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According to Arkham monitoring, the zkPass team's multi-signature address (0xEF1) transferred a total of 10,000,000 ZKP to Binance in the past 30 minutes, worth approximately $796,100.Currently, the circulating supply of ZKP is 268 million, and this distribution amount accounts for about 3.73% of its total circulating supply. ZKP is currently priced at $0.07964, with a 24-hour decline of 7.35%, and its circulating market capitalization is currently $21.37 million.

ChainCatcher reports live from the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, where Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin delivered a keynote speech. He defined Ethereum by two core functions: first, as a public bulletin board for applications to publish messages and data; second, as shared digital objects controlled by code, encompassing assets, NFTs, ENS, and DAOs. He emphasized that Ethereum's goal is not to compete with high-frequency trading platforms on speed, but to become the most secure, decentralized, and always-online trusted chain.Regarding the short-term roadmap, he introduced the account abstraction proposal EIP-8141, which natively supports smart contract wallets, quantum-resistant signature algorithms, and privacy protocols; in terms of quantum resistance, there are currently two signature schemes based on hash and lattice, and the team is significantly enhancing their efficiency through EVM vectorization.He revealed that ZKVM is fast enough to prove real-time EVM execution, with this year's goal being to ensure its security, planning to start deployment from a small proportion of the network, aiming to become the primary method of validation by 2028, allowing Ethereum to scale significantly without sacrificing decentralization. In terms of long-term vision, Ethereum is actively utilizing AI to generate mathematical proofs to formalize software security verification, pursuing complete quantum safety and maximum simplicity to ensure platform security does not rely on the continuous existence of any single team.

According to token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, zkPass (ZKP) will unlock approximately 16.62 million tokens at 11:00 AM Beijing time on April 19, worth about 1.15 million USD.

According to token unlock data from the Crypto asset data platform RootData, zkSync (ZK) will unlock approximately 173.14 million tokens at 0:00 on April 17, Beijing time, worth about 2.66 million USD.

According to The Block, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson announced the launch of the privacy-focused blockchain Midnight, which generated its genesis block on Monday.Midnight utilizes zero-knowledge proof technology (ZK), allowing users to selectively disclose or hide data while supporting compliance requirements. Its hybrid ledger can mix public and private data in a single transaction and supports shielded assets that hide balance and counterparty information. Midnight employs a dual-token model: the governance token NIGHT serves as a store of value for the ecosystem, and holders can earn a renewable Gas token DUST, which is generated proportionally to holdings and can be transferred to others for transaction fee payments. The network opened a one-year NIGHT airdrop to 37 million eligible wallets last December. Early node operators include Worldpay, Bullish, MoneyGram, Google Cloud, and others. Midnight achieves bidirectional asset interoperability with Cardano, and Cardano's staking pool operators can also run Midnight validation nodes.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson announced the launch of the privacy-oriented sidechain Midnight, which has generated its genesis block, marking the official entry of the project into the operational phase.Midnight is developed by Input Output Global and is positioned as a "fourth-generation blockchain," aimed at driving real-world assets on-chain through end-to-end privacy capabilities. The network employs zero-knowledge proof (ZK) technology to achieve selective disclosure of data, meeting compliance requirements while protecting user privacy. Architecturally, Midnight has its own ledger, consensus mechanism, and smart contract environment, and connects with the Cardano ecosystem through interoperable design. Its hybrid ledger supports the simultaneous processing of public and private data within the same transaction and provides the ability to conceal balance and counterparty information. Additionally, Midnight introduces a programming language called Compact, lowering the barrier for developers to build privacy applications, and adopts a dual-token model to optimize network usage costs and incentive mechanisms.

BitGo announced a partnership with ZKsync to launch a production-ready tokenized deposit solution, providing secure custody, privacy, and compliant blockchain settlement designed specifically for banks.Tokenized deposits will enable always-online settlement and programmable cash flow while keeping funds within the banking system and complying with existing regulatory frameworks.

ZKsync announced a collaboration with five regional banks in the United States to develop a tokenized deposit network called Cari Network. This network is built on Matter Labs' Prividium platform, utilizing privacy-preserving permissioned blockchain infrastructure. The partner banks include Huntington Bank, First Horizon, M&T Bank, KeyBank, and Old National.Cari Network is positioned as a secure, private, and regulatory-compliant infrastructure, with tokenized deposits existing directly as bank liabilities and qualifying for FDIC insurance. It aims to connect the $8.3 trillion in assets held by regional banks to the blockchain, providing around-the-clock programmable digital currency services.

