SOL Strategies announced on April 7 that it will acquire Solana zero-knowledge technology company Darklake Labs for $1.2 million. The deal includes $200k in cash and $1 million in stock. Darklake Labs developed the zero-knowledge proof system Zyga for Solana, aiming to improve transaction privacy and prevent front-running trading and sandwich attacks. After the acquisition, its founders and core team will join SOL Strategies.

Gate News update, on March 31, payment company Convera reached a strategic partnership with Ripple, which will provide enterprises with payment and treasury management solutions that support cryptocurrencies. The partnership is based on the “stablecoin sandwich” settlement model, meaning the payment process begins and ends with fiat currency, and the middle steps use regulated stablecoins for settlement. Under the partnership agreement, Convera is responsible for coordinating the end-to-end payment experience, while Ripple provides liquidity support, onboarding and offboarding channels, and infrastructure for cross-border settlement.

February 25 News, NEAR Protocol has launched a new "Confidential Intent" framework to provide private execution and privacy protection for cross-chain DeFi transactions. This mechanism hides key parameters before the transaction is completed, effectively preventing front-running, sandwich attacks, and strategy leaks, while maintaining efficient transaction execution. This move strengthens NEAR's leading position in privacy-driven DeFi innovation. Traditional cross-chain DeFi systems expose transaction details in the mempool, making them vulnerable to bots or malicious actors, which can lead to user profit loss. NEAR's "Confidential Intent" encrypts transaction instructions, so sensitive information is not exposed during validator processing, reducing risks and increasing fairness. Users can securely perform swaps, liquidity provision, and yield strategies across multiple chains without worrying about data leaks.

According to a report by Jinse Finance, based on EigenPhi data, sandwich attacks on the Ethereum network in 2025 have resulted in user losses of nearly $40 million. Although the monthly trading volume on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) has surged from $65 billion to over $100 billion, the scale of profits from these attacks has dropped significantly. Monthly profits from sandwich attacks fell from around $10 million at the end of 2024 to just $2.5 million in October 2025, while the frequency of attacks remains high at 60,000 to 90,000 per month. Most notably, 38% of attacks target low-volatility liquidity pools such as stablecoins and wrapped assets, and 12% are aimed at stablecoin swap pools—these scenarios result in slippage beyond expectations, causing particularly severe losses. The average profit per sandwich attack is only $3, and for the full year of 2025

Gate News Bot news, on November 6th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, 1INCH is currently priced at $0.19, having risen 32.18% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $0.19 and a low of $0.14. The current market capitalization is approximately $262 million, an increase of $63.8 million compared to yesterday. 1inch is a decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator that provides users with the best token exchange services by finding the best prices and lowest fees across multiple DEXs. The platform also offers cross-chain swapping capabilities, supporting asset transfers across more than 13 networks without the need for bridging. 1inch also provides MEV protection, wallet scanning, and other security features to prevent risks such as front-running and sandwich attacks. In addition to trading aggregation, the 1inch ecosystem also includes 1i