ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, Telegram announced the successful issuance of $1.7 billion in five-year convertible bonds, aimed at optimizing its debt structure. The messaging platform will use part of the raised funds to repurchase $955 million of debt maturing in 2026, while adding $745 million in new capital. This financing activity helps Telegram extend its debt maturity, improve its financial condition, and support its rapid growth strategy.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, Telegram announced the successful issuance of $1.7 billion in five-year convertible bonds, aimed at optimizing its debt structure.The messaging platform will use part of the raised funds to repurchase $955 million of debt maturing in 2026, while adding $745 million in new capital. This financing activity helps Telegram extend its debt maturity, improve its financial condition, and support its rapid growth strategy.

ChainCatcher news, Japanese listed company MetaPlanet announced on Twitter that it will issue a total of $50 million in non-interest-bearing corporate bonds. The funds raised will be used to purchase additional Bitcoin, continuing to advance its Bitcoin asset allocation strategy.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, the European listed company The Blockchain Group has issued three convertible bonds through its wholly-owned subsidiary The Blockchain Group Luxembourg SA, with a total value of approximately 63.3 million euros. According to the announcement, 95% of the funds raised will be used to purchase and hold Bitcoin, while the remaining 5% will be used for the operating costs of the Luxembourg subsidiary and to pay management fees to the parent company.This financing will potentially allow the company to acquire approximately 590 Bitcoins, increasing its potential holdings to about 1,437 Bitcoins. The Blockchain Group stated that this move aims to continue advancing its Bitcoin reserve company strategy while developing the operational business of its subsidiaries.

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, Slow Mist's Chief Information Security Officer @im23pds stated that the preliminary analysis of the Cetus theft suggests a vulnerability caused by a computational precision issue.

ChainCatcher news, the PancakeSwap team announced that due to delays in TVL data updates from an external provider, the Binance Wallet Swap failed to select the optimal liquidity pool for transaction routing over the past two weeks.The platform has now achieved real-time data updates through an internal indexer, restoring the optimal routing functionality. Meanwhile, the team has collaborated with the provider to establish a long-term solution to improve the data infrastructure.

ChainCatcher news, Bithumb will gradually distribute Solana Name Service (SNS) airdrop to users holding FIDA on May 22, and it is expected to open SNS withdrawals at 14:00 KST (13:00 Beijing time). Users can check the airdrop records in the transaction details, with tokens accurate to 8 decimal places.

ChainCatcher message, according to Whale Alert monitoring, Circle issued an additional 100 million USDC on the Ethereum network at 23:51 Beijing time today.

ChainCatcher news, according to Whale Alert monitoring, Tether issued an additional 2 billion USDT on the Tron network at 19:47 Beijing time.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the developers behind Bancor have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Uniswap Labs and the Uniswap Foundation, accusing them of illegally using its underlying decentralized trading platform technology.The lawsuit was filed by the nonprofit organization Bprotocol Foundation, which supports the development of the Bancor protocol, and Bancor's original developer LocalCoin Ltd. The lawsuit has been submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that the Uniswap protocol is built on Bancor's patented Constant Product Automated Market Maker (CPAMM) infrastructure.Bancor invented the CPAMM model in 2016 and developed a mechanism for permissionless on-chain trading supported by smart contracts. The protocol published its white paper in 2017 and submitted a U.S. patent application. Bancor was granted two patents that same year and launched the first CPAMM-based DEX.The lawsuit claims that the original protocol launched by Uniswap in November 2018 used the same CPAMM design without authorization. Bancor accuses Uniswap of deploying its intellectual property without consent, thereby "profiting unfairly."

ChainCatcher news, GoPlus Security today warned that with the Pectra upgrade, thousands of users enabling EIP-7702 smart accounts have encountered a dangerous phishing scam.Analysis of the contract code revealed that the malicious Delegator address (0x930fcc37d6042c79211ee18a02857cb1fd7f0d0b), once authorized, will automatically redirect ETH from user accounts to the scammer's wallet.Security experts remind users: only authorize the 7702 feature through official wallet applications, never click on "upgrade" options in external links or emails, and always verify the contract source code.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, the crypto lending institution Genesis Global Capital has sued its parent company Digital Currency Group (DCG) to recover over $1 billion in fund transfers made within a year prior to filing for bankruptcy.Genesis filed the lawsuit on Monday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, claiming that insiders, including DCG, DCG founder Barry Silbert, and their affiliates, transferred funds among themselves while the company was insolvent.The company seeks to have these transfers classified as "preferential payments" under bankruptcy law, allowing them to reverse and recover the related amounts. These cryptocurrency payments are valued at over $582 million, while the total amount of preferential transfers exceeds $1.2 billion.

ChainCatcher message, the South Korean exchange Bithumb announced that StormX (STMX) has been designated as a trading alert project by members of the Digital Asset Exchange Association (DAXA). Starting from May 19, 2025, at 15:00, Bithumb will suspend the deposit service for STMX.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Upbit has issued a trading warning for XEM and STMX.Upbit has confirmed that there are deficiencies in the practice of supporting virtual asset trading for XEM and STMX, including the availability and extent of significant matter disclosures related to virtual assets, the possibility of virtual asset holders participating in decision-making, the practicality and sustainability of the business, and the activity of the virtual asset community, which may harm users.Therefore, Upbit has designated XEM and STMX as a trading observation list to protect investors.

According to ChainCatcher news, as reported by DL News, the defense attorney for Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm accused U.S. federal prosecutors of misleading the court on the legal applicability of non-custodial crypto mixers, claiming that the prosecution failed to disclose key communications with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which could undermine the government's core allegations that Tornado Cash operates as an unlicensed money transmission business.Roman Storm's defense cited details disclosed in a case related to the Samourai Wallet developers, emphasizing that FinCEN had previously stated that Samourai Wallet might not meet the definition of a money services business due to its non-custodial nature. Given that Tornado Cash is also a non-custodial protocol, the defense argues that this position is equally applicable.Currently, Roman Storm's legal team is requesting the court to order the government to disclose all communications with FinCEN and provide materials related to the Samourai Wallet case, with the trial expected to begin on July 14.

ChainCatcher message, Believe founder Ben Pasternak posted on the X platform, "Seeing a lot of concerns about fees, there will be more explanations later. In short: we are receiving a large volume of transactions, causing many systems to have issues, and we are working on fixing them. I have seen a lot of misinformation regarding fees on the X platform. All creators will receive their payments as scheduled, and the fix may take a little time."