Japan's February tertiary industry activity index showed a monthly decrease of 0.4%, according to Jin10. This decline was slightly better than the anticipated drop of 0.5%. The previous month's index had recorded a significant increase of 1.70%, highlighting a notable shift in economic activity.

A recent survey conducted by the Bank of Japan reveals that Japanese households anticipate an average inflation rate of 11.4% over the next year. According to Jin10, the median expectation for inflation stands at 10.0%. This survey highlights the growing concerns among Japanese households regarding rising prices and their potential impact on the economy. The findings come amid ongoing discussions about inflationary pressures and economic policies in Japan.

때로는 현실이 극본보다 더 터무니없을 때가 있다. 각본가가 감히 이런 내용을 써도, 관객이 믿을지는 미지수다.

LayerZero Labs는 X 플랫폼을 통해 4월 18일 KelpDAO가 공격을 받아 약 2억 9천만 달러의 손실을 입었으며, 공격자는 Lazarus Group으로 추정된다고 밝혔다. 이번 공격은 KelpDAO의 탈중앙화 검증 네트워크(DVN)가 의존하는 하위 RPC 인프라에 악성 코드를 주입하는 방식으로 이루어졌으며, 공격자는 일부 RPC 노드를 장악하고 DDoS 공격을 병행해 시스템을 악성 노드로 전환하도록 유도함으로써 크로스체인 거래를 위조했다. 현재 영향을 받은 RPC 노드는 모두 중단 및 교체되었으며, DVN은 정상 운영을 재개했다. LayerZero는 이번 사건이 KelpDAO의 rsETH 애플리케이션 구성에만 국한되었으며, 다른 자산이나 애플리케이션에는 영향을 미치지 않았다고 강조했다. KelpDAO는 단일 DVN 아키텍처를 채택하고 다중 DVN 중복 메커니즘을 사용하지 않아 위조 메시지를 식별하지 못했습니다. LayerZero 프로토콜 자체에는 취약점이 없었으며, 다중 DVN으로 구성된 애플리케이션은 영향을 받지 않았습니다. LayerZero는 모든 단일 DVN 구성 프로젝트가 다중 DVN 아키텍처로 마이그레이션하도록 유도할 예정이며, 1/1 구성 애플리케이션에 대한 서명 및 검증 서비스를 일시 중단했습니다. 또한 법 집행 기관과 협력하여 도난 자금을 추적하고 있습니다.

Crypto analyst Ansem has expressed concerns about Ethereum's position in 2026, suggesting it is less favorable than in 2023. According to NS3.AI, Ansem believes the Ethereum thesis has been weakening over the years. He attributes this to Solana's growing retail presence, Hyperliquid's dominance in perpetual futures, limited progress in rollup adoption, and the recent Aave rsETH exploit. Despite Ansem's perspective, other community members have contested his assessment, indicating differing opinions on Ethereum's future trajectory.

On April 20, LayerZero Labs released a statement regarding an attack on KelpDAO that occurred on April 18, resulting in a loss of approximately $2.9 billion. According to BlockBeats, the attack is believed to have been carried out by the Lazarus Group, specifically TraderTraitor, with ties to North Korea. The attackers compromised the decentralized verification network (DVN) by poisoning the downstream RPC infrastructure, controlling some RPC nodes, and using DDoS attacks to redirect the system to malicious nodes, thereby forging cross-chain transactions. All affected RPC nodes have been taken offline and replaced, and the DVN is now operational again. LayerZero emphasized that the incident was limited to KelpDAO's rsETH application configuration and did not impact other assets or applications. The vulnerability arose because KelpDAO used a single DVN (1/1) architecture, lacking the redundancy of multiple DVNs as officially recommended, which would have provided independent verification nodes to detect forged messages. LayerZero clarified that its protocol did not have any inherent flaws, and applications configured with multiple DVNs were unaffected, indicating no systemic contagion risk. LayerZero announced plans to expedite the migration of all projects using single DVN configurations to a multi-DVN architecture and has suspended signature and verification services for 1/1 configured applications. The company is collaborating with global law enforcement agencies to investigate the incident and assist industry partners in tracking the stolen funds. LayerZero stated that the event highlights the importance of modular security architecture and serves as a reminder to the industry about potential security risks in RPC verification pathways.

