According to BlockBeats news, on August 19, the verifiable computing layer Boundless announced the launch of its native token ZK Coin (ZKC), with an initial supply of 1 billion coins. Approximately 6% of the tokens will be used for the Boundless community token sale and Airdrop to reward early contributors, including validators and kaito yappers. The community token sale will unlock 50% at TGE and another 50% six months later. Airdrop tokens will unlock 100% at TGE.

Odaily News Backpack exchange announced the official launch of real-time Proof of Reserves built and verified by OtterSec, and committed to public disclosure on a daily basis. The system is based on zk-SNARKs technology, covering Spot, Margin, and unrealized PNL, allowing users to verify their account balance through Merkle tree without exposing privacy. Compared to the industry-standard monthly disclosures, Backpack achieves daily public disclosure and internal verification every 10 minutes, and in the future will gradually realize complete public access to code and data, enabling Centralized Exchange to have on-chain verifiability.

PANews August 14th news, according to The Block, Dreamscape has launched on the Base chain. With the help of Microsoft Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI, users can generate and deploy smart contracts applications without writing code. The platform also integrates Microsoft's supported Space and Time decentralized database, allowing developers to query on-chain and off-chain data using SQL with ZK-proof validation. MakeInfinite Labs has raised a total of $50 million, with Microsoft's M12 being one of the main investors.

Gate News Bot news, on August 14, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, ZK (ZKsync) is currently priced at 0.07 USD, with a rise of 15.91% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of 0.07 USD and a low of 0.05 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 508 million USD, an increase of 69.8 million USD compared to yesterday. ZKsync is a continuously expanding verifiable blockchain network. The ZKsync chain is a high-performance, verifiable modular rollup and validium powered by ZKsync. They are unified in a flexible network that can be added to or expanded to handle increasing transaction volumes without affecting the cost of verification or hardware requirements. The ZKsync chain offers native, frictionless interoperability and presents it with a consistent and user-friendly interface.

Odaily News MetaMask, Linea and Brevis have collaborated to launch a MetaMask Card user rewards program based on ZK proof, with the first phase offering a passive income reward of 2.4% annualized return on Aave USDC lending. The entire activity runs on-chain, requiring no additional operations, and rewards can be automatically calculated and claimed on Brevis's on-chain incentive platform Incentra. This is a three-party effort to promote transparency and verifiability.

Gate News Bot news, August 12, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, PROM (Prom) is currently priced at $9.67, with a rise of 11.72% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $9.85 and a low of $7.64. The 24-hour volume is $12.6 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $176 million, an increase of $18.5 million compared to yesterday. PROM is a high-performance scalable network based on Polygon CDK. PROM utilizes zkSNARKs technology to reduce transaction costs, providing users with an affordable blockchain solution. The network leverages Polygon CDK to achieve fast transactions and scalable dApp development. PROM uses ZK proofs to ensure transaction security and data integrity. The project adopts a community-driven governance model, with on-chain decision-making and transparency.

The ZKsync Guardian team plans to allocate 8.5 million ZK Tokens for salaries and administrative expenses over the two years from 2024 to 2026, revoke the minting rights for 2 million tokens, and enable new permissions. The specific allocation is 3.75 million tokens for each of the two years and 1 million tokens for administrative expenses.

MGBX will launch PROVE (Succinct) Spot trading on August 5 at 21:00, with deposits starting from 17:30, and withdrawals opening on August 8 at 19:00. Succinct Labs is dedicated to building a Decentralization cross-Blockchain interoperability layer, utilizing efficient on-chain light client and zk-SNARKs technology.

Gate News Bot news, on July 28, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, ALT (Altlayer) is currently priced at $0.04, with a rise of 26.32% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.05 and a low of $0.03. The current market capitalization is approximately $175 million, an increase of $36.4 million compared to yesterday. Altlayer is a Decentralization protocol designed to facilitate the launch of native and re-staking rollups, supporting optimistic and ZK rollup technology stacks. The protocol enhances and customizes rollups by providing a diverse rollup technology stack, data availability solutions, and tools. Altlayer also offers verifiable AI agent services, launching powerful AI agents in a secure and trusted execution environment to generate interactive proofs for users. Additionally, Altlayer provides AVS-as-a-Service platform, offering rapid AVS deployment and management for developers in the EigenLayer ecosystem.

