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The Ethereum liquid re-staking protocol Ether.fi announced that it will provide a total value of $3 billion worth of Ethereum as "validator liquidity" to the ETHGas market over the next three years, funded by the 2.8 million staked Ethereum it manages.ETHGas is a futures market for Ethereum block space that allows for the advance purchase of block space to ensure transaction execution. This initiative aims to enhance validator earnings by helping validators capture more maximum extractable value (MEV) through the sale of block space commitments, resulting in higher and more predictable returns. ETHGas has received institutional investments from firms like Polychain Capital and has launched the governance token GWEI, which currently has a market capitalization of approximately $120 million.Ether.fi's native token ETHFI has a market capitalization of about $332 million. This move will provide developers and enterprises with more predictable transaction costs and execution times, promoting the development of Ethereum as a global institutional capital settlement layer.

Patrick Witte, the Executive Director of the White House Digital Assets Presidential Advisory Committee, stated on Monday that substantive progress is being made in Senate negotiations surrounding the Clarity Act, with a compromise reached on the issue of stablecoin yields expected to hold, and the focus of negotiations has shifted to other unresolved topics.The issue of stablecoin yields was previously the biggest obstacle to advancing the bill. Banking lobbyists successfully persuaded some senators that providing yields similar to bank interest to stablecoin holders would threaten the traditional banking deposit base, causing the bill to reach an impasse. Witte stated, "We hope that the compromise reached will be durable and stable. Resolving this issue is a prerequisite for advancing other pending matters." Last week, the White House economic advisors released a report downplaying the risk concerns raised by the banking industry; in response, the American Bankers Association rebutted on Monday, claiming the White House's arguments were flawed.In addition to stablecoin yields, the bill also faces several disagreements, including illegal financial protection mechanisms in the DeFi space and a demand from Democrats to prohibit senior government officials (specifically targeting President Trump) from profiting from the crypto industry. Witte did not disclose which topics have reached consensus but indicated that negotiations have "made considerable progress behind the scenes," stating, "We are very close to comprehensively resolving these issues." The Clarity Act still needs to go through the Senate Banking Committee's markup review process before being submitted for a full Senate vote. Witte expressed optimism about reaching a final agreement, noting that many issues that previously seemed stuck have gradually been resolved.

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has stated that it is being extorted by a criminal organization, which threatens to release videos of its internal system access. The company emphasizes that there has been no systemic breach, customer funds remain secure, and it will not pay a ransom to the attackers.Kraken disclosed that the incident stemmed from improper access by personnel related to the customer service team, occurring in two separate incidents, involving limited data access for approximately 2,000 accounts (about 0.02% of total users). The company has identified the individuals involved and terminated their access, while also notifying affected users and strengthening security controls.Kraken's Chief Security Officer Nick Percoco stated that the company is cooperating with law enforcement to investigate and believes it has evidence to track and arrest the individuals involved. The current attack shows a trend of "internal infiltration + social engineering," reflecting the ongoing security challenges faced by the cryptocurrency industry in a high-value asset and complex technological environment.

According to official news, the decentralized GPU cloud computing infrastructure platform Aethir confirmed that its Ethereum-related bridging contract was attacked. The team promptly disconnected the affected contract and worked with major exchanges to blacklist the hacker's wallet, limiting the losses to under $90,000.Previously, blockchain security company PeckShield estimated the losses to be $400,000. The attacker exploited Aethir's cross-chain smart contract AethirOFTAdapter to transfer the stolen funds from the BNB Chain to Tron.Aethir stated that its Ethereum mainnet ATH token supply was unaffected and plans to announce a detailed compensation plan and incident analysis next week, collaborating with exchanges such as Binance, Upbit, and Bithumb to freeze funds. The Web3 security platform ZeroShadow is participating in the investigation. Aethir aims to achieve revenue of $127.8 million by 2025, with over 440,000 GPU containers deployed globally.

Cryptocurrency ATM operator Bitcoin Depot disclosed that it lost approximately 50.9 bitcoins in a cybersecurity incident, equivalent to about $3.7 million at current prices. According to documents submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the attack occurred on March 23, with hackers obtaining credentials related to the company's enterprise-level bitcoin wallet, allowing them to breach some internal systems. Bitcoin Depot stated that customer accounts, the platform, and personal data were not affected.

