Vitalik Buterin and Nicolas Consigny presented new progress on Kohaku, a privacy framework, at the EthCC conference, emphasizing the capabilities of integrating the network layer, the hardware layer, and light clients. By directly integrating the Helios light client into a wallet SDK, Kohaku enables user self-verification, protects privacy, and introduces an automated privacy routing mechanism, improving privacy and security within the Ethereum ecosystem.

An Ethereum Foundation researcher presented the zkAttester client solution at the EthCC conference, addressing the computational burden of node re-execution, allowing validators to verify zero-knowledge proofs directly, lowering CPU performance requirements, shortening the time for new node synchronization, and helping enable Ethereum light verification and scaling.

The European Central Bank, in its latest DeFi report, used data from DeFiLlama for the first time, indicating that regulators are paying close attention to decentralized finance. The report sheds light on the problem of concentrated governance power, which is of great significance for policy-making. Improving DeFiLlama’s credibility can help promote cooperation between regulators and DeFi platforms. In the future, DeFi may face stricter compliance requirements, while also bringing governance challenges.

Gate News message: On March 31, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a new address deposited $9.6 million in USDC into the decentralized derivatives trading platform HyperLiquid, and opened a CL Brent crude oil (U.S. light sweet crude oil futures) long position contract with 20x leverage. The value of the current position is $5.23 million.

Gate News reported that on March 24, Hyperliquid crude oil contracts recorded a 24-hour total trading volume exceeding $2.2 billion, ranking third among all trading products, second only to BTC's $3.78 billion and ETH's $1.54 billion. Among these, the CL contract (mapped to WTI crude oil, or US West Texas Light Crude) had trading volume exceeding $1.25 billion, and the BRENTOIL contract (mapped to Brent crude oil, or North Sea crude oil) had trading volume exceeding $960 million.

Gate News reported that on March 24th, according to Gate's market data, as of press time, LIGHT (heaven) is trading at $0.3604, up 28.83% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.3929 and a low of $0.2498. The 24-hour trading volume reached $5.3691 million. The current market cap is approximately $15.5177 million. Bitlight Labs is a Bitcoin and Lightning Network infrastructure company and a major contributor to the RGB protocol. As a member of the LNP/BP Association, the company is dedicated to enabling native smart contracts and stablecoin transactions on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network.

Tencent Lightweight Cloud recently became a sponsor of OpenClaw, following Baidu. Tencent's AI team responded by positioning SkillHub as a localized skill platform based on OpenClaw, aiming to enhance the user experience for Chinese users, and stated that its team is an active code contributor.

Gate News reports that on March 11, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, despite the continuous decline in crude oil prices and falling below $85, several whales are still opening CL long positions (NYMEX Light Crude Oil Futures Long Positions).

Gate News Announcement, March 9 — TRON founder Justin Sun tweeted that his company, in light of recent internal cases related to integrity and digital security, reaffirms a zero-tolerance policy towards illegal activities. The company focuses on cracking down on illegal intrusion, unauthorized control of computer systems, embezzlement, bribery of non-governmental personnel, and scams. Such activities have jeopardized the security of company and user assets and information. Justin Sun emphasized that for those who profit through improper means and spread rumors or discredit judicial authorities online to confuse the public, the company will cooperate with judicial authorities to pursue accountability according to the law.