In the span of just 18 days in April 2026, decentralized finance (DeFi) lost more than $606 million to hacks and exploits across at least a dozen incidents. Two attacks alone—the $285 million breach of Solana-based perpetuals DEX Drift Protocol on April 1 and the $292–293 million drain of Kelp DAO’s rsETH on April 18–19—accounted for roughly 95% of the month’s total losses.
What started as a targeted social-engineering operation snowballed into a systemic contagion: unbacked liquid restaking tokens (LRTs) flooded lending markets, triggered 100% utilization spikes and bad debt estimated between $124 million and $230 million, forced massive withdrawals exceeding $6–13 billion in DeFi TVL, and prompted emergency freezes across protocols. By April 23, even the world’s largest stablecoin wasn’t spared—Tether froze $344 million in USDT on Tron at the request of U.S. law enforcement.
April 2026 has already surpassed any prior month for DeFi losses since February 2025’s Bybit breach, with total 2026 year-to-date hacks now approaching $772 million. This wasn’t a random streak of misfortune. It was a textbook cascade exposing the interconnected risks of cross-chain bridges, LRT composability, human-operated governance, and the uncomfortable reality that “decentralized” systems often fall back on centralized emergency powers when the stakes are existential.
The Opening Salvo: Drift Protocol and Lazarus Group’s Long Game (April 1)
The month opened with what many initially dismissed as an April Fools’ prank. On April 1, Drift Protocol—a leading Solana perpetual futures exchange—lost approximately $285 million in roughly 12 minutes. Attackers drained multiple vaults holding USDC, WETH, JLP tokens, and other assets through compromised administrative privileges and pre-signed durable nonce transactions. No core smart contract bug was exploited; instead, the breach stemmed from a six-month social-engineering campaign traced to North Korea’s Lazarus Group (also known as UNC4736 or TraderTraitor).
Lazarus operatives reportedly infiltrated Drift’s contributors via fake identities, conference meetups, and malware targeting cloud infrastructure and personal devices. Once inside, they leveraged multisig governance weaknesses to execute the drainage. Drift immediately paused deposits and withdrawals, and on-chain analysts like PeckShield and Elliptic quickly flagged the North Korean connection—patterns consistent with prior state-sponsored operations, including the use of Tornado Cash for laundering.
The hack set a grim tone, but few anticipated the domino effect it foreshadowed. It highlighted a persistent DeFi vulnerability: even audited protocols with strong on-chain security remain exposed to off-chain human and operational risks.
Just twelve days after the Drift incident, another bridge vulnerability surfaced that, while smaller in realized losses, sent shockwaves through the interoperability space and foreshadowed the larger rsETH disaster to come. On April 13 at approximately 03:55 UTC, an attacker exploited a vulnerability in Hyperbridge’s Token Gateway contract on Ethereum—the interoperability layer connecting Polkadot to EVM chains. The root cause was a missing bounds check in the Merkle Mountain Range (MMR) proof verification logic within the two-year-old HandlerV1 contract. This flaw allowed the attacker to forge a cross-chain message that bypassed state-proof validation.
The forged message granted the attacker administrative control over the bridged DOT (ERC-6160) token contract. In a single atomic transaction, they minted 1 billion bridged DOT tokens—vastly exceeding the legitimate circulating supply of roughly 356,000 at the time. The attacker then routed the tokens through Odos Router and Uniswap V4 pools, extracting approximately 108.2 ETH (initially valued at ~$237,000–$272,000).
Hyperbridge initially reported ~$237,000 in losses but later revised the figure upward to approximately $2.5 million, accounting for additional drains from incentive pools across Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain, and Arbitrum, plus a separate ~245 ETH siphoned directly from the Token Gateway. Operations were paused immediately, and the incident remained isolated to bridged representations—native DOT on Polkadot was unaffected.
The exploit carried ironic weight: just two weeks earlier on April 1, Hyperbridge had posted (and later deleted) an April Fools’ joke claiming it was “unhackable” and even teasing a fake Lazarus attack. The real incident highlighted how even “trust-minimized” bridges relying on state proofs and message verification can fail catastrophically when verification logic has subtle implementation gaps.
This mid-month event served as a clear warning about bridge fragility. It demonstrated that forged cross-chain messages could lead to unlimited minting of bridged assets, a pattern that would repeat on a much larger scale just five days later with rsETH.
The Contagion Trigger: Kelp DAO’s rsETH Bridge Exploit (April 18–19)
Seventeen days later, the crisis escalated dramatically. On April 18 at approximately 17:35 UTC, attackers exploited Kelp DAO’s LayerZero V2-powered cross-chain bridge for rsETH (Kelp’s liquid restaking token). Using a combination of RPC node compromise, DDoS distraction, and a forged cross-chain message on a poorly configured 1-of-1 decentralized verifier network (DVN), the attacker tricked the bridge into releasing 116,500 rsETH—roughly 18% of total supply—without any corresponding burn on the source chain. The stolen tokens were worth approximately $292–293 million at the time.
LayerZero later attributed the attack to a highly sophisticated state actor—again pointing to Lazarus Group subunits. The attacker wasted no time: the freshly minted unbacked rsETH was deposited as collateral primarily on Aave V3 (and to a lesser extent Compound and Euler), allowing the borrowing of roughly $236 million in wETH and other assets.
Kelp DAO’s emergency multisig paused rsETH contracts 46 minutes later, but the damage was done. Multiple protocols—including Aave, SparkLend, Fluid, and others—rushed to freeze rsETH markets. Ethena, Curve, ether.fi, and even Tron DAO preemptively halted LayerZero OFT bridges as a precaution.
Aave’s Liquidity Crunch and the $13 Billion TVL Exodus
The rsETH collateral abuse turned a bridge exploit into a full-blown lending crisis. Aave, DeFi’s largest lending platform with over $20–26 billion in TVL pre-incident, faced massive bad debt estimates ranging from $124 million to $230 million depending on loss socialization. Utilization rates in core markets (USDT, USDC, WETH) spiked toward 100%, creating withdrawal bottlenecks. Over $6 billion fled Aave alone in the following days, with broader DeFi TVL dropping $7–13 billion in 24–48 hours across top chains. AAVE token price plunged more than 18%.
Aave TVL Exodus | Source: DefiLlama
Aave’s governance and risk teams acted decisively: the Protocol Guardian froze all rsETH and wrsETH reserves across V3 and V4 deployments on Ethereum and multiple L2s, setting loan-to-value (LTV) to zero. This contained the immediate bleed but left suppliers temporarily locked and reignited debates about collateral risk models in an era of composable LRTs.
Also Read: A $292 Million Wake-Up Call: Inside KelpDAO Hack That Exposed DeFi’s Fragility
The Centralization Reckoning: Arbitrum’s Security Council Steps In
As funds flowed across chains, Arbitrum’s Security Council— an elected body with emergency powers—intervened on April 21. Using an atomic upgrade to the inbox contract, they froze 30,766 ETH (approximately $71 million) tied to the exploitor on Arbitrum One and moved it to a governance-controlled wallet (0x…0DA0) pending further DAO approval.
The move was praised by some as responsible stewardship that prevented further laundering, especially against a suspected Lazarus actor. Others decried it as proof that even mature L2s like Arbitrum remain multisig-governed at heart. Justin Sun and others contrasted the swift L2 council action with Tron’s L1 “decentralization,” fueling a broader philosophical debate: when does emergency intervention cross into centralized control?
The Stablecoin Hammer Drops: $344 Million USDT Frozen on Tron (April 23)
The month’s chaos peaked on April 23 when Tether, in coordination with U.S. law enforcement and OFAC, blacklisted and froze $344 million USDT across two Tron wallets—one holding ~$213 million and the other ~$131 million. The addresses were linked to illicit activity and sanctions evasion. It was one of Tether’s largest single enforcement actions and underscored how regulatory pressure intensifies during periods of heightened exploit activity.
A Parallel Warning: The eth.limo DNS Hijack ( April 18)
While the DeFi ecosystem reeled from the rsETH exploit on April 18, another incident underscored the fragility of Web3’s off-chain infrastructure. The popular ENS gateway eth.limo—a free, open-source service that translates Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domains into accessible HTTPS URLs via IPFS and other decentralized storage—suffered a domain hijack.
Attackers used social engineering to impersonate an eth.limo team member and trick the domain registrar EasyDNS into initiating an account recovery process. They gained temporary control, altered nameservers (switching them to Cloudflare and later Namecheap), and could have redirected traffic from wildcard *.eth.limo domains—including high-profile sites like vitalik.eth.limo—to phishing pages or malware.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin issued an urgent public warning, advising users to avoid all eth.limo URLs and providing direct IPFS links as safe alternatives. DNSSEC protections ultimately limited the damage by rejecting unsigned malicious responses, and the domain was recovered within hours. No major fund losses were reported, but the incident exposed how centralized DNS dependencies and social-engineering vectors can threaten user access to decentralized websites.
The eth.limo breach, occurring on the same day as the rsETH exploit, served as a stark reminder that DeFi’s front-end and infrastructure layers remain soft targets. It echoed similar past incidents (such as domain hijacks affecting other protocols) and amplified the month’s overarching theme: even non-smart-contract components of the ecosystem are vulnerable to human and operational failures.
Why This Month Was Different: Systemic Lessons from the Cascade
April 2026’s perfect storm revealed three structural weaknesses that no amount of isolated audits can fully mitigate:
Bridge Fragility and Single Points of Failure: From Hyperbridge’s MMR proof bypass and unlimited minting to LayerZero’s configuration (single DVN verifier) exploit highlights the weak link in crypto security. Cross-chain messaging remains a high-value target, especially for LRTs that promise seamless liquidity.