F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun stated on platform X that the Bitcoin protocol upgrade should not adopt practices similar to those of American politicians who forcefully advance "some necessary but unpopular provisions" through "omnibus bills." This is also a significant reason for his opposition to BIP-110 and BIP-54.In response to whether there were issues encountered when using any fixes for BIP-54, Wang Chun added that the Timewarp attack issue has been longstanding and does not provide significant advantages for miners, as it is impossible to predict who the next block miner will be. The only practical use is to disrupt certain altcoins, and since there are almost no actual benefits for Bitcoin miners, there is no urgent need for modifications.Furthermore, the efficiency of block verification has significantly improved due to libsecp256k1 and hardware upgrades, eliminating the need for protocol layer adjustments. The essence of "forging confirmed transactions" relies on breaking the double SHA256 collision, and if established, it would mean that Bitcoin core security has been compromised.Wang Chun added that the aforementioned issues are not sufficient to drive protocol modifications, and currently, only the "duplicate transactions" issue has some repair value, which may be one of the few changes worth implementing.

On March 28, the cybersecurity platform VECERT disclosed that hackers, under the name PexRat, are selling a database containing personal information of 1.5 million Binance users on the dark web. The content includes sensitive information such as names, emails, phone numbers, KYC verification status, login IP addresses, and two-factor authentication methods.Analysis indicates that this incident was not a direct intrusion into Binance's internal servers, but rather that the attackers bypassed the CAPTCHA mechanism and obtained data through credential stuffing and automated scraping methods. Affected users face a high risk of SIM card hijacking and phishing attacks. At the time of this incident, Binance's institutional OTC trading business is experiencing rapid growth, with trading volume reaching 25% of the total for the entire year of 2025 in just January and February of this year. This is another data security crisis for Binance following the leak of 420,000 sets of account credentials in January.

According to Decrypt, Coin Center Executive Director Peter Van Valkenburgh stated that the Trump administration has not fulfilled its promise not to prosecute developers of cryptocurrency privacy software, and there is a clear contradiction between actual law enforcement and policy statements, putting developers at risk of uncertain legal consequences.Currently, the U.S. Department of Justice is still suing several developers of privacy tools and even sentencing them, including cases involving tools related to Bitcoin and Ethereum, among which Ethereum developer Roman Storm has been partially convicted, and prosecutors are attempting to revive the remaining charges.Coin Center warns that in the absence of "binding legal clarity," the act of developing privacy tools may still be held accountable due to user purposes (such as money laundering), exacerbating compliance uncertainty in the industry.

This week, a compromise proposal regarding the yield section of the Clarity Act by U.S. Senators has sparked mixed reactions within the crypto industry. Coinbase has expressed dissatisfaction with the latest compromise text to the senator's staff but has not publicly stated opposition.The proposal was presented to stakeholders in the crypto industry on Monday, with some expressing dissatisfaction while others felt the outcome was better than expected. The proposal will instruct certain regulatory agencies to formulate rules to clarify the regulatory approach to yield-generating activities, but there are concerns that regulators may set subjective standards. Additionally, the text may limit companies' ability to tie rewards to the scale of stablecoin transactions.During this week's industry conference call, Coinbase had disagreements with other parties, with some companies believing that giving up certain stablecoin rewards is too costly, while others felt that losing the Clarity Act poses a greater risk to the overall legislative framework for the crypto industry. Previously, news related to this compromise proposal had impacted the market, with Circle's stock price dropping 20% on Tuesday and slightly rebounding on Wednesday.White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt criticized the related predictions on the X platform as "uninformed" and stated that "everything will be resolved." The final text is expected to be released this weekend or early next week.

The Chief Information Security Officer of Slow Fog, 23pds (Shan Ge), posted on the X platform stating that there are reports that the LiteLLM vulnerability attackers have stolen approximately 300GB of data and compromised about 500,000 credentials. He advises all cryptocurrency developers to immediately verify and quickly rotate relevant keys and credentials, check logs, access records, and the exposure of sensitive data to avoid losses similar to the Trust Wallet incident.Previously, it was reported that LiteLLM, which has a monthly download volume of 97 million, suffered a supply chain attack, allowing the simple installation to steal all sensitive credentials, including SSH keys.

According to a post from Cysic's official X account, the @cysic_fdn account was hacked due to unauthorized delegated operations. The team is currently working to revoke related access permissions and fix account security, reminding users to ignore any suspicious content posted by the account during this period.

