Gate News message, April 6, on-chain investigator @tayvano_ posted and disclosed that North Korean IT workers had participated in building multiple well-known crypto protocols, with projects that can be traced back to the DeFi Summer era, including SushiSwap, THORChain, Harmony, Ankr, Shib, and Yearn. @tayvano_ also added that the “7 years of blockchain development experience” marked on these North Korean IT workers’ resumes is not false.

2026-04-05 15:15 to 2026-04-05 15:30 (UTC), during this period ETH’s return within 15 minutes was +0.97%, the price range was 2040.32 to 2063.89 USDT, and the amplitude reached 1.15%. During this period, market attention increased, volatility clearly intensified, and short-term capital remained active, driving ETH slightly higher. The main drivers of this abnormal move are ETH’s net outflows from exchanges and the persistently high DeFi locked-in amount. According to on-chain data, the 24-hour net outflow amount reached -11,970.54 E

The Solana Foundation launched Solana Agent Skills on April 4, providing AI tools with prebuilt functional modules to simplify interaction with the Solana network. The official skill modules include error handling, security checks, and more. The community offers more than 60 skills, covering areas such as DeFi and payments.

DeFi lending protocol HypurrFi issues a security warning, saying that its website domain has been compromised. It urges users not to use that domain and to pause interactions. The team confirms users’ funds are safe and is investigating the domain hijacking incident.

DeFi lending protocol Aave, after launching its V4 upgrade in 2026, despite significant technical optimizations, saw the token price fall to a 52-week low point, reflecting the market’s focus on macro liquidity and risk appetite. While Aave’s V4 upgrade strengthens its position as core infrastructure, it is difficult in the short term to translate into demand for the token, showing a disconnect between the price and the protocol’s evolution.

Gate News message, April 3, according to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, YB (Yield Basis) is trading at $0.1398. Within the past 24 hours, it has risen 40.20%, with a high of $0.1486 and a low of $0.09923. The total 24-hour trading volume reached $1.2116 million. The current market cap is approximately $12.2908 million. Yield Basis is a DeFi protocol that uses leveraged liquidity and Curve’s crvUSD to increase the returns of BTC and ETH holders, while also aiming to eliminate impermanent loss. The protocol’s total value locked (TVL) currently stands at $170.44 million. It supports multiple markets, including cbBTC, tBTC, WBTC, and WETH,

CORE3 is a crypto risk-rating agency created by HAI Group that has rated 1,426 crypto projects and 253 exchanges. World Liberty Financial, owned by the Trump family, received an F-grade, with a loss probability as high as 68.01%. CORE3 aims to improve the security of DeFi protocols and exchanges, and welcomes industry feedback.

DeFi Technologies announced its 2025 financial results, with revenue reaching $99.10 million, a 215% increase year over year; net profit was $62.70 million, a significant improvement compared to the net loss of $12.70 million in 2024. Operating expenses decreased by 14%, the value of digital assets was approximately $178.7 million, and cash plus stablecoins totaled $113.8 million.

Gate News update, April 2, stablecoin issuer Circle announced that it is about to launch a wrapped Bitcoin cirBTC. cirBTC is backed 1:1 by BTC and can be verified on-chain; its design is intended to seamlessly collaborate with Circle’s infrastructure and the broader DeFi ecosystem, thereby creating a neutral foundation for new on-chain applications.