On-chain investigator ZachXBT published a report stating that since 2022, Circle has repeatedly failed to properly carry out compliance in multiple incidents involving illegal funds, with amounts totaling more than $420 million. The report notes that in several security incidents, Circle did not freeze suspicious accounts in a timely manner, leading to severe losses. Despite having relevant mechanisms, Circle responded slowly when facing attacks and investigations into money laundering, which affected industry security.

F2Pool co-founder Wang Chunzi said on X that a Bitcoin protocol upgrade should not be like an “omnibus bill” from American politicians, opposing BIP-110 and BIP-54. He noted that timestamp attacks offer miners no significant benefits, and that block validation efficiency has improved substantially; today, only the “repeated transaction” issue is worth fixing.

OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger responded on X to Anthropic’s censorship ban event, saying that OpenClaw operates independently, that he invited Anthropic to join the nonprofit organization but did not receive a response, and that other companies have successfully joined.

A court in Qinchou District, Tianshui, Gansu, tried a case of virtual currency money laundering. The defendant withdrew more than 390k yuan using a “high-paying errand runner” method, converted the funds into virtual currency, and earned profits of 21.5k yuan. The court sentenced him to two years and four months in prison and fined him 10k yuan. The judge reminded the public to stay alert against participating in cash withdrawals and transfers, so as not to become an accomplice to crime.

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.

Gate News message, on April 3, Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff posted an announcement on the community platform, stating that the result trading from the binary markets testnet has been included in the mainnet-level bug bounty program. The announcement notes that the current scope of the bug bounty does not include multi-outcome markets. In addition, while users are welcome to provide feedback on the frontend, frontend-related issues are not within the reward scope of the bug bounty program.

Blockchain security firm SlowMist released a security assessment report for a mainstream Web3 wallet. The results show the wallet does not transmit private keys or seed phrases to external parties. Overall, no sensitive data leakage risk was detected, providing users with a safe reference.

The latest research shows that Japan’s Gen Z has stronger risk-awareness in the cryptocurrency space, especially staying alert to scams on social media. Overall data indicates the main concerns include understanding how cryptocurrencies work, price volatility, and scam risk. Older groups focus more on technical complexity, while Millennials are the most active investors. About 50% of respondents have not been exposed to cryptocurrencies, and their information mainly comes from traditional news and social media, with YouTube having the greatest impact on decision-making. In the future, targeted education will be needed to increase user engagement.

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.