Author: Sophia Brown

An unauthorised contract upgrade enabled direct withdrawals from the protocol. Funds were bridged to Ethereum and laundered through Tornado Cash. Assets affected included WIP, USDC, WETH, stIP, and vIP. A governance failure at Unleash Protocol has resulted in a major security breach, with attackers draining around $3.9 million in user funds. The incident was first identified by blockchain security firm PeckShieldAlert and later confirmed by the Unleash team. While the exploit did not affect the wider Story ecosystem, it has renewed attention on how governance mechanisms can become a critical point of failure in decentralised finance. Unleash Protocol is a…

Half of the token supply is allocated to the ecosystem, with an immediate airdrop converting 2025 points into LIT. LIT is used for staking, access to trading services, and payment for data verification on the platform. Lighter ranks third by recent perpetuals volume, behind Hyperliquid and Aster. A new token launch is putting fresh focus on how decentralised trading platforms are designing their economic models. Perpetuals-focused Layer 2 exchange Lighter has rolled out its native cryptocurrency, LIT, positioning it as a core part of its infrastructure rather than a simple governance add-on. Built on Ethereum, the platform is targeting active…

Devcon, the Ethereum community’s annual global gathering for builders, will take place from 3-6 November 2026 at the JIO World Center in Mumbai, India. This Devcon 8 update is not a full vision, but will help organizers and the wider ecosystem plan. More details on programming, tracks, and participation will follow in the coming months. Why India, why Mumbai India was selected as the next host location based on the scale and rapid growth of its developer ecosystem, rising local adoption, and strong grassroots Ethereum communities. India has 17M+ developers on GitHubIt has been the largest source of new crypto…

Fusaka shipped PeerDAS in addition to a myriad of minor features and Glamsterdam’s major features will include Block-level Access Lists and enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation. Now we begin outlining the subsequent upgrade: Hegotá. Timeline Jan 8th – Feb 4th: Headliner proposals (EthMag) Feb 5th – Feb 26th*: Headliner discussion & finalization (ACD calls) 30-day window to follow: Non-headliner EIP proposals (Hegota Meta EIP) *subject to change Headliner proposals Hegota’s major features (”headliners”) will be chosen first. These features, presented as EIPs, can be submitted on the Ethereum Magicians forum beginning January 8th, using a template that will be posted in the…

Citi forecasts Bitcoin at $143K and Ethereum at $4,304 in 12 months. Regulatory clarity and adoption drive institutional interest in crypto. Short-term risks, including bearish patterns, options expiry, and ETF outflows, still linger. Citigroup has delivered one of the most upbeat outlooks from a major Wall Street institution on digital assets, forecasting strong upside for both Bitcoin and Ethereum over the next year. The bank’s projections come at a time when crypto markets are navigating sharp short-term volatility while longer-term adoption trends continue to strengthen. A bullish baseline with room to run In a recent research note, Citigroup set a…

The Hegota update will follow Glamsterdam in the Ethereum upgrade cycle. Hegota will merge execution and consensus upgrades to boost efficiency and scalability. Verkle Trees and state improvements aim to make Ethereum lighter for node operators. Ethereum developers have unveiled the name of the network’s next major upgrade, offering the community an early look at what lies ahead for the blockchain in 2026. Just weeks after the Fusaka update, developers confirmed that the post-Glamsterdam upgrade will be known as Hegota, continuing Ethereum’s steady path of technical refinement and long-term scalability planning. The announcement, shared through developer discussions and highlighted by…

Thanks to Arantxa Zapico, Benedikt Wagner, and Dmitry Khovratovich from the EF cryptography team for their contributions, and to Ladislaus, Kev, Alex, and Marius for the careful review and feedback. The zkEVM ecosystem has been sprinting for a year. And it worked! We crossed the finish line for real-time proving! Now comes the next phase: building something mainnet-grade. From speed to security In July, we published a north-star definition for realtime proving. Nine months later, the ecosystem crushed it: proving latency dropped from 16 minutes to 16 seconds, costs collapsed 45×, and zkVMs now prove 99% of all Ethereum blocks…

Disclaimer: The following blog is a proposal from the Stateless Consensus team. Content may not imply consensus views, and the EF is a broad organization that includes a healthy diversity of opinion across Protocol and beyond that together strengthen Ethereum. Special thanks to Ladislaus von Daniels and Marius van der Wijden for reviewing this article. Ethereum has grown from a small experimental network into a critical piece of global infrastructure. Every day it settles billions of dollars in value, coordinates thousands of applications, and anchors an entire ecosystem of L2s. All of this ultimately relies on a single underlying component:…

BitMine buys $140M in ETH, boosting its treasury to nearly 4M ETH. US Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs saw $582M in combined outflows. Ethereum trades near $2,950, capped by EMAs, with support at $2,900. Ethereum price forecast remains cautiously optimistic as the cryptocurrency struggles to maintain momentum, trading near $2,950 after slipping roughly 12% over the past week. While Ether has avoided a decisive breakdown, the broader market, including Bitcoin (BTC), shows signs of fatigue amid waning participation and cautious trading behaviour. BitMine adds $140M ETH in the dip As the price of Ethereum (ETH) fell below $3,000, Tom Lee’s Ethereum…

XRP-linked ETFs have surpassed $1B in net inflows, defying broader market dips. Ethereum sees significant downward pressure amid whale exits. Broad markets remain deteriorated due to liquidity crunches. Cryptocurrencies extended their weakness on Tuesday, with Bitcoin sliding toward $85K. The value of all digital assets has declined by 3% over the past day to $2.96 trillion. Sentiments are deteriorating daily due to thin liquidity, as even fundamentally healthy projects are failing to sustain prolonged upsides. Amidst the gloomy outlook, investors are becoming more defensive, with institutional players reducing exposure as they rotate to narratives dominating the current landscape. This divergence…