Industry Reports

_Ripple pilots RLUSD in Singapore MAS sandbox, automating trade finance with XRPL smart contracts and BNY Mellon-backed custody._ Ripple is testing the RLUSD stablecoin in Singapore bank sandbox for trade payments, marking a new step in enterprise blockchain use.  The pilot focuses on improving

Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas stated that Bitcoin spot ETFs saw net inflows of $2.5 billion this month, with BlackRock's IBIT product turning positive in net inflows, demonstrating strong ETF capital resilience. Despite a 40% decline in Bitcoin's price, investors' willingness to hold remains significantly higher than that of gold investors a decade ago.

Gate News reported that on March 25, venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins announced it has raised $3.5 billion to support artificial intelligence market investments. The fundraising includes $1 billion raised by its KP22 fund, along with $2.5 billion for investing in growth-stage companies. Kleiner Perkins stated that current market fundamentals are favorable for expanding investment scale, market development is still in its early stage, and artificial intelligence is helping today's startups iterate and develop at an unprecedented pace.

Ant Group engineer Chen Cheng reverse-engineered Claude Code 2.1.81 source code, revealing its Auto Mode decision-making mechanism. This mechanism employs a four-layer decision pipeline to determine tool invocations, only calling an independent AI classifier for security review when the first three layers cannot make a determination. The classifier design focuses on risk monitoring, featuring a circuit breaker mechanism and behavior prompt injection frequency controls.

Tether engages a Big Four firm for its first full audit, reviewing its $184 billion USDT reserves, aiming to enhance transparency and financial reporting amid internal leadership changes. The audit covers digital and traditional assets, indicating a commitment to stringent scrutiny.

Lido's 2025 annual report shows that amid APR compression, capital outflows, and intensifying competition, its total revenue declined 18.2% year-over-year. Its ETH staking market share stands at 24.12%. The report also mentioned leadership adjustments and plans to focus in 2026 on scaling the stETH product line, building the validator market, and aligning LDO incentives.

Bitcoin Depot announced a leadership transition with former CEO Scott Buchanan and founder Brandon Mintz stepping down, replaced by Alex Holmes. This personnel change is related to regulatory issues the company is facing, with core business revenue expected to decline 30% to 40%. The market reacted clearly to the news with a sharp stock price decline. Analysts believe Holmes's experience may improve the company's situation, but revenue will remain affected in the short term.

Balancer Labs, the parent company of decentralized exchange Balancer, has announced its closure due to substantial losses from a hacker attack last year. Nevertheless, the Balancer protocol will continue to be operated by Balancer DAO and the foundation, generating revenue. The core team will be integrated into a new entity, BAL token issuance will cease, and all fees will be used to repurchase existing tokens, providing investors with a fair exit opportunity. The DeFi sector is currently undergoing restructuring, and the next 12 months will be a critical test for industry recovery.

The Korea Financial Services Commission report shows that in the second half of 2025, cryptocurrency asset flows to overseas platforms and self-custody wallets are projected to reach $60 billion, with a 14% increase. Despite growth in local exchange users and deposits, operating profits have declined significantly, primarily due to price volatility affecting market trading volume and profitability.

Ant Group is developing an independent "Ant Digital Technology AI Glasses" App aimed at achieving cross-brand payment capabilities and enhancing user experience. Meanwhile, its existing gPass technology has been integrated with multiple well-known brands and applied across various scenarios.

Tether announces an agreement with the Big Four accounting firms to conduct a comprehensive audit of its USDT reserves, marking the largest-scale inaugural audit in financial market history and signifying significant progress in reserve transparency. This initiative will boost market confidence and promote stablecoin compliance and mainstream adoption.

Key Insights: Hyperliquid generated $14 million in weekly fees, reflecting strong derivatives demand and positioning the protocol among the top revenue drivers in decentralized finance. HyperEVM recorded 55 percent transaction growth and 25% user expansion, highlighting rapid adoption and st

Ethereum Foundation releases new roadmap, planning to address quantum computing threats through four hard forks by 2029. Upgrades include providing quantum-safe public keys, reducing Gas fees for related signatures, and protecting Layer 2 networks. Testing of quantum-safe features launched in March.

The Ethereum Foundation launched the "Post-Quantum Ethereum" resource center, planning to integrate quantum-resistant solutions before 2029. The team emphasized the difficulty of upgrading hundreds of millions of accounts within the upgrade scope lies in avoiding introducing new vulnerabilities and maintaining network performance. They are focusing on protecting ordinary users' Ethereum wallets and preparing in advance to address external quantum threats.

The Ethereum Foundation released a post-quantum cryptography upgrade roadmap, planning to complete preliminary L1 protocol upgrades before 2029, covering four critical hard forks to address future quantum computing threats, while emphasizing the importance of starting related work ahead of schedule.

ByteDance's Volcano Engine cloud computing business has exceeded 1 trillion tokens in average daily large model calls, with growth exceeding 60% since the Spring Festival. Personal user consumption has grown significantly, driving overall growth. ByteDance views MaaS as a core battleground in cloud computing, with a target to exceed 10 billion yuan in revenue by 2026.