Composability Risks with LRTs: Liquid restaking tokens like rsETH were designed for yield maximization, but when unbacked supply floods lending markets, the dominoes fall fast. Aave’s experience shows how quickly “over-collateralized” positions can turn toxic.
State-Sponsored Professionalization: Lazarus Group’s involvement in both mega-hacks—months of preparation for Drift, sophisticated infrastructure compromise for rsETH—demonstrates how nation-state actors are scaling their operations. Estimates suggest the group has stolen $6–7 billion historically, with April adding hundreds of millions more to North Korea’s coffers.
Protocols That Hit Pause and the Road to Recovery
Beyond the majors, several protocols paused or froze operations: Kelp DAO across chains, SparkLend, Fluid, Upshift, and smaller players caught in the rsETH contagion wave. Aave’s “Umbrella” module and governance proposals for bad-debt handling are now under urgent discussion. Kelp DAO faces pressure to socialize losses or backstop rsETH holders.
Recovery remains uncertain. Funds laundered through mixers or bridges may prove difficult to claw back, especially from Lazarus-linked wallets. Insurance protocols and on-chain coverage may see renewed demand.
Also Read: DeFi United: How Crypto Projects Came Together to Plug a $292M Hole
Forward Outlook: Maturity or Mass Exodus?
Black April forces a reckoning. DeFi builders must prioritize MPC wallets, improved verifier diversity, ZK-based bridging, reduced over-composability, and clearer loss-socialization rules. Regulators will likely point to these events as justification for tighter oversight on bridges and stablecoins.
Yet the bull case persists: crises accelerate maturation. Protocols that survive and transparently recover will rebuild trust. Capital may shift toward more conservative tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), but the core innovation of permissionless finance endures.
For users and protocols alike, the message is clear: assume composability risk, verify governance assumptions, and never underestimate state-level adversaries. April 2026 wasn’t the end of DeFi—it was the loudest warning yet that security, decentralization, and usability must evolve together.
Also Read: Crypto’s $606M April Nightmare: 12 Hacks, 18 Days, Worst Month Since Bybit Heist
The Neighbourhood‘s Jordan Lozman has opened up about the shocking moments that triggered his PTSD, including a harrowing incident involving a 20-year-old soldier in Afghanistan.
Jordan speaks about his battle with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) in tonight’s opening episode of The Neighbourhood, which is hosted by Graham Norton.
The oil rig worker is taking part in the ITV series alongside his wife Katie, his mum Christine and her husband Dave, who is Jordan’s step dad.
Jordan Lozman is starring in The Neighbourhood with his mum Christine, stepdad Dave and wife Katie (Credit: YouTube/ ITV)
He also reveals how he later turned to stand up comedy after serving in the forces, using humour as a way to cope with the trauma he carried.
The Neighbourhood’s Jordan Lozman
Jordan lays bare his battle with PTSD during a visit to The Neighbourhood’s local cafe.
“I had quite a bit of a rough time when I left the military,” he tells fellow competitor Rosie, who is from the Scouse Haus.
“Events happened over in Afghan where people unfortunately didn’t come back. Years later, I got hit by PTSD.
“Although it had a detrimental effect on me afterwards, it also turned me from an 18 year old school boy into a 19 year old man very quickly.
“It makes you appreciate every single day more. I had to write a letter when I was 18 to say I might not come back. And then you see people complaining about the price of eggs.”
Jordan turned to comedy during his recovery. He now performs stand up gigs to raise money for men’s mental health charities.
In 2024, the former RAF serviceman spoke openly about his time in the forces and his mental health struggles on the People Like Us podcast.
Jordan described a particularly horrific memory from Afghan, and also revealed he later reached a point where he wanted to take his own life.
Thankfully, his wife Katie, who stars alongside him on The Neighbourhood, helped save him.
He explained how he served on the Medical Emergency Response Team, which was responsible for evacuating wounded servicemen and women in Chinook helicopters.
“We would land where someone had, say, lost their legs or lost their life and have to put them into the back of the helicopter and try a and keep them alive on the way back to Camp Bastion,” he recalled.
“As soon as we’d land, the Taliban would start shooting at us.
“We had 7 people on that helicopter at one point with legs missing and stomaches blown open, kids and everything. It was [bleeping] horrendous.”
Jordan ‘shut down emotionally in Afghan (Credit: YouTube/ People Like Us)
Jordan’s ‘biggest regret’
Aged just 18, Jordan was faced with a moment that has stayed with him ever since.
“One of my biggest regrets is when we picked this lad,” Jordan said.
“He was only 20 and he had both his legs missing. He reached out and held my hand and looked at me and I started crying.
“My job was just to hold the blood to feed into him and I started crying, looking at him and knowing he was going to die.
“As I started crying, he started crying. And that’s something I can never forgive myself for.
“I felt like I should have been stronger. That poor lad was there with no legs and I couldn’t hold myself together.
“I started crying while looking at him and he must have thought, ‘Well, I’m [bleep-ed] here’. That’s one thing that bothers me. After that, I switched off and didn’t show any emotion.”
Jordan left the RAF after four years. He believes his decision to close himself off emotionally had a lasting impact on his mental health, which eventually led to his PTSD.
Jordan credits Katie with helping him get through it all.
“I wouldn’t be here without her,” he admitted. “She kept me going through all the [bleep], like when the PTSD started and I didn’t trust her.
“Katie took me to hospital when I got put in there when I was trying to kill myself.
“She took me to all my sessions, took knives off me when I tried to harm myself. She was everything.”
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Retro racing fans have a rare opportunity to experience a piece of “lost” Amiga history with the latest demo 5 download of SpeedManiaX, a Super Cars like racer, that Luigi Recanatese says “is intended to represent the evolution of the game 30 years after its conception”. While Aminet currently hosts the most recent version, Demo 5, which was uploaded in late April 2026, provided below is a bit of back story, as well as some gameplay footage from Saberman.
According to Gamesthatweren’t who mentioned this game back in 2021-2023. SpeedManiaX (once known simply as Speed Mania) was a highly ambitious project that eventually evolved into a title called Brutal Speed. In issue 65 of Italian Games Machine, the game was previewed as an AGA chipset powerhouse featuring 8-directional scrolling and a vibrant palette of 128 colours, drawing comparisons to classics like Super Cars 2 and Neo Drift. Despite its promise, the original project was cancelled after the development team suffered a devastating hardware failure on their A4000 hard drive, resulting in the loss of nearly all data.
This version only works on any Amiga with 2 Mb of ram chip. This limitation is because this is a demo. Not all features are available. The developer, now primarily working at XTeam Software, notes that this release is strictly a demo intended to showcase the game’s growth since its 1990s inception. As such, not all features are currently functional.
Vadzo Imaging has validated HDR MIPI camera modules – Bolt-821CRS MIPI camera, Bolt-822CRS MIPI camera, Bolt-830CRS MIPI camera, Bolt-233CRS MIPI camera, and Bolt-246CRS MIPI camera on the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano. The lineup spans cameras powered by powered by Onsemi HyperLux sensors that excels in capabilities such as embedded HDR exceeding 140 dB, 4K HDR, Wake-on-Motion ultra-low-power capture, and compact configurations for robotics, smart surveillance, industrial inspection, and battery-powered outdoor edge AI nodes. Module-level drivers for both Orin platforms eliminate driver porting overhead, enabling direct sensor-to-ISP integration from day one.
FORT WORTH, TX / ACCESS Newswire / April 24, 2026 / Vadzo Imaging, a provider of embedded vision cameras for OEMs and system integrators, today announced full validation of its Bolt Series HDR MIPI camera portfolio on the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano. OEM developers building AI-powered edge devices face a persistent camera challenge: no single HDR sensor fits every application, power budget, or form factor. A robotics arm inspecting circuit boards under mixed factory lighting, or a solar-powered perimeter node, or a facial recognition camera in a kiosk MIPI camera terminal each impose different constraints on dynamic range, power, and board size. Vadzo’s validated Bolt lineup addresses five distinct slices of that problem with module-level MIPI CSI-2 camera drivers that connect each sensor directly into the Orin ISP no intermediate chip, no porting sprint.
MIPI CSI-2 is the native camera interface of both the Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano. Vadzo’s validated drivers deliver uncompressed sensor data into the Orin camera pipeline with none of the latency or bandwidth overhead that USB or Ethernet camera connections introduce. For robotics MIPI camera and industrial inspection pipelines where inference frame rate is a hard constraint, this architectural difference is measurable.
Why MIPI CSI-2 Is the Right Camera Interface for NVIDIA Jetson Orin Edge AI Deployments
On the Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano, MIPI CSI-2 is not a connector preference; it determines the entire system architecture. The interface connects directly to the Orin hardware, enabling zero-overhead sensor-to-inference data flow. USB introduces host controller latency that becomes a bottleneck at production inference frame rates. Ethernet adds protocol stack depth incompatible with tightly coupled edge AI Jetson camera pipelines.
Vadzo’s validated driver delivery removes the largest integration risk in any Orin NX HDR MIPI camera or Orin Nano MIPI camera project: driver porting time. Engineering teams receive a tested integration path for each Bolt sensor on each Orin platform, compressing camera bringup from weeks to hours across robotics, surveillance, industrial inspection, and smart city applications.
“The question Jetson OEM teams ask is never whether MIPI CSI-2 is the right interface they already know it is. The question is which HDR MIPI camera works on their Orin platform today, without a driver porting project consuming their sprint. Validating the complete Bolt HDR MIPI lineup on Orin NX and Orin Nano is our direct answer. At Vadzo Imaging, we don’t just sell cameras we deliver validated, production-ready imaging pipelines that let you focus on your AI application, not on integration surprises. Our ‘Imaging Simplified’ philosophy means you get from sensor to inference faster, with fewer risks and no hidden engineering loops.” – Alwin Vincent, Product Manager, Vadzo Imaging
Building entrances and outdoor-to-indoor transition zones impose lighting differentials exceeding 100 dB beyond what standard sensors can handle in a single frame. The Bolt-821CRS addresses this with the Onsemi AR0821 Sensor, a 1/1.7″ BSI CMOS using 2.1 µm DR-Pix technology delivering embedded HDR exceeding 140 dB. This 8MP HDR MIPI camera delivers in-pixel dual conversion gain to produce HDR output without multi-frame merging, eliminating motion artifacts for facial recognition cameras and day night video recording camera applications. Validated on Jetson Orin NX, Orin Nano, Orin AGX, Raspberry Pi 4/5, and NXP i.MX8M Plus.
