Gate News message, April 24 — The European Central Bank moved to minimize adoption costs and foster early coordination among stakeholders in its digital euro project, part of efforts to launch the currency this decade. The ECB reached agreements with

Lazarus releases Mach-O Man for macOS to steal keychain data and wallet credentials, targeting crypto executives via ClickFix pop-ups and compromised Telegram meetings. Abstract: The article reports that the Lazarus-linked Mach-O Man malware targets macOS to exfiltrate keychain data, browser credentials, and login sessions to access cryptocurrency wallets and exchange accounts. Distribution relies on ClickFix social engineering and compromised Telegram accounts directing victims to fake meeting links. The piece ties the operation to the April 20 Kelp DAO hack and identifies TraderTraitor as Lazarus-affiliated, noting rsETH movement across blockchains via LayerZero’s OFT standard.

Deloitte completed Chainlink CCIP SOC 2 Type 2 audit; Chainlink becomes the sole data and interoperability oracle meeting this security standard, and holds SOC 2 Type 1 plus ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certifications. This article reports that Deloitte & Touche LLP completed a SOC 2 Type 2 audit of Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and data feeds, making Chainlink the only data and interoperability oracle platform to meet this standard. It also notes that Chainlink holds SOC 2 Type 1 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certifications, underscoring enterprise-grade security and compliance.

Polymarket launches perpetual futures with leverage, expanding beyond standard prediction markets; early access registration is open for leveraged trading on its decentralized platform. This article reports that Polymarket launched a perpetual futures feature, enabling leveraged prediction market trading on its decentralized platform, with open early access registration, expanding offerings beyond traditional markets.

Gate News message, April 21 — Security firm OX Security has disclosed a design-level remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in MCP (Model Context Protocol), the open standard for AI agents to invoke external tools, which is led by Anthropic. Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on any

Standard Chartered and A*STAR have partnered for three years, investing S$15 million to create an AI for Banking Innovation Lab focusing on fraud detection and natural language processing, enhancing banking capabilities while maintaining a safety-first approach.

Gate News, according to Gate’s official announcement Gate’s initial listing of Sentio (ST) includes spot trading and instant exchange, and it has launched the 339th HODLer Airdrop campaign. Users holding 1GT or more can participate for free and share 750,000 ST tokens. This airdrop will end at 2026-04-15 17:00 (UTC+8). Spot trading will open at 18:00 on the same day, instant exchange trading will open at 19:00, and withdrawals are expected to open at 2026-04-16 18:00. Sentio is a decentralized, AI-agent-ready blockchain data network that provides unified Web3 observability and a data platform, integrating indexing, querying, visualization, and alerting features. The project has been adopted by 70,000 users and 24 billion in customer TVL. ST is a BEP-20 standard token with a total supply of 1,000,000,000. The contract address is 0x70be40667385500c5da7f108a022e21b606045dd. In this campaign, the participation cap for VIP 0–VIP 4 users is 2,000 GT. VIP 5–VIP 9 users receive different amount bonuses based on their tier, and VIP 10 and above users have no participation cap. All airdrop rewards are 100% immediately unlocked.

Standard Chartered Bank plans to consolidate its client custody business at its Zodia Custody into the bank’s Digital Assets division for corporates and investment banks. Zodia will become an independent custody SaaS platform. Relevant announcements will be made within this month.

Nasdaq has extended the effective time for the listing standard change for BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF and iShares Ethereum Trust ETF from the first quarter of 2026 to the third quarter, giving BlackRock more time to complete the conversion. The rule change was filed and became effective on March 31, 2026.

Standard Chartered Bank plans to restructure its holding of Zodia Custody Ltd., integrating its cryptocurrency custody business into the corporate and investment banking division, and expects to issue a related announcement within this month. Zodia Custody will continue to operate as an independent crypto-asset custody SaaS company.