Gate News update, April 9, DeFi solutions provider Enhanced Labs announced it has completed a $1 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Maximum Frequency Ventures, with participation from GSR, Selini, Flowdesk, and a group of angel investors. The new funding will be used to support product development and operations, while also expanding options-based yield strategies to a wider range of on-chain assets, including tokenized real-world assets.

GSR announced that it would lead the investment in Libeara, the tokenized platform under Standard Chartered. The investment amount has not been disclosed. GSR has acquired Autonomous and Architech, aiming to become a “Web3 investment bank” for global digital asset and RWA capital markets, providing end-to-end services. Founded in 2023, Libeara has generated more than $1 billion in on-chain assets and has obtained a license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

On March 31, RootData released a crypto market-maker transparency ranking report. Galaxy Digital, Wintermute, and GSR ranked in the top three, and their transparency performance was all above 70%. Most market makers with transparency below 60% did not disclose key data. The scoring takes multiple factors into account; a higher score indicates stronger capabilities and greater stability.

Polygon Labs and GSR-incubated DeFi chain Katana have acquired the decentralized exchange IDEX and launched the native perpetual futures platform Katana Perps, marking a strategic upgrade in their on-chain trading infrastructure. The platform integrates IDEX's technology, aims to improve trading efficiency while maintaining on-chain advantages, and further enhances the DeFi ecosystem.

GSR acquires Autonomous and Architech for $57 million, launching an integrated crypto capital markets and treasury management platform. The integration aims to provide one-stop services from project creation, token design to capital planning, helping crypto foundations manage digital asset reserves.

Gate News reports that on March 12, Zama and crypto market maker GSR announced that they have completed the first confidential over-the-counter transaction on Ethereum based on the Zama protocol. The transaction achieved encrypted protection of sensitive data such as transaction size and fund flows on the public blockchain. Zama stated that the transaction aims to eliminate "privacy loopholes" for institutional participants caused by on-chain data transparency. Through fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) technology, transaction details remain encrypted on-chain while ensuring transaction verifiability and settlement finality.

On March 9th, Zhu Xiaohu of GSR Ventures stated at an event in Shenzhen that OpenClaw added over 300,000 Skills within its first month of launch, which is expected to influence pre-installation on AI PCs. Zhu advised startups to focus on vertical scenarios to build a moat and believes that in the future, websites will be more inclined toward machine and AI design.

ChainCatcher message: According to Arkham data, at 09:58, 41.61 BTC (approximately worth $2.4 million) was transferred from GSR Markets to an anonymous address (beginning with bc1qm...).

ChainCatcher message: According to Arkham data, at 05:40, 47.05 BTC (worth approximately $2.53 million) was transferred from GSR Markets to an anonymous address (starting with bc1qmqt...). The transfer was part of a series of transactions involving large cryptocurrency movements. This activity has raised concerns among market analysts about potential market manipulation or laundering activities. Authorities and security agencies are monitoring the situation closely for any further suspicious activity.

ChainCatcher reports that, according to Arkham data, at 05:28, 78.05 BTC (worth approximately $2.8 million) was transferred from Fidelity Custody to GSR Markets.