An Ethereum Foundation researcher, Antonio Sanso, updated the progress on Ethereum’s post-quantum security at the EthCC conference, noting that quantum computing will threaten the ECDSA algorithm in the mid-2030s. Ethereum has completed about 20% of its post-quantum readiness and plans to fully implement quantum resistance from 2028 to 2032. The main challenge is signature size, and the research team will address it through account abstraction and the introduction of LeanVM.

A report from Standard Chartered Bank in the UK says stablecoin trading activity is growing rapidly and that the market size is expected to reach $2 trillion by 2028. The uses of stablecoins have expanded into areas such as AI payments and cross-border payments, strengthening their role in the market. The report emphasizes that innovative use cases will drive market growth, signaling that stablecoins will become an important catalyst for the convergence of digital currencies and traditional finance.

Gate News message, April 1, Hyperbot data shows that Ma Ji Da Ge Huang Licheng’s Bitcoin long positions have all been fully closed off 1 hour ago, and his HYPE long positions have also all been fully closed off this morning. At present, Huang Licheng holds Ethereum long positions with 25x leverage, with a position size of 6,800 ETH, a position value of $14.337 million, an unrealized profit of $306,000, and a liquidation price of $2,039.

AWAKE（LGNS）announced on March 31 that it has completed the first round of the $100 million dual-chain ecosystem plan ILO. The total project size is $220 million, and it plans to launch a dual-chain parallel development strategy after completing the ILO, while deploying new contracts on Anubis Chain.

Gate News update: March 31, BitcoinTreasuries.NET data shows that MetaPlanet (ticker symbol: $MTPLF) has received the previously announced funding from global institutional investors, totaling $255 million. Based on the current Bitcoin price, the above funds could be used to buy more than 3,800 BTC. If the purchase is completed, MetaPlanet’s Bitcoin reserve size is expected to place it among the top three companies globally by Bitcoin reserves.

Gate News, according to Gate’s platform announcement, Gate Earn Yubibao has launched an additional rewards pool for BTC 7-day fixed-term wealth management. Subscription users can enjoy a 10% annualized return bonus. The total rewards pool size is 3,000,000 R2 tokens, first come, first served. The additional rewards will be distributed daily in the form of an equivalent amount of R2. R2 Protocol is an on-chain asset management platform committed to providing institutional-level real returns for crypto-native users and traditional users.

Trump’s family mining company, ABTC, has been continuously expanding its Bitcoin reserves, exceeding 7,000 coins, but its stock price has kept falling, down nearly 90%. Although the company uses a strategy that runs Bitcoin mining and market purchases in parallel, financial losses and the decline in Bitcoin’s price have put pressure on the share price; the market is paying more attention to profitability than to the size of its asset holdings.

Gate News reports that on March 30, Federal Reserve Governor Milan publicly stated that the size of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet (the total assets held by the Fed) is too large and that they hope to reduce it.

On March 30, Hyperinsight detected a whale address that specializes in shorting, "Silver Iron Head Air Force," opening BTC and ETH short positions, with a position size of about $4.0 million. At the same time, the address placed $29.0 million in sell and buy orders, waiting for the price to rise and trigger them.

Gate News message, March 30, on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain data shows that UK crypto investment firm Abraxas Capital has established a crude oil short position with a total size of approximately $135 million. Specifically, this includes: 954,996 Brent crude oil contracts (the international benchmark crude oil price, approximately $102.7 million) and 322,885 WTI crude oil contracts (the U.S. benchmark crude oil price, approximately $32.7 million).