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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recommended the Interfold project, stating, "More people should learn about Interfold, which is a general implementation of the MACI (Minimal Anti-Collusion Infrastructure) concept that I have been advocating for nearly a decade. This project is essentially a privacy protocol optimized for scenarios such as voting and secret auctions, allowing more people to pay attention to and understand this technological advancement."Vitalik also mentioned that the core mechanisms of Interfold include generating threshold encryption keys, users submitting votes on-chain with ZKP (Zero-Knowledge Proof) credentials, and threshold decryption after arbitrary computation in Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), which can achieve unconditional voter anonymity, Ethereum-level censorship resistance, and ZK over FHE ensuring result correctness, among other strong security guarantees. The current main limitation is the high cost of complex computations (such as multiplication), with only addition-based voting being mature, and optimizations like slashing-based approaches are being advanced, with a long-term goal of implementing obfuscation techniques to eliminate M-of-N committee dependency.

The approval voting rate for the preliminary agreement on wages and collective bargaining for 2026 by the largest union of Samsung Group has sharply increased. As a result, expectations for the approval of the agreement are rising. However, due to the significant bonus gap between the semiconductor sector and the equipment experience sector, as well as between the memory and non-memory sectors, discussions about fairness are expected to continue.According to the union, as of 8:29 AM local time on the 25th (7:29 AM Beijing time), out of 57,291 eligible voters, 49,363 have voted on the approval of the preliminary agreement on wages and collective bargaining, resulting in a voting rate of 86.16%. This vote is the final step in determining whether to accept the preliminary agreement reached by both labor and management regarding wages and collective bargaining. The core of the agreement is to allocate 10.5% of the operating performance of the DS department as a special management performance bonus fund, to be paid in the form of treasury stock.Industry insiders believe that members of the DS department, who account for about 80% of all union members, are likely to push the agreement through. As long as a majority of eligible voters participate and a majority of those who vote are in favor, the vote will be finalized. Voting will end at 10 AM on the 27th.

THORChain has released its fourth update regarding the attack incident on May 15, and the proposal ADR028 has been announced, with voting for node operators now open.According to the recovery plan, the protocol will first absorb losses through its own liquidity, with the remaining portion to be shared by synthetic asset holders; the specific distribution ratio of the two is still under evaluation. The protocol's own liquidity will be reduced to zero, and will be gradually replenished through system revenue. This plan will not issue or sell RUNE, nor will it dilute any holders.On the technical side, GG20 will be temporarily retained and has completed patch upgrades. Trading will resume after the vulnerabilities are fixed and node rotation is successfully conducted, with a future release pace that is slower and more security-conscious. Innocent nodes located in the same vault as the attacker will be protected, while the attacker nodes will be fully confiscated. The recovered RUNE will be paired with the recovered assets, and any excess will be destroyed.The protocol also offers a white hat bounty to the attacker to recover funds; if some are returned, the recovery plan will be adjusted proportionally. THORChain remains neutral and permissionless, and there will be no review of the attacker's Swap transactions after trading resumes. Node operators are currently voting on the proposal direction, and the numbers in the ADR are only indicative, with adjustments to be made through Mimir later.

The CLARITY Act has been reviewed by the U.S. Senate Banking Committee today and will next enter the full Senate voting stage.According to Mars Finance, the market is optimistic about the completion of the legislation this year, with the success probability predicted by the market Polymarket exceeding 70%. However, the bill must first pass the critical procedural threshold of the "motion to end debate," which requires at least 60 votes in favor from the 100 senators; otherwise, it may face indefinite delays.Reports indicate that two Democratic senators have explicitly crossed party lines to support the bill, and all 51 Republican senators are expected to vote in favor. Therefore, at least 7 Democratic senators' support is still needed to advance the bill to the final voting stage.In addition, the CLARITY Act will need to be integrated with the version from the Senate Agriculture Committee. The Banking Committee version mainly involves the SEC regulatory framework, securities classification, trading platform registration, and DeFi protection; the Agriculture Committee version focuses on CFTC regulation, digital commodity spot and derivatives markets, among other areas. The final unified text will be submitted for Trump’s signature after being voted on by both houses.Previous news: The U.S. Senate Banking Committee passed the CLARITY Act with a vote result of 15:9.

JustLend DAO officially initiated Governance Proposal No. 39, planning to add the HTX market and introduce $HTX into the platform lending market. The core of the proposal includes: configuring the HTX/TRX price oracle, supporting the jHTX token, while setting the collateral coefficient at 50% and the reserve coefficient at 30%. If the proposal is approved by vote, HTX holders will be able to earn returns by supplying HTX or use it as collateral to borrow other assets, thereby further enhancing the efficiency of fund utilization within the ecosystem. The proposal is currently open for voting.

