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According to ChainCatcher news and the official announcement, to celebrate the listing of Binance's latest token Walrus (WAL), Binance Spot has launched the WAL trading challenge event, where eligible users will have the chance to share a prize pool of 25,000,000 WAL token vouchers.The event runs from October 10, 2025, 18:00 to October 24, 2025, 18:00. All verified regular users and VIP users can participate, and the eligible trading pairs include WAL/USDT, WAL/USDC, WAL/BNB, and WAL/TRY.

ChainCatcher message, Binance will launch Walrus (WAL) on October 10, 2025, at 15:30 and will open Binance Earn, leverage, one-click buy, and swap functions. Users can subscribe to WAL principal-protected earning products through Binance Earn, purchase WAL using credit/debit cards, or exchange it for BTC, USDT, and other tokens on the swap platform without fees. At the same time, Binance leverage will add WAL as a borrowable asset and WAL/USDT, WAL/USDC trading pairs.

ChainCatcher message, Binance will launch Walrus (WAL) on October 10, 2025, at 15:30 and open trading pairs against USDT, USDC, BNB, FDUSD, and TRY, applicable to seed label trading rules. Users who subscribe to principal-protected coin earning or on-chain coin earning products using BNB from October 1, 2025, 08:00 to October 4, 2025, 07:59 will receive an airdrop allocation. The WAL deposit channel will open at 11:00 on the same day.

ChainCatcher message, October 9, Binance Alpha launches Walrus (WAL). Eligible users can claim 150 WAL tokens on the Alpha Events page within 24 hours after the trading starts, and claiming will consume 15 Binance Alpha points.Phase 1 (First 18 hours): Users holding at least 210 Binance Alpha points can claim.Phase 2 (Last 6 hours): Users holding at least 195 Binance Alpha points can participate on a first-come, first-served basis.If the rewards are not fully distributed, the threshold will decrease by 15 points every hour.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized key management solution Seal has announced its mainnet launch, providing encryption and access control features for developers building on the protocol.With the release of Seal, Walrus becomes the first decentralized data platform to natively support on-chain access control, enabling the integration of programmable data access solutions in applications of any scale, unlocking more use cases including sharing proprietary training data or fine-tuning models under strong access policies, token-gated subscription services, and dynamic game content. Currently, dozens of projects based on Walrus are using Seal, including Inflectiv, Vendetta, TensorBlock, etc., demonstrating the immediate practical value of on-chain encryption and access control. Additionally, OneFootball plans to use Walrus + Seal to provide content with built-in copyright management, while Watrfall is leveraging Walrus + Seal to unlock new distribution, ownership, and fan interaction models. Alkimi has been processing over 25 million ad impressions daily on Walrus and ensuring client data confidentiality through Seal. It is reported that Seal was launched by Mysten Labs, the original contributors of the Sui blockchain, aiming to achieve programmable, application-specific access control logic through Move and to seamlessly and securely run client encryption/decryption processes using identity-based and threshold-based encryption technologies.

ChainCatcher news, the blockchain storage protocol Walrus Protocol built on Sui has announced the second phase airdrop for WAL stakers.The snapshot date for this airdrop is June 30, 2025, aimed at rewarding eligible Walrus community members who have natively staked WAL. The distribution criteria are based on the duration of WAL staking, consistency of staking activities, and the amount of WAL staked, with over 80,000 wallets qualifying for the airdrop. Please note: this airdrop does not include liquid staking positions.Users can check if their wallets have received the NFT and visit the designated airdrop website to claim WAL tokens. In the future, Walrus will bring more airdrops and activities.

ChainCatcher message, gray release of DeepBook and Walrus Trust for investing in DEEP and WAL tokens, with DEEP and WAL ranked 226th and 168th in market capitalization, respectively, at 372 million USD and 559 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI execution infrastructure Gata has officially completed its integration with Walrus.Walrus is a decentralized storage protocol developed by Mysten Labs and deployed on the Sui public blockchain. Walrus focuses on decentralized storage and privacy-preserving computation, integrating key technologies such as TEE (Trusted Execution Environment), ZKP (Zero-Knowledge Proof), and MPC (Secure Multi-Party Computation) to ensure that AI models and data can be securely and verifiably stored and accessed on-chain.This integration further enhances Gata's end-to-end capabilities from distributed data collaboration to AI model inference. By orchestrating a globally distributed computing power network, Gata breaks the limitations of traditional data centers, enabling collaborative AI training and inference, providing a more cost-effective and widely accessible infrastructure for advanced AI.With this integration, Gata users can now securely store data generated by DataAgent tasks in Walrus and instantly call it for model training or inference when needed, truly achieving end-to-end decentralized AI data flow.This collaboration also lays the foundation for Gata's multi-chain ecosystem layout, including the upcoming expansion into the Sui ecosystem. In the future, Gata will continue to collaborate with leading decentralized storage and privacy computing infrastructure to accelerate the practical deployment of AI models and encourage more developers and enterprises to participate in AI innovation in a safer and more sustainable way.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized data storage protocol Walrus will launch a security product called Crypto Guard. The official statement indicates that Crypto Guard is designed to protect users from scams, phishing sites, and suspicious websites, and will support multiple browsers including Chrome and Firefox.

