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Bittensor co-founder Const (@const_reborn) responded on Twitter to recent allegations regarding Covenant AI. Const stated that he has no authority to pause emissions, and that the previous sale of a portion of alpha positions in three subnetworks was because these subnetworks were not operational and were in a high ratio of code destruction state. The impact of this transaction on emissions is consistent with the buying and selling behavior of ordinary TAO holders, and he does not enjoy any special privileges.Regarding management authority, Const clarified that it was Samuel himself who abandoned his Discord channel, and he did not remove his administrator role; he only temporarily restricted his ability to delete posts that honestly criticize and then restored it. Additionally, he emphasized that the scale of the token sell-off was less than 1% of his total investment in the team, and stated that exercising the rights to buy and sell tokens under the dTao system is fundamental to supporting the operation of the system.According to previous reports from ChainCatcher, the main subnetwork developer on Bittensor, Covenant AI, announced its withdrawal from Bittensor. Covenant AI founder Sam Dare stated that the reason Bittensor attracts builders, miners, validators, and investors into this ecosystem is because of its promise not to be controlled by any single entity. But this promise is a lie.

Aster announced an update to its tokenomics and a restructuring of ecosystem emissions, replacing the previous monthly linear unlocking mechanism with a staking-only emission model.Previously, 78.4 million ASTER (approximately 1% of the maximum supply) were unlocked on a linear schedule each month; after the update, ecosystem tokens will only be released as staking rewards, currently at a rate of 450,000 ASTER per cycle (weekly), equivalent to a monthly release of 1.8 million to 2.25 million ASTER.Aster stated that since the TGE on September 17, 2025, all unlocked ecosystem and community tokens, aside from staking rewards, have remained untouched, and the relevant token holdings can be publicly verified through addresses starting with 0x0A55.

Sky has removed the Spark (SPK) token rewards for staking SKY tokens. The Sky official account posted on X that this move will reduce SPK emissions by approximately 30%. Combined with the proposed updates to the Spark buyback parameters, these adjustments are expected to reduce SPK net emissions by 40%.Based on current net income and SPK prices, this amounts to a reduction of approximately $23 million in emissions over the next 12 months.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, U.S. Senate Democrats have proposed the "Clean Cloud Act," which aims to impose fees on data centers supporting blockchain networks and artificial intelligence models that exceed federal emission targets.The bill requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to establish emission standards for data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities with IT nameplate power exceeding 100 KW, targeting a 11% annual reduction in emissions. Emissions exceeding the limit will incur a fine of $20 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalent, with this amount increasing by $10 each year with inflation.It is noteworthy that Bitcoin mining companies, including Galaxy, CoreScientific, and Terawulf, are gradually shifting towards providing high-performance computing (HPC) power for artificial intelligence models. The bill has not yet passed in the Senate.

ChainCatcher news, Across DAO announced on social media that its proposal to reduce ACX emissions from specific mining pools (including ACX LP, wstETH/ACX LP, WBTC LP) is now live on Snapshot.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Aptos ecosystem stablecoin protocol Thala announced that it will adjust the emissions of THL, reducing the THL emission by 50% in all subsequent epochs to maintain long-term healthy development.Thala stated that THL emissions are the cornerstone of the Thala protocol, promoting the growth of liquidity providers (LP) earnings and helping the protocol's development. Reducing the THL token emissions by half is aimed at ensuring the long-term healthy development of the protocol. For LPs, as the price of THL rises, the actual yield for liquidity providers (LPs) has not changed significantly, still earning considerable THL emissions by providing liquidity. Reducing THL emissions can significantly lower inflation and may reduce the growth of circulating supply.

ChainCatcher news, the public chain Canto announced plans to submit three governance proposals, which, if passed, will implement the following measures:Reduce the new liquidity mining incentives by 10%;Fund liquidity mining incentives for the next period;Reduce the security issuance by 10%.After the proposals are approved, liquidity mining rewards will be adjusted, including trading pairs such as CANTO/NOTE, ETH/CANTO, ATOM/CANTO, etc. The security issuance will also be reduced to 2.248 CANTO per block. In addition, a portion of the Ambient Finance emissions will be redirected to the newly created NOTE/USDC pool.

ChainCatcher news, Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation have launched an AI-supported, blockchain-based Supplier Carbon Emission Monitoring System (SCEMS) to leverage the energy-efficient and highly scalable Hedera network to manage the carbon emissions of their business partners.

ChainCatcher news, multi-chain DeFi protocol iZUMi Finance responded to the accusation from the "Arbitrum ecosystem game MetaLine that it misappropriated mining rewards and sold its tokens." iZUMi pointed out that when collaborating with projects allowed to initiate dual incentive mining activities, the token incentives from the dual mining pool will be distributed at a certain ratio. In this case, the unconsumed emissions will re-enter the mining pool to provide deeper liquidity.The income generated from these unconsumed emissions will be distributed to veiZi holders. This strategy has been running smoothly for over a year on BNB Chain, Arbitrum, and zksync, effectively incentivizing iZi holders to provide liquidity for volatile pools.Previous report indicated that MetaLine discovered through on-chain tracking and monitoring of the iZUMi Finance address (0x00097ed1dAcdbAB9141835852f8de20D690B6f94) that iZUMi Finance misappropriated $10,000 worth of MTG, only incorporating half of the MTG sent by MetaLine into the liquidity mining reward pool. In addition, iZUMi Finance also sold a portion of the MTG (worth over $2,640) that was not included in the liquidity mining reward pool and incorporated these funds into the mining reward pool to continue mining. (Source link)

According to ChainCatcher, as reported by Blockworks, a lawmaker in Oregon, USA, has submitted a bill aimed at curbing carbon emissions from "high-energy" facilities such as cryptocurrency mining, with a goal of reducing emissions by 60% by 2027. The proposed new baseline is set at 0.428 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per MW, and it requires crypto companies to reduce emissions according to the following timeline: an 80% reduction by 2030, a 90% reduction by 2035, and net-zero emissions after 2040. Non-compliance will result in a civil penalty of $12,000 per MW.It is reported that the bill has just been submitted to the legislature and has not yet been assigned to a committee or held a hearing, a process that may take two to three weeks. (Source link)

Chain Catcher news, according to The Block, a study by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) found that Bitcoin mining accounts for 0.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions, which is equivalent to 48.35 million tons of carbon dioxide per year.Additionally, the study estimates that 37.6% of the energy used by the industry comes from sustainable sources. (The Block)