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According to The Wall Street Journal, during a time of tight funding, Leopold Aschenbrenner once agreed to sell a stake in Anthropic worth about $3.5 billion. The buyer was an investor led by Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital.The deal was finalized late Wednesday night but was withdrawn the next morning. The fund then opted to sell most of its publicly traded stocks and use the proceeds to repay loans.Leopold ultimately retained his stakes in Anthropic and other private companies. In a letter to investors, he stated that the fund chose to sacrifice its public stock positions to eliminate leverage and preserve private investments.

According to Wall St Engine, "AI stock god" Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness fund faced liquidity pressure during the market crash in July, with behind-the-scenes details revealed.The report states that after the market rapidly cooled in mid-July, the decline in stocks held by Situational Awareness triggered margin monitoring by banks such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, leading to margin calls.Insiders said that other hedge funds began shorting related stocks after learning about its positions, creating a cycle of "price drop → margin call → forced selling → further price decline."In late July, while Leopold was hosting a wedding in Carmel, he continued negotiations with his team to maintain fund operations. On the evening of July 29, he reached a preliminary agreement with a consortium led by Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital to sell approximately $3.5 billion in Anthropic equity.However, in the early hours of July 30, before the U.S. stock market opened, Leopold changed his decision, opting to retain the private equity portfolio and instead sell publicly traded stocks. Subsequently, Citadel and Millennium entered negotiations with the fund team, and Citadel ultimately acquired most of the fund's public stock investment portfolio at a discount of more than 10% below market value before Thursday's opening.This transaction helped Situational Awareness meet margin requirements and avoid formal default. After the deal was completed, related AI and semiconductor stocks rebounded on Thursday, benefiting Citadel.As of around July 31, Situational Awareness disclosed to investors that the fund had a net loss of about 67% in July, but was still up about 80% for the year. Leopold stated that he "takes full responsibility" for the incident, and the fund has removed bank leverage, planning to continue operations and invest in the public market while adjusting its portfolio management and risk control systems.

SHAZ announced the completion of a $1.6 billion financing to support a six-year strategic partnership with NVIDIA; 11 hours ago, a fund under Leopold Aschenbrenner announced an increase in its holdings of SHAZ to 19.9%. The former rose by 1.45%, while the latter saw an after-hours increase of 14%. The SEC requires that public reports be submitted when a fund's shareholding exceeds 5%.

Aleo released the privacy stablecoin white paper "Stablecoin Privacy," stating that the privacy layer is the key infrastructure missing for blockchain payment rails to be adopted by mainstream institutions. Aleo indicated that as the GENIUS Act provides opportunities for the widespread adoption of stablecoins, the issue of permanently public transaction information on public blockchains may still hinder institutions from using stablecoins in scenarios such as payroll, fund management, and vendor payments.Aleo claims that existing solutions do not adequately meet the needs of institutions in terms of privacy protection and risk management. The white paper proposes a permissionless private stablecoin architecture based on Aleo, which introduces programmable risk mitigation mechanisms while protecting transaction privacy through zero-knowledge technology and programmable smart contracts, allowing institutions to conduct private transactions without sacrificing compliance and risk control.It is reported that the team members behind this white paper have long been dedicated to research at the intersection of cryptography, policy, and financial systems. Aleo's Global Policy Director Yaya J. Fanusie, member of the Crypto Innovation Council and former Global Financial Crimes Compliance Officer at Coinbase Valerie-Leila Jaber, and cryptographer and Johns Hopkins University Computer Science Professor Matthew Green possess rare practical experience in private payments, financial regulation, and zero-knowledge cryptography.

During the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, the "RWA & Payments 2026" summit, co-hosted by StableStock, Mask, and BenPay, was held in Hong Kong, with MYBX invited as an official partner.According to reports, the MYBX team communicated with institutions such as Bitget Wallet, Cobo, Aleo, Conflux, and CREGIS during the summit regarding RWA asset clearing, payment protocol interoperability, and trading infrastructure, and discussed topics such as high-concurrency matching, atomic clearing, and on-chain payments in conjunction with the MYBX 2.0 trading system.