Bolt-830CRS – Onsemi AR0830 HyperLux LP | 8MP LI-HDR MIPI Camera with Wake-on-Motion
Battery-powered and solar-powered outdoor edge AI nodes cannot sustain continuous 4K HDR streaming without exhausting the power budget between events. The Bolt-830CRS solves this with the Onsemi AR0830 Sensor a 1/2.9″ stacked BSI CMOS with 1.4 µm pixel and HyperLux LP ultra-low-power architecture. Wake-on-Motion holds the camera in super-low-power standby until motion triggers full 4K HDR MIPI camera capture. LI-HDR and eDR deliver high dynamic range video recording camera performance at lower power draw than multi-frame methods. Validated on Orin NX, Orin Nano, and Orin AGX.frame methods. Validated on Orin NX, Orin Nano, and Orin AGX.
Bolt-233CRS – Onsemi AR0233 | 2.6MP 1080P HDR MIPI Camera
Compact embedded AI devices kiosk MIPI cameras, facial recognition cameras in access control terminals, and document scanning MIPI camera modules operate within board space and power envelopes where a full 4K HDR sensor is counterproductive. The Bolt-233CRS delivers 2.6MP full HD HDR imaging sensor performance via an AR0233 MIPI camera on MIPI CSI-2. Validated on Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano, it provides the right resolution tier for cost-sensitive embedded AI products where 1080P MIPI camera performance meets the application requirement.
Bolt-246CRS – Onsemi AR0246 HyperLux | 2MP HDR MIPI Camera
For distributed NIR sensitivity MIPI camera nodes in smart city infrastructure, low-light MIPI camera arrays in embedded surveillance appliances, and power-optimized IoT edge devices, the Bolt-246CRS delivers 2MP HDR MIPI camera performance at the smallest footprint and lowest power draw in the Bolt lineup. Built on the Onsemi AR0246 camera HyperLux sensor, it provides the correct resolution and power profile for Orin Nano MIPI camera deployments where the 40 TOPS compute tier matches modest resolution requirements. Validated on both Orin NX and Orin Nano.
Bolt HDR MIPI Camera Applications on Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano
Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Orin NX – Bolt-821CRS, Bolt-822CRS)
The Bolt-821CRS handles mixed factory lighting for robotic arms inspecting circuit boards with eHDR exceeding 140 dB. The Bolt-822CRS delivers 4K HDR MIPI camera resolution for fine-detail inspection in automotive and electronics lines. Both connect natively to the Orin NX ISP via MIPI CSI-2 with validated drivers.
Smart Surveillance and Perimeter AI (Bolt-821CRS, Bolt-830CRS)
The AR0821 camera resolves outdoor-to-indoor high-contrast scenes at building perimeters. The Bolt-830CRS extends coverage to battery-powered nodes with Wake-on-Motion, eliminating continuous power draw that makes always-on surveillance MIPI camera impractical on renewable energy installations.
Industrial Inspection and Quality Control (Bolt-822CRS, Bolt-233CRS)
The Bolt-822CRS provides 4K color camera resolution for sub-millimeter defect detection on Orin NX at 100 TOPS. The Bolt-233CRS handles compact inline inspection stations where a 1080P MIPI camera form factor fits machine frame constraints better than a 4K module.
Battery-Powered Outdoor Edge AI Nodes (Orin Nano – Bolt-830CRS, Bolt-246CRS)
The AR0830 Color Camera Wake-on-Motion architecture matches the Orin Nano’s power profile. The Bolt-246CRS camera provides the lowest-power 2MP HDR MIPI camera option for distributed installations where per-camera power draw aggregates across large deployments.
Compact Embedded AI Devices (Bolt-233CRS, Bolt-246CRS on Orin Nano)
The Bolt-233CRS and Bolt-246CRS deliver 1080P HDR and 2MP HDR MIPI camera performance in compact form factors validated on the Orin Nano the right compute tier for cost-sensitive kiosk MIPI camera and facial recognition camera products.
What the Bolt HDR MIPI Series Shares: Vadzo’s OEM Commitment to Jetson Developers
All five Bolt HDR MIPI cameras ship evaluation kits within 48 hours. Full OEM customization is available: board redesigns, firmware modifications, IR and NIR LED array integration for day night MIPI camera operation, lens holder and filter modifications, and IP-rated enclosure design. ISP tuning is calibrated for real edge AI deployment environments, not lab conditions. Driver coverage spans Jetson Orin NX, Orin Nano, and Orin AGX, with additional platform support for Raspberry Pi 4/5 and NXP i.MX8M Plus on select models. Volume pricing and production ramp support are available at vadzoimaging.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Do Vadzo’s MIPI camera drivers work on both Orin NX and Orin Nano without modification?
Yes. Vadzo delivers a single validated driver package for each Bolt HDR MIPI camera that supports both Orin NX and Orin Nano, minimizing or eliminating platform-specific modification. Validated drivers connect each sensor directly into the Orin via MIPI CSI-2, compressing camera bringup from weeks to hours.
2. Can Vadzo port MIPI camera drivers to platforms other than Jetson Orin?
Yes. Vadzo’s driver porting services cover Jetson Orin AGX, Raspberry Pi 4, Raspberry Pi 5, and NXP i.MX8M Plus, with select Bolt models already validated on Raspberry Pi 4/5 and NXP i.MX8M Plus. For platforms not listed, Vadzo’s applications engineering team can assess and initiate custom porting engagements. Contact [email protected] to confirm availability for a specific platform.
3. Which MIPI camera should I use for a kiosk or access control facial recognition system?
The Bolt-821CRS 4K MIPI Camera is the recommended camera for kiosk MIPI camera and facial recognition access control applications on Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano. Its Onsemi AR0821 sensor delivers 8MP 4K HDR imaging in a compact form factor suited to the board space and power envelopes of embedded AI terminals. For deployments requiring NIR sensitivity, such as IR-illuminated night operation, the Bolt-246CRS adds high NIR sensitivity at 2MP and is validated on both Orin NX and Orin Nano.
4. What is the best HDR MIPI camera for NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX or NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano?
The Bolt-821CRS is the highest-dynamic-range MIPI camera validated for the Jetson Orin NX, delivering embedded HDR exceeding 140 dB through the Onsemi AR0821 HyperLux sensor’s in-pixel dual conversion gain. Unlike multi-frame HDR methods, this single-frame approach eliminates motion artifacts, thus making it the preferred choice for facial recognition, smart surveillance, and mixed-lighting industrial inspection on Orin NX.
5. Why use MIPI CSI-2 Camera Interface for Jetson Orin camera integration?
MIPI CSI-2 connects directly to the Orin hardware, delivering uncompressed sensor data into the camera pipeline with zero protocol-conversion overhead. USB introduces host controller latency that becomes a bottleneck at production inference frame rates, while Ethernet adds protocol stack depth incompatible with tightly coupled edge AI pipelines. For robotics and industrial inspection applications where inference frame rate is a hard constraint, MIPI CSI-2 Camera portfolio ensures measurably faster and more deterministic integration with Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano.
Availability
All five Bolt HDR MIPI cameras are available now for OEM evaluation and production deployment. Technical documentation, evaluation kits and datasheets available at vadzoimaging.com. Contact [email protected] for volume pricing and OEM customization.
About Vadzo Imaging
Vadzo Imaging develops high-performance embedded and machine vision cameras for OEMs and system integrators building next-generation intelligent systems. The company delivers imaging platforms across USB, MIPI, GigE, Wi-Fi, and SerDes interfaces, supporting applications in industrial automation, robotics, smart surveillance, smart city infrastructure, and edge AI. Beyond hardware, Vadzo provides end-to-end imaging expertise including sensor integration, ISP tuning, firmware development, and OEM customization services that accelerate development and deployment at scale.
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If you dabbled even a little in Vampire Survivors, then you need to pick up and play Vampire Crawlers. It does offer different gameplay since it’s a turn-based roguelite deckbuilder, but a lot of the same chaotic charm is there.
However, you’re not going to get very far in your runs if you don’t know how weapon evolutions work. You’ll need to wrap your head around the cards and gems system, as one misstep will potentially lock you out of securing the arsenal you need to progress.
Here, we’ll get into how to evolve weapons in the game, as well as the currently available evolution list, so you can plan runs moving forward.
How does weapon evolution work in Vampire Crawlers?
While we might have suggested weapon evolution is a complex task, the mechanics are actually pretty simple. All you’ll need to do is combine the right weapon card with the right passive card, then trigger the evolution.
Evolutions are also tied strictly to cards, not run-of-the-mill gems that you might be used to seeing pop up. The game does a cheeky job of making some stat cards look like gems, but they don’t count towards evolutions. Worse still, if you slot a regular gem into a card, as previously alluded to, that card is effectively locked out of evolving altogether.
Once you’ve got the correct card combo sitting in your deck, the next step is to actually trigger the evolution. You’ll need to find either a treasure chest or destroy a statue that drops a red orb Evolution card. You should see the combo that you’ll be using under the ‘Evolve’ text, which will subsequently spit out an evolved weapon.
If you don’t have the right combination that you want, you’ve sadly missed out on the evolution this time around. Instead, you’ll have to take one of the higher rarity gems offered, which are handy, but nowhere near as powerful as what you’d get by evolving a weapon.