Gnosis DAO is conducting a Snapshot vote proposing to allow GNO holders to proportionally acquire shares of the DAO treasury through a voluntary redemption mechanism. According to analyst Ignas, the treasury holds approximately $223 million in assets (including ETH, stablecoins, and ecosystem tokens), with about 1.3 million GNO eligible for redemption, each corresponding to about $170 in treasury value, while the current trading price of GNO is around $132, representing a discount of about 27%.The vote reversed twice within 24 hours: after Gnosis co-founder Stefan George cast a dissenting vote, the situation briefly turned, but then a whale wallet holding 67,000 GNO cast a supporting vote, putting the supporters back in the lead. Currently, about 116,000 GNO are in favor (about 65%), 59,600 against, and 1,600 abstentions, surpassing the quorum threshold of 75,000 votes, with voting continuing until May 12.Supporters believe that Gnosis Ltd. has become a funding black hole structurally misaligned with the interests of holders, while opponents warn that redemption will weaken projects with actual users such as Gnosis Pay, Circles, and Gnosis Chain, and may trigger a chain reaction for other DAOs trading below net asset value.

Vitalik Buterin posted on the X platform, stating, "The quality of prediction markets depends on their oracles," and expressed his happiness to see prediction markets beginning to shift towards decentralized and non-financial oracle solutions.He also mentioned that the next step in development should be to achieve privacy for proof-of-stake voting.

According to DL News, Uniswap DAO is voting on a proposal to reclaim approximately 12.5 million UNI (about $42 million) that was previously lent to representatives and the foundation. The voting will end on May 8, with about 53% in support, 46% abstaining, and very few opposing votes.Between 2022 and 2023, the DAO lent out the aforementioned governance tokens to enhance governance participation. Uniswap Labs stated that current governance activity has significantly increased, with an average voting participation of about 750,000 votes, and the related mechanism has achieved the expected results. This reclamation also aims to address the issue of incentive misalignment—some representatives hold significant voting power without having their own economic exposure. At the same time, this move is seen as a response to external doubts about the degree of decentralization in governance.In addition, the Uniswap ecosystem has recently promoted reforms including fee mechanisms, token buyback and burn, and governance structure optimization to further enhance governance transparency and decentralization.

Mantle Network officially announced that the proposal for the rsETH relief coordination loan facility initiated to Aave has officially entered the governance voting stage.According to the proposal, Mantle will provide a loan to Aave's relief action to help users orderly exit or resolve related positions. Users holding MNT tokens must first complete delegation on the Snapshot platform to participate in the voting.Aave founder Stani stated that DeFi United is the largest DAO coordination he has participated in, with at least 6 different DAOs proposing governance plans (Arbitrum, Aave, EtherFi, Lido, Compound, and Mantle). He thanked everyone who helped and participated.Currently, the DeFi United ecological relief action led by Aave is ongoing to address the collateral asset gap caused by the rsETH incident on April 18. The designated donation address has raised a total of 1,137,714.633 ETH, worth $314.57 million.

Arbitrum DAO has begun voting on the release of the stolen Ethereum that was frozen by Arbitrum in the Kelp DAO theft incident.The proposal suggests setting up a multi-signature address, with signers including Aave Labs, Kelp DAO, Certora, and EtherFi. This address will be specifically used for recovery work after receiving the Ethereum frozen by Arbitrum. Currently, the voting approval rate for this proposal is 100%, and the voting will end on May 8 at 2:54 Beijing time.

Ondo Finance announced on platform X that it has reached a partnership with Broadridge, which provides communication services for issuers to retail and institutional investors. This collaboration will enable holders of over 250 tokenized stocks and ETFs under Ondo to access investor information and participate in proxy voting.Investors in tokenized stocks will be able to enjoy all the advantages of on-chain trading while also participating in the governance of the underlying securities of the world's largest stocks and ETFs.

The TRON network super representatives (SR) have initiated Proposal No. 106 and entered the committee voting phase. If the proposal passes the vote, it is expected to take effect on April 10 at 20:00 (Singapore time). The proposal aims to adjust the execution behavior and cost of the SELFDESTRUCT instruction: the contract will only be truly deleted if the instruction is called in the same transaction that creates the contract; in other cases, only the contract assets will be transferred, and the contract itself will not be deleted. At the same time, the energy consumption of SELFDESTRUCT will be adjusted from 0 to 5000.If the proposal passes, the relevant mechanism will further align with Ethereum, helping to enhance TVM compatibility. TRON reminds developers who have used SELFDESTRUCT to closely monitor the progress of the proposal and prepare for adaptation in advance. If nodes experience synchronization issues, it is recommended to first check whether they have been upgraded to v4.8.1.

According to the official page, the WLFI governance staking system proposal opened for voting on March 8, with a support rate currently reported at 99.31%. Voting will close on March 13. According to the proposal, in the future, using unlocked WLFI tokens to participate in governance voting will require staking, with a minimum lock-up period of 180 days.The system will introduce a tiered node structure: ordinary stakers can earn approximately 2% annual rewards; users who stake 10 million WLFI (about 1 million USD) can become nodes and enjoy 1:1 exchange rights for stablecoins such as USDT and USDC with USD1; users who stake 50 million WLFI (about 5 million USD) can become super nodes and gain direct cooperation opportunities with the WLFI team.The proposal requires a quorum of 1 billion WLFI voting tokens to be valid, and the voting period is 7 days. If approved, implementation will be carried out in three phases.