The privacy finance protocol AI Cross Matrix (ACM) has completed a $12 million seed round of financing, with investors including Asva Capital and others. ACM utilizes zk-SNARKs and Ring Signature technologies to create a tracking-resistant cross-chain asset transfer infrastructure.

Gate News Bot news, July 17, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, PROM is currently priced at 8.71 USD, with a rise of 14.47% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of 9.26 USD and a low of 6.93 USD, with a 24-hour volume of 15.3 million USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 159 million USD, an increase of 20.1 million USD compared to yesterday. PROM is a high-performance scalable network based on Polygon CDK, designed to provide "borderless scalability". The project utilizes zkSNARKs technology to reduce transaction costs, offering users an affordable blockchain solution. PROM employs recursive STARK technology to achieve fast transactions and scalable dApp development. The network ensures transaction security and data integrity through ZK proofs. PROM also adopts a community-driven approach.

Cathie Wood, the founder of Ark Invest, expressed support for the Ethereum Foundation's initiatives in scalability and privacy, believing that this move will help Ethereum maintain its lead in the institutional space. The Ethereum Foundation plans to integrate zk-SNARKs technology, which is expected to have a significant impact on future developments.

As the price of Ethereum breaks through $3000, the Ethereum Foundation announced the launch of a node-level zkEVM (Zero-Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine), with plans to achieve Layer 1 native integration of ZK proofs within a year. This move aims to unify real-time proof standards (latency <10 seconds, proof size <300KiB, 128-bit security), significantly enhancing the scalability, security, and censorship resistance of the Ethereum Mainnet, creating a "full-stack ZK blockchain." This marks a significant upgrade in Ethereum's ZK strategy, which may soon compel Layer 2 ZK Rollup projects to transform, but in the long term could promote the standardization of ZK technology and ecological synergy.

Odaily News The Ethereum Foundation developer Sophia Gold published an article proposing the implementation of L1 zkEVM within a year through multi zkVM execution proofs verified by validators. The goal of this plan is to achieve "real-time proof," with definitions including: latency ≤ 10 seconds, 128-bit security, proof size ≤ 300KiB, and feasible home verification, promoting Ethereum to become the world's largest ZK application platform.

Gate News Bot news, on July 10, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, POL (formerly MATIC) is currently priced at $0.21, having risen 4.23% in the last 24 hours, with a peak at $0.21 and a low of $0.18. The 24-hour volume reached $173 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $2.189 billion, an increase of $88.89 million compared to yesterday. POL is the native token of the Polygon network, used to pay transaction fees, participate in network governance, and stake. Polygon is a Web3 aggregation platform dedicated to achieving infinitely scalable sovereign blockchain networks through ZK technology, providing users with a multi-chain ecosystem that offers a single-chain experience. Recent important news about POL: 1️⃣ **Heimdall v2 Mainnet

ChainCatcher message, ZKM has released the next generation zkVM (zk-SNARKs Virtual Machine) Ziren (formerly zkMIPS), which opens new possibilities for the deployability and scalability of zero-knowledge (ZK) systems in real-world application scenarios through GPU acceleration, a distributed proof architecture, and a deeply optimized constraint system. Ziren achieves a core proof speedup of 30 times, an aggregation proof speedup of 15 times, and an improvement in state preparation time from 5 minutes to 30 seconds, and has been put into use in the GOAT Network Bitcoin native zkRollup project. The naming inspiration for Ziren comes from the mythological variant "Siren", representing the transition from illusion to reality - technology is no longer just attractive, but a genuine promise that can be implemented. Ziren aims to become the true tool in the hands of mainstream developers.

Gate News bot message, focusing on Cryptography and zk-SNARKs verifiable computing, Nexus has announced that it has completed the distribution of reward points to Testnet III's first week contributors, with each contributor receiving 10,000 points. All awarded users can now claim their points through the Nexus OS dashboard.

According to Gate News bot, the general ZK protocol Boundless developed by RISC Zero has officially announced the establishment of the Boundless Foundation. The main goal of this foundation is to promote the global application of zero-knowledge technology while supporting the development of the Boundless Network ecosystem. Currently, the foundation has partnered with multiple proof networks and zkVM.