Vampire Crawlers weapon evolutions: A full list
If you’ve managed to digest the evolution process, here are all of the weapon evolutions you can do with associated cards, and what weapon you’ll receive at the end:
WeaponCard RequiredEvolutionAxeCandelabrador or Candella or CandleDeath SpiralCrossCloverHeaven SwordFire WandSpinachHellfireGarlicPummarolaSoul EaterGatti AmariStone MaskVicious HungerKing BibleSpellbinderUnholy VespersKnifeBracerThousand EdgeLightning RingDuplicatorThunder LoopMagic WandEmpty Tome or Light Tome or Ancient TomeHoly WandPeachoneEbony WingsVandalierPentagramCrownGorgeous MoonPhiera Der TuphelloEight the SparrowPhieraggiRunetracerArmor or Golden Armor or Rainbow ArmorNO FUTURESanta WaterAttract OrbLa BorraShadow PinionWingsValkyrie TurnerSong of ManaTirajisúMannajjaWhipHollow HeartBloody Tear
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Published: April 24, 2026 at 10:48 am Updated: April 24, 2026 at 10:48 am
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Quant Multiplied Initial Investments By 280x Despite Early Market Doubts
Quant (QNT) remains the gold standard for how a utility-focused project can turn a small ICO into a fortune. Launching at roughly $1.51, QNT faced immense skepticism from critics who doubted that its Overledger technology could ever bypass traditional banking hurdles. However, those who recognized it as a top crypto to buy and hold for short term growth were rewarded as the price skyrocketed to over $428. This move turned early believers into millionaires by proving that “boring” infrastructure is often the most profitable investment.
The success of Quant was rooted in its disciplined tokenomics and a marketing strategy that targeted real-world enterprise needs rather than empty social media trends. It served as a psychological trigger for the market, showing that missing an entry point is painful, but the crypto world is cyclical and always brings new chances. If you feel like you missed the Quant boat, the key is to find the next project that offers similar infrastructure value but at a much earlier, lower-entry stage.
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The transition from traditional banking to PayFi is inevitable, and projects like DOGEBALL are leading the charge. By combining the historical lessons of Quant’s success with a modern, high-speed Layer 2 solution, this DOGEBALL crypto presale offers a unique path for short-term wealth. The window to participate in this 4 month opportunity is the most efficient way to maximize your capital in 2026.
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Published: April 24, 2026 at 10:45 am Updated: April 24, 2026 at 10:45 am
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LTP, a leading global institutional digital asset prime brokerage, today announced that it has secured a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) License from the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). This milestone marks LTP’s official entry into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, enabling the delivery of regulated institutional-grade digital asset services to clients in and from Dubai.
Regulated Institutional Digital Asset Services
Under its VARA license, LTP Dubai (Liquidity Fintech FZE) is authorized to provide regulated broker-dealer services to professional institutional clients and qualified investors. This regulatory milestone enables LTP to offer its sophisticated suite of virtual asset solutions within Dubai’s rapidly growing ecosystem, reinforcing the emirate’s standing as a premier global hub for digital finance.
LTP’s platform serves a diverse institutional client base — including hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, family offices, and other sophisticated institutional clients — providing the regulated infrastructure, deep liquidity, and professional execution capabilities required to navigate digital asset markets with confidence. Through its advanced platform, LTP connects clients to major global exchanges, delivering ultra-low-latency market data, and capital-efficient solutions.
Dubai: A Strategic Hub for Digital Asset Innovation
Dubai has rapidly established itself as a global leader in digital asset regulation and innovation. Since its establishment in 2022, VARA — the world’s first independent regulator dedicated exclusively to virtual assets — has implemented a comprehensive, tailor-made regulatory framework built on the principles of economic sustainability, consumer protection, and cross-border financial security.
The VARA license positions LTP to meet the growing demand from institutional clients seeking regulated access to digital asset markets within one of the world’s most progressive and business-friendly environments.
Commitment to Compliance and Institutional Standards
LTP has built its business on a foundation of regulatory compliance, institutional-grade risk management, and operational excellence. The company maintains licenses and registrations across multiple jurisdictions and engages proactively with regulators worldwide to uphold the highest standards of investor protection and market integrity.
The VARA license reflects LTP’s proactive regulatory strategy and its long-term commitment to building sustainable, compliant, and scalable infrastructure for the global institutional digital asset market.
“Securing our VARA VASP License is a defining milestone for LTP and a testament to our unwavering commitment to operating within robust regulatory frameworks across every market we serve.” Jack Yang, Founder and CEO of LTP, commented, “Dubai’s forward-looking approach to digital asset regulation, together with VARA’s rigorous standards, creates an ideal environment for us to serve institutional clients throughout the MENA region. We are proud to bring our proven prime brokerage infrastructure to Dubai and to support the region’s increasingly sophisticated institutional community.”
About LTP
LTP is a global institutional prime broker, purpose-built to meet the evolving needs of digital asset market participants. By applying traditional financial standards to blockchain innovation, LTP delivers end-to-end prime services spanning trade execution, clearing, settlement, custody, and financing. Its offerings further extend to institutional asset management, regulated OTC block trading, and compliant on/off-ramp solutions — providing a secure and scalable foundation for institutions across the digital asset ecosystem.
About VARA
Established in March 2022, following the effect of Law No. 4 of 2022, VARA is the competent entity in charge of regulating, supervising, and overseeing VAs and VA Activities in all commercial zones across the Emirate of Dubai, including Special Development Zones and Free Zones but excluding the Dubai International Financial Centre. VARA plays a central role in creating Dubai’s advanced legal framework to protect investors and establish international standards for Virtual Asset industry governance, while supporting the vision for a borderless economy.
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Published: April 24, 2026 at 10:30 am Updated: April 24, 2026 at 11:24 am
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Intro
More than $4.2 billion in stablecoins have been processed through on-chain privacy protocols, and the data reveals patterns that challenge common assumptions about who uses these tools and why. AMLBot’s analysis of its public Dune Analytics Dashboard — which tracks cumulative stablecoin volumes across Tornado Cash, Railgun, zkBOB, Hinkal, Aztec, and Privacy Pools 0xBow — shows that stablecoin selection in privacy protocols is not random. It correlates directly with each protocol’s compliance posture.
In protocols without screening, 99–100% of volume is DAI — the one major stablecoin that cannot be frozen. In protocols with compliance mechanisms, USDC dominates at up to 81%. The data also shows that OFAC’s 2022 sanctions on Tornado Cash effectively stopped the protocol’s growth, but did not reduce overall demand for stablecoin privacy. Users migrated to Railgun and zkBOB, both of which have since surpassed Tornado Cash in cumulative volume. After sanctions were lifted in March 2025, users did not return.
These findings, and others explored in detail below, have direct implications for compliance teams, blockchain investigators, risk analysts, and policymakers working to understand how privacy infrastructure is actually used — and how to calibrate their monitoring systems accordingly.
The dashboard is freely accessible and updated regularly: 🔷 Stablecoin Turnover in On-Chain Privacy Tools: AMLBot’s Dune Dashboard.
Appendix: Dashboard Documentation
What Are Privacy Tools in Crypto?
Crypto privacy tools are on-chain protocols that break the visible link between sender and receiver. They do this in different ways, and the differences matter for compliance.
– Mixers pool deposits from multiple users and let them withdraw equivalent amounts to fresh addresses. Tornado Cash is the best-known example. It uses fixed-denomination pools (0.1, 1, 10, 100), so every deposit and withdrawal looks the same on-chain. OFAC sanctioned it in August 2022, but those sanctions were lifted in March 2025 after the Fifth Circuit ruled that immutable smart contracts don’t qualify as “property” under IEEPA. The protocol’s smart contracts kept operating autonomously throughout the sanctions period regardless, since there was no one to “turn them off.” The criminal case against Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm reached a partial verdict in August 2025. A jury convicted Storm of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, but deadlocked on the two more serious charges — conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate sanctions. The deadlocked charges ended in a partial mistrial. Storm filed a motion for acquittal on the conviction, which is pending judicial review as of early 2026. Prosecutors have requested a retrial on the unresolved counts for late 2026. Separately, the developers of Samourai Wallet, a Bitcoin-focused privacy mixer, pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges and were sentenced to four and five years in prison in late 2025 — establishing another precedent in the evolving legal landscape around privacy tool developers.
– Shielded Transfer Systems work differently. Railgun, for instance, uses zk-SNARKs (Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Arguments of Knowledge) to shield wallet addresses while keeping the transactions themselves valid and auditable on-chain. It also runs a “Private Proofs of Innocence” mechanism that screens transfers against known illicit addresses, which is an interesting attempt to reconcile privacy with compliance. In early 2026, Railgun launched Railgun_connect, a feature enabling private wallets to interact with DeFi protocols like CowSwap without unshielding funds — a significant step toward making privacy the default rather than an add-on.
– Compliance-Oriented Privacy Pools represent a newer approach. Privacy Pools 0xBow, launched on Ethereum mainnet in 2025 and based on research co-authored by Vitalik Buterin, uses Association Set Providers (ASPs) to screen deposits before admitting them into the privacy pool. Users can prove their funds aren’t associated with illicit activity without revealing transaction details. This “compliance-by-design” approach aims to offer privacy without creating regulatory exposure — a model that differs fundamentally from both traditional mixers and shielded transfer systems.
– Protocol-Specific Privacy Layers like zkBOB and Hinkal each have their own approach, but essentially they allow users to conduct transactions privately. zkBOB was built around the BOB stablecoin but also supports USDC and USDT via Zero-Knowledge Proofs. Hinkal supports stablecoin and DeFi token shielding, including CRV alongside the standard stablecoins, and uses KYC-gated access to restrict its privacy pools to verified users.
