PANews, November 17 - According to UK Sky News, the UK prosecution has revealed that 26-year-old British man Joseph James O'Connor hacked into multiple celebrities' X accounts to steal Bitcoin and has been ordered to repay approximately £4.1 million in Crypto Assets. In 2023, he was sentenced to five years in the US for computer intrusion, wire fraud, and extortion. In 2021, O'Connor was arrested in Spain, and after a ruling by the country's high court, it was determined that the evidence and victims were all in the US, making it the most appropriate jurisdiction for prosecution, and he was extradited to the US. In July 2020, the social platform X suffered a massive hacker attack, with the accounts of celebrities such as Obama, Biden, and Bezos being compromised. OConnor, in collusion with others, used these hacked accounts to set up a scam, tricking users into sending Bitcoin worth $1,000, promising to double the return, thus stealing over $794,000 worth of Crypto Assets.

Gate News Bot message, November 13th, according to CoinMarketCap data, SKY (Sky) is currently priced at $0.06, up 12.09% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.06 and a low of $0.05. The 24-hour trading volume reached $75.5 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.345 billion, an increase of nearly $145 million compared to yesterday. Recent important news about SKY: 1️⃣ **The trend of integrating AI and blockchain drives market attention** As a project focused on the integration of AI and blockchain technology, SKY's positioning aligns closely with current mainstream technological developments. This trend is attracting attention from investors in both artificial intelligence and blockchain sectors, bringing broader market recognition and potential investment opportunities for SKY. 2️⃣ **Technical Roadmap**

Hedong Finance will carry out verification and confirmation of unregistered fundraising participants from October 31, 2025, to December 29, 2025. Those who do not confirm will bear the consequences. Participants who have already registered and confirmed are not included in this scope.

Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement on November 7th Gate has added a new batch of collateral tokens to the unified account, including AVNT, HUMA, WLFI, PAXG, LINEA, SKY, ASTER, and XPL. These tokens will be credited to users' total margin balance at different discount rates based on tiered levels. The maximum discount rates for each token are as follows: AVNT and HUMA at 75%, WLFI at 80%, PAXG, LINEA, and SKY at 85%, ASTER at 85%, and XPL at 90%. As the collateral amount increases, the discount rates for each token will decrease step by step.

Golden Finance reports that SKY has announced on the X platform that a new round of execution voting has been passed, and the changes listed below will be executable starting from November 3, 2025 (UTC) at 14:37. Replace "SKY→USDS Staking Rewards" with "SKY→SKY Staking Rewards". Stakers need to manually transfer their holdings to the new reward system. Increase the daily SKY buyback limit to 300,000 USDS. Transfer 500 million SKY to the protocol treasury to provide funding support for staking rewards.

Tianji Co. stated at the performance briefing that the shipment volume of lithium hexafluorophosphate in the third quarter reached 12,000 tons, and the year-end sales volume will stabilize at 4,000 tons, with low inventory. Demand for the first quarter of next year is optimistic, and the demand for lithium hexafluorophosphate is expected to exceed 300,000 tons. Although supply is increasing, due to insufficient operating rates, the overall market will remain tight.

BlockBeats news, on October 30, according to DefiLlama data, the current TVL of SUSDE (Ethena USDe) is $5.098 billion, with an Annual Percentage Rate (APY) of 4.41%, and an unstake period of 7 days. The TVL of SUSDS (Sky Lending) is $3.199 billion, with an APY of 4.5%. The TVL of Maple Finance's Syrup USDC is $2.861 billion, with an APY of 7.19%. ZEROBASE currently has a TVL of $370 million, with a stablecoin APY of 12%, and an unstake period of 7 days.

PANews, October 28, news, Sky announced on the X platform that Sky Protocol has spent over 80 million USDS on buybacks. So far, approximately 1.25 billion SKY have been repurchased, accounting for 4.6% of the total supply.

Starry Sky Technology stated in its research that it has achieved large-scale deployment of mid-to-high-end chips, with preliminary results in fields such as intelligent Bots and automotive lidar. The company will adjust the prices of some products in response to the rise in storage chip prices, and it is expected to mass-produce automotive lidar chips and blind spot radar chips next year.

Odaily News Sky Protocol repurchased 11.25 million SKY using 68,000 USDS last week, and to date, over 79 million USDS have been used to repurchase SKY Tokens.

Coingecko has released the top ten projects by token buyback expenditure for 2025 to date, with HYPE leading at $644.6 million, followed by ZRO and PUMP at $150 million and $138.2 million respectively. Other projects include RAY, SKY, JUP, and others.

