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PANews, December 18—According to Cointelegraph, the nonprofit Jito Foundation, which supports the development of the Jito platform, has announced its return to the United States due to the country’s “clearer rules” for digital assets. Lucas Bruder, co-founder and CEO of Jito Labs, stated that during “Operation Chokepoint 2.0,” the crypto industry was cut off from banking services, forcing the Jito Foundation to operate overseas. He noted: “Banks would not provide us with services, and vendors refused to sign contracts with us. Every product decision faced real but hard-to-quantify legal risks from hostile and capricious regulators who have acted arbitrarily.” He also mentioned that the passage of the GENIUS Stablecoin Act and the ongoing development of crypto market structure legislation were reasons for the Jito Foundation’s decision to return to the United States.              

According to ChainCatcher, Arkham data shows that at 07:53, 2,000 ETH (worth approximately $5.6567 million) were transferred from Anchorage Digital Custody to Ethena.

PANews, December 18 — The Polygon Foundation posted on X that today Polygon PoS experienced a malfunction, affecting some RPC nodes. However, the network remained online at all times and continued to produce blocks throughout the incident, with no interruptions on-chain. The team quickly identified the issue and pushed a patch to node operators to restore full node services. Currently, validators are synchronizing data and reaching quorum. During this period, some RPC nodes have continued to operate normally, allowing transactions to flow in and be processed as usual. Until node synchronization is complete, block explorers may still display delays. In addition, according to the latest update on the Polygon status page, the related issue has now been resolved and all functions of Polygon PoS have been restored. Block explorers may still display delays until node synchronization is complete.