The practical difference for compliance teams is that each protocol leaves a different footprint on-chain, processes different assets, and has a different regulatory history. Even though Tornado Cash sanctions were lifted in March 2025, transactions with historical Tornado Cash exposure still get flagged differently than Railgun activity, which has built-in screening. Privacy Pools 0xBow adds another layer of nuance: it actively excludes illicit deposits, which means exposure to Privacy Pools carries a different compliance profile than exposure to protocols without such screening. Knowing which protocol processed which stablecoin, at what volume, is what lets you make those distinctions rather than treating everything as generic “mixer exposure.”
What the Dashboard Covers
It tracks the cumulative value of stablecoin transfers routed through privacy smart contracts across the following protocols:
Tornado Cash — non-custodial mixer using fixed-denomination deposit pools, sanctioned by OFAC in August 2022. Despite sanctions and enforcement actions, the protocol’s smart contracts continued to operate autonomously on-chain throughout the sanctions period. The sanctions were lifted in March 2025 after the Fifth Circuit ruled that immutable smart contracts don’t qualify as “property” under IEEPA. Criminal proceedings against co-founder Roman Storm resulted in a mixed verdict in August 2025: conviction on conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, with the jury deadlocked on the more serious money laundering and sanctions conspiracy charges. As of early 2026, prosecutors have requested a retrial on the unresolved counts.
Railgun — zk-SNARK-based privacy system that shields wallet addresses using Zero-Knowledge Proofs. Implements a Private Proofs of Innocence mechanism designed to screen against known illicit addresses.
zkBOB — privacy protocol built around the BOB stablecoin, also supporting USDC and USDT transfers via Zero-Knowledge Proofs.
Hinkal — privacy protocol supporting stablecoin and DeFi token shielding, including CRV (Curve DAO Token) alongside standard stablecoins. Hinkal positions itself as an institutional-grade privacy layer with KYC-gated access.
Aztec (zk.money) — privacy-focused Layer 2 built on Ethereum using zk-rollup architecture. The dashboard tracks historical DAI turnover through Aztec’s privacy pools, with a cumulative volume of $124 million. While the original zk.money application was sunset, its on-chain transaction history remains part of the privacy protocol landscape, and the Aztec Network launched its new Ignition Chain mainnet in November 2025.
Privacy Pools 0xBow — compliance-oriented privacy protocol launched on Ethereum mainnet in March 2025, based on research co-authored by Vitalik Buterin. Uses an Association Set Provider (ASP) mechanism that screens deposits against known illicit addresses before admitting them into the privacy pool. Users can generate Zero-Knowledge Proofs showing their withdrawal belongs to a compliant set, without revealing specific transaction details. Supports DAI, USDC, USDT, USDS, and BOLD.
🔷The dashboard does not claim to cover every existing privacy tool or blockchain, but it captures the most widely used protocols relevant to compliance and investigative workflows.
Tracked Stablecoins
DAI — decentralized stablecoin issued by MakerDAO (now Sky). Tracked across Tornado Cash, Railgun, Hinkal, Aztec, and Privacy Pools 0xBow.
cDAI — Compound-wrapped DAI, representing DAI deposited into the Compound lending protocol. Tracked in Tornado Cash, where it historically circulated through dedicated privacy pools.
USDC — USD-pegged stablecoin issued by Circle. Tracked across Tornado Cash, Railgun, zkBOB, Hinkal, and Privacy Pools 0xBow.
cUSDC — Compound-wrapped USDC. Tracked in Tornado Cash.
USDT — USD-pegged stablecoin issued by Tether. Tracked across Tornado Cash, Railgun, zkBOB, Hinkal, and Privacy Pools 0xBow.
BOB — stablecoin native to the zkBOB protocol ecosystem. Tracked in zkBOB.
CRV — Curve DAO governance token. While not a stablecoin in the traditional sense, CRV is included because it is actively processed through Hinkal’s privacy mechanism and represents a meaningful share of that protocol’s activity.
USDS — stablecoin issued by Sky (formerly MakerDAO), the rebranded successor to DAI within the Sky ecosystem. Tracked in Privacy Pools 0xBow.
BOLD — stablecoin native to the Liquity v2 protocol. Tracked in Privacy Pools 0xBow.
🔷 Both canonical and wrapped token forms are included because they represent the same underlying economic exposure and are commonly used in privacy protocol interactions. The dashboard expands its asset coverage as new stablecoins appear in privacy pools.
Who This Dashboard Is For
(a) AML Compliance Teams monitoring exposure to privacy protocols in transaction flows. If you’re building or refining a crypto transaction monitoring workflow, this dashboard tells you which stablecoins and protocols carry the most volume, so you can prioritize what to flag.
(b) Blockchain Investigators tracing funds through mixing and shielding services and using any blockchain investigation tool to reconstruct fund flows. Understanding which protocols process which stablecoins — and at what scale — helps prioritize investigative resources and contextualize on-chain findings.
(c) Risk Analysts and Compliance Officers at exchanges, OTC Desks, and payment providers who need to assess privacy protocol exposure as part of their KYT workflows.
(d) Researchers and Policymakers studying the scale of privacy protocol usage, the impact of sanctions enforcement on on-chain behavior, and the evolution of the crypto privacy ecosystem.
(e) Journalists and Analysts covering crypto compliance, DeFi privacy, and illicit finance trends who need verifiable, on-chain data rather than estimates or projections.
How to Use the Dashboard
The Stablecoin Turnover in On-Chain Privacy Tools: AMLBot’s Dune Dashboard is structured with paired visualizations for each protocol and stablecoin combination:
Cumulative Total — a single figure showing the all-time USD value of stablecoin transfers through a given protocol for a specific asset.
Historical Turnover Chart — a time-series bar chart showing how volumes evolved month by month, revealing trends, seasonal patterns, and the impact of external events (such as the OFAC sanctions on Tornado Cash and their subsequent lifting).
Asset Distribution — a pie chart showing the overall breakdown of stablecoin volume by asset type across all protocols (USDT: 52.1%, DAI: 31.4%, USDC: 16.1%, with BOB, CRV, BOLD, and USDS making up the remainder).
Users can filter, compare, and cross-reference data across protocols to identify shifts in privacy protocol usage over time. The dashboard is publicly accessible and requires no account or subscription to view.
Methodology
Data Source. On-chain transaction data indexed via Dune Analytics SQL queries against decoded smart contract event logs.
Measurement. Each data point represents the cumulative USD value of stablecoin transfers processed through the respective protocol’s privacy smart contracts. This includes both deposits into and withdrawals from privacy pools or shielding mechanisms.
Updates. The dashboard refreshes automatically as new on-chain data becomes available. Historical data is cumulative and grows over time.
Scope Limitations. The dashboard captures the most widely used protocols, stablecoins, and networks but does not cover every existing privacy tool, blockchain, or token. New protocols and assets are added as they gain meaningful volume. Figures reflect cumulative historical totals and may differ from point-in-time snapshots depending on when the dashboard is viewed.
Why Stablecoin-Specific Data Matters
Most public discussions of privacy protocol usage focus on ETH volumes or aggregate totals. Stablecoin-specific data tells a different and arguably more operationally relevant story. In 2026, stablecoins are the primary medium for value transfer in crypto. They’re dollar-denominated, liquid on basically every exchange, and integrated into most DeFi protocols. If you’re trying to move a large amount of value without price risk, you’re using a stablecoin. That’s true whether you’re a treasury manager at a legitimate company or someone laundering stolen funds. The asset class doesn’t care about intent. When stolen funds, laundered proceeds, or sanctioned assets move through privacy protocols, they are increasingly denominated in stablecoins rather than volatile assets. Tracking stablecoin-specific flows provides a clearer picture of how these protocols are used in practice.
The overall stablecoin distribution across all six protocols reveals a clear hierarchy — and the breakdown itself is analytically significant.
Figure 2. Stablecoin Composition Across All Tracked Privacy Protocols. USDT accounts for more than half of all volume, reflecting both its market dominance and users’ demand for privacy around the most frequently frozen stablecoin. Data Source: AMLBot Dune Dashboard, March 2026.
Centralized stablecoin issuers like Tether and Circle have the technical ability to freeze tokens at the smart contract level. AMLBot’s Analysis of Stablecoin Freezing Activity Across 2023–2025 found that Tether blacklisted 7,268 addresses with $3.29 billion frozen, while Circle blacklisted 372 addresses with $109 million frozen. That 30x difference in enforcement intensity affects how each stablecoin gets distributed across privacy protocols. Users who are concerned about freezing risk gravitate toward DAI, which can’t be frozen at the issuer level because it’s decentralized. How this behavior plays out across specific protocols is directly observable in the dashboard data — and is explored in detail in the Analytical Insights section below.
Different stablecoins indicate different risk profiles. A transaction flagged for privacy protocol interaction carries a different risk profile depending on whether it involves DAI, USDC, or USDT — and which protocol processed it. This dashboard provides the data needed to make those distinctions.
Cross-chain movement adds another layer. Stablecoins bridge easily between Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, and Arbitrum. That makes them convenient for chain-hopping strategies that obscure fund flows. And because stablecoins are so widely accepted at exchanges and OTC desks, converting back to fiat at the end is relatively frictionless.
The emergence of newer stablecoins in privacy infrastructure is also worth noting. USDS (Sky’s successor to DAI) and BOLD (Liquity v2) have started appearing in Privacy Pools 0xBow, suggesting that the stablecoin landscape within privacy protocols is diversifying beyond the original DAI/USDC/USDT trio.
Key Findings
Total tracked stablecoin volume across all six protocols exceeds $4.2 billion cumulative. zkBOB ($1.59B), Railgun ($1.58B), and Tornado Cash ($847M) account for the vast majority, followed by Aztec ($124M), Hinkal ($70M), and Privacy Pools 0xBow ($4.6M).
