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The blockchain gaming infrastructure Lattice announced that it will gradually shut down its operations after five years, with its Layer 2 network Redstone ceasing operations on May 16, 2026, at 07:59.Lattice reminds users to withdraw their funds before this deadline, especially assets in contracts such as the Uniswap pool. After the shutdown, only L1 withdrawal contracts will be deployed for external account balance withdrawals, and the funds in the contracts will be irretrievable.It is reported that Lattice was founded in 2021 and developed tools such as the MUD framework, Redstone chain, Quarry, and Dozer, but failed to achieve a sustainable business model. The team will use the remaining funds for the final project DUST autonomous world, but the scale has not reached a level to support the business, and they do not believe that VC financing is the right path.

According to the official announcement from Seamless Protocol, the Base chain DeFi lending protocol Seamless Protocol, which has been operating for over two and a half years, has announced its official shutdown. The protocol's UI will go offline on June 30, 2026, at which point team support will also cease. Users must withdraw all assets through the UI before this date; otherwise, they will need to manually interact with the contract, which is complex and lacks technical support.The team stated that the core reason for the shutdown is that leverage tokens failed to find a product-market fit—structural liquidity shortages in the DeFi lending market have prevented the product from scaling, compounded by fluctuations in lending rates eroding returns, and the protocol also lacks a sustainable revenue path.The team also pointed out that the DeFi market trend is shifting towards actively managed vaults, which fundamentally diverges from its non-custodial, fully automated product positioning. Additionally, the team will submit a governance proposal to allocate the remaining assets in the DAO treasury to SEAM token holders.

The People's Court of Qinzhou District, Tianshui City, Gansu Province recently tried a criminal case involving virtual currency, where the defendant, through a "high-paying errand" job, knowingly withdrew a total of over 390,000 yuan within 7 days in areas without surveillance, and converted the funds into virtual currency to transfer to their superior, profiting 21,500 yuan in the process.The court determined that the defendant constituted the crime of concealing and disguising criminal proceeds, sentencing them to two years and four months in prison and imposing a fine of 10,000 yuan, as well as ordering the return of illegal gains. The judge reminded that offline cash withdrawals have become a key link in "laundering" telecom fraud proceeds, and that "errand cash withdrawals" and "high-paying daily settlements" are often part of the fraud chain. The public should be vigilant against behaviors such as cash collection, transfers, and assisting in fund transfers to avoid becoming accomplices in crime.

According to a post from the official UX Chain X account (@ux_xyz), the UX Chain platform has announced the launch of a shutdown plan, requiring users to clear all open positions before the full liquidation starts on April 30. The protocol is expected to be completely shut down by May 15.UX reserves and financial funds will be used to cover the funding gap of the protocol, and specific details will be announced in the UX governance forum.

The NFT market Magic Eden announced that its native wallet will enter export-only mode on April 1 and will completely cease operations on May 1. Users must export their private keys or mnemonic phrases before this date, or they will not be able to recover their assets. The wallet has been removed from major app stores, and new wallets cannot be downloaded or restored.Magic Eden had previously closed its Ethereum and Bitcoin markets, shifting its business focus to entertainment and the Dicey app. The ME token will still serve as the core of ecological incentives, with stakers able to earn USDC rewards, and the project team has established a ME buyback plan.

According to the Economic Observer, Ba Shusong, the chief economist of the China Banking Association and a senior advisor at the HSBC Business School of Peking University, is suspected of being involved in an illegal fundraising case and was taken away by the authorities around March 12, 2026, since then he has been "out of contact" with the outside world.Insiders say that the case may be related to an illegal fundraising project led by his students, and Ba Shusong has been restricted from leaving the country for at least six months. His affiliated institution and he himself have not publicly responded to the relevant situation.

According to Jinshi Data, the Shanghai Stock Exchange has accepted the IPO application of Yushu Technology Co., Ltd. for the Sci-Tech Innovation Board, with a proposed financing amount of 4.202 billion yuan.

