At the EthCC conference, an AWS researcher conducted high-pressure testing on the Ethereum Verkle tree, revealing four major performance bottlenecks facing statelessness and proposing optimization solutions, which are expected to improve node operating efficiency by more than 3x.

Gate News Update: On March 16, according to Gate's market data, as of press time, CFX (Conflux) is trading at 0.06238222 USD, up 10.36% in the last 24 hours. It touched a high of 0.06258292 USD and a low of 0.04866883 USD, with 24-hour trading volume reaching 76.7 million USD. The current market cap is approximately 324 million USD, up 30.4 million USD from yesterday. Conflux is a high-performance, scalable blockchain network that enables parallel block processing through its groundbreaking Tree-Graph consensus algorithm, reducing confirmation time and enhancing transaction throughput. The network utilizes a fully tested PoW consensus mechanism, providing enhanced security and reentrancy attack protection at the protocol level. Conflux

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.

Gate News bot message: Tether announces the launch of the USA₮ stablecoin. The stablecoin is backed by the US dollar, manufactured in the United States, and federally regulated. The source of the news is Tree News.

Gate News bot message, next week will see major token unlocks across seven projects. SUI leads with an unlock valued at $80.38M, followed by EIGEN at $12.35M and KITE at $11.54M. UDS will unlock $11.31M worth of tokens, while OP is set to unlock $9.81M. TREE and SIGN round out the list with unlocks

Reddit's former CEO Yishan Wong clarifies his relationship with the fan token TERRA, initially misunderstanding that it was unrelated to Terra (LUNA). After learning that it is a token issued for his environmental project Terraformation, Yishan expressed support and allocated the related funds for activities such as tree planting. TERRA has a market cap of $3 million.

Golden Finance reports that, according to SolanaFloor, the Metaplex Foundation has initiated a vote on MIP 012. The proposal suggests updating the Bubblegum program to allow creators to close unused cNFT Merkle trees and reclaim rent.

Howard Marks warns that Fed intervention will lead investors to shift towards high-risk investments and believes that current interest rates do not need to be significantly lowered. He is concerned about the impact of artificial intelligence on employment and questions the practice of large corporations issuing low-yield bonds to finance AI.

Golden Finance reported that on November 25, the fixed income infrastructure protocol Treehouse announced that its Token buyback proposal received an overwhelming 99.59% support on November 15, marking one of the most important decisions since the establishment of the DAO. This buyback aims to enhance market confidence and support the long-term value of $TREE. Since completing the TGE this year, Treehouse officially established its DAO in September, entering a new phase of governance led by the community. The team has repurchased nearly 350,000 $TREE in the first large-scale public market buyback and has simultaneously released complete on-chain data to ensure transparency and verifiability. Token buybacks are similar to stock buybacks, aimed at enhancing prices by reducing market circulation, conveying confidence in the value of $TREE. Treehouse believes that the value of $TREE far exceeds market expectations, thus adopting a regular buyback strategy to lower