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Does USDT have sufficient reserves? Tether has reportedly hired KPMG for a comprehensive audit.

Tether has commissioned KPMG to conduct a comprehensive financial audit of $185 billion USDT and has hired PwC to optimize internal systems and enhance financial transparency. This move responds to external doubts about its reserves before Tether enters the U.S. market. Over the past two years, Tether has faced legal challenges that exposed its reserve structure, and the market has often questioned its liquidity, but it has recently adjusted its asset allocation to reduce risk.
区块客·2h ago

Research finds that Polymarket's over 210,000 suspicious transactions brought in $143 million in profit for "informed" traders.

Research shows that researchers from Columbia Law School and the University of Haifa analyzed trading data from the Polymarket platform and found over 210,000 suspicious transactions that generated $143 million in profits, which were defined as "informed" trades. The study used five criteria to filter out high-stakes betting accounts, primarily focused on the 2024 U.S. elections, Federal Reserve decisions, and sporting events. The research methodology has been questioned, with the authors admitting that biases may exist. Meanwhile, Polymarket has banned trading based on stolen information, but the collection of identity information is unclear.
GateNews·4h ago

Each mined coin loses $20,000! Bitcoin miners are fleeing, and the "mining difficulty" has suddenly dropped by 7.8%.

The Bitcoin mining industry faces severe challenges: mining costs have surged to $88,000, while the Bitcoin price is about $68,000, causing miners’ losses to deepen. As geopolitical risk and high oil prices continue to weigh on the market, computing power keeps falling, and industry pressure is also triggering instability in the market. Many mining firms have begun transitioning to AI and high-performance computing in a bid to survive.
区块客·5h ago

UN Development Programme Advances Blockchain Infrastructure: 42 Cases Covering Payments, Climate, and Digital Identity

The United Nations Development Programme is using blockchain technology to improve public digital infrastructure, enhance transparency and data sharing. The report showcases application cases from multiple countries and emphasizes the importance of governance and risk control. The application of blockchain in public governance is becoming a key technology for digital transformation.
BlockBeatNews·5h ago

a16z defines "strong chain quality": holding 3% staked guarantees 3% space per block, virtual lanes reshape blockchain fairness.

The a16z research team proposed the concept of "Strong Chain Quality" (SCQ), extending Chain Quality (CQ) from a cross-time average to a fine spatial distribution within each block, ensuring that nodes with a specific proportion of stakes can obtain the same proportion of block space in each block. This design enhances the fairness and censorship resistance of the blockchain and opens up research space for transaction ordering mechanisms.
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動區BlockTempo·6h ago

Circle has unfrozen two hot wallets again, bringing the total number of unfrozen wallets to 5.

Gate News Report, on March 28, on-chain detective ZachXBT tweeted that Circle had unfrozen ckUSDC (Dfinity bridge) and two other hot wallets with addresses starting with 0x00e a few hours ago. As of now, 5 out of the 16 hot wallets previously mentioned have been unfrozen. ZachXBT stated that once the New York civil case is unsealed, he will publicly name the plaintiffs, experts, and all other relevant parties in the case.
GateNews·7h ago