Gate News bot news, on June 30, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated that despite the use of zk-SNARKs, a "one person, one certificate" digital identification system would still jeopardize privacy. World ID (formerly Worldcoin) offers ID based on biometric data and zk-SNARKs that is becoming increasingly popular among users.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin pointed out that the "one person, one identity" zk-SNARKs project could threaten online Anonymity, suggesting the adoption of a diversified model to protect privacy and avoid overly strict implementations that could jeopardize the anonymity of internet users.

According to Gate News bot, PaNewsLab reports that the Solana Foundation's official blog points out that security researchers have reported a potential vulnerability in the ZK ElGamal Proof program to stakeholders in the Solana ecosystem. The report includes a proof of concept (PoC) for the vulnerability, and no instances of the vulnerability being exploited have been found so far.

Golden Finance reports that Inference Labs, focused on building an encryption trust layer for AI agents and off-chain computing, has announced the completion of a $6.3 million financing round, led by DACM and Delphi Ventures, with participation from Arche Capital and Lvna Capital. It is understood that the financing originally included a $1 million community round led by Native Capital for the Echo Syndicate. The new funds are intended to support the construction of a Decentralization verification architecture that allows AI computations to remain off-chain and private while generating zk-SNARKs.

PANews June 26 news, according to CoinDesk, Swiss encryption custody technology company Taurus has launched a stablecoin privacy layer based on zk-SNARKs, initially supporting Circle's USDC. This technology is developed based on the privacy-oriented Aztec Network, enabling encrypted transactions and balances that can only be read by authorized parties such as issuers and regulatory agencies, effectively preventing unauthorized monitoring and user information leakage.

Gate News bot message, ZKsync announced the launch of ZKsync Airbender, a high-performance general Zero-Knowledge Proof device (ZK prover) designed to meet real-world needs for interoperability, Decentralization, and scalability, without compromising. Airbender is claimed to be the fastest Open Source RISC-V zkVM. In Benchmark tests, Airbender outperformed significantly compared to other leading solutions.

ChainCatcher news, the first Bitcoin sustainable yield ZK Rollup network GOAT Network has launched a new generation of reusable homomorphic obfuscation circuit architecture based on BitVM3, which first addresses two major challenges in Bitcoin native zk Rollup: "one-time limitation" and "massive off-chain data." The new solution uses the Label Forward Propagation mechanism, enabling the encryption circuit to have infinite reuse capability and compressing off-chain data from hundreds of GB to several MB, achieving an improvement of over 1000 times. According to reports, the plan is based on a series of key optimizations made by the GOAT team on the BitVM3 paper first published by Robin Linus. GOAT Network enables Bit for the first time through this architecture.

Gate News bot message, according to the official announcement from Gate on June 23, 2025: Gate will launch Mango Network (MGO) spot trading on June 24, 2025, at 17:00 (UTC+8), opening the MGO/USDT trading pair. At the same time, the platform will hold a two-week Launchpool event, distributing a total of 16,400,000 MGO token rewards. The event will run from June 23, 2025, at 20:00 to July 7, 2025, at 20:00 (UTC+8). Mango Network is a Layer 1 full-chain multi-virtual machine infrastructure project that integrates Move, OPStack, and ZK Rollup technologies, supporting interoperation among MoveVM, EVM, and SVM multiple virtual machines. The project aims to address the issues of fragmented user experience and liquidity in Web3 applications and DeFi protocols. The total supply of MGO tokens is 10 billion, and the project uses a mainnet token format. The token distribution includes 15% for the team, 15% for fundraising, 20% for the foundation, 17% for the ecosystem, 20% for validator staking, and 5% each for testnet and mainnet airdrops.

According to the latest reserve report released by Gate Exchange, as of June 2025, the total reserve value of the platform reached 10.453 billion US dollars, the total reserve ratio reached 123.09%, and the excess reserve amount was 1.96 billion US dollars. The reserve fund covers more than 350 kinds of user assets, fully ensuring the safety of user assets. In terms of major digital assets, there are 23,611 BTC in reserve, with an excess reserve ratio of 38.70%; 437,127 ETH reserves, with an excess reserve ratio of 13.06%; The reserve of USDT exceeds 1.3 billion, and the excess reserve ratio is 12.95%. The reserves of GGT, DOGE, XRP and other assets exceeded the 100% benchmark, reaching 156.61%, 108.78% and 115.30% respectively. Gate continues to deepen the application of zero-knowledge proof (zk-SNARK) technology in reserve audits, and combines hot and cold wallet confirmation, user balance snapshots and Merkle tree structure to build a complete and efficient user verification mechanism to ensure that asset reserves are transparent and verifiable while protecting user privacy.

