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According to a report by the BBC, a kidnapping case in Tucson, Arizona, has drawn national attention. Nancy Guthrie, the mother of well-known morning show host Savannah Guthrie, went missing from her home in the early hours of February 1, and police believe she was forcibly taken. Once the case was made public, it quickly became a focal point of public opinion, with numerous media outlets and online amateur detectives flocking to the area, making Tucson a center of global attention.Police stated that the identity of the suspect has not yet been confirmed, and the investigation is still ongoing. Reports indicate that the kidnappers may have demanded a ransom in Bitcoin through anonymous means, showcasing a new characteristic of using cryptocurrency for extortion.A former FBI negotiator pointed out that although the suspect appeared at the door in surveillance footage wearing a mask, it is difficult for those involved to remain hidden under such intense scrutiny and ongoing exposure.The White House has stated that the FBI will dedicate all resources to assist in the investigation. As the case continues to develop, the local community has hung yellow ribbons and posted missing person flyers, with various sectors of society calling on the public to provide leads.

a16z Crypto partner Arianna Simpson announced on the X platform that she is leaving the renowned crypto investment firm to establish a new fund, aiming to expand her investment scope and cover various verticals. She especially thanked a16z Crypto founder and managing partner Chris Dixon for his long-term guidance, stating that his investment framework will continue to influence her career. In response, Chris Dixon revealed that Arianna Simpson is an early supporter of cryptocurrency, has experience in founding a cryptocurrency fund, and has worked at a16z Crypto for six years, making several successful investments.

a16z Crypto partner Arianna Simpson announced on the X platform that she is leaving the renowned crypto investment firm to establish a new fund, aiming to expand her investment scope and cover various verticals. She especially thanked a16z Crypto founder and managing partner Chris Dixon for his long-term guidance, stating that his investment framework will continue to influence her career.According to Chris Dixon's response, Arianna Simpson is an early supporter of cryptocurrency, has experience founding a cryptocurrency fund, and has worked at a16z Crypto for six years, making several successful investments.

According to market news, Guizhou Qiannan Cybersecurity and Economic Investigation have collaborated to crack a "virtual currency" online pyramid scheme, successfully arresting 15 criminal suspects across multiple locations.Upon investigation, it was found that this pyramid scheme organization promoted the slogan "Everything valuable in the world can be tokenized," establishing a virtual currency platform without real-name transactions. They set up various levels, where members participated in the pyramid scheme by recharging and staking virtual currency, profiting through direct push rewards by developing downlines. It is a network pyramid scheme organization with more than three levels and thousands of participants.Criminal suspects Jia Moufu, Liu Mou, Duan Mouyao, and others set up a certain virtual currency online, using the lure of high returns from purchasing virtual currency to intentionally inflate the price of the virtual currency. They classified "identity levels" based on the amount purchased by members, with increasing returns as levels rose, encouraging "old members" to continue developing "new members" and attracting more people to participate in the pyramid scheme, achieving layered returns.The platform took advantage of most participants' lack of understanding of virtual currency, regularly conducting courses to promote phrases like "high returns, low risk," and assisted members in converting RMB into virtual currency through recharge services. Currently, all related suspects have been legally prosecuted.

According to Bloomberg, Robinhood Markets Inc. and Susquehanna International Group are acquiring a majority stake in LedgerX. LedgerX is a U.S.-based derivatives exchange that was previously owned by FTX and is currently operated by Miami International Holdings Inc. This acquisition will provide Robinhood and Susquehanna with a strong new foothold in the rapidly growing prediction markets space, as both companies are ramping up their competition in the prediction markets arms race.

According to Fox, California Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna has proposed and is pushing a resolution that supports House legislation to prohibit the President, Vice President, members of Congress, candidates for public office, public officials, senior executive branch employees, and special government employees, as well as their immediate family members, from issuing, sponsoring, or endorsing digital assets (including cryptocurrencies, meme coins, stablecoins, tokens, NFTs, digital trading cards, and DeFi platforms).The resolution also advocates for requiring elected officials, candidates, and their immediate family members to transfer their digital assets into a blind trust that cannot be accessed during the politician's campaign, term, and for two years after leaving office. The resolution further supports requiring politicians, candidates, and their families to "fully and promptly disclose all cryptocurrency transactions."Fox reports that, due to the Republican majority in the House, the resolution is unlikely to pass. Furthermore, even if the resolution passes, it would need to go through the legislative process to be incorporated into law.

ChainCatcher news, according to Watcher.Guru, U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna will introduce a bill to prohibit the president and elected officials from holding or creating cryptocurrencies.