According to the token unlock data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, zkPass (ZKP) will unlock approximately 16.62 million tokens on March 19 at 11:00 AM Beijing time, worth about 1.4 million USD.

According to the token unlock data from the Crypto asset data platform RootData, zkSync (ZK) will unlock approximately 17.314 million tokens at 00:00 Beijing time on March 17, worth about 3.33 million USD.

According to The Block, a16z Crypto criticized the colloquial use of the term "ZK" in certain developer environments in a blog post about its Jolt zkVM. The article pointed out that most zkVMs do not actually possess zero-knowledge properties unless expensive "wrapping" programs are applied. The author also mentioned that "zk" often becomes synonymous with "conciseness," meaning "short proofs that verify quickly," rather than true zero-knowledge privacy.As the community's focus on privacy grows, the misuse of this terminology is becoming a real issue. a16z's open-source Jolt zkVM launched a major upgrade on Tuesday, natively supporting zero-knowledge proofs. Jolt employs the NovaBlindFold folding scheme to create blinded proofs to prevent information leakage, making it suitable for privacy applications, with the zero-knowledge proofs generated after the upgrade only increasing by about 3 KB compared to the original non-ZK proofs.

Lido officially stated that there is a potential vulnerability in the ZKsync wstETH bridging endpoint contract. There are currently no signs that this vulnerability has been exploited, and wstETH holders on ZKsync are not affected. Other bridging contracts are not impacted.As a precaution, Lido has paused new deposits to the ZKsync bridging contract, while withdrawals from zkSync and token transfers are unaffected. Lido has prepared a fix that will be audited and deployed during the next scheduled on-chain Lido governance comprehensive vote (late March/early April), after which the deposit functionality will be restored. Further updates will be released as necessary.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted on the X platform that Ethereum's scalability is divided into short-term and long-term parts.In the short term, the Glamsterdam upgrade will introduce block-level access lists for parallel validation, ePBS will allow a larger proportion of time slots for block validation, and gas repricing will ensure that operational costs align with actual execution time.The multi-dimensional gas mechanism will be implemented in phases, starting with Glamsterdam, where the "state creation" cost will be separated from the "execution and calldata" cost, with state creation gas not counted towards the approximately 16 million transaction gas limit. The EVM level will introduce a "reservoir" dimension mechanism, which will prioritize the consumption of dedicated dimension gas by default, and when insufficient, will draw from the reservoir. This will eventually transition to multi-dimensional pricing, where different dimensions may have different floating gas prices.Long-term scalability includes ZK-EVM and blob components. In terms of blobs, there are plans to continuously iterate PeerDAS, aiming to achieve approximately 8MB of data processing capacity per second, with future Ethereum block data directly entering blobs.The ZK-EVM aspect will be implemented in phases: by 2026, there will be a validator client supporting ZK-EVM, allowing about 5% of the network to rely on it; by 2027, this will expand to a larger proportion of a few nodes while advancing formal verification; once conditions are mature, it will transition to a five-out-of-three mandatory proof mechanism, ultimately continuously enhancing the security and formal verification level of ZK-EVM, and involving changes to VMs such as RISC-V.

According to The Block, the Ethereum Layer 2 project ZKsync has announced that it will officially discontinue ZKsync Lite (formerly ZKsync 1) on May 4, 2026. At that time, the network will stop producing blocks and permanently freeze the final state to ensure that balances cannot be changed after the shutdown. The team stated that this move is a "orderly planned exit" and will not affect ZKsync Era or other chains built on the ZK Stack.After Lite is shut down, the official will maintain a read-only API for at least one year to support historical data queries. Users are advised to proactively withdraw assets before the deadline for convenience, but unwithdrawn funds can still be claimed later. Data shows that there are currently about $33.9 million in assets bridged on ZKsync Lite, including approximately $24.9 million in stablecoins, $8.4 million in ETH and its derivatives, $313,000 in BTC and its derivatives, and about $231,000 in other assets.ZKsync Lite was launched in June 2020 and is regarded as the first zero-knowledge Rollup on Ethereum, supporting token transfers, atomic swaps, and NFT minting, but lacking smart contract functionality. In March 2023, the developer Matter Labs stopped development on Lite after launching Era, shifting focus to support the zkEVM system for general smart contracts.

According to token unlock data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, zkPass (ZKP) will unlock approximately 16.62 million tokens on February 19 at 11:00 AM Beijing time, worth about 1.52 million USD.

