Extended announces the launch of US stock perpetual contract trading

HypurrFi announces that the blockchain hash has surpassed a new milestone, and the same day it also faced a domain hijacking incident

HypurrFi announced that its independently developed Hyperliquid client has successfully achieved block-hash consistency, enabling developers to independently verify the on-chain state and improving decentralization. On the same day, it discovered a domain-hijacking incident; although it did not affect users’ funds, it still urged everyone to stop interacting with suspicious domains immediately and to obtain updates through official channels. AI contributed 99.9% to this technical development.

Chaos Labs exits Aave, saying there is a legal gap in DeFi risk management

Risk management firm Chaos Labs announced it is ending its three-year partnership with DeFi lending protocol Aave, citing a fundamental disagreement between the two parties on approaches to risk management. This exit has exposed the legal gray area in the DeFi ecosystem where regulatory safeguards are lacking—especially after a recent oracle incident that led to an erroneous liquidation of about $27 million. The separation between Chaos Labs and Aave leaves Aave facing a governance vacuum during a critical period for the V4 upgrade, further fueling concerns about accountability for decentralized risk systems.

21 crypto projects announced they are shutting down or cutting back services due to the bear market, covering DeFi, NFTs, wallets, and gaming.

April 7, under the influence of the bear market, 21 crypto projects announced they would shut down or scale back services, covering areas such as wallets, DeFi, NFTs, and games. Projects like Leap Wallet and Magic Eden exited or adjusted due to market pressure; industry insiders believe this shakeout will help reshape the market, and that focusing on sustainable Web3 projects in the future will be more competitive.

Polygon mainnet will undergo the Giugliano upgrade on April 8.

The Polygon mainnet will undergo a Giugliano hard fork upgrade on April 8, with improvements including faster block finality, integrating fee parameters into the block header, and new RPC endpoints that support fee queries. Node operators need to upgrade to the corresponding version to ensure the network functions normally.

Pi Network Protocol 21.2 mandates a forced upgrade, and the SDK is fully unlocked in sync

Pi Network released the mandatory agreement 21.2 on April 6 and fully opened its software development kit (SDK), supporting an application development environment for 18 million KYC-verified users. The protocol upgrade mainly improves network stability, laying the groundwork for decentralized exchanges and smart contracts. The SDK unlock enables developers to build practical applications, marking Pi Network’s transition from early mining to payments and decentralized services, but the community still has concerns about communication and transparency.

Solana launches STRIDE and SIRN, upgrading ecosystem security protection standards

The Solana Foundation is rolling out the STRIDE security assessment and monitoring system, as well as the SIRN incident response network, to improve the security of DeFi protocols in the ecosystem. STRIDE provides layered security assessment and monitoring, performing around-the-clock monitoring for protocols with TVL of more than $10 million, while SIRN enables real-time coordinated incident response for security events. Together, the two establish a dual-track security protection framework for the Solana ecosystem, emphasizing that protocols must take responsibility for their own security.