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The result of Aave's governance proposal "Aave Will Win" shows that 622,300 votes in favor support establishing a new framework, focusing on directing brand revenue into the DAO, enhancing brand protection, approving Aave V4, and providing funding support. Community feedback has been positive, and a formal application will be submitted subsequently.

Aave analysis indicates that a user conducted a large token swap through the CoW Swap router, resulting in extremely poor quotes due to insufficient market liquidity and significant price deviation. After the user confirmed the quote, the transaction was executed, and the Aave protocol remained unaffected by risk. To prevent similar incidents, Aave will launch the Aave Shield feature to limit price impact.

ChainCatcher News: According to Chainwire, Ethereum Layer 2 network Mantle's DeFi total locked value (TVL) has for the first time surpassed the $1 billion milestone, with its stablecoin market capitalization also surging to $980 million, with both key on-chain metrics simultaneously reaching all-time highs.
The report stated that this is attributed to the growing protocols, integrations, and capital flows in the Mantle ecosystem, where Mantle on Aave's lending market total scale has surpassed $1.25 billion; on Mantle the

Web3 trading and payment applications Based completed a $11.5 million Series A funding round, led by Pantera Capital with participation from Coinbase Ventures and others. The platform has over 100,000 registered users, and the funding will support AI-driven business development and expansion into the North American market.

_Author: Gu Yu, ChainCatcher_
After ETH price hit a new low since last May, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin published a lengthy article today reflecting on the long-standing Layer2 strategy at the core of Ethereum, planning to increase investment in Layer1, which is expected to create a sensational impact across the entire crypto industry.
The original roadmap centered around Rollup defined Layer2 as sharding supported by Ethereum, providing trustless block space. In this article, Vitalik seems to have abandoned his previous advocacy for a “Rollup-centric” scaling model. He pointed out that while Ethereum’s base layer is scaling, the decentralization speed of Layer 2 is “far slower than expected,” and many Layer2 solutions are unable or unwilling to meet the requirements of true sharding.

Vitalik proposed the "ZK API Usage Credits" initiative, aimed at achieving anonymous calls to AI large language models through zero-knowledge proof technology to protect user privacy. He believes users should not have their identities exposed for using AI tools. This proposal may influence the integration of AI and blockchain going forward, reflecting how privacy needs become increasingly important in an era of large-scale AI-generated content. Through discussing Ethereum's privacy and efficiency in the context of AI, Vitalik demonstrates its potential future value.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has released an advisory opinion on prediction market trading for event contracts, aimed at promoting market innovation and reminding exchanges of their regulatory responsibilities, emphasizing the importance of compliance with relevant laws and requirements.

ChainCatcher News: Venus Protocol announced on the X platform that, due to an ongoing investigation into abnormal activities in the THE liquidity pool, it has taken precautionary measures to immediately suspend all THE borrowing and withdrawals to prevent any further abuse. This measure will remain in effect until the investigation is concluded. All other markets are unaffected and will continue to operate normally.

U.S. SEC Chair Paul S. Atkins raised three major topics at an Investor Advisory Committee meeting: reducing information disclosure burdens, opposing "comply or explain" style regulation, and supporting equity security tokenization to improve trading efficiency and reduce risk.

_Author: Foresight Ventures_
TL;DR
Tokenized stocks are a groundbreaking sector in the current Real World Assets (RWA) cycle — the market has hit a record high of $800 million, growing 30 times since the beginning of the year, with monthly trading volume reaching $1.8 billion.
Core value proposition: Bypassing traditional brokers' geographic restrictions and settlement delays to enable 24/7 global access to U.S. stocks, with near-instant settlement support.
Three architectures are competing for dominance:
2. Real-time execution models (Ondo, CyberAlpha) — leading in capital efficiency
4. Inventory models (xStocks, Backed) — leveraging debt structures under Swiss law to excel in DeFi composability
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Revolut has received approval from the UK Prudential Regulation Authority to officially launch Revolut Bank UK, offering FSCS-protected deposit accounts to 13 million users. The company also plans to invest £3 billion, create 1,000 jobs, and expand into 30 new markets worldwide.

_Original author: Stani.eth_
_Original compilation: Ken, ChainCatcher_
Private credit is currently in a peculiar situation.
The economy is closely linked to the cost of funds. Low interest rates mean cheap borrowing costs, which theoretically should lead to higher utilization of credit instruments. Conversely, high interest rates mean expensive borrowing costs, which theoretically should reduce demand for credit.
Since the Federal Reserve began an aggressive tightening cycle in March 2022, we have been living in a high-interest-rate environment: by mid-2023, rates soared from near-zero levels to over 5%, marking the fastest rate hike cycle in forty years. As of early 2026, interest rates remain high, with only slight cuts during this period. For many consumers and businesses that started borrowing during low or moderate interest rate periods and have not yet paid off their debts, this means the cost of funds has significantly increased, and

The Ethereum Foundation released an "EF Mandate" document outlining its role and responsibilities within the Ethereum ecosystem, emphasizing the importance of censorship resistance, open source, privacy and security, as well as undertaking long-term critical tasks aimed at optimizing user experience and serving user sovereignty.

On March 11, Strive increased its Bitcoin holdings to 13,311 coins and purchased $50 million worth of STRC preferred shares issued by Strategy. This transaction formed a cycle that relies on the appreciation of Bitcoin's price to pay interest, with the risk concentrated in Bitcoin volatility. Strive's market value is disproportionate to its Bitcoin holdings, yet the management continues to increase investments, indicating the widespread use of Bitcoin treasury strategies and the associated market risks.

_Original Title: How Web3 Teams Burn Marketing Budgets on X_
_Original Author: Stacy Muur_
_Original Compiled by: Golem, Odaily Planet Daily_
Every month, Green Dots researches KOL promotion campaigns on the X platform to understand the strategies of other Web3 marketing teams and track which strategies and post styles actually work. However, since X's new paid partnership policy has changed the marketing landscape on the X platform _(related reading: __Musk Casually Upends Crypto KOLs' Rice Bowl__)_, most Web3 projects' promotion strategies are no longer suitable. In this article, Stacy Muur reveals common issues in many recent Web3 promotion campaigns and uses

Argentine media reports reveal files extracted from an intermediary's phone that expose a Libra token scam involving Milei, with a payment agreement totaling $5 million divided into three installments. Milei was required to announce his advisory role on Twitter and sign a contract. The files show multiple call records indicating continuous coordination among various parties to respond to the crisis.

ChainCatcher News: According to Circle's official website, during the week ending March 12 local time, USDC issued approximately 5.2 billion tokens and redeemed approximately 3.6 billion tokens, with circulating supply increasing by approximately 1.7 billion tokens. As of March 13 local time, USDC circulating supply was approximately 78.7 billion tokens, with reserve assets valued at approximately $78.9 billion.

ChainCatcher reports that Venus Protocol posted on the X platform stating that the THE liquidity pool is experiencing abnormal activity and is actively investigating. Currently, it appears that only the THE and CAKE markets are affected.

According to CCTV News, GEO business is rapidly gaining popularity, with users paying fees to get their products exposed in mainstream AI large models, which has spawned numerous press release companies and become part of data "poisoning."