A Bank of Canada research report states that Aave V3 on Ethereum is expected to achieve zero non-performing loans in 2024, with a total loan volume of about $6 billion. The report analyzes the effectiveness of over-collateralization and automatic liquidation mechanisms in protecting lenders, finding that leveraged loop transactions are mainly driven by large investors, liquidation activity is concentrated in a small number of assets, and it has little impact on market prices.

Gate News message, April 3, Intergaze, a zero-gas-fee chain optimized for NFTs, announced its official shutdown. All users must complete asset withdrawals within 14 days before the bridge is shut down. The NFTs of NFT holders will be migrated to the new platform in the second half of May.

Gate News, April 3, according to Gate market data, as of the time of this release, XPL (Plasma) is trading at $0.12. As of the time of this report, it has increased by 11.34% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.17 and dropping to a low of $0.10. The 24-hour trading volume is $9.1528 million. Its current market cap is approximately $281 million. Plasma is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain designed specifically for stablecoins. Plasma is committed to serving the stablecoin market that has already surpassed a total issuance of $275 billion and monthly transaction volumes in the tens of trillions of dollars. Its core advantages include: zero-fee USDT transfers, custom Gas tokens, and convenient crypto payments. At the same time, supported by outstanding throughput, it provides solid backing for global-level transaction circulation. This news does not constitute investment advice; investors should be mindful of market volatility.

Genius Group announced that it will sell all its Bitcoin in the first quarter of 2026 to repay a $8.5 million debt, bringing its holdings to zero; this move contradicts its 2024 commitment to a “Bitcoin-first” strategy. Other companies such as MARA Holdings and Bitdeer have also continued to sell Bitcoin to meet financial needs.

Pendle’s Boros trading platform, launched on April 2, has introduced the Boros OTC trading platform. It is designed to serve liquidity providers and large-scale traders, supports hedging with large notional funding rate exposure, and comes with customized terms and zero price impact. The service is aimed at traders with transactions above $500,000; users must submit their trading intent and only after approval of eligibility can they create a trading proposal. Trades settle directly on-chain.

Gate News message, prediction market volume reached a record $75 billion in Q1 2026. The market has grown from zero to $75 billion within two years. Growth accelerated in the second half of 2025 and maintains strong momentum into 2026. Prediction markets are establishing themselves as a significant

An Ethereum Foundation researcher presented the zkAttester client solution at the EthCC conference, addressing the computational burden of node re-execution, allowing validators to verify zero-knowledge proofs directly, lowering CPU performance requirements, shortening the time for new node synchronization, and helping enable Ethereum light verification and scaling.

Gate News message. On April 1, according to Gate行情, as of the time of writing, ZEC (Zcash) is trading at $248.68. It is up 10.26% over the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $258.21 and falling to a low of $226.22. The 24-hour trading volume is $3.9798 million. The current market cap is approximately $4.136 billion. Zcash is the first blockchain system to use a zero-knowledge proof mechanism. It can provide complete payment confidentiality while still being able to use a public blockchain to maintain a decentralized network. The total supply of the ZEC token is 21 million. Unlike Bitcoin, Zcash transactions automatically hide the sender, receiver, and amount of every transaction on the blockchain. Only those who have the viewing keys can see the contents of transactions. Users have complete control

StakeStone announced that its Stone Wallet QR code payment feature is officially live, aiming to lower the barriers to crypto payments. It supports multiple mainstream payment standards across the Asia-Pacific region and uses a zero-fee model, serving retail users and people in communities underserved by financial services.

The Ripple research team has proposed a multi-purpose token transfer solution that provides privacy protection on the XRP ledger, aiming to support regulatory and institutional application scenarios. By ensuring transaction privacy and compliance through confidential transfers, this solution combines cryptography and zero-knowledge proof technology to meet auditing requirements and ensure higher privacy protection, which may drive institutional users to adopt XRPL for high-value digital asset operations.