Aave DAO is currently voting on a significant proposal that would allocate up to $42 million to Aave Labs, including $25 million for ongoing product development and a $17.5 million milestone bonus. As of Friday evening, the support votes are leading with a narrow margin of 52%, and the voting will conclude on Saturday.The controversy centers around Aave Labs' original plan to compress the development space for v3 and force users to migrate to the yet-to-be-launched v4 version. This move has sparked strong backlash, with the main contractor Bored Ghosts Developing announcing they would not renew their contract and criticizing the proposal as nearly absurd. This week, Aave Labs made concessions, promising not to enforce migration, and v3 will continue to operate.Critics, represented by Marc Zeller, argue that the requested funds are too high, accounting for 31% of the DAO's reserves, and demand that the proposal be split into multiple independent votes, but Aave Labs insists on pushing for an overall vote. Currently, Aave v3 has deposits exceeding $26.3 billion, accounting for over 97% of the total deposits in the protocol.

WLFI has proposed a governance staking system aimed at encouraging more users to participate in governance. According to the proposal, in the future, using unlocked WLFI tokens to participate in governance voting will require staking, with a minimum lock-up period of 180 days.The system will introduce a tiered node structure: ordinary stakers can earn approximately 2% annual rewards; users who stake 10 million WLFI (about 1 million USD) can become nodes and enjoy 1:1 exchange rights for stablecoins such as USDT and USDC with USD1; users who stake 50 million WLFI (about 5 million USD) can become super nodes and gain direct cooperation opportunities with the WLFI team. The proposal requires a quorum of 1 billion WLFI voting tokens to be valid, with a voting period of 7 days. If approved, implementation will be carried out in three phases.

The voting on Jupiter's proposal to "reduce the net release of future tokens to zero" officially ended today at 19:00, with the community passing the proposal with a 75% support rate.Previously, Jupiter initiated a new proposal to reduce the net release of JUP to zero in the foreseeable future. The proposal mainly targets the three major sources of JUP releases at present ------ Jupuary airdrop, team share unlock, and Mercurial quota unlock. The specifics are as follows:First, the Jupuary airdrop will be indefinitely postponed, and all 700 million JUP will be returned to the community multi-signature cold wallet for future use. The usage amount and staking snapshot at the current time will be retained. When the market environment, token status, and market sentiment are more suitable, this matter will be re-discussed with the DAO.Second, the release of tokens to team members will be indefinitely suspended. As an alternative, team members will receive JUP in the form of Jupiter's balance sheet debt. If any member wishes to sell their allocated tokens, they will be directly purchased by Jupiter's balance sheet. This move will further strengthen JUP reserves while demonstrating the team's commitment to the future of the JUP token.Third, the selling pressure from Mercurial stakeholders will be fully hedged, which will accelerate the unlocking process, and an equivalent amount of tokens will be purchased through Jupiter's own balance sheet to absorb any impact from potential token sales.

Jupiter DAO has opened a governance vote on the "zero net emissions" proposal for the JUP token, which will last until February 22. The proposal aims to improve the current price performance of JUP, which is at a historical low, by canceling the Jupuary airdrop event in 2026 to avoid further dilution of the token.The vote consists of two options: Option One is to proceed with the Jupuary airdrop as originally planned, which will launch an airdrop query tool and distribute 200 million JUP about a week after the voting ends, while continuing the existing team allocation and Mercurial incentive program; Option Two is to indefinitely postpone the Jupuary airdrop, returning the prepared 700 million tokens to the community's cold multi-signature wallet, while suspending the release of the team's reserve allocation. If Option Two is approved, Jupiter will use balance sheet funds to buy back tokens released in the market to offset the selling pressure from Mercurial holders.

Team member Vibhu from the Solana Foundation stated on the X platform that Solana achieved two milestones during last week's market fluctuations: Solana's daily non-voting transaction volume reached 148 million, setting a record for the highest activity, which is 30% higher than Cardano's historical cumulative transaction total.Last week was Solana's highest activity week in history, with network transaction volume nearing 1 billion, and the average non-voting TPS maintained at 1505. The total number of transactions for that week was approximately equal to the total transaction volume of Ethereum over the past two years.

The product lead of X and Solana advisor Nikita Bier initiated a vote titled "Are you happy or sad about closing the X Community?" The voting content is: "If the X Community is closed, will you be happy or sad?" It is reported that the vote will end in 23 hours, with the current sad ratio at 53.9% and the happy ratio at 46.1%.

The Byvote voting channel on Bybit opened for just 10 minutes, and the total number of votes has quickly surpassed 128 million, with over 4,000 participants.It is reported that this round of the Byvote prize pool is as high as 1,500,000 PENGUIN, and users only need to hold USDT and other designated assets to qualify for voting. After the project successfully lists, all users who participated in the voting will share the huge PENGUIN prize pool. Voting is still in full swing, and community participation is high.According to previous news from ChainCatcher, a new round of ByVotes on Bybit has begun, and users can gain voting rights by holding eligible assets on Bybit, with voting determining the listing of PENGUIN on the Bybit spot trading platform.