The Korea Financial Services Commission requires all cryptocurrency exchanges to set up a system to verify assets every 5 minutes, and to complete it by the end of May. It found that some exchanges’ verification frequency is insufficient and that there are defects in their trading circuit breaker mechanisms; all exchanges are required to publish their asset balances and submit to audits. The regulatory measures stem from an operational mistake at an exchange in February.

Recently, rumors that the world’s longest-living tortoise, Jonathan, had died were confirmed to be a cryptocurrency scam. A forged veterinarian account was intended to lure investors. The incident caused Meme coin prices themed around Jonathan to surge and then quickly fall, exposing the crypto market’s sensitivity to false information and reminding investors to verify the source of information carefully.

X platform product lead Nikita Bier announced that it will roll out new measures against crypto phishing scams. The account that is first to publish relevant content will be locked and will need to complete identity verification. It is expected to eliminate 99% of malicious actors’ motives. He also pointed out that Google failed to effectively block phishing emails.

An Ethereum Foundation researcher presented the zkAttester client solution at the EthCC conference, addressing the computational burden of node re-execution, allowing validators to verify zero-knowledge proofs directly, lowering CPU performance requirements, shortening the time for new node synchronization, and helping enable Ethereum light verification and scaling.

Gate News reports that on March 29, the Canadian government introduced the "Strengthening Democracy Act" (Bill C-25) on March 26, which aims to prohibit political donations to parties and candidates in the form of cryptocurrencies, money orders, and prepaid cards. The government stated that such assets have pseudo-anonymity, making it difficult to verify the identity of donors, which poses risks to electoral integrity. The bill is currently in the first reading stage in the House of Commons. Previously, the UK also announced a suspension of accepting political donations in cryptocurrency.

Rumors surrounding the "secret XRP contract" spread rapidly in 2026, with Ripple's Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz publicly denying it, emphasizing that no pre-allocation agreement had ever been confirmed. This incident originated from misleading posts on social media, drawing market attention and highlighting issues in the dissemination of cryptocurrency information, reminding investors to verify sources when confronted with sensitive news.

ZachXBT revealed a coordinated network on the X platform that incited panic to attract traffic, leading to cryptocurrency scams and financial losses. These manipulators used high-follower accounts and AI-generated content to spread misleading information and steer users toward fraudulent activities. Users should carefully verify account histories to avoid scams.

Gate News reports that on March 20, according to GoPlus security monitoring, an address starting with 0x9709 signed malicious Permit and Approve transactions, leading to the theft of approximately $200,000 worth of USDC and wmtUSDT by phishing attackers. GoPlus advises users to carefully verify transaction details and contract addresses when signing any on-chain authorization (Approve) or offline signature (Permit) requests, and to avoid signing malicious requests from unknown sources to prevent asset theft.

Ledger supports hardware wallet signing functionality for MoonPay Agents, allowing users to verify and manually sign transactions generated by AI agents. This feature is compatible with multiple Ledger devices and supports interactions with multiple blockchain wallets.

Gate News, on March 13th, AI agent infrastructure Unibase launched AI agent autonomous wallet and payment protocol Unibase Pay on BNB Chain. The protocol uses x402 payment verification mechanism, enabling AI agents to automatically verify amounts, sign payloads, and complete on-chain settlements when receiving 402 responses. Additionally, Unibase provides each agent with a custodial wallet powered by Privy, allowing agents to directly access through MCP or