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According to sources cited by Blockspace, Magic Eden will shut down its Bitcoin and EVM markets and stop supporting its multi-chain wallet.Sources say that Magic Eden is expected to announce a gradual exit from the related business as early as Friday, and will close its Bitcoin and EVM markets in the first week of March.Shortly thereafter, Magic Eden also plans to stop its cross-chain wallet service, which will enter an asset export-only mode in mid-March and completely cease operations in early April. Sources also clarified that Magic Eden will continue to support NFTs and assets on Solana.

The multi-chain lending protocol ZeroLend has officially announced:After three years of building and operating the protocol, the team has made the difficult decision to gradually cease operations. Despite the team's ongoing efforts, the current form of the protocol is no longer sustainable.In recent times, several chains that ZeroLend initially supported have become inactive or experienced a significant decline in liquidity. In some cases, oracle providers have also stopped their support, making it increasingly difficult to reliably operate the market or generate sustainable income. Meanwhile, as the scale of the protocol expanded, it attracted more malicious actors, including hackers and scammers. Combined with the inherently low-profit and high-risk nature of lending protocols, this has led to the protocol being in a state of long-term losses.The team's current top priority is to ensure that users can safely withdraw their assets. All users are strongly advised to withdraw any remaining funds from the platform as soon as possible.

At the "Build and Scale in 2026" themed forum recently held by ChainCatcher in Hong Kong, Spark co-founder Sam MacPherson delivered a keynote speech on "The Growth Engine of DeFi," systematically explaining how Spark builds an integrated solution to address the fragmentation and inefficiency of on-chain capital markets by integrating savings, lending, and institutional-level capital allocation.Sam MacPherson pointed out that the current on-chain capital market still faces challenges of severe fragmentation and low capital utilization efficiency. Spark builds its growth engine through three core products: first, the all-chain savings account Spark Savings, which has managed over $2.75 billion in deposits, providing users with a safe and stable income entry; second, the lending protocol SparkLend, which focuses on blue-chip assets and captures value by reducing external protocol commissions and protocol fees; third, institutional lending in collaboration with the Anchorage custodian, seeking risk-adjusted returns between DeFi, CeFi, and traditional finance.He believes that the next phase of DeFi's growth will rely on integrated protocols that can seamlessly integrate multi-chain liquidity, provide institutional-level risk control, and possess sustainable token economic models. Spark is promoting the evolution of DeFi towards a more efficient and robust direction through its product matrix and ecosystem development.

The cryptocurrency trading platform Gate's Gate Wallet has officially launched the Gas Station feature, further strengthening its capabilities in the Web3 multi-chain infrastructure layer. This feature primarily addresses the common issue of insufficient Gas during multi-chain interactions by providing a dedicated Gas account that is 1:1 bound to the user's EVM wallet, automatically covering network fees when native Gas is insufficient, thus preventing transaction interruptions.Currently, the Gas Station supports 10 mainstream EVM networks including Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Base, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Polygon, Optimism, Linea, GateChain EVM, and Gate Layer, and supports over 100 types of cryptocurrency assets for recharge, enabling cross-chain and cross-asset Gas payment methods.In addition, the platform has launched a limited-time incentive where new users can receive exclusive Gas subsidies upon completing their first deposit, and active trading users can enjoy cashback based on the recharge amount and high commissions for inviting friends while continuously using the Gas Station feature.The Gas Station helps lower the operational threshold for users in a multi-chain environment, promoting a more everyday experience in Web3. Through underlying experience optimization, Gate is consolidating its hub position in the Web3 ecosystem and providing ongoing support for broader user participation in the on-chain world.

According to market news, the multi-chain DeFi execution engine project Makina was attacked on the Ethereum network, resulting in a loss of 5,107,871 USDC.The vulnerability allowed attackers to manipulate the price of the liquidity pool, artificially inflating the value of liquidity provider assets, thereby executing an arbitrage attack.

According to official social media news, the decentralized contract trading platform SunX has recently launched the $SUN multi-chain exchange feature, allowing users to exchange $SUN for USDT with one click on Ethereum, Solana, BSC, and Arbitrum.On January 4, SunX held a community AMA to review achievements in 2025 and look forward to 2026. A spokesperson for the platform's community stated that in the two months since its launch, SunX has achieved product implementation and user growth, and has successfully run trading incentive and $SUN buyback and burn activities through trading mining events. After successfully holding two rounds of trading mining activities, the third round with further iterated rules will be launched soon. In 2026, the platform will continue to optimize product experience, turning growth into a long-term mechanism, ultimately establishing SunX as an ecological brand.

According to official social media news, the decentralized contract trading platform SunX has recently launched the $SUN multi-chain exchange feature, allowing users to exchange $SUN for USDT with one click on Ethereum, Solana, BSC, and Arbitrum.On January 4th, SunX held a community AMA to review achievements in 2025 and look forward to 2026. A spokesperson for the platform's community stated that in the two months since its launch, SunX has achieved product implementation and user growth, and has established a closed loop of trading incentives and $SUN buyback and burn through trading mining activities. After successfully holding two rounds of trading mining activities, the further iteration of the rules for the third round will be launched soon. In 2026, the platform will continue to optimize the product experience, turning growth into a long-term mechanism, ultimately establishing SunX as an ecological-level brand.

