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According to The Defiant, SMBC Nikko Securities announced on October 2 that it has signed a memorandum of cooperation to develop a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform called "DeFi Gateway" aimed at Japanese investors.Participants include blockchain development company Nethermind, Uniswap Labs, the general incorporated association Nyx Foundation, and Coinbase Technologies, which operates the Ethereum Layer 2 network Base. The project will develop a liquidity provision protocol and proprietary liquidity pool, complying with Japanese laws and regulations, with plans to complete development by mid-2027.The cooperation mainly focuses on three areas of development: first, creating a "proxy vault" with verifiable and reproducible AI and an intuitive user interface; second, utilizing Uniswap v4's Hooks feature to build a compliant liquidity pool public framework that incorporates anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CFT) and investor protection mechanisms; third, developing asset management strategies covering digital assets such as stablecoins and real-world assets (RWA).The project is jointly led by SMBC Nikko Securities and Nethermind. SMBC Nikko Securities leads communication with regulatory agencies and provides compliance, risk modeling, and portfolio management expertise; Nethermind is responsible for technical design and development, including AI strategy and integration, smart contract security, as well as automated market making and Uniswap v4 Hooks strategies.

Zano, the privacy blockchain, announced a network update stating that the core team discovered a serious vulnerability in the Gateway Address, allowing unauthorized ZANO and fUSD to enter circulation. Investigations show that the wallet's payment keys or the privacy of ordinary transactions were not compromised, and Zano's core consensus mechanism was also unaffected.The team has developed a solution to clear all unauthorized activities by coordinating a network upgrade. To ensure network integrity, the Zano blockchain has been restarted from block height 3,833,000 (i.e., before the 6th hard fork), affecting approximately one month of on-chain historical records. Nodes, miners, stakers, and related services need to adopt the emergency update as soon as possible.The team stated that they will work with affected projects to address the losses and will announce compensation and claims processes, striving to compensate the community. Technical reasons and related code review results will be disclosed in the follow-up.

According to official news, Citrea announced the acquisition of the self-custody privacy Bitcoin wallet Crest, which will become Citrea's flagship privacy product. Its founder Meliksah Gurtemel will join Citrea as the head of product.Citrea stated that Crest will launch a Bitcoin mobile wallet in the coming weeks, supporting automatic privacy protection, private BTC transfers, and cross-linking from Bitcoin and Ethereum. It plans to support private cross-chain exchanges and exit paths, allowing users to privately pay USDC or ETH to EVM addresses using privacy BTC.

Feixiaohao collaborates with OTalk to promote the Feixiaohao × GWDC 2026 Innovation Forum. OTalk will participate as a co-organizer in this forum, which will be held on September 29, 2026, at AT CENTER in Seoul, South Korea. The themes will cover stock tokenization, Web3 finance, and AI applications.OTalk will participate in this forum as a co-organizer. The project aims to build a full-stack digital infrastructure for Web4, with core components including OTalk Chain and a super wallet: the public chain is responsible for computational settlement, while the wallet serves as a unified entry point, connecting content, social, payment, and AI.The GWDC Korea event will gather ecological and industry resources from MetaMask, BNB Chain, Bithumb, Microsoft, Sun Yuchen, and others. OTalk's entry into this scenario will help convey the combination path of the public chain, wallet, and on-chain payment entry to more concentrated partners and users.

Analysts say that Samsung is accelerating its layout of digital asset infrastructure, planning to provide native stablecoin functionality to approximately 800 million Galaxy smartphones through Samsung Wallet, which is expected to become an important distribution channel for stablecoins like USDC. It is reported that Samsung announced at the Galaxy Unpacked 2026 event that it will integrate stablecoin-related features into future devices, including savings and payment accounts linked to fiat currencies. Currently, Samsung Wallet covers 61 countries, with nearly 19 million users in South Korea.Joseph Goh, head of the Asia-Pacific region for crypto investment bank Areta, stated that the core bottleneck for the widespread adoption of stablecoins is not liquidity, but user accessibility. "Distribution channels are the scarce asset, and Samsung has a large number of user entry points." He believes this move could propel Samsung to become a major distributor of stablecoins like USDC. This is not Samsung's first foray into the crypto space. The company launched a digital asset wallet through the Knox security module back in 2019, supporting users in storing assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum, and connecting to Ledger hardware wallets. Additionally, Samsung is strengthening its digital asset infrastructure layout. Samsung SDS CEO Lee Joon-hee previously stated that the company’s investment in Dunamu, the operator of South Korea's largest crypto exchange Upbit, is an important strategic layout for entering the digital asset infrastructure field, including stablecoins and AI payments. In May of this year, Samsung Securities, Samsung SDS, and Samsung Card agreed to acquire approximately 4% of Dunamu, Upbit's parent company, for about $408 million. Analysts believe that Samsung Wallet is responsible for providing user distribution entry points, while infrastructure layouts like Dunamu are responsible for underlying transactions and asset services, suggesting that Samsung may be building a complete ecosystem covering stablecoins, payments, and digital asset services.

According to official news, Circle Gateway has implemented a programmable authorization model by supporting ERC-1271 signatures, allowing smart contracts and smart contract wallets to directly use the Gateway.Developers do not need to set up additional delegated approvers and can access a unified USDC balance system through existing smart contract authorization logic.