Gate News bot message, Ethereum developer @Arvolear has proposed a new protocol concept called Confidential Wrapped Ethereum (cWETH), which enhances the privacy protection features for Ethereum users through Application Layer technology. The protocol uses the EC Twisted ElGamal commitment scheme and zk-SNARKs technology to encrypt balances and transfer amounts, enabling anonymous peer-to-peer payments, donations, and transaction functions without the need for centralized entities to participate. Currently, cWETH has released a draft and is seeking feedback from the community, with plans to further develop it into a formal EIP standard. Source: Wu Shuo

The GOAT Network officially launched a six-month Kaito Yaps incentive campaign to expand the influence of Bitcoin's native ZK Rollup. The campaign encourages KOLs to participate through high-quality content and earn $GOATED Token incentives based on performance. At the same time, a three-week community challenge has been initiated, allowing users to participate through on-chain operations and receive token rewards.

Tiancheng Xie, co-founder of Polyhedra, announced on the X platform that they will accelerate the development of an auditable privacy DEX, utilizing zk-SNARKs to ensure the confidentiality and verifiability of transactions, enhancing user security and preventing financial attacks.

ChainCatcher message, the Bitcoin native ZK Rollup project GOAT Network has released an economic brown paper on Bitcoin ZK Rollup, proposing an economic model landing plan for Bitcoin native zkRollup. This scheme systematically addresses the issues of incentive imbalance, concentrated role costs, and low verification efficiency currently present in the BTC L2 system through the "Universal Operator Role Rotation Mechanism" and "Multi-Round Challenge Mechanism".

ChainCatcher News, Bitcoin-native ZK Rollup project GOAT Network released an economic beige book on Bitcoin ZK Rollup, proposing a plan for the implementation of the economic model of Bitcoin-native zkRollup. This plan systematically addresses issues such as incentive imbalance, concentration of role costs, and low verification efficiency in the current BTC L2 system through the "Universal Operator Role Rotation Mechanism" and "Multi-Round Challenge Mechanism".

PANews June 17 news, PancakeSwap announced that the "Future Contributors" category ZK Token airdrop event on ZKsync PancakeSwap has been launched, with a total of 1,936,936 ZK tokens to be distributed to active traders and Liquidity Providers. The snapshot date has been moved up from June 27 to June 3, and the snapshot period has been extended to August 16. Distribution details: 1. A total of 432,585 ZK Tokens have been allocated to 1,230 eligible addresses based on historical trading activity on ZKsync PancakeSwap. 2. A total of 1,504,351 ZK Tokens will be distributed to Liquidity Providers through Merkl within two months, with the distribution time being

Defx has completed a $2.5 million seed round financing, focusing on a privacy-centric L1 Blockchain project aimed at providing a high-performance DEX, utilizing zk-SNARKs technology to protect order information and ensure on-chain verifiability.

Gate News bot message, During the Hong Kong Pop-X event, Ethereum founder Vitalik gave an interview. He discussed in detail multiple technical directions for Ethereum's development, including POS upgrades, Layer 2 security and interoperability, challenges of centralized PBS architecture, and the development of ZK and AI technologies. Vitalik clearly pointed out that the price performance of ETH has no direct correlation with the consensus mechanism. He elaborated on the balance between decentralized underlying architecture and limited centralized power, and proposed ideas for improving Layer 2 interoperability and security through the protocol layer. In addition, he also introduced specific plans to enhance the scalability and role value of the Ethereum mainnet. In terms of the developer ecosystem, Vitalik calls on developers to fully utilize new technologies and focus on building valuable and sustainable applications. Source: DappLearning

According to Gate News bot, Tokenomist data shows that several encryption assets will implement unlocking plans in the next 7 days. Among them, the tokens with a single unlocking amount exceeding 5 million dollars include FTN, ZK, ARB, S, ID, APE, MELANIA, LISTA, and ZKJ. At the same time, the tokens with a daily linear unlocking amount exceeding 1 million dollars include SOL, WLD, TIA, DOGE, TAO, AVAX, SUI, DOT, IP, MORPHO, ETHFI, and JTO. The total value of this batch of token unlocks exceeds 443 million dollars.

