ChainCatcher news, Web3 infrastructure developer Zypher Network has completed a $7 million financing round, led jointly by UOB Venture and Signum Capital, with participation from HashKey Capital, Hong Leong Group, Cogitent Ventures, Catcher VC, Hydrogenesis Labs, DWF Venture, and other strategic investors.Zypher Network is a decentralized trust platform that provides verifiable autonomy for AI agents through zero-knowledge protocols and its dedicated Rollup infrastructure Zytron.

ChainCatcher message, according to the Web3 asset data platform RootData X tracking data, in the past 7 days, the cross-platform play-to-earn developer and publisher Xterio has been the project with the most new followers among X (Twitter) Top figures. New influential figures following this project include crypto industry KOL WSBMod (@wsbmod) and crypto industry KOL 嗯哼 (@enheng456).

ChainCatcher message, crypto detective ZachXBT posted that North Korean developers have received $165 million in payments from the crypto sector this year, with monthly payments ranging from $3,000 to $8,000, indicating they have participated in 345 basic job positions or 920 senior job positions. These members refuse to meet with local colleagues and often refer each other for project roles and change GitHub usernames, among other things. In terms of token circulation analysis, exchanges such as Coinbase, Robinhood, and MEXC are involved.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Ethereum core developer Zak Cole announced the establishment of a new organization on the X platform ------ Ethereum Community Foundation (ECF), aimed at supporting institutional adoption of Ethereum infrastructure and promoting the value growth of ETH.Cole stated that the ECF has raised millions of dollars worth of ETH, all from donations by individual supporters, which will be used to fund the construction of "trustworthy and neutral" technology projects. He emphasized, "Every grant is open and transparent, every project commits to align with ETH, and all fund allocations will be decided through community voting."The ECF stated on its official website that all supported projects must meet two criteria: immutable and tokenless, and must promote the burning of ETH to align institutional use with the value of ETH holders, thereby maintaining the monetary integrity of the Ethereum network.The foundation will focus on supporting real-world asset (RWA) on-chain applications (such as stocks, bonds, real estate, etc.), as well as "public goods" projects that contribute to ecological development, such as optimizing data availability costs for blob space.The first funded project of the ECF is the "Ethereum Validator Association (EVA)," which aims to empower validators' voice in protocol governance and fund the infrastructure development for validators. More details will be announced in the coming weeks.

ChainCatcher news, Circle announced the launch of developer service Circle Gateway, aiming to achieve unified USDC balance, instant cross-chain liquidity, and other functions, eliminating the need for cross-chain pre-funding or rebalancing. A single integration can meet the needs of multiple chains, allowing users to retain full control and withdraw without permission. It will go live this month on Base, Ethereum, and Avalanche testnets.

ChainCatcher news, the CEO of the blockchain game Battle for Blockchain announced that the on-chain game development company Minters Dev will soon shut down, and its game Battle for Blockchain will officially cease operations after entering maintenance mode for the next 30 days.The company was founded in 2022 and successfully launched two fully on-chain games on the mainnet, as well as developed multiple products for top cryptocurrency clients. Although Battle for Blockchain attracted over 700 daily active users and had a 7-day retention rate of 48%, the team faced multiple challenges such as funding shortages, technical difficulties, and market competition.The founder stated that the excessive growth of automated activities in the game led to user attrition and a decline in token prices, creating a vicious cycle, ultimately leaving the team unable to continue operations.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, Web3 domain infrastructure provider D3 Global announced the establishment of a $1 million USDC developer fund to support the ecosystem development of its Doma Protocol public testnet. This testnet includes two core components: the developer program Doma Forge and the domain investment platform (start.doma.xyz), aimed at transforming the $364 billion domain industry into on-chain real-world assets (RWA).The Doma Forge program will provide developers with three resources:A million-dollar funding pool to support projects from development to mainnet deployment;Technical on-site guidance and integration channels with ecosystems like Solana and Base;An open-source API toolkit to support domain data applications in scenarios such as DeFi and digital identity.The testnet will simultaneously launch a domain trading platform, supporting on-chain tokenized trading of traditional domains like .com and .xyz, as well as Web3 suffixes like .solana and .shib, enabling fractional ownership and DeFi liquidity access.D3 CEO Fred Hsu stated that the protocol bridges the Web2 and Web3 domain markets through an ICANN-compliant framework and has already achieved technical integration with public chains like Solana and Avalanche. The testnet will open domain asset trading, staking, and other functionality verification to over 400 million crypto wallet users.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the developer of the privacy blockchain Canton Network, Digital Asset, announced the completion of a $135 million strategic financing round. This round was led by DRW Venture Capital and Tradeweb Markets, with participation from well-known companies in traditional finance and the crypto space, including BNP Paribas, Circle Ventures, Citadel Securities, DTCC, Virtu Financial, and Paxos.Canton Network, centered on configurable privacy, has attracted several companies, including Goldman Sachs and BNY Mellon, to test RWAs on its platform. This financing will help the Canton Network further expand the coverage of RWAs, which currently includes asset classes such as bonds, money market funds, alternative funds, commodities, repurchase agreements, mortgages, life insurance, and annuities.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Digital Asset is a blockchain software and service provider that helps enterprises establish economic value through the internet. Digital Asset's products are built on Daml, a leading platform for building and running complex multi-party applications using an innovative smart contract language and tools. Daml features privacy and a top-notch SDK to ensure that all participants in the application remain in sync and have access to reliable real-time data.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Ethereum core developer Barnabé Monnot recently discussed the EIP-7782 improvement proposal, which aims to reduce the block generation time from 12 seconds to 6 seconds. This plan is intended to be included in the Glamsterdam upgrade at the end of 2026. Technical adjustments include compressing the block proposal time from 4 seconds to 3 seconds and reducing the verification time from 4 seconds to 1.5 seconds, resulting in an overall savings of 6 seconds in latency.Analysis indicates that after the speedup, DeFi transaction confirmations will be more efficient, and the window for arbitrage opportunities will shorten, but it may put pressure on network bandwidth and low-configuration validating nodes. If successfully implemented, the Ethereum Gas limit is expected to triple, and the supply of blobs may reach up to 8 times the current amount. The proposal is currently in the early discussion stage and requires rigorous testing to avoid smart contract compatibility issues.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, 1inch has announced the launch of five bug bounty programs to encourage the community to responsibly disclose vulnerabilities, primarily targeting the 1inch smart contracts ($500,000 reward), 1inch wallet ($100,000 reward), 1inch developer portal ($100,000 reward), dApp ($50,000 reward), and infrastructure ($20,000 reward).

