The Ethereum Foundation launched a $1 million Audit Subsidy Program to assist developers with smart contract audit costs, featuring an expert review process and partnerships with major firms. It introduced the CROPS framework to enhance security and attract builders without exclusivity clauses.

Hong Kong police have disclosed a cryptocurrency investment scam in which a woman was tricked on Instagram, losing more than 2 million yuan. The fraudster posed as an investment expert, luring her into making transfers and exchanging cash multiple times. Police remind people to be more vigilant when making online friends and to watch out for transfer scams.

UK financial regulators are assessing the risks of Anthropic’s new AI model, Claude Mythos Preview, which has demonstrated strong cybersecurity capabilities in testing. For safety reasons, Anthropic has decided not to publicly release the model, instead providing access to 40 partner organizations only, triggering market reactions and differing expert opinions.

North Korean hackers’ attacks against the cryptocurrency industry continue to escalate, becoming an important source of funding for maintaining their military budget. Experts say that, unlike hackers from other countries, North Korea relies more heavily on crypto theft; its tactics have evolved into precision takeover—long-term infiltration that is difficult to effectively defend against—posing a serious threat to the industry.

Gate News message, April 8, DeepSeek’s website and app launched two new modes early this morning. Among them, the Quick mode is for everyday conversation scenarios, providing instant responses; the Expert mode is designed for complex problems and supports deep-thinking functionality, but it requires waiting during peak hours and does not support attachment or voice upload.

Market expert Benjamin Cowen stated that Bitcoin is unlikely to attract capital inflows due to a gold price pullback. Bitcoin and gold prices show high correlation in volatility, with Bitcoin recently declining from $76,000 to $70,000, while gold plummeted 8.54%. Although Bitcoin's price performance against gold demonstrates resilience, Cowen pointed out that market rotation has not yet occurred, and investors need to monitor Bitcoin's support levels to assess risks.

Gate News Report: On March 19, according to Gate market data, as of press time, XNY (Codatta) is trading at $0.00566, up 42.18% in the past 24 hours, with a current market cap of approximately $14.065 million. Codatta is an AI knowledge layer protocol dedicated to transforming data into tradable assets and enabling continuous royalty income. The platform constructs a complete decentralized AI data ecosystem through three key roles: knowledge providers, knowledge validators, and knowledge supporters. Knowledge providers contribute structured knowledge and professional insights to enhance AI model capabilities; knowledge validators ensure data quality through expert review and voting mechanisms; knowledge supporters can make capital investments in high-quality knowledge and share the revenue generated by AI.

February 24 News, the Bitcoin price discovery mechanism is undergoing structural changes, with trading focus gradually shifting towards regulated derivative markets such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group). As institutional participation continues to rise, Bitcoin prices are no longer solely driven by on-chain transactions and retail sentiment, but are increasingly influenced by open interest in futures contracts, institutional hedging needs, and macro risk appetite. Currently, Bitcoin is fluctuating around $63,000, indicating that the market remains in an institutional-led range-bound phase. Industry expert Karl Naim pointed out that traditional hedge funds and asset management firms prefer to allocate Bitcoin exposure through familiar compliant derivative instruments rather than relying on offshore markets with higher counterparty risk. The advancement of 24/7 derivative trading mechanisms is weakening the historical advantage of the crypto-native market’s “7×24 hours liquidity,” enabling institutions to continuously hedge risks and adjust positions, thereby compressing arbitrage opportunities between futures and perpetual contracts.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson calls on the crypto industry on X to proactively deploy post-quantum security upgrades, proposing a five-step action plan that includes acknowledging the quantum threat, enhancing education, organizing resource investment, listening to expert advice and setting standards, and promoting protocol upgrades to ensure the safety and stability of the ecosystem.