Odaily reported that Manta Network has announced the closure of its staking program, stating that the inflationary reward mechanism dilutes the value of MANTA token holders over the long term and does not align with the project's future development direction. It is reported that staking rewards will officially cease two weeks from now (April 20, 2026). Node operators can exit at any time starting immediately, and no further network rewards will be generated after the staking program ends.Manta Network added that it plans to take over the Layer 2 infrastructure operations of Manta Pacific, transitioning to operating its own sequencer and underlying technology stack to enhance network autonomy and streamline operational structures.

Manta Network has reached a liquidity agreement with market maker Wintermute to lend 7.5 million MANTA tokens to support liquidity on cryptocurrency exchanges. These tokens will reportedly be integrated into Wintermute's trading system, providing stable market liquidity for MANTA. Unlike traditional token grants, this arrangement takes the form of a loan, and upon repayment, the tokens will ultimately return to the Manta Network ecosystem.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that SuperFortune, a Web 3 metaphysics project incubated by Manta Network, has officially deployed Wello's PayFi solution on BNB Chain. Users can now purchase SuperFortune items, including wealth charms, directly and legally on BNB Chain through Apple Pay, wallet apps, and over 60 fiat currencies, earning airdrop points. SuperFortune, an InfoFi project based on traditional Chinese metaphysics, incorporates a GameFi reward mechanism, utilizing a points system to measure contribution. A portion of the project's revenue will be used to repurchase MANTA from the secondary market.

Odaily News Binance announced that in order to support the upgrade and hard fork of the Ethereum network, it is expected to suspend the token recharge and withdrawal services of Ethereum (ETH), Arbitrum (ARB), Optimism (OP), zkSync Era (ZKSYNC), Base (BASE), Manta Network (MANTA), Starknet (STRK), Polygon (POL), Metis (METIS), Scroll (SCR), Cyber (CYBER), Metal DAO (MTL), Celo (CELO) and Worldcoin (WLD) networks at 17:45 Beijing time on May 7, 2025. The network upgrade and hard fork are expected to be carried out at 18:05 Beijing time on May 7, 2025. Binance emphasized that users can still trade the tokens supported by the above network normally during the suspension period, and will reopen the deposit and withdrawal business after the network stabilizes, and no further announcement will be made at that time.

Odaily News According to official news, the Meme launch platform Rescue.meme supported by Manta Network has been officially launched, using the Bonding Curve model, dedicated to raising funds for stray cats and dogs. In order to ensure the authenticity of stray pet information and the professionalism of rescue, the early Meme launch adopts a licensing system. Manta Network cooperates with global rescue teams, which have at least 2 years of rescue experience. In the first phase, 4 stray dogs have been launched from four countries and regions. Currently, the Bonding Curve stage has been fully funded and the Meme has been launched. Each pet has a separate Meme corresponding to it. If the launch is successful, 20% of the funds will be used to rescue the pet. In the early stage, BNB Chain is supported, and liquidity is added to Pancakeswap. In the future, Solana and Manta Pacific chains will be supported.

Odaily News Kenny Li, co-founder of Manta Network, recently disclosed that he had encountered a highly sophisticated Zoom phishing attack. The other party was suspected to be the North Korean state-backed hacker group Lazarus, which used "extremely deceptive" real-life images in an attempt to trick him into downloading malicious script files. Kenny Li said that the other party simulated a familiar team member in the Zoom meeting, the camera was on but there was no sound, and prompted him that "Zoom needs to be updated" and asked him to download a script file. Li immediately terminated the meeting after being alerted and asked to verify his identity through Telegram. As a result, the other party subsequently deleted all chat records and blocked him. In addition, ContributionDAO and other community members have also reported similar encounters, including requests to download a specific "business version" of Zoom and refusing to use Google Meet, indicating that such attacks are clearly targeted and consistent. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily News Manta Network co-founder Victor Ji wrote on X: "Every day we receive invitations from so-called active market makers and OTCs to buy coins and acquire them. My attitude is to just stay away. Whether market makers are active or passive, they are all blood-sucking termites in my eyes. They don't look at the fundamentals of the project at all. But every time we have a meeting, these people are very active in organizing events and running meetings. The boss is also very rich. Why? All the money comes from the project community. If more funds in this industry do not pay attention to fundamentals, the industry will collapse faster and faster, and market makers are the most blatant group of people who do not pay attention to fundamentals. The liquidity I believe in comes from real community transactions. Whether you are optimistic or bearish, it is a natural market. If market makers are willing to participate, you can buy coins in the market to get a position." Victor Ji added: “If some project founders are worried about insufficient liquidity and are unwilling to pay to be retainers, then my suggestion is to make a loan, but the size must be the smallest. Our earliest calamari in the Polkadot era was asked by San Arrows market makers for more than 3% of tokens. These grandsons turned around and sold the coins, and told us how legit they were and that they would never sell the coins. A real loan only requires no more than 0.2% of the coins. Because think about it, if the depth of 2% up and down requires 200k, it is already a lot, and 0.2% of the coins must be worth more than this. If the market maker wants more coins, isn’t it just to crash the market?”

Odaily News According to official news, Messari released the Aethir annual report, the main points include: 1. Aethir has reached partnerships with companies such as EigenLayer, ai16z, Injective, Near, LayerZero, Beam, Filecoin, Metastreet, Manta Network, Sophon, Magic Eden, Animoca and Return Entertainment; 2. Aethir's network includes about 400,000 GPUs (containers) distributed in 93 locations, providing more than 11 million tensor cores and serving about 191.61 million users; 3. In December, Aethir generated approximately $7.6 million in revenue, achieved annual recurring revenue (ARR) of approximately $90.68 million, and a total computing time of approximately 266.19 million hours; 4. The core technology integrates virtual computing containers, quality verification checkers, and resource allocation indexers, supports 15-minute computing sessions, and provides real-time dynamic pricing; 5. As of December 31, 2024, the newly launched $100 million ecological fund has supported 20 AI-related projects (such as HeyAnon, ARC, TopHat, etc.), providing funding, subsidies and decentralized GPU resource access through four batches; 6. A total of approximately 642.83 million veATHs are staked, of which approximately 412.12 million are in the AI pool and approximately 230.71 million are in the game pool.

Odaily星球日报讯 据链上分析师余烬监测，8 小时前，Manta Network 的部署者地址将 400 万枚 MANTA （378 万美元）转进币安。

Odaily星球日报讯 无代码 Telegram 小程序启动器及加密货币分发基础设施 SODA 宣布完成一笔 Pre-Seed 轮融资，Gagra Ventures 领投，Kenny Li（Manta Network 和 p0x Labs 创始人）、Marat Khichikov（Bitfury Group 执行合伙人）、Seb（Sophon 创始人）和 Omakase（Sushiswap 早期贡献者）参投，具体金额和估值信息暂未披露。SODA 可支持 Memecoin 开发人员利用 Telegram 作为分销渠道，预计将于 2024 年 12 月推出，首先支持 Solana、EVM 和 TON 区块链，后续计划拓展到 Sui、Aptos 等。