USDT dominates overall, accounting for 52.1% of all stablecoin volume in privacy infrastructure. $1.5 billion flows through zkBOB alone, plus $667 million through Railgun. It is the most-used stablecoin in privacy infrastructure by a wide margin.
DAI accounts for 31.4% of total volume. In Tornado Cash specifically, DAI and cDAI make up $842 million of the protocol’s $847 million stablecoin volume, likely because DAI can’t be frozen by a centralized issuer the way USDT and USDC can. DAI also dominates Aztec’s tracked volume entirely ($124M).
USDC accounts for 16.1% of total volume and has emerged as a significant asset in privacy infrastructure, particularly through Railgun, where USDC turnover has reached $565 million, making it the second-largest stablecoin flow through that protocol. Railgun has become the largest privacy protocol by stablecoin variety, processing $667M in USDT, $565M in USDC, and $345M in DAI, totaling $1.58 billion.
Tornado Cash processes almost exclusively DAI: its USDC and USDT volumes are negligible ($1.8M and $3.7M respectively), reinforcing that users of this protocol overwhelmingly prefer the decentralized stablecoin that can’t be frozen at the issuer level.
Hinkal has processed $70.2 million in stablecoin and DeFi token volume, with USDC ($37.3M) and USDT ($20.6M) as the primary assets, supplemented by DAI ($9.9M) and CRV ($2.5M).
Privacy Pools 0xBow, the newest protocol on the dashboard, has processed $4.6 million since its launch in mid-2025, with volume growing sharply from December 2025 onward. USDC ($3.7M) is its dominant asset.
The chart below shows how cumulative stablecoin volume is distributed across the six tracked protocols.
Figure 1. Figure 1. Cumulative Stablecoin Volume by Privacy Protocol. zkBOB and Railgun each exceed $1.5B, while Tornado Cash, once the dominant protocol, sits at $847M following sanctions-driven user migration. Data Source: AMLBot Dune Dashboard, March 2026.
Most public discussions of privacy protocol usage focus on ETH volumes or aggregate totals. Stablecoin-specific data tells a different and arguably more operationally relevant story. In 2026, stablecoins are the primary medium for value transfer in crypto. They’re dollar-denominated, liquid on basically every exchange, and integrated into most DeFi protocols. If you’re trying to move a large amount of value without price risk, you’re using a stablecoin. That’s true whether you’re a treasury manager at a legitimate company or someone laundering stolen funds. The asset class doesn’t care about intent. When stolen funds, laundered proceeds, or sanctioned assets move through privacy protocols, they are increasingly denominated in stablecoins rather than volatile assets. Tracking stablecoin-specific flows provides a clearer picture of how these protocols are used in practice.
The overall stablecoin distribution across all six protocols reveals a clear hierarchy — and the breakdown itself is analytically significant.
Figure 2. Stablecoin Composition Across All Tracked Privacy Protocols. USDT accounts for more than half of all volume, reflecting both its market dominance and users’ demand for privacy around the most frequently frozen stablecoin. Data Source: AMLBot Dune Dashboard, March 2026.
Centralized stablecoin issuers like Tether and Circle have the technical ability to freeze tokens at the smart contract level. AMLBot’s Analysis of Stablecoin Freezing Activity Across 2023–2025 found that Tether blacklisted 7,268 addresses with $3.29 billion frozen, while Circle blacklisted 372 addresses with $109 million frozen. That 30x difference in enforcement intensity affects how each stablecoin gets distributed across privacy protocols. Users who are concerned about freezing risk gravitate toward DAI, which can’t be frozen at the issuer level because it’s decentralized. How this behavior plays out across specific protocols is directly observable in the dashboard data — and is explored in detail in the Analytical Insights section below.
Different stablecoins indicate different risk profiles. A transaction flagged for privacy protocol interaction carries a different risk profile depending on whether it involves DAI, USDC, or USDT — and which protocol processed it. Cross-chain bridging between Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, and Arbitrum adds further complexity, making stablecoins convenient for chain-hopping strategies that obscure fund flows. The dashboard provides the data needed to make these distinctions. The following section examines what that data reveals when analyzed across protocols.
Analytical Insights: What the Data Reveals About Privacy Protocol Usage
The dashboard data is useful as a reference tool, but its real value lies in what it reveals when you look at the numbers across protocols and stablecoins together. Below are the key analytical findings we’ve identified — patterns that are not visible from any single chart, but emerge when the dataset is examined as a whole.
1. Freezing Risk Is the Primary Driver of Stablecoin Selection in Privacy Protocols
One of the most consistent patterns in the data is the relationship between a protocol’s compliance posture and the type of stablecoin its users prefer.
As noted above, centralized stablecoin issuers like Tether (USDT) and Circle (USDC) have the ability to freeze tokens at the smart contract level, meaning they can block any specific address from sending or receiving their stablecoin. DAI (now governed by Sky, formerly MakerDAO) is different — it’s a decentralized stablecoin with no issuer that can freeze individual tokens. With that context, the dashboard data shows a pattern:
Figure 3. Stablecoin Composition by Protocol, ordered from least to most compliance screening. In unscreened protocols (Tornado Cash, Aztec), users choose almost exclusively non-freezable DAI. As compliance mechanisms increase, freezable stablecoins (USDC, USDT) become dominant — a behavioral pattern directly observable in the data. Data Source: AMLBot Dune Dashboard, March 2026.
In protocols with no compliance screening, users almost exclusively choose DAI — the stablecoin that cannot be frozen. Tornado Cash processes 99.4% DAI ($842M out of $847M total). Aztec processes 100% DAI ($124M). The combined USDC and USDT volume in Tornado Cash is under $5.5 million — effectively a rounding error on a $847 million total.
In protocols with built-in compliance mechanisms, users are comfortable using freezable stablecoins. In Railgun (which runs Private Proofs of Innocence screening), the breakdown is 42% USDT, 36% USDC, and 22% DAI — a much more balanced mix. In Hinkal (which requires KYC verification to access), USDC actually leads at 53%. In Privacy Pools 0xBow (which uses Association Set Providers to screen deposits), USDC dominates at 81%.
It’s a behavioral signal: the more a protocol does to distance itself from illicit activity, the more willing users are to bring assets that can be traced and frozen. When there’s no such mechanism, users protect themselves by choosing the one major stablecoin that no single entity can freeze. For compliance professionals, this finding has a direct practical application: the stablecoin-protocol combination in a flagged transaction is informative. This is explored further in Section 5.
2. The Frozen Stablecoin Paradox: USDT Is Both the Most Frozen and the Most Private
At first glance, this seems contradictory: USDT accounts for 52.1% of all stablecoin volume in privacy infrastructure (Figure 2), making it by far the most privately transacted stablecoin, and yet USDT is also the stablecoin most aggressively frozen by its issuer.
But the contradiction dissolves when you understand it as a feedback loop rather than a paradox.
USDT is the most widely used stablecoin in crypto. According to DefiLlama, its market capitalization exceeds that of USDC by a significant margin, and it dominates trading pairs across both centralized and decentralized exchanges. So the baseline volume of USDT in any crypto activity, including privacy protocols, is naturally high.
At the same time, as noted earlier, Tether’s significantly more aggressive enforcement posture creates an incentive for USDT holders to seek privacy tools — not necessarily for illicit purposes, but because the risk of having assets frozen (potentially incorrectly or without adequate recourse) is higher with USDT than with any other major stablecoin.
Figure 6. Stablecoin Diversification Comparison: zkBOB vs. Railgun. Both protocols process approximately $1.6B in cumulative volume, but zkBOB depends on a single asset (94.5% USDT), while Railgun maintains a balanced mix across three stablecoins. Data Source: AMLBot Dune Dashboard, March 2026.
The data shows where this USDT goes: primarily into zkBOB ($1.5 billion) and Railgun ($667 million). Notably, USDT users don’t switch to DAI to avoid freezing risk — they stay in USDT but route it through privacy infrastructure. This suggests that what these users want is not a different asset, but a layer of privacy around the same asset. They want the liquidity and market acceptance of USDT, combined with the protection that privacy protocols offer.
For risk analysts, this is a useful calibration point. A USDT transaction flagged for privacy protocol exposure should not be automatically treated as higher risk than a DAI transaction with the same exposure. The motivation for seeking privacy may differ by asset: USDT users may be seeking protection from aggressive issuer-level enforcement, while DAI users in unscreened protocols may be seeking maximum untraceability.
3. OFAC Sanctions Redirected Privacy Demand — and It Never Came Back
The historical turnover charts for each protocol tell an important story about what happens when regulatory action hits a specific privacy tool.
Figure 4. Cumulative Stablecoin Turnover for Tornado Cash, Railgun, and zkBOB from 2019 to March 2026. Two vertical markers show the August 2022 OFAC sanctions and their March 2025 removal. Tornado Cash’s growth stopped at the first marker and did not resume after the second — while alternative protocols continued to accelerate. Data source: AMLBot Dune Dashboard, March 2026.
In August 2022, OFAC sanctioned Tornado Cash. Figure 4 shows that Tornado Cash’s stablecoin volume growth effectively stopped around that point — the cumulative figure plateaued and has barely moved since. The protocol’s total stablecoin turnover stands at $847 million, and the historical chart shows that most of this volume accumulated before the sanctions period.
But the demand for stablecoin privacy didn’t disappear. It moved. Railgun’s stablecoin volume grew from near zero to over $1.5 billion, with the sharpest acceleration occurring in the period between late 2022 and early 2026. zkBOB showed a similar trajectory, growing to $1.59 billion over the same period. What’s significant is that after OFAC lifted the Tornado Cash sanctions in March 2025, the volume didn’t return to Tornado Cash. The post-sanctions stablecoin charts for Tornado Cash show continued slow growth from DAI, but nothing close to the pace of Railgun or zkBOB. Meanwhile, Railgun and zkBOB continued their steep upward curves. Users who migrated to alternative protocols during the sanctions period appear to have stayed.