MEET48 is set to host the Hong Kong Web3 Carnival Side Event, 'Entertainment RWA Night,' today from 19:00 to 23:00 in collaboration with Hash Global and Nine Lives Society. According to Foresight News, projects such as POCHAIN, OLAXBT, TATTO, IPDEX, and Renaiss will participate in the event. Additionally, MEET48 COO Kai Xu will deliver a keynote speech at the main venue of the Hong Kong Web3 Carnival tomorrow from 10:45 to 11:00. The presentation will focus on forward-looking strategies in the entertainment industry, highlighting the integration of AI and crypto. MEET48 is an idol fan economy ecosystem built on a Web3 foundation, merging AI and user-generated content. The platform is developing a focus on virtual idols and AI-Web5 entertainment.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined the future roadmap for Ethereum over the next five years during his keynote speech at the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival. According to Foresight News, Buterin emphasized Ethereum's dual core functions: serving as a 'public bulletin board' for applications to publish messages and ensuring user self-sovereignty, verifiability, and fair participation through shared digital objects controlled by code. The short-term protocol goals include five key areas: short-term scaling, the launch of ZK-EVM promotion, early post-quantum readiness, improvements in block construction pipeline, and privacy support. The next hard fork will incorporate several Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), such as parallelized block-level access lists, gas repricing, extended block verification time for ePBS, and node state synchronization improvements. EIP-8141 (account abstraction) will treat transactions as a series of calls, natively supporting smart contract wallets, gas payment, quantum-resistant signatures, and privacy protocols. Quantum-resistant signature algorithms, existing for 20 years, face efficiency challenges, with signature sizes reaching 2–3 KB and on-chain gas consumption around 200,000 gas. Solutions include hash-based signatures and 'lattice + vectorization' schemes. Mid-term goals focus on the state layer, which is more challenging to scale than the execution layer, requiring state tree optimization and exploring solutions that do not require permanent storage of all states. Long-term protocol goals include maximizing secure consensus (tolerating 49% node failure in synchronous networks and maintaining a 33% finality safety threshold in asynchronous networks), formal verification of all content (using AI-generated mathematical proofs), comprehensive quantum resistance, maximal simplicity, and forward-looking security even without the core developer team (via the walkaway test). Lean Consensus will merge the advantages of Bitcoin-style 'available chain' and BFT-style 'finality' mechanisms, offering quantum resistance and rapid finality (expected within 1–3 slots, approximately 10–20 seconds). By 2025, ZK-EVM is expected to achieve 'sufficient speed' for real-time EVM execution proofing; by 2026, it aims for 'sufficient security' with partial node usage (e.g., independent stakers); and by around 2028, ZK-EVM will become the primary method for chain verification.

미 중앙사령부: 미 해병대가 상륙공격함 ‘트리폴리’호(LHA 7)에서 헬기를 타고 아라비아해를 건너 ‘M/V Touska’호에 승선해 선박을 장악했다. 해병대는 4월 20일 로프를 이용해 이란 국기를 게양한 이 선박에 승선했다. 앞서 미사일 구축함 '스프루언스'호는 해당 상선이 6시간에 걸쳐 미군의 반복된 경고를 따르지 않자 '투스카'호의 추진 시스템을 마비시켰다. (진시)

4월 20일부터 23일까지, ‘2026 홍콩 웹3 카니발’이 홍콩 컨벤션 및 전시 센터에서 개막했다. 규제 당국, 암호화폐 생태계, 전통 금융 및 첨단 기술 분야 등 다양한 분야의 수많은 연사들이 현장에서 통찰력을 공유했다. 골든파이낸스는 이에 따라 주요 연사들의 발표 내용을 정리했다.

