Boundless officially released a progress report on March 7, stating that its network is the largest decentralized ZK proof network, with throughput increased by 80-100 times, and daily proof capability exceeding 400 trillion times. At the same time, several mainstream chains such as Citrea and Wormhole have integrated with Boundless, and new positions for Vice President of Engineering and Protocol Engineer have been added.

Ethereum's liquid staking protocol Lido Finance has paused new bridging deposits after discovering a potential security vulnerability in the wstETH bridging contract on the ZKsync network. Currently, the vulnerability has not been exploited, and user assets are safe. Lido is working on a fix through decentralized governance, with a governance vote expected to take place in late March 2026. This incident has caused short-term pressure on the related tokens.

A16z Crypto releases a technical update, pointing out the industry's misuse of the "zero-knowledge" concept and emphasizing that a true zkVM must possess zero-knowledge properties, not just simplicity. As privacy demands increase, mixing concepts becomes problematic. A16z enhances the privacy capabilities of Jolt zkVM by introducing the NovaBlindFold folding scheme.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin discusses the Ethereum expansion roadmap, divided into short-term and long-term plans. The short-term relies on the Glamsterdam upgrade, addressing issues through block-level access lists and Gas re-pricing; the long-term focuses on ZK-EVM and blobs, aiming to improve data availability and verification efficiency, ensuring security and high Gas limits.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin introduced Ethereum's short-term and long-term scalability plans. In the short term, the Glamsterdam upgrade will introduce block-level access lists and multi-dimensional Gas mechanisms. In the long term, the focus will be on the iteration of ZK-EVM and Blobs, with full deployment of ZK-EVM expected by 2027.

Multiple tokens will undergo large-scale unlocks this week, including ZRO, YZY, ARB, KAITO, and ZK. Among them, ZRO will unlock 25.71 million tokens (5.98% of circulating supply), YZY will unlock 62.5 million tokens (17.24% of circulating supply), ARB will unlock 92.65 million tokens (1.88% of circulating supply), KAITO will unlock 32.6 million tokens (10.64% of circulating supply), and ZK will unlock 173 million tokens (3.06% of circulating supply).

Gate News Bot Message, February 13 — According to CoinMarketCap data, at the time of press, ZKC (Boundless) is trading at $0.11, up 20.43% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.12 and a low of $0.08. The current market cap is approximately $25.7 million, an increase of $4.36 million from yesterday. Boundless is a verifiable computing protocol that provides accessible verified computation for any blockchain and rewards nodes for contributing useful work. The protocol can be upgraded to a zero-knowledge (ZK) Rollup within hours through a flexible Rollup framework, enabling faster finality and stronger security. Boundless has received support from industry-leading organizations such as the Ethereum Foundation, EigenLayer, and Polygon. The mainnet is currently

Gate News Bot Message, February 12th, according to CoinMarketCap data, ZK (ZKsync) is currently trading at $0.02, up 7.23% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.02 and a low of $0.02. The 24-hour trading volume is $37.6 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $198 million, an increase of $13.3 million from yesterday. ZKsync is a blockchain network protected by cryptography rather than validators. Its cutting-edge ZK innovations support the privacy, performance, and connectivity needed for enterprises to thrive in the digital asset economy. ZKsync offers several core products and solutions: ZK Stack is an open-source framework for building customizable enterprise-grade ZK blockchains that can scale globally, enable native interoperability, and inherit the security of the underlying protocol.

Ethereum Foundation Co-Executive Director Wang Xiaowei discussed issues such as Ethereum scalability, user experience, and AI agents at Consensus 2026, emphasizing that L2 should pursue differentiation while L1 should serve as a secure settlement layer. She also mentioned plans to push dynamic account abstraction to improve user experience, enhance privacy features, advance ZK-EVM to reduce network load, and called for establishing trust standards for AI agents.

XION launches DKIM and ZK modules, normalizing email authentication and eliminating dependence on centralized DNS. Users can anonymously report and review workplaces, wallet recovery does not require a mnemonic, and certificate verification and ticket transactions are completed under privacy protection. Currently, there are over 800,000 monthly active users, with integration of several well-known brands.