World has launched an upgraded World ID protocol for secure digital verification in various sectors. It enhances privacy and supports AI applications while managing user identities across 160 countries, verifying nearly 18 million individuals.

Gate News, on April 20, according to Gate market data: as of the time of publication, UP (TonUP) is trading at $0.1763. It is up 18.20% over the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.1802 and a low of $0.1433. The 24-hour trading volume is $9.8568 million. Its current market cap is approximately $176 million. Unitas is a multi-chain yield infrastructure protocol, focused on delivering sustainable, USD-denominated real yields through delta-neutral strategies. By combining on-chain liquidity with hedged derivatives positions, Unitas can tap into diversified revenue streams, including trading fees, funding rates, and incentive mechanisms. The protocol emphasizes transparency, institutional-grade risk management, and capital efficiency, and is supported by real-time monitoring and a reserves proof system.

XRPL Commons and Boundless have integrated native zero-knowledge proof verification into the XRP Ledger testnet, allowing private, verifiable transactions for institutions. This enables confidential payments and regulatory compliance while maintaining transaction privacy.

Ripple and Kyobo Life Insurance are collaborating on a proof-of-concept to explore blockchain-based government bond trading, aiming to enhance settlement times and reduce risks. The project tests tokenized bonds and stablecoin payments, moving traditional assets to a blockchain system.

XRP Ledger has partnered with Boundless to implement zero-knowledge proof capabilities, allowing banks to conduct confidential transactions while ensuring compliance, validating payments without revealing sensitive details.

Gate News message. On April 14, according to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, DCR (Decred) is trading at $21.54. It is up 1.28% over the past 24 hours, with a high of $22.17 and a low of $21.05. The 24-hour trading volume is $12.6k. The current market cap is about $374 million. Decred is a self-governed digital currency. Similar to Bitcoin, it emphasizes community involvement, open governance, and sustainable funding and development. Using a mining system that combines “proof of work” and “proof of stake,” it ensures that small groups cannot dominate the transaction process without community involvement. Decred supports Windows, macOS, and Linux across multiple platforms, and users can easily send, receive, and mine through the wallet application. 作

Foundry launched a new mining pool for Zcash on April 13 to meet institutional demand for privacy coins. It has already attracted multiple miners, accounting for nearly one-third of the network’s newly added Zcash production. Zcash is based on zero-knowledge proof technology, which is even more favored by institutions, and its price has risen by more than 75% over the past 30 days.

Hyperbridge HandlerV1 contract on Ethereum was hit by an MMR proof replay attack, resulting in a loss of about $242k. The attacker used the vulnerability to replay historical proofs to carry out privileged operations, and replay protection failed to effectively bind the request payload.

Gate News message. On April 10, according to Gate market data, as of the time of publication, ZEC (Zcash) was trading at $372.38. In the past 24 hours, it was up 17.44%, reaching a high of $389.83 and falling to a low of $308.32. The 24-hour trading volume was $7.6093 million. The current market cap is approximately $6.2B. Zcash is the first blockchain system to use a zero-knowledge proof mechanism, which can provide complete payment confidentiality while still using a public blockchain to maintain a decentralized network. The total supply of ZEC is 21 million. Transaction information automatically hides the senders, recipients, and amounts of all transactions on the blockchain. Only people who have the viewing key can see the transaction contents. Users have full control and can choose themselves to provide the viewing key to others. Zca

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.