Bitcoin payment service provider Bitrefill disclosed on platform X that it suffered a cyberattack on March 1, 2026, resulting in a customer data breach. The attack originated from a compromised employee's laptop and allowed the attackers to access certain databases and cryptocurrency wallets.Investigations revealed that the attack method was highly similar to past attacks on cryptocurrency companies by the North Korean DPRK Lazarus/Bluenoroff hacker group. Approximately 18,500 purchase records involved limited customer information (email, cryptocurrency payment addresses, and IP metadata), with about 1,000 records having customer name information stored in an encrypted format, but potentially accessible. Bitrefill stated that customers do not need to take special actions but are advised to be vigilant for unusual information.Bitrefill further added that it has currently shut down related systems for isolation and is collaborating with security experts, on-chain analysts, and law enforcement. Operations have nearly returned to normal. The company emphasized that it is long-term profitable and financially robust enough to absorb this loss and will continue to strengthen cybersecurity measures, including internal access controls, monitoring, and emergency response mechanisms.

The Cosmos cross-chain smart contract platform Neutron tweeted that its network will shift to a long-term maintenance mode, prioritizing the protection of user, builder, and stakeholder asset security. Core changes include: Supervaults will prohibit new deposits starting March 16, DEX and Supervaults will be completely suspended by April 17 (only withdrawal channels will remain until June 30); dNTRN holders can exchange for NTRN through the Drop website or Neutron app starting March 23; wstETH holders must cross-chain back to Ethereum by June 30; the NTRN redemption mechanism will be announced later, and the remaining assets after the foundation's liquidation are intended to be returned to the DAO proportionally.Governance, staking, and validator systems will abandon the Neutron custom model and switch to the standard Cosmos model; token inflation will be dynamically adjusted, and the foundation and DAO plan to destroy a large amount of NTRN to compress supply; Hadron Labs will maintain the network until June 30, after which it will transition to a low-maintenance community support mode; Fireblocks support will end by the end of April. The team stated that despite significant innovations over the past four years, the recent market environment has been poor, and the lack of a viable long-term strategy led to this decision.

OKX founder and CEO Star responded to the "hacker attack incident involving a plugin vulnerability by the Wuhan Anshun Technology team" by stating, "The OKX Wallet security team has completed its investigation, and describing the original text as 'OKX wallet vulnerability' is inaccurate. Two points need clarification:This incident is not a security vulnerability of the OKX Web3 wallet. The attack method involved hackers controlling user devices through Trojan software, then stealing locally stored encrypted files and passwords by tampering with webpage JS code to implant hooks or by monitoring keyboard inputs.The OKX Web3 wallet is a 100% self-custody wallet. Private keys and passwords exist only on the user's own device, and OKX cannot access or control user assets. However, if the user's device has already been compromised by hackers, then no wallet—including MetaMask—can guarantee security. It's like a thief has already been able to operate your computer and see all your keyboard inputs.Users are advised to avoid installing software or plugins from unknown sources, regularly check device security, and properly protect their mnemonic phrases and private keys."It is reported that the Wuhan Anshun Technology team controlled a large number of user terminals to steal mnemonic phrases and remotely transfer digital assets, with the amount involved reaching 7 million dollars.

The Solana ecosystem project SOON announced on the X platform that its soonBase L3 network will officially shut down on March 26. The team stated that as the SOON ecosystem develops, resources will be focused on advancing the AI capital market and related AI-driven products and infrastructure. The SOON mainnet and svmBNB network will not be affected and will remain fully operational.All users must withdraw their assets on soonBase L3 using the official bridging tool before March 26. After the shutdown, any remaining assets will be transferred to a contract controlled by the team on Base for safekeeping, and subsequent withdrawals will need to be handled manually by the team.

The National Supercomputing Internet announced that its OpenClaw service has integrated with Feishu and WeChat Work. Users can flexibly choose from various model API calling services based on task scale and access them through the Feishu and WeChat Work clients.Currently, the Supercomputing Internet's OpenClaw has pre-configured various large models (such as MinMax-M2.1, MinMax-M2.5, Qwen-235B, etc.) to provide high-performance, low-cost inference computing power.

