody services tailored for digital assets, such as secured term loans and credit cards backed by Bitcoin or Ethereum.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the tokenization platform Ondo Finance announced that Peter Curley has officially joined the company as the Global Head of Regulatory Affairs.He has decades of experience in financial policy, with a resume that includes: Senior Policy Advisor at Coinbase, Senior Advisor for Financial Institutions Policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Deputy Director at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Head of Strategy and IPO Regulation at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Binance stated that starting from September 1, 2025, 08:00 (UTC+8), if the funding rate of the U-based perpetual contract, settled every hour, remains less than or equal to 0.002% in absolute value for 36 consecutive periods, the funding rate settlement frequency will be restored from every hour to every four hours in the 37th period.

ChainCatcher message, according to the official announcement, starting from April 20, 2025, 14:00 (Beijing time), the funding rate settlement frequency for the VOXELUSDT perpetual contract will be adjusted from once every two hours to once every hour, with the funding rate upper and lower limits maintained at ±2.00%.

ChainCatcher message, Scam Sniffer has issued a security alert, with users reporting that accessing a certain Singapore news portal redirects them to a fake website for Pudgy Penguins. Investigations show that this is part of a larger malicious advertising campaign. The attack works as follows:Malicious ads are served through the Google ad network.Ads load suspicious code from Adloox.The code checks if you have a web3 wallet.If detected, it redirects to a fake website named pudqypenguin.Currently, the attack is only targeting Pudgy Penguins users, but this method can easily be applied to other projects. Users are reminded to carefully check the URL.How to protect yourself: Enable ad blockers; use a separate browser for crypto activities; carefully check the URL before connecting your wallet; install browser security extensions.

ChainCatcher message, TON ecosystem game Hamster Kombat stated that the user airdrop allocation will depend on hourly profits and some other activity parameters released by the team in the future, rather than the amount of token balance.In addition, due to the large number of users, the team is working on fixing the servers to provide a better experience.

ChainCatcher news, the euro-pegged stablecoin issuer Lugh announced that it will stop issuing its EURL token. Lugh also stated, "We guarantee the redemption of existing euro to dollar currency before August 30, 2024."The reason for the halt is the upcoming enforcement of the European MiCA, which requires compliance commitments.

ChainCatcher message, Conflux Network announced on social media that it has upgraded its governance platform and migrated to a new URL. The previous governance website has been discontinued.

ChainCatcher news, the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Indian Ministry of Finance (FIU IND) has issued compliance notice reasons to nine offshore virtual digital asset service providers (VDA SP) and has written to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, requesting to block the URLs of the nine entities that operate illegally in violation of the Indian PML Act. These nine offshore VDA service providers are Binance, Kucoin, Huobi, Kraken, Gate.io, Bittrex, Bitstamp, MEXC Global, and Bitfinex.It is reported that virtual digital asset service providers (VDA SP) operating in India (both offshore and onshore) and engaging in activities such as the exchange between virtual digital assets and fiat currency, transfer of virtual digital assets, or custody or management of virtual digital assets or instruments, must register with FIU IND as reporting entities and comply with a series of obligations stipulated in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) of 2002.As of now, 31 VDA SPs have registered with FIU IND. However, some offshore entities, while catering to a significant portion of Indian users, have not registered and are not bound by anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CFT) frameworks.

ChainCatcher news, Musk stated in the latest episode of the podcast hosted by Joe Rogan, "NFTs are not even on the blockchain, it's just a URL pointing to a JPEG."

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, blockchain security company Forta Network has upgraded its scam detection service, adding malicious URL data, new types of threats, and a smart contract scanner to address the latest types of cryptocurrency attacks.The service will go live on Tuesday, covering seven Ethereum Virtual Machine chains supported by Forta, including Ethereum, Polygon, and BNB Chain. The previous version focused only on on-chain data, such as smart contracts involved in fraudulent activities.

ChainCatcher news, documents from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware show that FTX's new CEO and Chief Restructuring Officer John J. Ray III has an hourly rate of $1,300.According to the documents, "John J. Ray III's services are retained under the agreement between Owl Hill Advisory, LLC and the debtor (the CEO Agreement). Under the terms of the CEO Agreement, Owl Hill will provide Ray as the debtor's CEO, but Mr. Ray will still be an employee of Owl Hill, and under the CEO Agreement, the debtor will pay a current hourly rate of $1,300." (source link)