According to tracking data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData X, in the past 7 days, the multi-chain yield farming optimizer Beefy Finance has been the project with the most unfollows by top figures on X (Twitter). The new influential figures who unfollowed this project include DeFi analyst Ignas (@DefiIgnas) and Rainy Sleep (@0xSleepinRain).

According to the official announcement, MetaMask users can now purchase Bitcoin directly with fiat currency, conduct on-chain Bitcoin network transfers, and exchange EVM native assets and SOL with BTC.This move is part of a series of features launched by MetaMask this year, including Solana support, perpetual contract trading enabled by Hyperliquid, and the recently introduced Polymarket support. The latest version of MetaMask will initially support native SegWit addresses and plans to add Taproot addresses "soon." Consensys is preparing for its initial public offering, and MetaMask also hints at the upcoming launch of the MASK token.In an interview in October, Consensys CEO Joseph Lubin stated that the company is actively advancing the upcoming MASK token issuance, but the exact release date remains unclear.

According to official news, Tether announced that its stablecoin USDT has been recognized by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) as a "Fiat-Referenced Token" (AFRT).This recognition extends to several major blockchain networks including Aptos, Celo, Cosmos, Kaia, Near, Polkadot, Tezos, TON, and TRON, marking another significant advancement following the previous approval for use on Ethereum, Solana, and Avalanche.

According to The Block, the Aave governance forum is discussing a strategy adjustment proposal put forward by ACI, which aims to close low-revenue deployments on chains such as zkSync, Metis, and Soneium, and set a $2 million annual revenue threshold for future deployments.ACI states that these instances cannot cover operational costs and increase the engineering burden. Currently, the "temperature check" snapshot vote has received 100% support, and if passed, it will enter the formal governance process. Last night, it was reported that a new proposal from the Aave community aims to adjust the V3 multi-chain deployment strategy, including increasing the reserve ratio for underperforming networks.

The Aave community proposed a temperature check proposal titled "Focusing on Aave V3 Multi-Chain Strategy," suggesting adjustments to its multi-chain strategy, including increasing the reserve factor for underperforming networks to boost revenue, shutting down low-yield markets on zkSync, Metis, and Soneium, and setting a clear annual revenue floor of $2 million for new instance deployments.

The integrated liquidity hub Honeypot Finance officially launches a new cross-chain and CEX asset transfer feature, aimed at allowing users to deposit assets from any chain or mainstream exchanges (such as Binance, Coinbase, Bybit) to Honeypot with one click, or withdraw from Honeypot to a specified chain address or exchange account.Key highlights of this upgrade include:One-click On-Ramp: Supports direct deposits from any public chain and mainstream CEX to Honeypot.One-click Off-Ramp: Allows users to directly transfer assets from Honeypot to any public chain or exchange.Honeypot Finance states that this feature aims to reduce the operational complexity for users when using DeFi products, achieving seamless and instant transfers of funds between chains, CEX, and DeFi.

Multi-chain DeFi protocol Folks Finance tweeted that it will launch the token FOLKS on the 6th of this month.Folks Finance announced in November last year that it completed a $3.2 million Series A funding round at a valuation of $75 million, led by Borderless Capital. The protocol supports users in lending and other operations across multiple blockchains by integrating CCIP, Wormhole, and CCTP.

ChainCatcher news, Deutsche Bank and asset management company DWS's joint venture euro stablecoin EURAU announced its expansion to multiple blockchain networks through Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Polygon, and Solana, with future plans to expand to the Canton Network aimed at institutional financial applications.EURAU is a euro stablecoin compliant with the EU MiCA regulatory framework, fully backed by reserves, primarily targeting scenarios such as inter-company payments, financial management, and on-chain settlements. AllUnity CEO Alexander Höptner stated that Chainlink's CCIP will enable EURAU to "operate seamlessly across multiple blockchains," enhancing its reach and utility. AllUnity received permission from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority in early July this year to issue the EURAU stablecoin in accordance with the MiCA framework.

ChainCatcher news, MetaMask announced on platform X that it has launched multi-chain accounts, which has increased user asset loading speed by 30 times. MetaMask was initially used only as an Ethereum wallet, but now it has added the following features: native support for Ethereum Layer 2 networks and other EVM-compatible networks; wallet functionality expansion through Snap plugins, and connection to non-EVM networks.Now, thanks to improvements in its architecture, MetaMask can natively support non-EVM networks like Solana, and networks similar to Bitcoin will be supported soon.

ChainCatcher news, the multi-chain trading infrastructure LAB is set to launch at TGE and will go live on Binance Alpha spot trading.Previously, LAB completed a $5 million financing round, with well-known institutions such as Selini Capital, Re7 Capital, OKX Ventures, and investors from backgrounds like Nozomi Network and legiondotcc joining in.