ChainCatcher message, according to the official announcement, Binance Alpha will launch SavannaSurvival (SVSA) on October 20. Eligible users can claim the airdrop using Binance Alpha points on the Alpha event page after trading opens. More details will be announced soon.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the first interactive Web3 survival adventure game SavannaSurvival, developed based on the Kaia chain and launched on the LINE DApp Portal, has recently completed a new round of financing, with the project valuation reaching 50 million USD, led by Voxto (VXT). SavannaSurvival offers players an immersive decentralized gaming experience with its unique "survival + creation" gameplay, rapidly rising in the Web3 Mini DApp ecosystem and attracting attention from numerous institutions and players.It is reported that the previous round of financing for SavannaSurvival was jointly participated by several well-known institutions including ICC Venture, Waterdrip Capital, and CGV. The funds are mainly used for product iteration, ecological expansion, and global market promotion. With the new round of financing in place, Savanna will further accelerate its global layout and continue to improve its Web3 gaming ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, Bart Smith, the former head of the crypto division at Wall Street quant trading giant Susquehanna, has left to become the CEO of the newly established Avalanche Treasury Co.The company is valued at $671 million and plans to go public on Nasdaq in the first quarter of 2026 through a SPAC (Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp.). Investors include Dragonfly, ParaFi, Pantera Capital, and VanEck. The company has purchased $200 million worth of tokens from the Avalanche Foundation at a discounted price and plans to hold over $1 billion in AVAX.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, the publicly listed cannabis company Dogecoin Cash Inc. (formerly Cannabis Sativia, Inc.) announced the establishment of a wholly-owned subsidiary, Dogecoin Treasury Inc., dedicated to managing Dogecoin (DOGE) assets and supporting related development projects.The company plans to develop the "Dogecoin Protocol," aligning its DOGE-related technical work with broader business objectives. Previously, the company had accumulated approximately $6 million in DOG tokens (a mimic coin on the BNB chain).Currently, the DOGE price has dropped nearly 5% in the last 24 hours to $0.158, down over 78% from its all-time high of $0.73 in 2021. The company's stock (DOGP) fell 2% on the day, with a market capitalization of approximately $4 million.

ChainCatcher news, Anna Kazlauskas, CEO of Open Data Labs and co-founder of vana, confirmed her attendance at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit to be held on November 11 in Bangkok during Devcon.The "DeInsight 2024" annual summit will take place on November 11 at Hotel Nikko Bangkok. This summit is co-hosted by ChainCatcher and RootData, with SoSo Value as a co-organizer. The conference aims to gather elites in the Web3 field to exchange insights about the industry, and it is expected to attract over 1,000 industry elites.In addition, the conference will unveil the RootData List 2024, which objectively selects influential individuals or organizations in the industry from a data perspective.

ChainCatcher message, the EOS Network Foundation announced on platform X that the EOS Spring 1.0 hard fork has been completed, the EOS network has been upgraded to Antelope Spring 1.0, and the Savanna consensus algorithm has been introduced.

ChainCatcher news, according to FoxBusiness, Congressman Ro Khanna has been reaching out to top figures in the digital asset industry, Democratic lawmakers, and White House officials, inviting them to an exclusive roundtable meeting next week in the U.S. capital.The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday and is expected to have more than twenty attendees, including at least one White House representative as well as billionaire entrepreneur, cryptocurrency investor, and advocate Mark Cuban.

According to ChainCatcher news, as reported by CryptoSlate, the quantitative trading firm Susquehanna International Group has filed documents disclosing a $1.3 billion investment in a spot Bitcoin ETF. This includes holding 17.3 million shares of Grayscale's GBTC through three separate investments, totaling $1.1 billion.Susquehanna also purchased 1.3 million shares of Fidelity FBTC, valued at $83.7 million, 583,049 shares of BlackRock IBIT, valued at $23.6 million, 560,832 shares of Bitwise BITB, valued at $21.7 million, and 508,824 shares of Ark 21Shares ARKB, valued at $36.1 million. Additionally, they bought 256,354 shares of VanEck HODL, valued at $20.6 million, 255,814 shares of WisdomTree BTCW, valued at $19.3 million, 166,200 shares of Invesco BTCO, valued at $11.8 million, and 192,391 shares of Valkyrie BRRR, valued at $3.9 million.These combined investments account for only a small portion of the company's latest 13F report, which has a total investment amount of $575.9 billion.

ChainCatcher news, the zero-knowledge proof acceleration platform Ulvetanna has released a research paper titled "Binius: Hardware-Optimized SNARK," which demonstrates a performance optimization construction method for SNARK based on binary fields and explains the performance improvements it can bring to the real-world ZKP generation process. In addition, the team is working on the Rust implementation of this system (named Binius).

ChainCatcher message, on-chain data shows that the DeFi project Kannagi Finance on zkSync Era received an anonymous communication about 3 hours ago. The specific content is as follows:"Hello, Kannagi project leader. Regarding your rug event, we are communicating with you on behalf of a domestic victim group of $600,000.The funds you rug pulled are the life savings of many people, destroying many families. The related domestic victims have organized a strong and united community.We have collected evidence from many KOLs and well-known platforms promoting this project, as well as relevant individuals to assist in the investigation, and have sorted out your past operations on multiple projects and the operational traces and paths of all associated wallets.We have also contacted security companies both domestically and internationally to intervene and track; we have reached out to relevant centralized exchanges, as well as the auditing company for your project and related on-chain platforms that are fully cooperating with the investigation.Currently, we have compiled all the case materials and have grasped your obvious operational trace vulnerabilities. Our community members will report to the police across the country, and this will become a collective case handled by multiple departments in various locations nationwide.We give you 48 hours to contact us to discuss the return of the illegally obtained funds, otherwise, once law enforcement takes over, there will be no turning back. If there is no response after the deadline, we will also establish a reward pool of 20% of the involved funds to reward whistleblowers who provide clues to capture you or recover all funds.Are you really sure that all the operations you have conducted over the years have no vulnerabilities?"Previously, on July 29, the DeFi project Kannagi Finance on zkSync Era experienced a rug pull, and its official Twitter account has been deactivated.

ChainCatcher news, according to MistTrack monitoring, 600 ETH (approximately 1.13 million USD) from the Kannagi Finance project Rug Pull has been transferred to Tornado Cash.ChainCatcher previously reported that SolidProof, a blockchain security auditing company, officially stated that in response to the Rug Pull incident of the DeFi project Kannagi Finance on zkSync Era, they have collaborated with Kyber Network to establish a special task force to thoroughly investigate the situation.