Evening News | Ronin attackers identified as North Korean hacker group; EPNS completes $10.1 million Series A funding

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"What important events have occurred in the past 24 hours?"

1. The U.S. Treasury links the Ronin cross-chain bridge attacker address to a North Korean hacker group and includes it in sanctions

On Thursday, the U.S. Treasury added an Ethereum address (0x098B716B8Aaf21512996dC57EB0615e2383E2f96) to its sanctions list, noting that the address is controlled by the North Korean hacker group "LAZARUS GROUP."

According to Etherscan, the address has been marked as the Ronin cross-chain bridge attack address, indicating that the perpetrators of the Ronin theft may be the North Korean hacker group. (Source link)

2. Meituan co-founder Wang Huiwen: The more I think about it, the more I feel that Crypto and COVID-19 are the same thing

According to the Jike App, Meituan co-founder and former senior vice president Wang Huiwen expressed the view that "the more I think about it, the more I feel that Crypto and COVID-19 are the same thing." Earlier in early April, Wang Huiwen changed the signature of his Jike APP to "Learning Crypto." (Source link)

3. Ethereum notification service EPNS completes $10.1 million Series A funding, led by Jump Crypto

Ethereum notification service EPNS announced the completion of a $10.1 million Series A funding round at a valuation of $131 million, led by Jump Crypto, with participation from Tiger Global, ParaFi, A.Capital, Sino Global Capital, Polygon Studios, Harmony Foundation, and others. EPNS stated that it will use the funding to expand its team, grow its user base, and develop outside the Ethereum ecosystem.

It is understood that the Ethereum Push Notification Service (EPNS) is a notification protocol that helps users receive notifications about on-chain information on Ethereum, while also allowing smart contracts and service providers to send notifications to users. (Source link)

4. EOS EVM mainnet to launch in the third quarter of this year

According to the quarterly report released by the EOS Network Foundation, the foundation spent approximately $4.4 million in the first quarter of this year, of which $2.24 million was used for grant funding and $920,000 for core code development.

At the same time, the foundation disclosed that the testnet for the EOS EVM network will be launched in the second quarter, with the mainnet set to launch in the third quarter. (Source link)

5. Curve integrates Multichain's cross-chain communication protocol anyCall to achieve cross-chain communication

Cross-chain infrastructure Multichain announced that Curve has become the first protocol to use its cross-chain communication protocol anyCall. Multichain stated that through anyCall, Curve will more effectively allocate CRV rewards to veCRV holders across multiple chains.

anyCall enables calling contracts on Chain B from Chain A through multi-party computation (MPC) nodes, allowing DApps integrated with anyCall to achieve cross-chain communication rather than simple multi-chain deployment. (Source link)

"What are some great articles worth reading in the past 24 hours?"

1. "Fortune Magazine Feature: How Solana Labs and its founders are building the core layer of Web3?"

Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder and CEO of Solana Labs, stated in an interview with Fortune magazine in Miami that he hopes the blockchain will become a "useful" blockchain, serving as an "execution layer" to support projects seeking scalable and inexpensive technology, enticing more people to integrate blockchain into their daily lives. The article also provides a detailed description of Solana's early development and the issues it currently faces.

2. "Dialogue with IOSG: How to conduct effective research analysis in the Web3 gaming sector?"

In 2021, the explosion of Axie Infinity sparked a Play to Earn craze across the blockchain, making GameFi one of the hottest sectors in the blockchain industry, attracting a large influx of users and venture capital. As more blockchain games are launched, how should we assess the long-term value of a blockchain game? How can we conduct in-depth research in the blockchain gaming field?

CatcherVC researcher Kit engaged in an in-depth dialogue with Alex Liu, the investment head in the GameFi sector at the well-known venture capital firm IOSG, sharing many valuable insights.

3. "Slow Fog: A Self-Rescue Manual for the Blockchain Dark Forest (Complete Version)"

With the increasing number of blockchain security incidents, Slow Fog founder Yu Xian introduces detailed risks and countermeasures in this article, with the core principles being zero trust and continuous verification. In simple terms, it means to remain skeptical and always maintain that skepticism; if you believe, you must have the ability to verify your points of doubt and make this ability a habit.