autopsy results show Hsin-Ju Chuang, a former partner at crypto venture capital firm Hack VC, died by suicide on August 24. The California Highway Patrol stated that the investigation into the specific circumstances of the incident is still ongoing.
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Former Hack VC partner Hsin-Ju Chuang was found dead on a California highway on August 24, with the cause of death remaining undisclosed. Prior to her passing, she had accused her venture capital firm of mistreatment.
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Alexander Pack, co-founder of Hack VC, posted on X platform stating that Hack VC has had no direct contact with Hsin-Ju for over 10 months. He currently does not know the specific circumstances of her passing and has no further information, and called on all parties to respect those who are experiencing grief. Alexander Pack said the team was shocked and saddened by the news of Hsin-Ju's passing, and expressed their condolences to her family, friends, and all those who were close to her.
Hsin-Ju previously stated that despite a medical emergency during their tenure, they were still required to continue working, and that the company threatened to place them on an industry blacklist if they resigned early before the event was completed.
Axis Robotics has announced the opening of pre-registration for the AXIS token community public sale. The public sale is powered by Sonar by EchoDot and plans to sell 10 million AXIS tokens at $0.1 each, representing 1% of the total supply and a fully diluted valuation of $100 million, with a target raise of 1 million USDC. The minimum subscription per entity is $100, with a maximum of $100,000, and the participating network and settlement currency is USDC on Base. 10% of the tokens will unlock at TGE, with the remainder released according to the vesting schedule published by the project.Pre-registration is now open. The subscription window will open on September 21 at 13:00 (Singapore time) and close on September 28 at 13:00, with settlement expected around September 30. Participants must complete KYC/KYB through Sonar. U.S. persons and residents of 26 restricted jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, mainland China, Russia, and Iran, are not eligible to participate. Axis Robotics stated that since launching on Base in March 2026, the platform has generated over 5 million data trajectories, attracted more than 200,000 contributors, and ranked among the top two DApps in the Base ecosystem. Previously, on July 27, Axis Robotics announced the completion of a $12 million seed round led by Hack VC, with participation from Nomad Capital, Pi Network Ventures, 10K Ventures, and several angel investors.
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According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), an address suspected of being affiliated with venture capital firm Hack VC (0x2a5…590CF) transferred 21.85 million ENA tokens to Wintermute's deposit address approximately 4 hours ago via multiple intermediary transfers, amounting to approximately $3 million at current prices.
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前 Hack VC 合伙人兼平台负责人 Hsin-Ju 近日发文披露其在 Hack VC 任职期间的遭遇。据其陈述,在职期间她突发严重健康危机,却仍被强制要求维持高强度工作节奏;合伙人更以将其列入行业黑名单相要挟,阻止她在会议及活动结束前离职。她多次申请离职未果,最终酿成自杀未遂的悲剧。 事后她曾书面承诺,只要 Hack VC 不进行报复或抹黑,便放弃诉讼。然而公司在为其办理 COBRA 延续医疗保险时拖沓近四月,经她委托律师介入后方才解决。尽管双方律师一度接近达成私下和解,但她拒绝接受附带回避公开言论条款的补偿方案,宁可分文不取也要将事实公之于众。目前她已解除律师委托,定于 8 月 26 日公布全部相关证据。 Hack VC 方面回应称,已关注到相关发文并对 Hsin-Ju 的健康状况表示关切,同时强调双方对事件经过的认知存在显著差异,鉴于隐私考量暂不就细节作出公开回应。
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Axis Robotics has announced the completion of a $12 million seed funding round, led by Hack VC, with participation from Nomad Capital, Pi Core Team Ventures, 10K Ventures, and several angel investors.According to the introduction, Axis Robotics primarily addresses the data needs for Physical AI and robotic models. It leverages large-scale simulation, first-person real-world data collection, and human-in-the-loop post-training to build a closed-loop data workflow, enabling the scalable production of structured and diverse robotic data. This funding will be used to accelerate the development of a massive, parallel, human-in-the-loop global data engine.
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According to an official announcement, BitMart will launch Pharos (PROS) on April 28 at 23:00 (UTC+8). The listing will open the PROS/USDT trading pair.Pharos is an inclusive Layer 1 public chain built for RealFi, integrating real-world assets, institutional capital, and decentralized finance into a programmable, borderless economy. It aims to make real asset finance accessible to everyone, bridging Web2 and Web3 to form a unified, transparent, and open digital financial ecosystem. Founded by core management and engineering teams from Ant Group, it adopts a DP4 deep parallel architecture (prototype tested at over 130,000+ TPS), supports dual virtual machine execution for EVM and WASM, and features built-in RWA tokenization and stablecoin infrastructure. It has received support from global traditional financial institutions such as Hack VC and Faction VC. The private mainnet officially launched on December 12, 2025.
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