The timeline below illustrates the shift. Two events, the imposition and removal of sanctions, divide the chart into three distinct periods, each telling a different part of the story.
This has three implications for the industry:
First, sanctions were effective at disrupting a specific protocol, but not at reducing overall privacy protocol usage. The total volume across all protocols now exceeds $4.2 billion — far more than Tornado Cash ever processed alone.
Second, user migration is sticky. Once users find an alternative privacy protocol that meets their needs, they don’t return to the original even after the regulatory risk is removed. This is consistent with how technology adoption works more broadly: switching costs are high, and once users build familiarity with new tools, inertia keeps them there.
Third, post-sanctions compliance risk persists. Even though Tornado Cash is no longer sanctioned, its user base has shifted. New stablecoin activity in Tornado Cash is minimal. But the historical $847 million in cumulative volume still exists on-chain, and transactions that touched Tornado Cash during the sanctions period carry a different regulatory profile than those before or after. Compliance teams need to distinguish between historical and current exposure — the dashboard’s time-series data makes that possible.
4. The zkBOB Concentration Risk: $1.5 Billion in a Single Asset
zkBOB is the largest protocol by cumulative stablecoin volume ($1.59 billion), but this headline figure obscures an important detail: 94.5% of that volume — $1.5 billion — is a single asset, USDT.
Figure 6. Stablecoin Diversification Comparison: zkBOB vs. Railgun. Both protocols process approximately $1.6B in cumulative volume, but zkBOB depends on a single asset (94.5% USDT), while Railgun maintains a balanced mix across three stablecoins. Data source: AMLBot Dune Dashboard, March 2026.
The protocol’s native stablecoin, BOB, accounts for only $19.9 million (1.3% of total volume). USDC adds $68.3 million (4.3%). This means zkBOB is, from a practical standpoint, a USDT privacy protocol with incidental support for other assets. This concentration carries several risks. If Tether were to adopt a more aggressive blacklisting posture toward addresses associated with privacy protocols — or if Tether were pressured by regulators to do so — zkBOB would be disproportionately affected. Unlike Railgun, which has a diversified stablecoin base (42% USDT, 36% USDC, 22% DAI), zkBOB has almost no buffer.
It also carries an analytical implication. When a compliance team flags a transaction for zkBOB exposure, the asset is almost certainly USDT. This makes zkBOB exposure functionally predictable, which is useful for risk scoring: it allows compliance teams to apply USDT-specific risk factors (such as the higher probability of Tether enforcement action) alongside the privacy protocol risk factor. For comparison, Railgun presents the opposite pattern — a broadly diversified stablecoin base across three major assets, none of which exceeds 42% of total volume. This diversification makes Railgun more resilient to single-issuer risk, but also makes exposure to Railgun less predictable from a stablecoin perspective.
The contrast becomes stark when the two protocols’ stablecoin compositions are placed side by side.
5. Where Stablecoins Flow: USDC and USDT Tell Opposite Stories
One of the most analytically significant findings in the dashboard data emerges when you compare how USDC and USDT distribute across privacy protocols. The two stablecoins follow almost perfectly inverse patterns, and the contrast reveals two fundamentally different user segments within privacy infrastructure.
USDC: Gravitating Toward Compliance
USDC is issued by Circle, a company that has publicly positioned itself as compliance-first. Circle holds state money transmitter licenses, cooperates with law enforcement, and has filed for an IPO. Its stablecoin freezing approach is conservative relative to Tether, fewer addresses frozen, lower total value, and typically triggered by explicit court orders or sanctions designations.
Given this profile, you might expect USDC to avoid privacy infrastructure entirely. But the data shows the opposite: USDC has a meaningful presence in privacy protocols — totaling over $676 million in cumulative volume. More importantly, its distribution is heavily skewed toward protocols with compliance mechanisms:
Figure 5. USDC and USDT Distribution across Privacy Protocols. USDC concentrates in compliance-screened protocols, reaching 81% of Privacy Pools 0xBow’s volume. Data Source: AMLBot Dune Dashboard, March 2026.
Railgun: $565M (36% of Railgun’s Total Volume) — protocol with Proofs of Innocence screening.
zkBOB: $68.3M (4.3% of zkBOB’s Total) — minimal share in a USDT-dominated protocol.
Hinkal: $37.3M (53% of Hinkal’s Total) — majority asset in a KYC-gated protocol.
Privacy Pools 0xBow: $3.7M (81% of Privacy Pools’ total) — dominant asset in the most compliance-oriented protocol.
The pattern: as protocol compliance increases, USDC’s share increases with it. In the most screened protocol (Privacy Pools 0xBow), USDC accounts for 81% of all volume. In the least screened (Tornado Cash), it accounts for 0.2%.
USDT: Gravitating Toward Volume and Privacy Without Screening
USDT, issued by Tether, dominates overall privacy infrastructure at 52.1% of total volume. But its distribution follows the opposite pattern to USDC:
Figure 6. USDC and USDT Distribution across Privacy Protocols. USDT concentrates in unscreened protocols, with $1.5B (94.5%) flowing through zkBOB alone. The inverse pattern reveals two distinct user segments within privacy infrastructure. Data Source: AMLBot Dune Dashboard, March 2026.
zkBOB: $1,500M (94.5% of zkBOB’s Total) — extreme concentration in a protocol without compliance screening.
Railgun: $667M (42.3% of Railgun’s Total) — significant presence, but balanced with other assets.
Hinkal: $20.6M (29.3% of Hinkal’s Total) — minority share in a KYC-gated protocol.
Tornado Cash: $3.7M (0.4% of Tornado Cash’s Total) — minimal, but Tornado Cash is DAI-dominated for different reasons.
Privacy Pools 0xBow: $0.7M (15.5% of Privacy Pools’ Total) — small share in the most compliance-oriented protocol.
Where USDC concentrates in compliance-screened protocols, USDT concentrates in unscreened ones. The $1.5 billion USDT flow through zkBOB alone, a protocol with no compliance mechanisms, represents the single largest stablecoin flow in all of privacy infrastructure.
This is not coincidental. USDT holders face a higher baseline freezing risk, which creates a stronger incentive to route transactions through privacy protocols. And because these users are seeking protection from issuer-level enforcement rather than regulatory compliance, they gravitate toward protocols that offer maximum privacy — regardless of whether those protocols screen for illicit activity.
The two charts side by side tell a story that neither tells alone: privacy infrastructure serves at least two distinct user segments. The first segment, visible in the USDC data, wants privacy within regulatory bounds. These users choose compliance-screened protocols and use a stablecoin from a regulated issuer. Their likely motivations include protecting trading strategies, shielding salary payments, or maintaining financial privacy without creating regulatory exposure.
The second segment, visible in the USDT data, wants privacy from issuer-level enforcement. These users concentrate in high-volume, unscreened protocols and use the stablecoin with the highest freezing risk. Their motivations may range from legitimate concerns about aggressive Tether enforcement to illicit fund movement, the data alone cannot distinguish between these.
For compliance teams, this finding has a direct practical application: the stablecoin in a flagged transaction is itself a risk signal. USDC flowing through Railgun or Privacy Pools carries a different risk profile than USDT flowing through zkBOB, and internal risk models should reflect that distinction.
6. Privacy Pools 0xBow: Early Signals of a Paradigm Shift
Privacy Pools 0xBow is by far the smallest protocol on the dashboard by volume ($4.6 million cumulative), but its growth trajectory and asset composition make it worth watching closely.
The protocol launched in mid-2025 and spent its first several months processing modest volumes — roughly $100K–$300K per month between July and October 2025. Then, starting in November 2025, volumes began accelerating: $1.3M in December, $3M+ in January 2026, and $3.5M+ in both February and March 2026. In relative terms, that’s a 30-40x increase in monthly volume over six months.
The growth trajectory, shown below, reveals a clear inflection point in late 2025.
Figure 8. Monthly stablecoin volume through Privacy Pools 0xBow since launch. Volume grew approximately 30–40x between July 2025 and March 2026, with USDC accounting for 81% of all activity — suggesting that the protocol attracts primarily compliance-oriented users. Data source: AMLBot Dune Dashboard, March 2026.
What makes this growth significant is not the absolute numbers, $4.6M is modest by privacy protocol standards, but what it suggests about unmet demand.
Before Privacy Pools launched, there was no protocol specifically designed to offer privacy with built-in compliance screening. The fact that it attracted volume immediately, and that volume is accelerating, indicates that a segment of the market was waiting for exactly this kind of tool. If the current trajectory holds, Privacy Pools could become a meaningful data point in the dashboard within the next 12 months — and a reference case for how compliance-by-design privacy protocols perform relative to their unscreened counterparts.
7. Stablecoin–Protocol Combinations as a Risk Scoring Framework
Taking the above findings together, the dashboard data enables a practical risk calibration framework based on the observed relationship between stablecoin type, protocol type, and user behavior patterns.
CombinationSuggested Risk TierRationaleDAI + Tornado Cash or AztecHigherNo compliance screening. 99–100% DAI concentration indicates users specifically selected a non-freezable asset in an unscreened environment + historical sanctions exposure (TC).USDT + zkBOBElevatedLargest single stablecoin flow in privacy infrastructure ($1.5B). ZK-based privacy without compliance mechanisms. Extreme single-asset concentration.USDT/DAI + RailgunModerateProof of Innocence mechanism provides some screening, but protocol does not require KYC. Diversified stablecoin base suggests mixed user intent.USDC + RailgunModerate-LowerUSDC’s presence ($565M) in a protocol with compliance screening suggests privacy-seeking users who remain within regulatory norms.USDC/USDT + HinkalModerate-LowerKYC-gated access restricts pool participants. Institutional positioning.USDC + Privacy Pools 0xBowLower (Relative)Active ASP deposit screening. Compliance-by-design architecture. USDC dominance (81%) indicates regulated-segment users.
