Lighter: Starting today, a cross-margin mechanism will be introduced in the gold and silver markets, and it will be expanded to other RWA markets next week.

Dash Enhances Privacy on Evolution with Zcash-Based Shielded Transfers

Dash has added shielded transactions that rely on the Zcash Orchard technology to its Evolution chain to boost payment privacy. Next will be shielded tokens, which will hide balance and transaction history using zero-knowledge proofs. Two of the crypto industry’s privacy-focused pioneer

Michael Egorov Says Debate Is Vital for DAO Success

Michael Egorov argues that disagreements in DAOs indicate healthy governance, as seen in a December 2025 vote with over 80% participation after initial rejection of a proposal. He emphasizes that constructive debate boosts engagement and leads to stronger decision-making in decentralized organizations.

Aave Governance Rift Widens as BGD Labs Announces April Departure

BGD Labs has announced that it will exit the Aave ecosystem in April, accusing Aave Labs of centralizing control over the DeFi network. It alleges that Aave Labs wants to develop v4 on its own terms and has ‘disregarded v3 and defined its deprecation timeline’ despite v4 not being live

Uniswap Expands Developer Stack With AI Tools on GitHub

Uniswap has published a new GitHub repository with AI-oriented tools that make it easier for developers to integrate autonomous AI agents. It includes a set of installable plugins extending AI tooling with protocol actions such as v4 hook development, swap integration, and EVM ecosystem tooli