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Conflux Foundation’s multichain protocol, ShuttleFlow, will be shutting down after two years of operation. The technology stack of ShuttleFlow will be transferred to Zero Gravity, a Web3 studio, which will continue developing the protocol under a new brand. User funds are secure and will be migrated from ShuttleFlow to Zero Gravity without any additional operations required for users who have previously bridged through the protocol. In other news, Aave, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, has paused several markets due to reports of an issue affecting a specific feature. This pause has affected multiple networks, including Aave v2 Ethereum Market, certain assets on Aave v2 on Avalanche, and certain assets on Polygon, Arbitrum, and Optimism. The fraud trial of the exploiter behind the alleged $116 million theft from Mango Markets has been postponed to April 8, 2023. The accused’s lawyers successfully filed a motion for a continuance, citing circumstances that impacted trial preparations. The trial was originally scheduled to begin on December 4. The Proof of Stake Alliance (POSA), a nonprofit organization representing firms in the crypto staking industry, has published an updated version of its staking principles. POSA represents 15 different firms in the staking industry and aims to provide recommendations for staking providers. Overall, the top 100 DeFi tokens had a positive week, with most tokens trading in the green on the weekly charts. The total value locked in DeFi protocols reached $56.06 billion, marking a significant milestone in the DeFi market.