ChainCatcher news, recently, the globally leading blockchain security company ChainSecurity released the audit report for the decentralized stablecoin USDD 2.0. ChainSecurity pointed out in the report that the contract codebase of USDD 2.0 provides a satisfactory high level of security, while also performing excellently in terms of asset solvency and functional correctness.It is reported that USDD is a decentralized stablecoin project within the TRON ecosystem, which completed a new upgrade at the end of January and launched a staking activity with a 20% annual yield through JustLend on February 1.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Solana Foundation has initiated the SIMD-0215 proposal, aimed at scaling Solana's infrastructure to billions of user accounts. This proposal adds a new hash, called "Accounts Lattice Hash."It is reported that the "Accounts Lattice Hash" uses homomorphic hashing to maintain the hash of the entire account state, allowing for quick updates while being secure, enabling:(1) each block to include the hash of all accounts, not just the accounts that changed in that block, and(2) the removal of Epoch Accounts Hash.

ChainCatcher message, SOON Network introduces Merkle trees into the SVM execution layer, enabling clients to provide inclusion proofs. SOON integrates the state root directly into the SVM-based blockchain using unique entries, along with historical proof sets.With this innovation, the SOON stack can support new SVM-based Rollups, featuring enhanced security, scalability, and practicality. By integrating merklization, SOON addresses the lack of a global state root in Solana, achieving essential functionalities such as inclusion proofs for fault proofs, secure withdrawals, and stateless execution.Additionally, the merklization design in SVM by SOON can enable light clients on SVM-based chains, and certain designs may even assist in bringing light clients to the main chain.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Sky (formerly MakerDAO) manages $756 million in USDC reserves using external accounts (EOA), raising concerns about security and transparency.Critics argue that this custodial model could expose funds to potential attacks or risks of internal abuse.

ChainCatcher news, Binance CEO Richard Teng stated in the Binance Square AMA titled "Celebrating One Year of Binance CEO" that Binance has a strict and comprehensive due diligence process to determine which tokens or projects can be listed on the platform, including Launchpool, Megadrop, and others.Richard Teng pointed out that there is an independent team within Binance responsible for research and evaluation, and they do not interact with the outside world to ensure their independence and that they are not improperly influenced in decision-making and evaluation.Richard Teng stated that the key criteria for evaluating projects are primarily the quality of the project and the team behind it. Secondly, innovation and the project roadmap, and thirdly, market demand and community involvement in the project's use cases, practical applications, as well as security and compliance.

ChainCatcher news, Circle founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire recently responded to a user on X, stating: "Many people do not realize that cryptocurrencies actually represent infrastructure improvements in security, user control, and accountability. Discussions often focus on 'better, faster, cheaper,' but the underlying technological breakthroughs are related to security and robustness in many ways. Most regulators have also failed to understand this."

ChainCatcher news, Slow Mist founder Cosine stated that Lottie Player was attacked by supply chain poisoning, with Ace Drainer related to phishing gangs poisoning the front-end script module Lottie Player relied on by well-known Web3 projects. Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and the impact should be minimal.If your project uses the Lottie Player module, please check whether there is any malicious code introduced (currently known versions 2.0.4 and the latest 2.0.8 do not contain malicious code).

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI project Gaia announced a strategic partnership with EigenLayer to integrate EigenLayer's AVS verification to enhance the security of artificial intelligence.The core of this collaboration is to integrate Gaia's AI agents with EigenLayer's AVS verification, where EigenLayer will monitor and verify the activities of Gaia nodes.Regarding this partnership, Gaia stated: "By integrating with EigenLayer, we will ensure that our AI solutions remain customizable and accessible to everyone, extending into the decentralized staking space, thereby achieving safer and more scalable AI-driven applications."

ChainCatcher news, cross-chain protocol ZetaChain announced the permanent anchoring of 1.5 billion ZETA tokens to its native mainnet, while limiting the maximum number that can be converted to Ethereum ERC-20 tokens to 600 million. ZetaChain stated that this move is aimed at preparing for the upcoming chain integrations and significantly enhancing network security.

ChainCatcher message, Cobo co-founder and CEO Shen Yu commented on the theft incident involving Radiant Capital, stating that the measures the industry can currently take against this complex attack are:Project teams and security companies should conduct detailed inspections of high-privilege sensitive contracts, first setting a time lock (even a short time lock of 10 minutes can effectively mitigate attacks), and adding an automated monitoring and alert mechanism.First, obtain and parse the information to be signed from the hardware wallet via the app, providing a temporary mitigation for the blind signing issue of the hardware wallet.Integrate the parsing function for complex transactions within the hardware wallet to enhance transaction transparency and security.

ChainCatcher news, Sony's Layer2 project Soneium announced two major upgrades at the end of this month, introducing Granite and Fjord through dual hard forks, and updating its Layer 1 contract to v1.6.0. Soneium stated that these upgrades will enhance its security and efficiency, prepare for Soneium Minato to join the Superchain, and expand the Soneium ecosystem alongside other OP L2s. They will also enable Superchain governance to oversee future L1 contract upgrades, thereby strengthening the decentralization of its ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, BNB Chain announced improvements to MEV handling through the proposer-builder separation (PBS) model, enhancing network security.It is reported that this model separates block proposers (validators) from block builders, allowing builders to create blocks and propose them to validators, who then choose the most profitable blocks. Currently, over 60% of transactions are incorporated on-chain through builders, and BNB Chain aims to increase this percentage to over 90%.