XION recently published an article introducing its new infrastructure and application scenarios. XION announced the official launch of the DKIM module and the ZK module, becoming the first blockchain to directly store email authentication keys (DKIM) on-chain, as well as the first consumer-grade L1 public chain to implement zero-knowledge verification at the protocol level.XION pointed out that existing email verification solutions (including projects like zkEmail) rely on centralized DNS servers to obtain encryption keys. When email service providers rotate keys, the old verifications become invalid, and there are no historical records available. XION's DKIM module permanently stores these keys in the on-chain state, completely eliminating the reliance on centralized DNS infrastructure. Its ZK module implements zero-knowledge proof verification at the protocol level, achieving an efficiency that is 10 times that of smart contract solutions. The two work together, allowing users to prove any information in an email without exposing the email itself.XION stated that currently about 61% of employees who witness misconduct remain silent, as traditional options are often "anonymous but ignored" or "speak up but risk unemployment." With the above infrastructure, XION has realized various application scenarios, including:Anonymous reporting and workplace evaluations (proving employment status without exposing personal information)Wallet recovery without mnemonic phrases (using email as a backup key)Purchase behavior and certificate verification (without excessive sharing of personal information)Trust-based ticket resale and insurance claims, etc.It supports Gmail and Apple Mail from launch, covering approximately 3.8 billion email users globally (accounting for over 90% of the global email market). Currently, the XION platform has over 800,000 monthly active users, with more than 150 brands including Uber, Amazon, and BMW already onboarded. The official statement claims this is a verification infrastructure built for the existing internet, "capable of verifying anything while leaking zero information."

At the "Build and Scale in 2026" themed forum held by ChainCatcher in Hong Kong, Michael, co-founder & CEO of the ZK verifiable computing platform Brevis, delivered a keynote speech on "The Infinite Computing Layer Where Everything Can Be Computed," sharing how ZK technology is driving a fundamental transformation in the blockchain computing paradigm.Michael pointed out that the current on-chain computing costs are high and the speed is slow. The "verifiable computing" paradigm proposed by Brevis can offload heavy computations to off-chain, requiring only low-cost verification on-chain, achieving decoupling of computation and verification while supporting privacy protection scenarios.The speech showcased the performance breakthroughs of Brevis's core product, Pico ZKVM: its latest generation, Pico Prism, can complete Ethereum block proofs in an average of 6.9 seconds, with 99.6% of blocks completed within 12 seconds, achieving real-time proof (RTP) for Ethereum for the first time. Currently, Pico ZKVM, as an "on-chain ZK data co-processor," has been applied in various scenarios such as privacy-preserving incentive distribution, high-performance DeFi, and trustless on-chain data computation, providing Rust programming support for developers with zero ZK development experience.Michael predicts that in the next 10 years, 99% of blockchain computing will occur off-chain, verified through ZK proofs. Brevis is driving this process through its verifiable computing infrastructure.

According to the token unlock data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, zkSync (ZK) will unlock approximately 17.314 million tokens at 00:00 Beijing time on February 17, worth about 3.81 million USD.

The Bitcoin ZK-rollup project Citrea, backed by Founders Fund and Galaxy Ventures, has officially launched its mainnet, introducing DeFi lending, structured products, and the native USD stablecoin ctUSD, which uses BTC as collateral, aiming to bring "idle Bitcoin" into a complete DeFi and payment system.Citrea stated that the active DeFi liquidity at the initial stage of the mainnet launch is expected to reach $50 million. ctUSD is issued by MoonPay, pegged 1:1 to cash and short-term U.S. Treasury bonds, and is not a cross-chain asset but is natively issued on Citrea to reduce bridging risks and avoid liquidity fragmentation. The project has also sparked controversy: as block subsidies decline, should Bitcoin miner fee income be supported through non-payment uses like DeFi and stablecoins? Supporters argue that this is a sustainable source of demand, while opponents emphasize that Bitcoin block space should focus on simple, censorship-resistant payments.It is noteworthy that during the Citrea testnet phase, data availability usage once accounted for nearly 10% of Bitcoin's monthly data bandwidth, indicating that Rollup could have a substantial impact on Bitcoin's block space.

According to market news, the Bitcoin Layer 2 project Citrea, supported by Founders Fund and Galaxy, has officially launched its mainnet and introduced the native stablecoin ctUSD backed by M0 infrastructure.Citrea uses zkEVM to process transactions and writes zero-knowledge proofs onto the Bitcoin main chain, supporting financial applications such as BTC collateralized lending and structured products, with the goal of building a native Bitcoin financial market.