CORE3 is a crypto risk-rating agency created by HAI Group that has rated 1,426 crypto projects and 253 exchanges. World Liberty Financial, owned by the Trump family, received an F-grade, with a loss probability as high as 68.01%. CORE3 aims to improve the security of DeFi protocols and exchanges, and welcomes industry feedback.

Gate News message, on April 3, the tokenized real-world assets platform Ondo Finance has frozen the 477,000 USDY stolen by the Drift attacker.

One of the largest Bitcoin mining companies in the world, MARA, will lay off about 15% of its employees. The CEO said this is part of the company’s strategic transformation as it moves into the energy and AI sectors. MARA is also selling Bitcoin to repay its debts, and it expects a net loss of $1.3 billion in 2025. Affected employees will receive corresponding compensation.

Gate News message, on April 2, Clem Chambers, founder of the European stocks and market news platform ADVFN, said that the crypto industry is moving out of a cycle centered on token speculation, and that the next bull market will be driven by real-world blockchain use cases. Chambers noted: "That era may have ended, and is heading toward its conclusion; what will replace it is genuine use cases." He advised investors to "forget financial primitives (Fi) and instead focus on applications—the actual use-case scenarios where tokens and blockchain are put to work."

Gate News message: On April 2, according to Gate market data, as of the time of publication, ARIA (Aria) is trading at $0.43. In the past 24 hours, it is up 25.33%, reaching a high of $0.50 and dipping to a low of $0.33. The trading volume over the past 24 hours was $1.6239 million. Its current market cap is approximately $77.947 million. Aria.AI is a next-generation game development and publishing experiment. It draws inspiration from a Disney-style immersive world and AI technology, and is designed around game mechanics related to its own IP. It represents a major leap in bringing Web3 a higher standard of game design and publishing quality from Web2 (combined with AI execution). As an open-world mobile game, Aria invites players to explore the world of Fudonia

IoTeX released the IoTeX Hub on April 1, an open ecosystem platform that combines decentralized governance, staking, data analytics, and ecosystem exploration, aiming to provide a one-stop network control for real-world AI and supporting features such as direct voting, real-time monitoring, and project browsing.

Pharos announced a partnership with Anvita at the RWA Summit in Cannes, France, to explore the fusion of AI and real-world assets. Anvita Flow, introduced by Anvita at ETHCC, will provide technical support for Pharos, enabling agent collaboration and value settlement.

World releases MiniKit 2.0 on World Chain, providing a standardized development framework to simplify deployment for cross-platform applications, while remaining compatible with Ethereum EIP-1193. New features support localized payments to shorten transaction confirmation time, improve development efficiency, and allow developers to pay fees on behalf of users. This upgrade enhances user engagement and will be showcased at the EthCC conference.

Gate News message, April 1, open-source self-developed AI tool OpenClaw held Asia’s first developer conference "ClawCon" in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, this past Monday, attracting a large number of participants interested in this technology. OpenClaw can help users automate various tasks on their local computers, and it is viewed by the outside world as a potential "next ChatGPT." Industry insiders noted that the tool still has some security risks at present.

PeckShield’s report shows that in March 2026, the crypto industry experienced 20 major security incidents, with losses totaling $52 million, up 96% from the previous month. Among them, USR stablecoin depegging and complex attacks resulted in a large amount of bad debt, and security threats are expanding into real-world and social-engineering levels.