ChainCatcher message, the DRC‑20 native protocol Doge Cardinals announced on X that its Cardinals developer platform is officially online, and all developers can now create their own on-chain protocols based on Dogecoin.Community users can vote weekly using $CARDI to support the most creative ideas, and voters do not need to pay any tokens, with a snapshot taken every 7 days.

ChainCatcher message, the TON Developer Ecosystem Exchange Day (TON Day) hosted by the TON East Asia Hub will be held on June 22 (this Sunday) from 13:00 to 19:00 in Hong Kong. The event will focus on payment innovations in the TON blockchain, stablecoin applications, and real-world asset (RWA) landing scenarios.The event invites several industry guests, including Daqi, Chief Operating Officer of YuanCoin Technology, Thomas, Head of Digital Assets and Family Wealth Management at Huaxia Fund (HK), and William, Licensed Representative and Co-Managing Partner at HashKey Tokenisation. Payment and DeFi projects such as Torch Finance, CN2U.AI, RedotPay, Baza, LinkRoad, and SafePal will also share their practical experiences.In addition, the event will feature a developer workshop segment, providing hands-on guidance for building a TON USDT payment mini-program from scratch.

ChainCatcher news, according to Protos, Bitcoin developer Peter Todd is formulating an unusual punitive measure against those who oppose his upcoming changes to the Bitcoin network. Todd insists that the default memory pool of Bitcoin Core should be able to accommodate a large amount of enterprise data storage and information unrelated to the movement on the Bitcoin (BTC) chain. However, those who dislike Todd have created so-called "garbage man" software to punish Libre Relay node operators who propagate such large transactions.Todd is developing countermeasures to protect his software. He hopes that Bitcoin node operators can disconnect from "garbage man" nodes and reliably estimate whether a node is running this "garbage man" attack through complex mathematics and code.

ChainCatcher news, TOOL protocol developer nuConstruct announced the completion of a $6 million seed round financing, led by Cyber Fund, with participation from Maven11, DCG, Greenfield, Eden Block, and others.It is reported that TOOL builds a trusted execution environment through Intel TDX TEE, aiming to replace Flashbots MEV-boost and improve the on-chain transaction user experience.

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum developer Péter Szilágyi had a heated argument with Ethereum Foundation co-executive director Tomasz Stańczak.Szilágyi stated that as a key member of the Geth (Go Ethereum's main client software) development team, the Foundation had proposed multiple times in the past to offer $5 million for the Geth team to operate independently from the Foundation, but Szilágyi and his team members rejected this proposal, choosing to remain within the Foundation.Earlier, the Ethereum Foundation had provided $5 million in unconditional funding support to Parity (another Ethereum client development company) to ensure that the Ethereum network had multiple clients, reducing reliance on Geth, indicating that the Foundation has long intended to diversify client development responsibilities.Ethereum Foundation co-executive director Tomasz Stańczak clarified in a post, "There are no plans to remove Geth. It is a great client software and a talented team contributing to the security of the protocol. We will maintain/support Geth."

ChainCatcher news, Pundi AI announced a partnership with ElizaOS aimed at providing developers with decentralized data access and smarter AI agent tools.By combining Pundi AI's decentralized technology with ElizaOS's open-source AI agent platform, both parties hope to create a more efficient, secure, and flexible development environment for developers.

ChainCatcher news, according to Protos, the Bitcoin Core development team announced that it will modify the default settings of OP_RETURN in the upcoming Core 30 version to be released in October, raising the data carrier limit from 80 bytes to nearly 4 MB. This decision marks a phased victory for the reformists led by Antoine Poinsot in their long-standing dispute with conservatives like Luke Dashjr.Although the new version still allows node operators to manually revert to the smaller data limit, analysis indicates that most nodes will maintain the default settings. Conservatives criticize this move as contrary to the original design intent of Bitcoin as a value transfer network, potentially turning the blockchain into a data storage platform. Reformists argue that moderate expansion helps to enhance Bitcoin's functionality and have made compromises to allow for parameter adjustments. This change is expected to impact the on-chain data storage ecosystem but will not alter the fundamental transaction verification mechanism of Bitcoin.