Over the past 7 days, net inflows of funds across Ethereum cross-chain bridges reached $11.11B, ranking first among public chains. Solana and Polygon saw net inflows of $497 million and $397 million, respectively, while other chains such as Base, Avalanche, and others also had varying degrees of fund inflows.

The white paper jointly released by Gate Research Institute and Global HR states that by Q1 2026, the crypto industry will face job shifts driven by AI transformation, and cross-functional talent will become a core competitive advantage. The industry is mainly divided into four areas: exchanges, public chains and infrastructure, DeFi and derivatives, and stablecoins, with technology research and development needs being the most prominent.

Gate News message, on April 9, the all-chain deployment version of Tether Gold (XAUt), XAUt0, is now live on Conflux, introducing tokenized gold that can be seamlessly transferred between supported chains. Previously, USDT0 was launched on Conflux, providing unified dollar liquidity.

Gate News message, according to data ranking top L1 chains by average daily active users in Q1 2025, BNB Chain ranks first with 4.5 million daily average users, TRON takes second place with 3.2 million users, and NEAR Protocol secures third position with 2.5 million users. Solana and Sei Network ran

Mastercard’s cryptocurrency business partners number more than 100, covering multiple key areas and working toward becoming the connection layer in the payments pathway. Its strategy aims to lower the access threshold, expand network effects, and attract payment institutions and financial endpoints to join the network, which differs from the strategies of traditional payments giants.

Circle announced the launch of Circle Wrapped Bitcoin (cirBTC), a tokenized bitcoin product backed 1:1 by BTC. It is designed for institutional markets, supports on-chain real-time verification, and is suitable for institutional use cases, with plans to expand to multiple chains in the future.

Gate News message: On April 1, the multi-chain decentralized overcollateralized stablecoin USDD’s total value locked (TVL) across the entire network surpassed $2.0 billion, and its circulating supply rose in tandem to $1.53 billion, with both setting new all-time highs. In the prior week alone, USDD’s TVL jumped from $1.45 billion to $1.93 billion, and the inflow momentum continued. As an overcollateralized stablecoin issued across multiple chains, USDD uses a dual mechanism of “overcollateralization + PSM 1:1 redemption,” and has cross-chain compatibility.

Gate News message, April 1, according to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, KERNEL (Kernel) is trading at $0.0992. In the past 24 hours, it is up 33.40%, with a high of $0.1265 and a low retracing to $0.0719. The total trading volume in the past 24 hours reached $7.578 million. Its current market cap is approximately $16.0938 million. KernelDAO is a restaking ecosystem on the Ethereum and BNB chains. Its products span restaking and automated Vault strategies. By enabling shared security and maximizing the utility of assets such as ETH, BTC, and BNB, it strengthens the network security, liquidity, and reward generation of the entire ecosystem. With 10 chain locks totaling 2 billion+ in TVL, 50+ D

Gate News message, on March 31, Blockworks data shows that on the Solana network this week, tokenized stock spot trading volume reached $139 million, continuously exceeding the total of all L1 and L2 chains combined ($1.55 million).

Gate News report, on March 30, according to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, ONT (Ontology) is currently priced at $0.07345, having increased by 19.09% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $0.09423 and a low of $0.05673, and a 24-hour trading volume of $1,385,500. The current market cap is approximately $68.6214 million. Ontology is a next-generation public blockchain project and distributed trust collaboration platform, including a complete distributed ledger and smart contract system support. The Ontology architecture supports public chain network systems, providing not only basic public chain services but also supporting the customization of different public chains for various applications through the Ontology blockchain framework, and facilitating chain network collaboration through different protocol groups. On top of the foundational layer, Ontology will continue to provide various distributed applications.