According to The Block, K33 research director Vetle Lunde pointed out that the current trading price of Bitfinex's LEO token is about 60% above its implied fair value, which may indicate that the market expects new developments in the process of handling the Bitcoin seized during the 2016 Bitfinex hack.Currently, approximately 94,636 Bitcoins related to this incident remain frozen, representing about 30% of the U.S. strategic Bitcoin reserves, and are undergoing legal proceedings to determine the victims' claims. According to Bitfinex's commitment in 2019, if the assets are recovered, 80% of them will be used to repurchase and burn LEO tokens.Analysts believe that if the court rules to return the Bitcoins to the victims rather than confiscating them by the government, about 75,000 Bitcoins could gradually enter the market over the next 18 months, with an average daily sell-off of approximately 139 Bitcoins.

According to The Block, Paxos Labs has partnered with the privacy-focused Layer 1 network Aleo to launch a native privacy-protecting stablecoin, USAD, based on Aleo's ZK technology.This move comes amid growing attention to institutional-level privacy solutions, as businesses seek to leverage the advantages of blockchain assets without sacrificing transaction details. Notably, Circle has also chosen Aleo to pilot its privacy-protecting version of the USDC stablecoin, named USDCx.

Alibaba Cloud Digital Native Business Head Leo Li confirmed attendance at the "Build and Scale in 2026" themed forum to be held on February 10 in Hong Kong. This event is co-hosted by ChainCatcher, RootData, and Alibaba Cloud, and is one of the important side events of the Consensus HongKong conference.Alibaba Cloud is a global leading full-stack artificial intelligence service provider, whose AI era architecture integrates IaaS, PaaS, and MaaS (including three models: Qwen, Wan, and Fun), providing scalable, secure, and intelligent cloud solutions for enterprises worldwide. This forum will focus on industry convergence trends, growth paths, and market opportunities in the new cycle, with in-depth discussions around key tracks such as RWA, stablecoins, AI, payments, and DeFi. The event aims to gather high-quality project parties, investment institutions, and developers from around the world to build a high-value industry network and jointly explore future opportunities and value potential in the Web3 ecosystem.Event registration: https://luma.com/md5v6b5z

The zero-knowledge proof public chain Aleo announced that its privacy stablecoin USDCx has been launched on the mainnet, which is based on Circle's xReserve. USDCx is aimed at institutional users and is primarily used for scenarios such as payroll, settlement, and vendor payments. Mainnet launch partners include Toku, Request Finance, Dynamic, Blockdaemon, Chainalysis, and others.

According to market news, Circle has announced a partnership with Aleo blockchain to launch a privacy-enhanced stablecoin USDCx.This stablecoin will provide users with "bank-grade privacy" protection, making transaction data invisible to the public while retaining compliance records for regulatory review.

ChainCatcher news, MEXC's Strategic Investment Director Leo Zhao has confirmed his attendance at the "RootData SG Summit," a forum on Crypto Capital Markets to be held in Singapore on October 1. MEXC is a one-stop cryptocurrency trading platform that supports trading of over 160 cryptocurrency contracts, 1,600 types of cryptocurrency spot trading, and 400 types of cryptocurrency ETFs.As one of the important side events of Token2049, this forum has attracted participation from several listed companies, top projects, and investment institutions, including Boya Interactive (HK0434), Huaxing Capital (HK1911), Northern Light Venture Capital, Solana Foundation, IOBC Capital, MEXC, Mask, Solayer, Synbo Labs, TRON, Top.one, etc., dedicated to jointly exploring the immense opportunities and value in the Web3 ecosystem and capturing the latest industry trends.Event registration link: https://luma.com/jbcyt2hq

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, Binance will launch the Aleo trading competition on September 14, 2025, at 15:00, and the event will last until September 28, 2025, at 15:00.Participants trading Aleo (ALEO) on Binance Wallet (no private key) or Binance Alpha can share a reward of 1,500,000 ALEO tokens, with the top 4,545 users sharing the rewards. There is no trading volume limit during the event, and eligible users can claim rewards on the event page.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, the Binance Alpha new airdrop Aleo (ALEO) is now live. Users with at least 200 Binance Alpha points can claim an airdrop of 165 ALEO tokens, on a first-come, first-served basis. If the rewards are not fully distributed, the points threshold will automatically decrease by 15 points every hour.Claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha points. Users must confirm their claim on the Alpha event page within 24 hours, or it will be considered as a forfeiture of the claim.