It’s important to note that “Lower Risk” does not mean “NO Risk.” Any privacy protocol interaction introduces an information gap in the transaction chain, which is inherently a compliance concern under Travel Rule requirements. The matrix above helps distinguish the degree of concern — not whether concern is warranted at all.
Additionally, these risk tiers reflect the data observed at the time of analysis. Protocol mechanisms can change, stablecoin issuer policies can evolve, and user behavior shifts over time. Compliance teams should treat this as a living framework, calibrated regularly against updated dashboard data.
How Compliance Teams Can Use These Findings
Under the EU’s MiCA Regulation and the Travel Rule, there’s a requirement to identify and transmit originator and beneficiary data with every crypto transfer. When part of a transaction’s history includes interaction with a privacy protocol, that creates a gap in the information chain. The Travel Rule data literally doesn’t exist for the shielded portion. Compliance teams need to decide what to do with that gap. The analytical findings above point to several concrete ways to calibrate that response.
Use the stablecoin as a risk signal, not just the protocol. As shown in Sections 1 and 5, the stablecoin in a flagged transaction is itself informative. USDC flowing through Railgun or Privacy Pools suggests a compliance-conscious user seeking privacy within regulatory bounds. DAI flowing through Tornado Cash suggests a user who specifically chose a non-freezable asset in an unscreened environment. Internal risk models should reflect this distinction — a blanket “privacy protocol exposure = high risk” approach fails to differentiate between fundamentally different user behaviors.
Distinguish between historical and current Tornado Cash exposure. As Section 3 demonstrates, Tornado Cash’s stablecoin activity has been effectively flat since August 2022. The new volume is minimal. But $847 million in historical volume still exists on-chain. A transaction that touched Tornado Cash in 2021 carries a different profile than one from 2025 — the dashboard’s time-series data makes it possible to assess when the exposure occurred, not just that it occurred.
Account for protocol-level compliance mechanisms in risk scoring. Not all privacy protocols are equal. Railgun screens against known illicit addresses. Hinkal requires KYC. Privacy Pools 0xBow actively rejects deposits linked to sanctioned or criminal activity. Tornado Cash and zkBOB have no such mechanisms. Exposure to a screened protocol may warrant standard review; exposure to an unscreened protocol may warrant Enhanced Due Diligence. The risk matrix in Section 7 provides a data-driven baseline for this calibration.
Monitor concentration risk in specific protocol–asset pairs. As Section 4 shows, zkBOB processes $1.5 billion in USDT with no compliance screening — the single largest stablecoin flow in privacy infrastructure. If your exchange sees significant zkBOB-exposed USDT deposits, that warrants heightened attention not because the protocol is sanctioned, but because of the scale and lack of screening involved.
Watch emerging protocols for shifts in user behavior. Privacy Pools 0xBow is small today ($4.6M), but its 30–40x growth trajectory (Section 6) suggests a new category is forming. As compliance-by-design tools gain volume, risk models will need a new tier — one that accounts for protocols where illicit deposits are actively excluded rather than passively accepted.
The dashboard doesn’t make these compliance decisions for you. But it gives you the data (and the analytical framework) to make them with precision instead of guesswork.
Related AMLBot Research
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This analysis reflects dashboard data as of March 2026. The dashboard updates automatically as new on-chain data becomes available, and AMLBot continues to add new protocols and stablecoins as they gain meaningful volume. As the privacy protocol landscape evolves — through new tools, regulatory shifts, and changes in issuer enforcement — the patterns identified here will evolve with it. We will update this analysis periodically as the data warrants.
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Binance Wallet launches Agentic Wallet, a keyless solution for AI Agents to manage assets with enhanced security, customizable features, and integration for seamless Web3 automation across multiple blockchains.
Binance Wallet has introduced the Agentic Wallet, a new keyless wallet specifically designed for AI Agents to manage digital assets on behalf of users. The Agentic Wallet operates as a separate account under the user’s main Binance Wallet, providing an isolated balance that allows AI Agents to trade, transfer, and manage assets while ensuring the user’s primary wallet remains secure.
The launch of Agentic Wallet represents a significant step in Binance’s broader mission to make digital asset opportunities more accessible. AI has become a central focus of this effort, with the company having already rolled out Binance AI Skills and Binance Ai Pro, which offer an intelligent co-pilot for trading and market analysis on the Binance exchange. Agentic Wallet extends this AI-powered automation beyond the exchange, integrating AI Agents, wallet management, and trading into a unified Web3 experience. The platform aims to simplify participation in Web3 by removing the need for users to handle complex private key management or require technical expertise, while maintaining control over their funds.
“At Binance, we see AI as key to making digital asset opportunities more accessible. Agentic Wallet is designed to give users and developers a secure, practical way to let AI Agents take action on-chain.” said Winson Liu, Global Head of Binance Wallet in a written statement. “With Agentic Wallet, we’re extending the Binance AI experience beyond the exchange and into Web3, while bringing the Agent, the wallet, and the exchange experience together in one app. The result is a more intuitive, secure, and self-custodial way for users to let their AI Agents operate on-chain within clear boundaries,” he added.
Binance’s Agentic Wallet Launches With Enhanced Security, Customizable Features, And AI Integration For Seamless Web3 Automation
The Agentic Wallet is designed with security and oversight in mind. It allows users to configure permissions, review transactions for security, and monitor activity in real-time. The wallet offers customizable features, such as transaction limits, token boundaries, and restrictions on risky transactions. Transfers are limited to addresses stored in the user’s address book, and all activities are fully trackable via a monitoring dashboard. The wallet utilizes Binance’s enterprise-grade Keyless Wallet Technology to enhance the security of user assets.
AI Agents using Agentic Wallet can perform a variety of operations, including balance checks, market and limit orders, order management, and viewing transaction histories, with additional features planned for future updates. For Binance Ai Pro users, Agentic Wallet comes with pre-built Skills, simplifying the process of getting started. Users of other AI frameworks that support protocols like MCP or tool-use can also install Binance Wallet Skills, enabling their Agents to securely interact with the wallet.
At launch, Agentic Wallet supports BNB Smart Chain, Solana, Base, and Ethereum, with plans to expand to additional blockchains. Creating an Agentic Wallet and installing the necessary Skills is free, though standard Binance Wallet service fees apply when an Agent executes on-chain transactions.
To celebrate the launch, Binance Wallet is offering a 15-day promotional period with two special campaigns. Eligible users can take advantage of up to 20 gas-free transactions through Agentic Wallet, with a total cap of 200,000 transactions. Additionally, users can enjoy zero service fees for trades made via Agentic Wallet during the promotion.
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HoYoverse just wrapped up a pretty exciting Zenless Zone Zero Special Program that not only delivered all the details on the next big update, it also came with the unexpected announcement that the action RPG is on its way to Steam.
Previously, all HoYoverse games with PC versions have always been directly available from the developer’s website, or through the Epic Games Store. In other words, Zenless Zone Zero will soon mark the massive company’s debut on Valve’s platform.
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The main focus of the livestream, of course, has been Version 2.8, otherwise known as New Eridan Sunset. This upcoming release is scheduled for May 6, though the Steam version does not yet have a date.The new release sees the release of two new Agents, as well as the brand-new Wind attribute enemy.
The release also acts as the last chapter of Season 2, and it sees Ramiel becoming the main target of different factions in the Outer Ring. The two new arrivals, together with Proxies and Cissia will embark on a quest to learn the new identity of Ramiel.
The first new Agent is Promeia, the executioner of Krampus. She’s an S-Rank Ice Anomaly Agent who can consume Trial by Cold to trigger Abloom on enemies. This is done by converting Corrosive Chill.
By using her EX Special Attack, she can enter the Bound Absolution state, which allows her to automatically Perfect Dodge any attack that targets her. If you have another Anomaly or Support Agent on the team, Promeia can further boost the entire squad’s Abloom damage.
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The second addition in 2.8 is Starlight – Billy, also an S-Rank Agent, though wielding Physical Rupture instead. This is the upgraded form of Billy, and he arrives on a combat motorcycle to bring his signature Starlight Knight to the fight. Through it, he can deliver big Physical burst damage.
The higher Billy’s health, the more Sheer damage he deals. In fact, all Physical damage he deals lands as Sheer damage. Further building on his tank-like role, his skills can also restore his own health.
Re-runs in Version 2.8 will be Lucia in the first half, and Orphie & Magus in the second. The other exciting addition coming with this update is the new Wind attribute enemy, and the accompanying Vortex mechanic.
When an enemy is inflicted with the Wind Attribute Anomaly, any other Anomaly attack type that gets applied will trigger Vortex, rather than Disorder. This deals AoE Anomaly damage of the type that matches the corresponding element.
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Throughout the version’s runtime, you’ll be able to take part in the Marcel Bootopia-themed event, which gives you control of Eous and lets you explore a Bangboo resort island. The island has been closed due to an outbreak of Hollows, and you must rescue Bangboos and find treasures.
If you do, you’ll earn Booltergeist and its Bangboo core for your troubles. This is an A-Rank Bangboo that can float around and fire lasers in combat. Its damage is further boosted whenever certain teammates are present.
The Ultimate Verdict Trial is another event you can check out that lets you fight alongside newcomer Promeia, or take part in other mini-activities that all reward Polychrome. Finally, you can look forward to a new Hoshimi Miyabi outfit: Dignified Blossom, which will be available in the store.
Before you jump back in next month, it always helps to catch up on the latest Zenless Zone Zero codes to make sure you’re not missing out on any freebies.
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