ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain data analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a whale/institution sold 184.4 WBTC (approximately 20.4 million USD) through Wintermute OTC yesterday, and today bought 15 million USD worth of AAVE through Wintermute. They transferred 15 million USDC to Wintermute and then received 57,715 AAVE from Wintermute, making the purchase price 259.9 USD. They have been accumulating AAVE since March 2023, spending a total of 30.8 million USD to accumulate 224,010 AAVE at an average price of 137.5 USD, currently realizing a profit of 26.32 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to The New York Times, based on photos taken at the Trump dinner and information disclosed by some attendees, the invited guests at the dinner included not only Sun Yuchen but also Washington lawyer Elliot Berke, Wintermute founder and CEO Evgeny Gaevoy, Delphi Digital co-founders Anil Lulla and Yan Liberman, Shanghai cryptocurrency investor Cheng Lu, CTS International founder Stephen Dworkin, digital asset management company Hyperithm CEO Sangrok Oh and executive Charles Ayres, co-founder of cryptocurrency company Origin Matthew Liu, conservative media figure Caitlin Sinclair, former NBA star Lamar Odom, founder of cryptocurrency company Acheron Trading Wesley Pryor, co-founder and CEO of NFT platform Magic Eden Jack Tan Lu, founder of cryptocurrency exchange Synthetix Kain Warwick, and Kronos Research CEO Vincent Liu.

ChainCatcher News, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reviewing Nasdaq PHLX's proposal to list and trade Nasdaq Bitcoin Index options.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, after a certain whale or institution sold 30,000 ETH through Wintermute OTC yesterday, today there is again a suspected entity selling 184.4 WBTC through the same platform.The address transferred 184.4 WBTC to Wintermute about 3 hours ago and received 20.4 million USDC 20 minutes ago, corresponding to an average transaction price of approximately $110,425.

ChainCatcher news, according to Protos, the cross-chain DeFi project Chainge launched by Multichain founder DJ Qian has encountered issues where some users are unable to withdraw their funds, a situation that has persisted for months. A large number of complaints are focused on the wKAS cross-chain bridge, with the official attributing the problem to individual "malicious users" causing a lack of liquidity.Despite the team's previous multiple commitments to inject liquidity to restore functionality, the issue has still not been fully resolved, and the wKAS token has shown significant decoupling. The Chainge front-end service remains open, and the related risks have drawn market attention.

ChainCatcher news, according to analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain whale/institution traded 30,000 ETH through Wintermute OTC, making a profit of 23.73 million dollars over 25 days. They transferred 54.9 million USDC to the Wintermute address 25 days ago (4/27), and then received 30,000 ETH from Wintermute. The purchase price was calculated at 1,830 dollars.1 hour ago, they transferred the 30,000 ETH to the Wintermute address, and then received 78.63 million USDC 10 minutes ago. The selling price was calculated at 2,621 dollars. Over 25 days, the profit was 23.73 million dollars (+43%).

ChainCatcher message, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, in the past 30 minutes, the Cetus hacker address has mainly done two things:Withdrew token liquidity;Transferred a large amount of USDC from Sui to the Ethereum mainnet (as most of the token pool pairs use USDC as the stablecoin, this portion accounts for a significant proportion).The analyst stated that the stolen tokens on Cetus have not all been sold off yet, and the recent short-term drop in token prices is mainly due to liquidity withdrawal and emotional panic.

ChainCatcher news, according to Ember monitoring, James Wynn has now increased his BTC long position to 10,200 coins, worth $1.12 billion. The floating profit is $18.16 million. The opening price is $108,065, and the liquidation price is $103,757.Meanwhile, the high-win-rate whale on Hyperliquid has lost $5.56 million after each of his short positions was liquidated and he transferred margin back into Hyperliquid to continue shorting. After multiple liquidations, his current short position is: 40x short 449 BTC, worth $49.38 million, with an opening price of $107,823 and a liquidation price of $111,639.

ChainCatcher message, the RootData search function now supports searching for any Twitter handle in addition to the already indexed projects, people, and organizations. Users just need to enter the Twitter handle, such as @realDonaldTrump, in the search box on any page to query the list of Top followers of that Twitter account and updates on their follow/unfollow activities (the dynamics of being followed and unfollowed by Top followers). For Twitter accounts that are not indexed as entities, this data has been recorded since early May of this year, and the Twitter data analysis content will continue to be enriched in the future.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in favor of Bitcoin ATM operator Bitcoin Depot in a fraud case. The court ordered the return of $28,000 that had previously been seized to Bitcoin Depot, rather than to the fraud victims.The case involves two separate fraud incidents in July 2023 and February 2024, where two victims were induced by the fraudster to transfer Bitcoin worth $14,000 through the Bitcoin Depot ATM in Linn County. Judge Dana Oxley noted that the victims had received warnings about the fraud risk before the transfer and confirmed the ownership of the wallet.

ChainCatcher news, Hong Kong Legislative Council member Wu Jietzhuang tweeted that the Hong Kong Legislative Council has passed the "Stablecoin Bill" in the third reading, expecting to launch a licensing mechanism within the year, allowing institutions to apply to the Monetary Authority to become compliant stablecoin issuers. The bill requires issuers to peg to fiat currency and comply with reserve management, redemption mechanisms, customer asset segregation, anti-money laundering, information disclosure, and other compliance requirements, with regulatory details to be consulted separately. Hong Kong welcomes global companies to apply for issuance in the city.

ChainCatcher news, Bitget's transparency report for April 2025 shows that the platform's spot trading volume reached $68.6 billion, and the contract trading volume reached $757.6 billion, with month-on-month growth of 14.8% and 17.3%, respectively.During the same period, Bitget launched a series of innovative products, including the launch of Bitget Onchain, which achieves a seamless connection between centralized exchanges (CEX) and decentralized exchanges (DEX), providing users with a more convenient, efficient, and secure on-chain trading experience, breaking down on-chain trading barriers. In addition, Bitget upgraded its liquidity incentive program, further enhancing the liquidity and trading efficiency of spot and contract trading by optimizing the fee structure and incentive mechanisms.In terms of compliance, the National Digital Assets Committee of El Salvador (CNAD) granted Bitget a Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) license. Following the acquisition of a Bitcoin Service Provider (BSP) license in 2024, Bitget's compliance layout in the local area has achieved further expansion.

ChainCatcher news, according to OnChain Lens monitoring, a certain whale address withdrew 13,800 ETH from Coinbase, worth 35.26 million USD, and repaid the ETH borrowed as cbBTC. This whale still needs to repay 32,377.6 ETH, worth 82.61 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Eric Trump referred to Bitcoin as "digital gold" at Consensus 2025 and revealed his entry into the crypto space due to political factors. The mining company he co-founded, American Bitcoin, will go public through a merger with Gryphon Digital Mining. Eric pointed out that Bitcoin's liquidity is superior to that of real estate and stated that the company's name deliberately emphasizes "America" and "Bitcoin." He currently serves as the Chief Strategy Officer of the company, which is a result of collaboration with Hut 8.

ChainCatcher message, according to Lookonchain monitoring, Wintermute received 10 million MIRAI (approximately 105,000 USD) 7 hours ago, and Wintermute is the market maker for this token.

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.