Boundless officially released a progress report on March 7, stating that its network is the largest decentralized ZK proof network, with throughput increased by 80-100 times, and daily proof capability exceeding 400 trillion times. At the same time, several mainstream chains such as Citrea and Wormhole have integrated with Boundless, and new positions for Vice President of Engineering and Protocol Engineer have been added.

Ethereum's liquid staking protocol Lido Finance has paused new bridging deposits after discovering a potential security vulnerability in the wstETH bridging contract on the ZKsync network. Currently, the vulnerability has not been exploited, and user assets are safe. Lido is working on a fix through decentralized governance, with a governance vote expected to take place in late March 2026. This incident has caused short-term pressure on the related tokens.

A16z Crypto releases a technical update, pointing out the industry's misuse of the "zero-knowledge" concept and emphasizing that a true zkVM must possess zero-knowledge properties, not just simplicity. As privacy demands increase, mixing concepts becomes problematic. A16z enhances the privacy capabilities of Jolt zkVM by introducing the NovaBlindFold folding scheme.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin discusses the Ethereum expansion roadmap, divided into short-term and long-term plans. The short-term relies on the Glamsterdam upgrade, addressing issues through block-level access lists and Gas re-pricing; the long-term focuses on ZK-EVM and blobs, aiming to improve data availability and verification efficiency, ensuring security and high Gas limits.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin introduced Ethereum's short-term and long-term scalability plans. In the short term, the Glamsterdam upgrade will introduce block-level access lists and multi-dimensional Gas mechanisms. In the long term, the focus will be on the iteration of ZK-EVM and Blobs, with full deployment of ZK-EVM expected by 2027.