Gate News Announcement: On March 11, the dYdX Foundation initiated an on-chain vote proposing to close 16 markets: PROVE, BRETT, ES, PROMPT, TREE, AERGO, ID, LUNC, ENJ, GALA, THETA, AIXBT, XTZ, STEEM, GAS, and NOT. The voting will end on March 13, 2026, at 14:21.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin discussed the Ethereum execution layer roadmap on social media, including changes to the state tree and virtual machine. He supports upgrading the Merkle Patricia tree to a binary tree to improve efficiency and reduce verification costs. At the same time, he recommends replacing the EVM with RISC-V architecture to enhance execution and proof efficiency, as well as simplify code implementation. The overall deployment will be carried out in three steps to ensure backward compatibility.