According to ChainCatcher news, monitored by Onchain Lens, a certain Whale deposited 4 million USDC (totaling 6 million USD) into Hyperliquid and opened multiple long positions: POPCAT, PEPE, WIF, BONK, LDO with a leverage of 10 times; ZK with a leverage of 5 times; and

According to BlockBeats news on June 13, Onchain Lens monitored that a Whale deposited 4 million USDC (totaling 6 million USD) into Hyperliquid and opened multiple long positions: POPCAT, PEPE, WIF, BONK, LDO with 10x leverage; ZK with 5x leverage; and

Gate News bot announcement, Succinct, which has received investment from Paradigm, has completed a seven-day validation pilot for the World Chain Mainnet. This pilot project used encryption proofs to validate each transaction and Block without the need to rerun the entire Blockchain. This indicates that even large networks like World Chain, based on the OP Stack, can eventually become ZK rollups. "World Chain challenged us to prove that ZK can operate at their scale," said Uma Roy, co-founder of Succinct, in a statement. "By completing this pilot project, we have demonstrated that this technology is ready for production, paving the way for World Chain to become a ZK rollup when the time is right."

The zk-SNARKs technology company Succinct successfully completed a 7-day validation pilot on the World Chain Mainnet, marking progress in its transition to ZK Rollup. This pilot validated the legitimacy of transactions, reducing cross-chain confirmation time from 7 days to 1 hour, laying the foundation for future Decentralization.

Gate News bot message, the Ethereum Foundation has launched its first "Ethereum Internship Season" program. This internship project is jointly initiated by 18 ecological teams, offering more than 30 paid remote internship positions in various fields including development, ZK research, community operations, and marketing. The application deadline for this internship project is June 29, and the internship period lasts from August 4 to October 31.

Gate News bot message, ZK Nation stated that ZIP-10 has been approved by the Security Council and executed on L1. The proposal aims to allowlist the ZK Gateway chain as a settlement layer for the Elastic Network, paving the way for rapid interoperability by providing a cheap batch settlement layer and fast communication between ZK chains.

PANews, June 10 news, according to official Linea news, Linea has taken the lead in achieving prover completeness, becoming the world's first zkEVM system to directly verify 100% EVM execution through zk-SNARKs.

PANews June 10 news, ZK Nation released an announcement regarding the unlocking of ZK Token. When ZK Token is issued in 2024, team members and investors of Matter Labs will collectively receive approximately 33.3% of the total supply of tokens. On June 18, up to 25% of the vested team member token allocation and 10% of the vested investor token allocation will be unlocked. The token allocation received by Matter Labs team members and investors at TGE will unlock over 4 years, with a 1-year vesting period. According to current calculations, in June, 3.6% (approximately 760 million) of the total token supply (21 billion tokens) will be unlocked from the allocated shares. Starting from July 2025, it is expected that 0.8% (approximately 167 million tokens) of the total token supply will be unlocked each month until June 2028. (Note: approximately 33.3%

GRVT indicates that in its architecture, the "transparency vs privacy" debate is not a Zero-sum Game. It verifies transaction data, including key trading strategy information, on a private network using zk-SNARKs technology, ensuring both the transparency and privacy of transactions while guaranteeing data integrity.

PANews reported on May 23 that according to Wormhole's official website, Dogecoin (DOGE), which has a market value of $35 billion, will be connected to Solana through Wormhole's native token transfer (NTT) framework and ZK technology, becoming Solana's native asset and enhancing its cross-chain availability and liquidity. Wormhole has brought in more than $11.5 billion in inflows into Solana.

The ZKsync community voted to approve proposal GAP-3, which recovers stolen ETH to be exchanged for ZK tokens. The Security Council will execute the exchange without prior disclosure to prevent potential Arbitrage and market manipulation. Previously, ZKsync suffered from an attack resulting in stolen tokens, but the Hacker has returned $5 million of the stolen funds.