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Solana co-founder Toly changed his avatar on the X platform, adding laser eyes and Backpack elements to the original Moonbird derivative avatar, which has attracted community attention. Many users interpret this change as a possible indication that the Token Generation Event (TGE) for Backpack is imminent.Previously, Toly had changed his avatar to a derivative of the Moonbird series NFT on January 27, and the Moonbird project subsequently completed its TGE on January 28.

As Christmas approaches, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has added a Christmas hat element to his X (formerly Twitter) account profile picture.

Recently, elementary school students encountered fraud while playing a game called "Egg Party." Criminal gangs impersonated "police" and falsely claimed that the game accounts were being used by criminals, luring victims to "cooperate with the investigation" and transfer money, with some amounts reaching tens of thousands.The People's Procuratorate of Fuyang District, Hangzhou, accused that the investigation found the fraud gang quickly converted the obtained funds into virtual currency and then laundered the money through on-chain transfers. Prosecutors remind that anyone claiming to be law enforcement and requesting transfers to so-called "safe accounts" is a fraud, and parents should strengthen anti-fraud education for minors.

ChainCatcher news, Tether plans to make an additional investment in the gold royalty public company Elemental Altus, and has also negotiated with the gold mining investment vehicle Terranova Resources in the British Virgin Islands, but no deal was reached. Tether acquired nearly 32% of Elemental Altus in June this year, aiming to integrate long-term stable assets such as gold and Bitcoin into its ecosystem.According to the latest data from Coingecko, the market capitalization of Tether's gold-backed cryptocurrency XAUT has surpassed $1.35 billion, currently reaching $1,351,783,809, setting a new historical high, with a circulating supply of 375,572 tokens and a trading volume of $181,857,137 in the past 24 hours.Previously, Tether was in talks to invest in gold mining and currently holds gold reserves valued at $8.7 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Tether Investments has announced the acquisition of approximately 31.9% of the shares of the Canadian gold royalty company Elemental Altus, totaling 78,421,780 common shares. At the same time, Tether has also signed an option agreement that grants the right to purchase an additional 34,444,580 shares of the company after October 29, 2025.Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that this investment is an important step in the company's strategy to deepen the financial infrastructure supported by hard assets such as gold and Bitcoin, aiming to build a more resilient and transparent financial system. It is reported that Tether Group already holds over 100,000 Bitcoins and nearly 80 tons of physical gold, and has issued the physically gold-backed Tether Gold (XAUT) token.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin Magazine, the Ministry of Education of El Salvador will collaborate with the Bitcoin Office to launch The Little HODLer project, which will offer financial education courses for students aged 7-13. The project is titled "What is Money?" and will initially pilot in 50 public schools in the La Libertad department, with approximately 1,000 students participating.The course will provide 3 hours of Bitcoin and financial education content each week, integrating it into the national social studies curriculum. Students will learn about the history of money, the basics of budgeting, saving, and other foundational financial knowledge, as well as the importance of Bitcoin as a financial innovation. This program is an extension of El Salvador's investment in Bitcoin education, which previously launched a Bitcoin diploma course for upper-grade students and the CUBO+ scholarship program for university students.

ChainCatcher message, according to the official website of the U.S. government's efficiency department, the logo that previously included Shiba Inu elements is currently suspected to have been removed.

ChainCatcher message, the official website of the U.S. government's efficiency department (DOGE) has changed its logo, which still contains Shiba Inu elements.

ChainCatcher news, Forbes published a column commenting on Trump's issuance of the Meme coin event. Forbes pointed out that Trump's issuance of the Meme coin could trigger a constitutional crisis. Although the new SEC chairman may introduce crypto-friendly policies, the Howey Test, which has been the cornerstone of securities regulation for 75 years, is not influenced by politics.Forbes analysis indicated that the TRUMP token may violate the three key elements of the Howey Test: investment of money, common enterprise, and reliance on the efforts of others to profit. When promoting the token on Truth Social and X platforms, Trump positioned it as "supporting expression" rather than an investment product, but the timing of the issuance and the token structure raised regulatory concerns.

ChainCatcher news, Musk tweeted again at 5 AM Beijing time "Brothers in Arms," accompanied by an image of a Roman general's pepe.It is reported that Musk is currently playing the hardcore mode of "Path of Exile 2," at level 85. The core mechanic of hardcore mode is permanent death, meaning that once a character dies, all progress and equipment will be permanently deleted. This mechanism provides players with a high level of challenge and a sense of achievement.

ChainCatcher news, according to HTX market data, DOGE has broken through $0.16 as Musk posted an image featuring Dogecoin's Shiba Inu element on X yesterday, currently priced at $0.16071, with a 24-hour increase of 11.02%.

ChainCatcher news, Musk changed his Twitter account profile picture to a personal photo with elements of the U.S. election, featuring the American flag in the background and Musk's personal photo wearing a black hat with the "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" slogan.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Brazil is integrating decentralized finance (DeFi) into its ongoing experiments to develop a "synthetic" central bank digital currency (CBDC) called Drex, which was previously known as the digital Brazilian real.On October 3, Brazilian Central Bank President Roberto Campos Neto emphasized the country's need for a multidimensional CBDC, which aims to address the "trilemma" of decentralization, privacy, and programmability—challenges that traditional markets face when trying to solve these issues simultaneously.

ChainCatcher news, the CKB Eco Fund announced a strategic partnership with Element to fully support the RGB++ Layer on the Element platform. Both parties will work together to promote the development of the BTC ecosystem while injecting new momentum into the CKB digital asset DOB ecosystem.As a new asset issuance layer for Bitcoin, the RGB++ Layer extends isomorphic binding, smart contract capabilities, and bridge-less cross-chain functionality to all UTXO chains, and is expected to drive the rise of Bitcoin finance (BTCFi) and the Bitcoin ecosystem. Element's comprehensive support for the RGB++ Layer will enable developers and users to more easily create and manage various RGB++ assets on the CKB chain, promoting the development of the digital asset DOB ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by the Hong Kong Economic Times, regarding the future development blueprint of Web3 in Hong Kong, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui, stated that the current discussions on Web3 are overly focused on the financial sector, while the underlying technological elements are more important, including disintermediation to enhance transaction and settlement efficiency.