ChainCatcher message, ZKsync Developers have once again posted on the X platform stating that ZKsync and Matter Labs X accounts are in a compromised state, reminding users not to interact.

ChainCatcher news, ZKsync Developers posted on social media that the zkSync and Matter Labs X accounts have been fully regained control by the team. The team is investigating the reason for the account being hacked, with initial assessments suggesting it was achieved through an authorized account that was compromised.Currently, all authorized accounts and associated applications have been disconnected, and the tweets posted by the hacker have been deleted.

ChainCatcher news, former Facebook stablecoin project head David Marcus posted on the X platform refuting 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino's claim that ETH is anything but neutral. In response, Nick Tomaino stated that credible neutrality can be defined from three aspects:Token distribution and transparency: BTC has an internal distribution of 0%. Anyone can participate as a PoW miner, and it is completely transparent. ETH has a 10% internal distribution and previously used PoW mining, while Solana has an internal distribution ratio of 62%, with early token distribution and validators not disclosed, resulting in a general lack of transparency;Jurisdiction: Bitcoin initiated the internet-native, Ethereum builds the internet-native together with the global community, while Solana resembles a "corporate token" and has participated in U.S. lobbying;Developer platform: Bitcoin does not have a good developer platform, whereas Ethereum has numerous important use cases (stablecoins, DeFi, NFTs, prediction markets, decentralized social, etc.), prioritizing decentralized platforms for developers and companies. Coinbase, Blackrock, Fidelity, Stripe, Kraken, Deutsche Bank, Sony, Visa, Polymarket, Uniswap, Aave, and Opensea are all building within the Ethereum ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko has proposed improvements to the Ethereum governance process, focusing on optimizing the selection of hard fork "Headliner" features.The proposal includes: clarifying fork goals, limiting each layer to one flagship feature, adopting a "barbell" strategy to enhance community feedback, formalizing working groups, and documenting the governance process. This move aims to enhance transparency and decision legitimacy while maintaining Ethereum's community-driven characteristics.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Ethereum mainnet successfully activated the Pectra upgrade at 6:05 AM Eastern Time, marking the most significant network update since the Merge in 2022.This hard fork includes 11 EIP improvement proposals, primarily focusing on three major areas: enhancing staking efficiency, optimizing user experience, and improving Layer2 scalability. The successful deployment of the testnet Hoodi in March laid the foundation for this upgrade. Pectra sets the stage for the Fusaka upgrade, which will introduce key technologies such as Verkle Trees and PeerDAS.Among the highlights of this upgrade is the EIP-7702 account abstraction scheme, which allows regular wallets to temporarily execute smart contract functions. In the future, users will be able to experience innovative features such as third-party payment of Gas fees, batch transaction packaging, and even recovery of lost private keys through social contacts. In terms of the staking mechanism, the ETH staking limit for a single validator node has been significantly increased from 32 to 2048, allowing institutional stakers to reduce operational complexity through node merging.For Layer2 scalability, the Blob data capacity per block has doubled to 6 (peaking at 9), and the proto-danksharding technology based on last year's Dencun upgrade continues to deepen, which is expected to reduce transaction costs on Rollup chains like Arbitrum by over 90%. The technical team has also addressed several long-standing pain points: the activation time for validator nodes has been reduced from 12 hours to 13 minutes, the execution layer can directly control node exits to enhance key security, and the on-chain storage of historical block hash data has improved the reliability of decentralized oracles.

ChainCatcher message, a certain crypto KOL posted: "I just asked an insider, and he said Jeff (Zerebro developer Jeffy Yu) is in a state of fake death. Alright, everyone disperse."Previous news, the obituary platform Legacy announced the death of Jeffy Yu. The Legacy platform allows users to pay to publish obituaries. Regarding the live video circulating online about Jeffy Yu's death, some community members questioned its authenticity and advised users to exercise caution and wait for official confirmation.

ChainCatcher news, former Galaxy Digital research vice president Christine Kim posted on the X platform that Ethereum developers are considering removing EOF (Ethereum Object Format) from the Fusaka upgrade. However, unlike before, Kim believes they might actually take action this time.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Ethereum core developers are considering raising the Gas limit to 150 million in the Fusaka hard fork, which is four times the current limit. This proposal has been put forward through EIP-9678, and developers believe it will significantly expand the execution capacity of Ethereum Layer 1.

ChainCatcher News, the U.S. Department of Justice has released an official statement regarding cryptocurrency laws, stating that developers will not be held liable, while criminals using the code will be held accountable. This clarifies that developers are not responsible for the misuse of their code by criminals, and law enforcement will focus on actual criminal activities such as fraud and terrorism financing.The memorandum emphasizes the protection of the rights of legitimate blockchain users and businesses, supports fair access to banking services, and reduces enforcement actions against cryptocurrency trading platforms and mixing services. This move may signal the Trump administration's further easing of restrictions on the cryptocurrency industry, injecting new vitality into its development.