According to ChainCatcher news, S&P Global Ratings is collaborating with Chainlink to directly integrate its stablecoin stability assessments onto the blockchain. This integration allows DeFi protocols, smart contracts, and financial platforms to access S&P's risk assessments of stablecoins in real-time. The assessment system rates stablecoins on a scale of 1 to 5 based on factors such as asset quality, liquidity, redemption mechanisms, regulatory status, and governance. This service utilizes Chainlink's DataLink infrastructure and will initially launch on the Ethereum Layer 2 network Base, with plans to expand further based on demand. Currently, S&P has assessed 10 stablecoins, including USDT, USDC, and Sky Protocol's.

BlockBeats news, on September 22, Sky (formerly Maker) announced on social media that the SKY&MKR Token exchange latency penalty has been activated. As of today, all MKR to SKY upgrades will incur a 1% penalty. According to the regulations of Sky Atlas, this penalty will increase by 1 percentage point every three months.

Sky (formerly MakerDAO) has announced on the X platform that the voting for the penalty proposal for the upgrade from MKR to SKY has begun. If the vote passes, starting from September 22, 2025, the MKR to SKY upgrade will face a 1% penalty, which will increase by 1% every three months.

PANews, September 16, according to Coinbase Markets, perpetual futures trading for Avantis (AVNT), World Liberty Financial (WLFI), Sky (SKY), and Cronos (CRO) will open on September 18. If liquidity conditions are met, the related markets will go live in supported regions at or after 9:30 UTC.

PANews September 16 news, Sky tweeted that over 75% of MKR supply has been completed for the upgrade to SKY. Regarding the latency penalty for the MKR upgrade to SKY, the governance vote will be confirmed on September 18, and if approved, the penalty measures will take effect on September 22.

According to ChainCatcher news, Sky Protocol officially announced that it spent $700,000 last week to buy back 9.4 million SKY Tokens. As of now, Sky Protocol has repurchased over 1.19 billion SKY Tokens.

Golden Finance reported that Balaner posted on the X platform to remind that the migration deadline for MKR Token to SKY Token is September 18th, which means that current MKR Token holders only have five days to migrate, otherwise they may be penalized. If governance approval is obtained, starting from September 22nd, late migration will result in a loss of 1% of SKY Token (increasing every quarter), meaning that for each MKR Token held, one could potentially lose 240 SKY Tokens.

Bitcoin (BTC) further retraced, reporting around 111,069 USD on September 10. The US employment data was revised down, increasing the pressure on The Federal Reserve (FED) to cut rates in September. According to three informed officials, US President Trump has requested the EU to impose tariffs of up to 100% on India and China. The US Treasury faces a 90-day deadline to formulate a strategic Bitcoin reserve, and Sky has entered the bidding war by launching the Hyperliquid USDH stablecoin.

According to Gate News bot, the latest announcement from the Gate platform Gate has officially launched the SKY/USDT perpetual contract trading pair. This contract uses USDT for settlement, offers 1-20x leverage trading, and supports both long and short positions. The contract funding fee settlement period is 4 hours, and users can choose the leverage multiple for trading according to their needs.

According to ChainCatcher news and the official announcement, Bitget has announced the launch of U-based SKY and OPEN Perptual Futures, with maximum leverage of 75 times and 20 times respectively, and Futures Trading BOT will be opened simultaneously. In addition, Bitget has launched stock-type Futures Trading.

On September 9, the DeFi market continued its recovery trend, with the total TVL across the network slightly rising to $15.4221 billion, a 0.75% increase in 24 hours; DEX trading volume significantly rebounded to $14.449 billion, a 58% increase compared to the previous day, but still down 14.15% compared to a week ago. On-chain hotspots focused on Suilend, which suspended lending due to the IKA liquidation event, Sky joining the competition for Hyperliquid stablecoins, the WLD treasury narrative driving Eightco's stock price to rise by over 5000%, and Lion Group announcing plans to gradually replace SOL and SUI assets with HYPE. The DeFi zone tokens experienced an overall rise, with short-term market risks intertwined with long-term narratives.

Jin10 data reported on September 9th, according to Sky News, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is one of the business executives accompanying Trump on his state visit to the UK next week. Jen-Hsun Huang is expected to attend the state banquet hosted by King Charles of the UK at Windsor Castle. Sources indicated on Monday that OpenAI founder Sam Altman, BlackRock (BLK.N) CEO Larry Fink, and Blackstone Group (BX.N) CEO Stephen Schwarzman are also expected to attend this meeting.

BlockBeats news, on September 8th, according to official news, the Web3 native AI agent platform Skynet announced that the SKY Token has been officially issued. It is introduced that with the decentralized modular framework of Skynet, anyone can build Web3 native AI agents and monetize them in just a few minutes.