According to Cointelegraph, the FBI, Europol, and law enforcement agencies from 14 countries conducted a joint operation on March 3-4, successfully shutting down the cybercrime forum LeakBase. The forum had over 142,000 members and served as a platform for hackers to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools.Law enforcement has seized user accounts, posts, credit details, private information, and IP logs as evidence, and executed search warrants and arrests in multiple countries. Notably, LeakBase's predecessor, Raidforums, was shut down in 2022 and had hosted leaked data containing personal information of approximately 272,000 users of the cryptocurrency wallet company Ledger. In recent years, data breaches in the cryptocurrency industry have continued to rise, including security incidents such as the hacking of Coinbase's internal systems.

According to market news, Coinbase, in collaboration with Microsoft, Europol, and more than ten other organizations, successfully shut down the phishing-as-a-service platform Tycoon 2FA and seized 330 related domains.Since its launch in August 2023, Tycoon has had approximately 2,000 users, operating over 24,000 domains, and sending tens of millions of fraudulent emails each month to over 500,000 businesses worldwide. It bypassed multi-factor authentication by stealing session cookies and tokens, primarily targeting email and online service accounts such as Microsoft 365, Outlook, and Gmail.In this operation, Coinbase assisted in tracking the cryptocurrency payments funding Tycoon’s operations and supported the civil lawsuit to seize the domains. The main developer has been identified as Saad Fridi, a Pakistani national.

According to official news, the Angle Protocol community has agreed to orderly shut down the EURA and USDA stablecoins over a one-year transition period through proposal AIP-112.Users can cross back EURA and USDA from various chains to Ethereum via the Angle App before March 1, 2027, and exchange them for EURC and USDC at a 1:1 ratio. VaultManager positions can be closed to retrieve collateral.After the transition period ends, the protocol will cease operations, and EURA and USDA may become unpegged; remaining reserves will be reclaimed by multi-signature and airdropped proportionally to unreleased holders on Ethereum through Merkl. Users will have a one-year window to claim after the airdrop goes live.

The blockchain and Web3 incubator WebN Group, backed by billionaire Alan Howard, has announced its closure, according to insiders who say the organization has successfully completed its mission. In recent years, WebN has incubated several digital infrastructure startups, including the tokenization specialist KAIO (formerly Libre), the crypto staking platform Twinstake, the blockchain infrastructure company TruFin, and the zero-knowledge proof startup Geometry. In 2023, Laser Digital, a crypto collaboration institution under Japan's Nomura Bank, invested in WebN.Insiders indicate that WebN's closure is unrelated to Howard's own digital asset strategy, with some employees having transitioned to Howard's hedge fund Brevan Howard. Despite BH Digital's digital asset fund losing nearly 30% last year, Brevan Howard remains optimistic about digital assets, and its venture capital business continues to focus on the broad opportunities in this field.

According to Jinshi, Federal Reserve's Musalem stated that the government shutdown could cause the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to shift downward and may last until April. He pointed out that Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) inflation is a better measure.

Web3 Foundation announced that it will gradually end the official customer support operations for Polkadot. The official statement indicates that as the Polkadot ecosystem continues to mature, its strategic focus will shift from expanding centralized support functions to prioritizing the development of more intuitive and autonomous products and user interfaces, thereby reducing users' reliance on customer support from a system design perspective.According to the subsequent arrangements, the official support contact form will remain open for one week after this announcement is made, and will then officially close, but any remaining submitted tickets will still be processed; the AI chatbot will also be taken offline. Additionally, the existing support page knowledge base will be temporarily retained, but no further content updates or maintenance will be conducted. In the future, user help and support will be fully transitioned to a decentralized community, and the official recommends that users seek assistance through Polkadot community channels such as Discord, Reddit, and Telegram.