ChainCatcher news, trader Eugene posted, "The introduction of global trade tariffs marks a change in the world order that has not been seen in over 50 years. Free trade has always been a key factor driving productivity and economic growth, contributing to the largest long-term bull market in history. The shift from openness to a protectionist stance will have profound effects, which will take years to gradually manifest, unless Trump completely abandons his tariff plans. I think the likelihood of that is very low. This will pose significant long-term resistance to global risk assets.In terms of cryptocurrency, the recent structural decline in active developers may be the most concerning thing. In the last cycle, we could observe developer activity and feel reassured because we knew our industry was still benefiting from long-term tailwinds. Fast forward 2-3 years later, and we have not produced anything particularly interesting or important, and the outlook for the future is even worse than it was then.In the last cycle, we looked forward to the launch of ETFs and a better regulatory environment under government support for cryptocurrencies as a light at the end of the tunnel. Now that these have been realized, but (once again) have failed to meet expectations, I see no future that can free cryptocurrency from its inherent 'Ouroboros' (self-circling, self-consuming dilemma).In the coming weeks to months, I hope to reduce operations in the cryptocurrency space, whether bullish or bearish, as I believe this is the wisest choice. Being a believer waiting for a new bull market is no longer contrarian thinking. However, starting to explore new greenfields (undeveloped areas) is indeed contrarian.For me, the only bright spot is that the use cases and global acceptance of Bitcoin are stronger than ever, which may encourage believers to continue hoarding Bitcoin and achieve decent returns (I hope so). The idea of Bitcoin reaching $1 million per coin by 2035 is not a fantasy in my view."

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, regarding "the BitcoinDev mailing list being 'permanently removed' by Google", Bitcoin core developer Bryan Bishop stated that the ban may have been triggered by individuals or bots reporting the Bitcoin mailing list en masse through multiple accounts.Bishop noted that this is a common tactic used by attackers to ban or censor a community, and pointed out that similar incidents frequently occur on YouTube, X, and TikTok. Bishop suggested that the Bitcoin forum should not be limited to a specific platform, as there are several other platforms available to discuss the development of Bitcoin, including GitHub and the decentralized social network Nostr.

ChainCatcher message, Zhao Changpeng stated: "Too many AI agent developers focus too much on their tokens and not enough on the practicality of the agents. I suggest creating a truly excellent agent first. Only launch the token when the product fits the market."

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Cosmos developers have been working to extend the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol (IBC) to Ethereum, which is the core protocol of the Cosmos ecosystem.Maghnus Mareneck, co-CEO of Interchain Labs, a core contributor to Cosmos, stated that the company has tested IBC transactions from Cosmos Hub (ATOM) to Ethereum, seemingly aimed at enhancing the native interoperability of tokens between the two networks.This initiative is part of the upcoming Eureka upgrade, driven by a team including Interchain Labs, and is planned to be released this year as part of IBC-go v10.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum developers @linoscope and @JustinDrake jointly proposed the EIP-7917 proposal, aimed at restructuring the validator election process through a deterministic proposer preview mechanism. The core innovations of this proposal include: precomputing a deterministic proposer sequence at the beginning of the epoch; eliminating the prediction bias caused by the existing RANDAO randomness + effective balance weighting mechanism; and maintaining full compatibility with existing infrastructure.Under the current design, the dynamic changes in validators' effective balances can lead to an inability to accurately predict future epoch proposers, posing risks to pre-confirmation protocols such as MEV-boost. It is estimated that the new scheme can enhance the security margin of on-chain applications like oracles by 40%.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, developer Gunboats has ported the Tornado Cash protocol to the MegaETH public testnet, which supports 20,000 transactions per second.Inspired by the U.S. Treasury's lifting of sanctions on Tornado Cash, Gunboats deployed it to MegaETH, naming it ETHTornado. He completed the port using the Truffle framework and stated that it is now easy to write Solidity smart contracts using Foundry.Gunboats believes such restrictions are meaningless and emphasizes that the current activity of ETHTornado is low, primarily due to the lack of a user-friendly frontend.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the BSC meme coin BUBB developers have invested only 0.31 BNB and have already made a profit of 580,000 USD, with a return rate of 3028 times.They bought 3.87% of the chips at a cost as low as 0.000004878 USD and transferred 10 million tokens to Zhao Changpeng's public donation address 27 hours ago (accounting for 1% of the total), while the remaining portion has not been sold yet.Due to He Yi's interaction with the official Twitter this morning and following, BUBB's market capitalization has surpassed 20 million USD, with a current price of $0.02111.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim published a summary of the 153rd Ethereum Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) conference call.This week, developers reaffirmed the Pectra testing plan and scheduled an upgrade for the newly launched Hoodi testnet on March 26; developers agreed to postpone the mainnet date for Pectra until they see the upgrade status of Hoodi and further testing of Pectra's features on Hoodi; additionally, developers discussed the inclusion of EIP 7688 in the Fusaka upgrade.