ChainCatcher news, Pudgy Penguins announced integration with the Walrus protocol to store and manage its growing digital media library, including stickers and GIFs for product and community experiences. The team will use 1TB of decentralized storage through Tusky (Walrus's user-friendly file management tool) and plans to expand to 6TB within the next 12 months.Pudgy Penguins previously used centralized storage solutions, facing challenges with long-term access and consistency with decentralized principles. Walrus addresses these issues by providing permanent, decentralized storage, ensuring that assets are always accessible and verifiable. Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz stated that Walrus enables their team to easily upload, organize, and share content.Walrus is a decentralized data storage protocol based on Sui, while Tusky, as an important partner in its ecosystem, allows the team to manage access and version control without deep technical knowledge. This collaboration lays a more consistent, reliable, and scalable foundation for content management for Pudgy Penguins, while showcasing the potential of decentralized storage in practical applications.

ChainCatcher message, according to SoSoValue data, the encrypted market sector generally retraced, with Bitcoin (BTC) down 1.15% in 24 hours, briefly falling below $93,000. Ethereum (ETH) dropped 2.36%, falling below $1,800. Only the NFT and PayFi sectors maintained an upward trend, with the NFT sector rising 3.47%. Within this sector, Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) has continued to rise recently, increasing 30.59% in 24 hours, and Magic Eden (ME) rose 6.92%. The PayFi sector increased by 2.60%, with XRP and Monero (XMR) rising 3.22% and 17.79%, respectively.Meanwhile, the cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting historical market performance show that the ssiNFT and ssiPayFi indices rose 6.42% and 2.40% in 24 hours, respectively, with the ssiNFT weekly return rate reaching 38.47%.Also performing well is the decentralized storage protocol Walrus (WAL) from the Sui ecosystem, which rose 17.86% in 24 hours.In other sectors, the CeFi sector fell 0.62%, the Layer1 sector dropped 1.54%, and the Meme sector decreased 1.69%, with Bonk (BONK) and Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) rising against the trend by 4.05% and 10.24%, respectively. The AI sector fell 2.50%, but Bittensor (TAO) and ai16z (AI16Z) rose by 1.51% and 2.01%, respectively. The DeFi sector decreased by 3.29%, and the Layer2 sector fell by 4.10%.

ChainCatcher message, the decentralized data storage protocol Walrus tweeted that it has airdropped to the holders of the gaming handheld SuiPlay0X1. SuiPlay0X1 holders can claim the NFT through WAL.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information from Mysten Labs, the technical issue with the Walrus airdrop claim feature in the Sui wallet has been resolved. Users can now claim the airdrop normally.

ChainCatcher message, Mysten Labs stated that they have noticed some users encountering issues while claiming the Walrus airdrop using the Sui Wallet. The team is actively working to resolve the issue.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Walrus has announced that its mainnet is officially live.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Bithumb has added the Walrus (WAL) KRW trading pair, which only supports deposits on the Sui network.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, MEXC will launch Walrus (WAL) in the innovation zone on March 27, 2025, at 18:00 (UTC+8) and open the WAL/USDT trading market.On the same day at 18:10 (UTC+8), the WAL/USDC trading market will be opened, and the WAL U margin contract will be launched simultaneously, supporting 1-50x leverage, with both full margin and isolated margin modes. At 19:00 (UTC+8) on March 27, the WAL swap function will be launched, allowing users to seamlessly and in real-time exchange with other assets.To celebrate the launch of Walrus (WAL), MEXC has launched the Airdrop+ event, with a total prize pool of 120,000 WAL and 70,000 USDT.Event time: March 26, 2025, 19:00 -- April 5, 2025, 19:00 (UTC+8).

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized storage protocol Walrus tweeted that it will soon launch the WAL staking reward feature.