Slow Fog stated that ZetaChain was exploited in an attack. Preliminary analysis shows that the root of the vulnerability lies in the lack of access control and input validation in the GatewayZEVM contract's call function. Attackers can use this to initiate malicious cross-chain calls and execute arbitrary operations to transfer funds on the target chain through a relay mechanism.Slow Fog mentioned that the attackers triggered the relayer to execute malicious calls by forging cross-chain events, thereby completing the theft of funds. Relevant attack transactions have now been disclosed.

ZetaChain announced that the GatewayEVM contract was attacked, but it only affected the internal team wallets of ZetaChain. The team has blocked the attack vector to ensure that no further funds are at risk and will release a detailed post-mortem analysis report after completing the investigation.Currently, as a precaution, ZetaChain has suspended cross-chain transactions. The investigation is still ongoing, and so far, no user funds have been affected by this attack. The current status can be tracked on the relevant page.

According to official news, the scalable blockchain network AO based on Arweave has announced the launch of the "Network Availability Staking Alpha (NASA)" testing program, which is a key step in its AO ecosystem aimed at enhancing the availability and reliability of decentralized data networks through a staking mechanism. The program is currently in the Alpha stage, and users can participate in network availability verification and earn rewards by providing data services for Arweave gateways and staking AO tokens.In the first pilot phase, AO introduces the "availability staking" mechanism, requiring node operators to stake 25 AO to participate in the network and compete for the speed and stability of responding to user requests. The system will allocate rewards from a monthly reward pool of 1000 AO based on the performance of nodes in data services. This mechanism relies on the next-generation HyperBEAM architecture, enabling higher levels of verifiability and trustlessness for gateway and routing services while significantly reducing operational costs.The project team stated that NASA aims to establish a stronger decentralized economic model for the entire permanent network infrastructure, paving the way for future expansion into areas such as computing scheduling, data indexing, and network services. Although the current reward scale is small and still in the testing phase, the program is seen as an important starting point for the AO-Core economic system and will gradually expand to more network infrastructure services in the future.

According to official news, the user count of the B.AI LLM service platform has officially surpassed 750,000, continuing to lead the intelligent access track.The platform relies on intelligent routing technology, a wallet-driven anonymous privacy protection mechanism, and a unified multi-model management interface, gradually becoming the default gateway connecting mainstream AI models worldwide. With three core advantages of efficient scheduling, privacy-first, and frictionless access, B.AI is redefining the new standards for efficient, secure, and barrier-free intelligent access, promoting the capabilities of large models to a broader group of developers and users.

The head of Plasma engineering stated that they have joined Plasma and are leading the development of the flagship product Plasma One. They pointed out that as infrastructure such as account abstraction, rapid settlement, and crypto payment cards gradually improves, the usability of crypto products is significantly increasing.They believe that stablecoins, as a "new type of currency," possess characteristics such as globalization, permissionless access, and programmability, but the current user experience still lags behind traditional finance. Plasma One aims to bridge this gap and create a user experience similar to a new type of digital bank. Currently, Plasma One has entered the private testing phase, and the team is accelerating product iteration and plans to open early access.

GoPlus Chinese Community has issued a warning that the OpenClaw Gateway has a high-risk vulnerability. Please upgrade to version 2026.2.25 or higher immediately, and audit and revoke unnecessary credentials, API keys, and node permissions granted to Agent instances.The analysis states that OpenClaw operates through a WebSocket Gateway bound to the localhost, which serves as the core coordination layer for the Agent and is an important component of OpenClaw. This attack targets the vulnerabilities in the Gateway layer, requiring only one condition: the user visits a malicious website controlled by hackers in their browser.The complete attack chain is as follows: 1. The victim visits a malicious website controlled by the attacker in their browser; 2. JavaScript on the page initiates a WebSocket connection to the OpenClaw gateway on the localhost; 3. Subsequently, the attack script attempts to brute-force the gateway password hundreds of times per second; 4. Upon successful cracking, the attack script silently registers as a trusted device; 5. The attacker gains administrator-level control over the Agent.

Digital asset custodian Hex Trust has announced the provision of an XRP DeFi gateway for institutional clients while maintaining asset custody control.Institutions can mint and redeem FXRP (the wrapped token of XRP on the Flare network) through the Hex platform and stake native FLR. Previously, Flare launched the FXRP lending market, allowing users to earn yields or borrow without selling XRP. FXRP offers a one-to-one mapping of XRP, enabling participation in smart contract applications without transferring the original XRP.

The Chief Information Security Officer of Slow Fog, 23pds, stated on the X platform that the Clawdbot gateway has exposure risks, with hundreds of API keys and private chat records vulnerable to attack.Unauthenticated instances are exposed on the internet, and there are multiple code flaws that could lead to credential theft and remote code execution.

NFT trading platform Nifty Gateway has announced that it will officially shut down on February 23, 2026. Effective immediately, Nifty Gateway has entered a mode that only supports withdrawals.Launched in 2020, Nifty Gateway aimed to revolutionize the digital art space. Since its inception, Nifty has supported the release of dozens of innovative works, providing creators with a new experience for creation and display. Users who still hold USD, ETH balances, or NFTs on the platform will receive asset migration instructions via email to facilitate the transfer of assets out of the Nifty platform.