Author: Irfan and @BlockCookies, ChainCatcher Today, Aptos and Sui, both of which were created around six months ago, are trying to raise new rounds of funding at valuations of over $2 billion, this is quite rare even in the bullish phase of the crypto industry, which is known for its…

Author: Hu Tao and @BlockCookies , ChainCatcher With a committed investment of more than $1.6 billion in half a year, GEM Digital is the most “extraordinary” crypto venture capital institution, but there are many unknown but rather bizarre inside stories behind it. Amid the weakened crypto market, VC institutions have…

“Solana pushes Layer1 scaling to the extreme by sacrificing capability to reach out the TPS bottleneck of non-sharded chains. However, the multiple down-times seem to foreshadow the end of sacrificing capability/security for efficiency.” Author: Web3er Liu, CatcherVC Technical Advisor: Liu Yang, author of Embedded System Security Abstract Solana scaling is mainly…

“Despite a 53% revenue plunge, Coinbase’s expenses are 9% up: facing a severe test now.” Authors: Hsilung and Hu Tao, ChainCatcher Coinbase today released its first-quarter earnings report in 2022. In the first quarter, its net revenue was approximately $1.165 billion, down 53% than last quarter; the net loss attributable…

“While creating a vision with an idealized narrative, how does Optimism go about decentralization? The idea of “fraud proofs” mechanisms and multiple-Sequencer rotations is yet to be tested.” Author: Web3er Liu, CatcherVC Highlights of this article： For security and decentralization reasons, the Gas limit and the block time of ETH blocks cannot be changed…

Author: Irfan and Hu Tao, ChainCatcher An in-depth analysis of major players in Web3, privacy transaction and privacy computing, and why privacy protocols aren’t thriving. Intro “The ending goal for blockchain is to maximize its decentralization and encrypted privacy,” said Naval Ravikant, co-founder of AngelList. Blockchain technology is known for its…

Author: Nianqing, ChainCatcher “Developers will rule most of the leading companies with no exception in the financial market” said Avichal Garg, the co-founder of Electric Capital Electric Capital, a Blockchain VC company, has raised $1 billion for two start-up funds. …

Gear supports parallel execution of different transactions and asynchronization of smart contract programming and execution, which can significantly speed up program operation. Author：Web3er Liu，ChainCatcher Abstract In November 2021, as Polkadot mainnet officially launched the auction of parallel chain slots, its ecosystem suddenly became a dazzling new force. The idea of multi-chain…

Author: Irfan, Chaincatcher In a country where cryptocurrencies are strictly and clearly regulated, Upbit has emerged as the biggest winner with its background and compliance capabilities. Recently, South Korea’s Upbit has become one of the most talked-about cryptocurrency exchanges, with news of its new coin launch having a higher impact…