According to market news, U.S. senators are trying to push forward the stalled cryptocurrency market structure bill, the CLARITY Act, through a compromise on the issue of stablecoin yields.The banking industry had previously successfully lobbied to pause the bill due to concerns that stablecoin yields would siphon off bank deposits. Maryland Senator Angela Alsobrooks, who is involved in the negotiations, stated at a banking summit that both sides may need to "compromise a bit" to allow for innovation growth while preventing deposit outflows. Senator Mike Rounds pointed out that yields should be tied to account activity rather than the amount held.JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon hinted at the acceptability of a transaction-based yield model, which is also the position put forth by the cryptocurrency industry at the White House meeting. The recent rules proposed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency leave considerable room for customer incentive-based yield programs. Although the banking industry continues to emphasize the risks of yield loopholes to their business models, the bill could still advance to committee review if senators reach an agreement on the new compromise.

According to a report by crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, at the American Bankers Association (ABA) summit in Washington, Senator Alsobrooks told community bankers that all parties may need to make compromises in the advancement of the Clarity Act, stating that "perfection cannot be an obstacle to achieving goals."She revealed that she is working with Senator Thom Tillis on a compromise plan aimed at preventing deposit outflows while leaving room for innovation.

According to the Financial Times, the CEO of Anthropic is meeting with the deputy of U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth to seek a compromise on the application of Anthropic's technology in the military field.

According to Decrypt, South Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho has pledged to undertake a comprehensive reform of the way public institutions handle digital assets.A series of previous incidents have exposed weaknesses in the government's custody and oversight of seized cryptocurrencies. Choo stated that he would collaborate with institutions such as the Financial Services Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service to examine the current status and management practices of digital assets held and managed by the government and public institutions through measures such as seizures, and to swiftly take action to enhance the security of digital assets to prevent similar incidents from occurring again. He emphasized that the digital assets held by the government are limited to those obtained through legal enforcement measures such as tax seizures or criminal investigations.

Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad posted on the X platform in response to "the White House's agreement goals may fall short." He stated that Coinbase and the company's CEO Brian Armstrong have been involved in negotiations for months and have committed to several potential compromise solutions. Coinbase's core goal has always been to protect the interests of the GENIUS Act and the general American public. He also thanked Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the President's Digital Asset Advisory Council, for his efforts in pushing for problem resolution and looks forward to the smooth implementation of the President's crypto agenda.According to senior journalist Sander Lutz from crypto media Decrypt, the White House originally hoped to reach an agreement on stablecoin yield issues before the weekend, but a banking industry insider directly involved in the negotiations stated that this goal would not be achieved. The current divide between the crypto industry and banking lobbyists regarding whether stablecoins should generate yield remains significant. This controversy has become a major obstacle to advancing the crypto market structure bill and directly points to Coinbase CEO's insistence that stablecoins should be able to generate yield for users.According to previous reports from ChainCatcher, David Sacks, the White House's crypto and AI director, stated that the crypto industry has made significant concessions regarding stablecoin yields, and banks should respond accordingly.

According to GoPlus monitoring, the account abstraction solution Holdstation suffered a supply chain attack, where the attacker stole developer session tokens, bypassed two-factor authentication, and injected malicious code into application updates, resulting in the theft of user funds.The attack resulted in a loss of 462,000 USDT, with the attacker's address being 0xcbfA60B39cfAeaE475f649fB6705bD477219bF8d. The Holdstation team has suspended services, committed to 100% compensation for affected users, and is working with security teams to investigate the incident, while also posting messages on-chain, hoping to encourage the attacker to return the funds through a bug bounty program.

According to CoinDesk, the U.S. Senate's cryptocurrency market structure bill has stalled over issues related to stablecoin yields.Bankers insist on a complete ban on stablecoin yields, arguing that it threatens bank deposit operations; the Digital Chamber of Commerce released a principles document today in response, willing to forgo interest on static holdings of stablecoins but insisting on retaining reward mechanisms related to liquidity provision and ecosystem participation, especially in the DeFi space. The White House has urged both sides to reach a compromise by the end of the month and may schedule a new round of meetings next week. Digital Chamber of Commerce CEO Cody Carbone stated that if bankers refuse to negotiate, the status quo will be the continued existence of reward mechanisms.