ZkProver

This round of funding focuses on cryptography, ZK and protocol engineering, as well as infrastructure development, enhancing the security of clients and nodes such as Geth/Erigon/Lighthouse, covering tools like HSM, Vero, DISC-NG. In cryptography and ZK, strengthen Poseidon, Gröbner, quantum resistance, homomorphic encryption, and RISC-V zkVM verification. The development ecosystem promotes BuidlGuidl, ERC, WalletConnect, L2BEAT, etc., and covers privacy, decentralized identity, DAO governance, and public goods research, reflecting a long-term commitment to multi-layer scaling and institutional implementation.

Solana ecosystem's NFT marketplace MagicEden will cease support for Ethereum Virtual Machine and Bitcoin Runes and Ordinals markets starting March 9. CEO Jack Lu stated that they will terminate the NFT buyback program and focus resources on developing the profitable NFTPack product and crypto entertainment business.

The blockchain game platform Genome announced the potential closure of its project due to changes in market sentiment and external conditions.
The team has raised approximately $600k and invested nearly $1 million, completing the development of several core products, but the project has become difficult to sustain due to changes in the X API, and they are currently evaluating future possibilities.

ChainCatcher message, Michael Saylor posted an update stating that Strategy did not purchase Bitcoin this week and will resume buying next week.

ChainCatcher News: The Vietnamese government plans to launch a 5-year crypto asset pilot program in the second quarter of 2026, transforming crypto trading that had previously been mainly offshore and unregulated into a domestically regulated market. Currently, Vietnamese traders’ annual cryptocurrency trading volume is $2200–2300 billion, with more than $600 million in daily trading. The new pilot will only allow participation from locally registered institutions that meet strict capital and compliance requirements, and the trading assets must be backed by real-world assets and settled in Vietnamese dong.

*Author: Chloe, ChainCatcher*
MegaETH launched its TGE today at 6:00 PM after reaching its first KPI milestone, with market capitalization jumping from $1 billion at pre-sale to about $2 billion. MEGA briefly surged to $0.37, and as of press time, it was $0.205.
Along with the TGE, the flow of funds within the MegaETH ecosystem has also become a market focus. Core protocols such as Cap, Kumbaya, Brix, Euphoria Finance, and World Capital Markets are respectively supporting key scenarios like stablecoins, DEX, yield-bearing assets, derivatives, and unified margin trading. If early token redistribution occurs after MEGA goes live, these projects may become indicators of whether the ecosystem's enthusiasm can be sustained.

RootData organizes Kalshi's 20 partners, covering on-chain assets, oracles, liquidity, compliance, and trading distribution. Kalshi supports on-chain assets on Solana, Base, Bitcoin, BNB Chain, with data provided by Pyth/RedStone; Jump Trading and SIG participate in price discovery, Coinbase and Robinhood expand trading distribution. Off-chain core components include compliance, risk control, and financial infrastructure: Plaid and Aeropay provide funding access, Solidus Labs offers monitoring and risk control, Birches Health assists responsible trading, forming a regulatory framework for event exchanges. RootData continues to update the ecosystem map, inviting project teams to claim information and submit partnership entry forms.

This article argues that private credit has adapted to on-chain earlier than most RWA because it has the ability to price and generate revenue on-chain, and can serve as collateral in lending markets, with assets being utilized without exiting. Market signals show that active market value is mostly concentrated in permissionless products, and users desire transferable, DeFi-compatible, easily financed, and cross-scenario circulating forms. Growth comes from products built for crypto infrastructure, with the largest share in on-chain lending pools, indicating that the market rewards structures designed for on-chain use. Risks such as underwriting, qualification, recovery, and liquidity still exist; going on-chain does not eliminate everything.

Czech Central Bank Governor Ales Michl proposed the idea of including Bitcoin in central bank reserves at the Bitcoin 2026 conference, stating that allocating 1% of assets to Bitcoin can increase expected returns without changing risk, due to Bitcoin's low correlation with other reserves. The Czech Central Bank completed its first test purchase of Bitcoin in November 2025, becoming the world's first central bank to buy Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher messages, QCP released market observations stating that as geopolitical favorable factors fade, macroeconomic uncertainties are once again dominating market sentiment, with both traditional and crypto markets turning cautious and watchful. The report pointed out that the Federal Reserve's meeting and Powell's statements could become short-term key variables; if hawkish signals are released, they may put pressure on liquidity-driven assets.
QCP also stated that Bitcoin has maintained a range-bound oscillation after rising in April, with currently light positions and compressed volatility, reflecting that the market as a whole is in a waiting phase for direction choice.

Reuters investigation reports that Nobitex was founded by the Kharrazi family, who have close ties to Iran's highest levels of leadership. Brothers Ali and Mohammad previously used the alias Aghamir, and the family maintains close contacts with political elites. Nobitex has over 11 million users, continues to operate during wartime, with a trading volume exceeding $100 million, and large amounts of funds flowing overseas. On-chain analysis indicates that it also handles transactions for sanctioned entities, with scales reaching tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dollars. In 2025, central bank wallets transferred hundreds of millions of dollars to Nobitex to evade sanctions. Nobitex claims to have no connection to the government, and that illegal transactions account for a very small proportion.

This week, digital asset investment products saw a net inflow of $1.2 billion, marking the fourth consecutive week of positive inflows, with total assets under management rising to $155 billion, a new high since February 1. Bitcoin saw an inflow of $933 million, Ethereum continued its third week of inflows exceeding $190 million, and XRP experienced an outflow followed by another net inflow. The United States leads, with Germany, Switzerland, and Canada also experiencing positive inflows. Blockchain stock ETFs attracted $617 million over the past three weeks, setting a new weekly record. Attention is on the FOMC meeting scheduled for April 28-29.

The Southern District Court of the United States issued a restraining order against Arbitrum DAO, prohibiting the transfer of approximately $71 million worth of ETH frozen in the KelpDAO hacking incident. The plaintiff plans to use substitute service to allocate the funds for unpaid judgments related to cases of terrorism, kidnapping, and other issues, and considers Arbitrum DAO as a partnership organization. The court stated that the Security Council, which is governed by ARB holders, can take action in emergency situations, and failure to cooperate may constitute contempt. This case could become a significant example of directly constraining DAO governance, highlighting the compliance pressures in DeFi.

ChainCatcher reports that, according to PeckShield monitoring, KelpDAO attackers have transferred 75,700 ETH to 2 new addresses.