BlockBeats news, on September 4, according to Sky (formerly MakerDAO), over 61% of MKR has been exchanged for SKY. The penalty for the delayed upgrade of exchanging MKR to SKY will be confirmed by a governance proposal on September 18. If the vote passes successfully, the penalty will take effect on September 22.

Odaily News Sky Protocol founder Rune announced that after the core simplification plan significantly dropped core expenses, the profit page has been updated, based on annualized calculations of costs over the past three months, and it shows real-time stable fee income and savings rate expenditures, with current annualized profits reaching 338 million dollars.

PANews September 2 news, according to SoSoValue data, the crypto market zones show a mixed rise and fall. Among them, Bitcoin (BTC) rose 1.17% in 24 hours, approaching $110,000, but Ethereum (ETH) fell 1.94%, once dropping to the $4,200 mark, currently recovering to above $4,300. In addition, the RWA zone rose by 0.59% in 24 hours. Within the zone, Sky (SKY) and Maker (MKR) rose by 5.27% and 5.28% respectively; the PayFi zone rose by 0.48%, with Stellar (XLM) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) rising by 2.18% and 3.64% respectively; the DeFi zone rose by 0.10%, among which, the encryption currency World Liberty supported by the Trump family.

Gate News Bot news, on September 2nd, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, SKY (Sky) is currently priced at 0.07 USD, with a rise of 4.87% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of 0.07 USD and a low of 0.06 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 1.569 billion USD, an increase of 72.9 million USD compared to yesterday. Sky Protocol is a decentralized open financial ecosystem powered by the USDS stablecoin and the SKY governance token. Users can store USDS in a non-custodial manner to earn Sky savings interest (SSR), and can also use USDS to participate in the Sky token rewards (STR) program. Sky.money serves as a non-custodial gateway, providing eligible users access to Sky protocol features, including

MKR will be swapped for SKY at a ratio of 1:24,000. The relevant trading schedule has been announced, including stop borrowing, suspension of Margin Trading, and delisting of Perptual Futures. The swap will be completed from September 8 to 10, and the specific SKY trading time will be notified.

Gate News Bot news, on August 27, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, SKY (Sky) is currently priced at $0.07, with a 24-hour rise of 8.40%, reaching a high of $0.07 and a low of $0.06. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.559 billion, an increase of $121 million compared to yesterday. Important recent news about SKY: 1️⃣ **S&P Global first rates DeFi protocol SKY** On August 11, the globally renowned rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P Global) issued its first credit rating for decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, assigning the SKY protocol a "B" rating. This marks the beginning of traditional financial rating agencies paying attention to and recognizing DeFi projects, which is expected to enhance SKY's recognition among institutional investors. 2️⃣

According to Foresight News, Sky Protocol (formerly MakerDAO) spent 1.4 million USDS to repurchase 20.06 million SKY in the past week.

According to BlockBeats news on August 25, the Ethereum Layer 2 project Ronin announced the launch of the "Developer Revenue Sharing Program." Whether developing games, applications, or migrating projects to Ronin, developers can enhance their income through this program. The "Developer Revenue Sharing Program" will return a portion of Sky Mavis's total revenue to developers. When referred users conduct any of the following transactions, the referrer will receive rewards: · Minting NFTs on the Ronin Launchpad · Conducting secondary market transactions on the Ronin marketplace · Spending through the Ronin store and in-game purchases · Paying Ronin Wallet exchange fees.

ChainCatcher news, Bybit announced that Maker (MKR) will be renamed to Sky (SKY).

BlockBeats news, on August 19, according to DefiLlama data, the current TVL of SUSDE (Ethena USDe) is $5.553 billion, with an Annual Percentage Rate (APY) of 7.28%, and an unstake period of 7 days. The TVL of Maple Finance's Syrup USDC is $2.209 billion, with an APY of 9.18%. The TVL of SUSDS (Sky Lending) is $1.747 billion, with an APY of 4.75%. In addition, Binance's Mitosis (MITO) Booster event for the first season has gone live today at 8:00, and the current APY of its BNB pool is as high as 72.91%, and the APY of the USDT pool is high.

PANews, August 18th news, Sky Protocol spent 1.39 million USD last week to repurchase 17.32 million SKY. So far, the project has repurchased a total of 1.14 billion SKY.

Sky's co-founder RuneKek repurchased 16.38 million SKY with 1.77 million ENA in just 40 minutes, worth approximately $1.29 million. Since June, he has repurchased 122 million SKY using staking rewards, with an average price of $0.0836.