ChainCatcher news, according to K33 Research data, the premium rate of the LEO token's market value relative to the market value of 75,700 Bitcoins has reached 41.82%, setting a recent high. K33 Research's research director Vetle Lunde pointed out that the market seems to be preparing for Bitfinex to recover 94,000 Bitcoins.According to the LEO token white paper, Bitfinex will use 80% of the Bitcoins (approximately 75,000) to repurchase and destroy LEO tokens within 18 months.Previous news, the U.S. government stated that the Bitcoins seized in the Bitfinex hacking incident should be returned in kind.

ChainCatcher news, according to the popularity index ranking data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData, as of November 25 at 10:00, the top five projects in the Web3 popular projects Top 100 are: Aleo, Kaisar Network, Usual, Celestia, Movement.In addition, Xenea has seen the largest ranking increase, rising 785 positions overall.It is reported that RootData has launched the first "Web3 Popular Projects Ranking." This popularity ranking helps users capture the real pulse of attention and improve the accuracy of investment decisions through 4.3 million real user behavior data. The ranking is calculated in real-time based on the weighted frequency of searches by platform users, project click rates, user votes, as well as the popularity and influence on platform X.

Web3 asset data platform RootData released its weekly trending list, with the top 10 projects for last week (November 4 - November 10) being: Grass, DeAgentAI, Aleo, Story Protocol, DAWN, Nodepay, Swell Network, X Empire, Gradient Network, Polymarket.It is reported that the RootData trending list is based on a multi-dimensional analysis of user search frequency, project click rates, user votes, as well as the popularity and influence on the X platform, calculating the project heat value through weighted metrics for real-time ranking.

ChainCatcher message, the Aleo Chinese community has sent an open letter to a16z regarding the Aleo project, inquiring about issues such as whether "a16z has filed a lawsuit against the original Aleo team in a U.S. court" is true:Curious about a16z's original intention to invest in Aleo, can a16z share the vision and key reasons for supporting Aleo;The leadership change in Aleo Network, with Howard Wu being replaced by Alex Purden who has a16z background, has raised questions in the community about whether this change aligns with Aleo Network's long-term goals and strategy;Rumors are spreading about "a16z and other venture capital firms filing legal lawsuits against the original Aleo team in U.S. courts," causing deep concern in the community; are these rumors true?

ChainCatcher news, Mind Network's Asia-Pacific head Leon Li confirmed attendance at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit to be held on November 11 in Bangkok during Devcon. Mind Network is a fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) layer for AI and proof of stake (POS) networks. This layer accepts re-staked tokens from ETH, BTC, and AI bluechips, operating as an FHE verification network, bringing consensus, data, and cryptoeconomic security to Decentralized AI, DePIN, EigenLayer, Symbiotic, Babylon AVS, and many key POS networks.The "DeInsight 2024" annual summit will take place on November 11 at Hotel Nikko Bangkok in Bangkok. This summit is co-hosted by ChainCatcher and RootData, with SoSo Value as a co-organizer, aiming to gather elites from the Web3 field to exchange insights on the industry, and is expected to attract over 1,000 industry elites.Additionally, the conference will unveil the RootData List 2024 annual heavyweight rankings, objectively selecting influential individuals or institutions in the industry from a data perspective.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 asset data platform RootData released the weekly hot search list, with the top 10 projects for last week (October 28 - November 3) being: Grass, Aleo, DAWN, Gradient Network, Nodepay, BlockMesh, Hemi Network, Scroll, Space and Time, Warden Protocol.It is reported that the RootData hot list is based on multi-dimensional data such as the search frequency of platform users, project click rates, user votes, and the popularity and influence on the X platform, calculating the project heat value through weighted computation for real-time ranking.