AI is transforming the decentralized finance (DeFi) landscape by introducing tokens and agents that enhance capital efficiency and organizational computability. According to PANews, this development poses a challenge to traditional Software as a Service (SaaS) models and token economics, leading financial engineering into uncharted territories.

According to the announcement from Binance, the leverage and margin tiers for QQQUSDT, SPYUSDT, EWYUSDT, and EWJUSDT USDⓈ-M Perpetual Contracts have been updated as of 2026-04-21 07:30 (UTC). These changes will impact existing positions opened before the update, and users are advised to adjust their positions accordingly to avoid potential expiration of futures running grids. The updated leverage and margin tiers are as follows: For positions with a notional value of 0 to 5,000 USDT, the leverage has been adjusted from 16-20x to 6-10x, with a maintenance margin rate of 5.00%. For positions between 5,000 and 10,000 USDT, the leverage is now 5x, with a maintenance margin rate of 10.00%. Positions ranging from 10,000 to 25,000 USDT will also have a leverage of 5x, maintaining the same margin rate. For larger positions, from 25,000 to 50,000 USDT, the leverage remains at 5x, with a 10.00% margin rate. Positions between 50,000 and 100,000 USDT will have a leverage of 4x, with a 12.50% margin rate. For positions from 100,000 to 500,000 USDT, the leverage is set at 3x, with a 16.67% margin rate. Finally, positions from 500,000 to 8,000,000 USDT will have a leverage of 2x, with a 25.00% margin rate, and positions from 8,000,000 to 15,000,000 USDT will maintain a leverage of 1x, with a 50.00% margin rate. These updates are part of Binance's ongoing efforts to optimize trading conditions for its users. Traders are encouraged to review the new parameters and adjust their strategies accordingly to align with the updated leverage and margin requirements.

미국 연방 판사가 케이틀린 제너를 상대로 제기된 집단소송을 기각하며, 그녀의 ‘JENNER’ 밈코인이 미국 법상 유가증권에 해당하지 않는다고 판결했다. 이는 유명인이 후원하는 암호화폐 토큰에 대한 법적 취급에 있어 중요한 전환점이 되었다.

해커들이 켈프DAO(KelpDAO)의 브릿지에서 약 2억 9,200만 달러를 탈취해 Aave에서 사용했으며, 이로 인해 2억 3,600만 달러 이상의 부실 채권이 발생했다. 저스틴 선은 공격자에게 자금 반환을 위한 협상을 촉구했다.

AI 에이전트가 실제 시스템을 제어하기 시작함에 따라, 과연 누가 그 배후의 모델을 통제하고 있는 것일까? 또한 블록체인은 AI에 부족한 인프라를 보완할 수 있는 네 가지 추가적인 방법을 제공한다.

컴퓨팅 파워 기반 토큰이 AI 시대의 가치 체계를 재편하고 있다. 요금 체계의 변화부터 비용 구조의 양극화, 예산 체계의 조정까지, 토큰 경제가 어떻게 재정의되고 있는지 살펴본다.

비접촉 SaaS는 완전히 새로운 소프트웨어 결제 패러다임을 제시합니다. 즉, 검색 주체가 인간에서 인공지능으로 전환되고, 서비스 선택에 따른 의사결정 비용이 인간의 감성에서 정량화된 비용-편익 분석으로 바뀌게 됩니다.

골든파이낸스가 암호화폐 및 블록체인 업계 아침 뉴스레터 《골든 모닝 8시》 3032호를 발행하며, 가장 최신의 디지털 화폐 및 블록체인 업계 소식을 전해드립니다.

‘골든 위클리’는 골든파이낸스가 선보이는 주간 블록체인 업계 요약 코너로, 한 주간의 주요 뉴스, 채굴 업계 정보, 프로젝트 동향, 기술 발전 등 업계 소식을 다룹니다.

“감사 통과”라는 네 글자는 해당 매개변수가 위치한 부분을 포함하지 않습니다.