Jin10 Data reported on August 12 that Galaxy Power Aerospace announced today that it has recently completed multiple key ground tests for the Ceres-2 launch vehicle, including electrical system integration matching tests, control system hardware-in-the-loop simulation tests, full system thermal tests for the attitude control power system, joint tests of the first-stage engine, joint tests of the second-stage engine, static tests of the fairing, separation tests of the fairing, and joint practice tests of the launch vehicle and rocket. The first flight of the Ceres-2 launch vehicle is entering the countdown phase, and it will carry 6 commercial satellites and 2 non-separable payloads, with a total payload exceeding 1 ton.

Jinse Finance reports that S&P Global has assigned a credit rating of "B-" to the issuer of USDS, Sky Protocol. According to Sky, this is the first time the rating agency has issued a credit rating for a stablecoin system. According to S&P's official website, a B rating means that the entity is more vulnerable to adverse business, financial, and economic conditions but still has the capacity to meet its financial obligations. The report points out that "Outlook Stable" but also states that the rating of Sky is constrained by its highly concentrated depositors, highly concentrated governance structure, and weaker risk-adjusted capital strength. S&P noted that although founder Rune Christensen holds 9% of the governance tokens, due to the low voting rate, Christensen has significant power in determining the future direction of Sky.

Gate News Bot news, August 5th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, APRS (Apeiron) is currently priced at 0.01 USD, with a rise of 72.62% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of 0.03 USD and a low of 0.01 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 1.45 million USD, an increase of 610,200 USD compared to yesterday. Apeiron is a blockchain game where players can create and rule their own planets. The game utilizes NFT technology, allowing players to own and trade in-game assets. Apeiron offers various game modes, including planet management, role-playing, and arena battles. The game is currently available on multiple platforms, including Epic Games Store, Sky Mavis Hub, and plans to launch on the Steam platform in the future.

Odaily News Sky announced on the X platform that last week it used 1.39 million USDS to repurchase 16.55 million SKY, bringing the total repurchased amount of SKY to 1.11 billion, which accounts for approximately 3.28% of the total supply.

According to official news, MGBX will launch SKY (SKY Governance), JUP (Jupiter), PUFFER (PUFFER), and CROSS (Cross) spot trading on July 31, 2025, at 19:30 (SGT). Recharge opening time: July 31, 2025, 19:00 (SGT); Trading opens at: July 31, 2025, 19:30 (SGT);

PANews July 24 news, according to Yujin monitoring, Rune, the co-founder of Sky (formerly MakerDAO), is using SKY staking rewards for buyback operations. Half an hour ago, he received staking rewards, including 1.9 million USDS and 10.378 million SPK (total value of approximately 1.3 million USD), and transferred them to the buyback address. Currently, Rune is repurchasing SKY Tokens by selling SPK.

Gate News Bot news, on July 16, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, SKY(Sky) is currently priced at $0.079098, having risen 3.01% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $0.08554356 and a low of $0.07555598. The 24-hour volume reached $2.59 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.683 billion, an increase of $49.3 million compared to yesterday.

The stablecoin issuer Ethena Labs' protocol revenue has surpassed $290.2 million, ranking it among the top four in the industry, just behind Tether, Circle, and Sky. Its synthetic dollar stablecoin USDe captures funding rate arbitrage profits through a unique delta-neutral strategy (Spot long positions + Perptual Futures short positions hedging), achieving a $100 million revenue milestone in just 251 days, making it the second fastest protocol to reach this milestone in history. Despite facing regulatory uncertainties from the US SEC (whether USDe qualifies as a security or a payment stablecoin remains in doubt), and being temporarily unable to cater to US retail users, its recent daily average fee revenue has rebounded to $3.8 million. The protocol allocates 20% of fees for the buyback and destruction of the governance token ENA (with 58 million tokens already destroyed), and 94% of reserve assets are held in a Centralized Exchange for real-time risk management.

Golden Finance reports, according to Sky News: U.S. President Trump will visit the UK in the coming weeks.

Switzerland and Germany have agreed to jointly purchase multiple ground-based air defense systems to promote defense procurement cooperation. This protocol is expected to be signed in the coming weeks, aligning with Switzerland's new defense strategy aimed at improving the cost efficiency and flexibility of air defense systems through the European Sky Shield Initiative.

Gate News bot reported that stablecoin issuers led by Tether generated nearly $10 billion in revenue, with Tether earning $6.56 billion, Circle $1.89 billion, Sky Protocol $384 million, and Ethena $332 million. These growths have strengthened the blockchain ecosystem, boosting liquidity and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) activities.