Ethereum Foundation cuts 20% of staff amid leadership exodus
The reduction follows a period of significant upheaval at the organization’s leadership level.
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Ethereum validators asked to fund projects with up to 10% of staking rewards under new proposal
A new governance proposal would let validators redirect part of their staking income toward ecosystem funding, raising questions about coordination, incentives and who gets to decide where the money goes.
AI is making crypto security cheaper, faster and harder to ignore
As AI-powered security tools become cheaper, faster and more widely available, researchers said they could reshape what the crypto industry considers reasonable due diligence before deploying code, potentially altering expectations for developers and institutions.
Ethereum Foundation loses another key leader as co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang resigns
Wang’s departure follows the resignation of fellow co-executive director Tomasz Stańczak and marks the latest in a string of high-profile exits at the EF.
Algorand unveils roadmap to achieve quantum resistance by 2028
The announcement reflects a crypto’s growing recognition that adopting quantum-resistant cryptography could take years, requiring changes not only to user wallets but also to core protocol infrastructure.
Bitmine adds another $136 million of ether after raising $274 million in preferred stock sale
Tom Lee’s Ethereum treasury firm, through the preferred stock sale, is using a financing tool pioneered by Michael Saylor’s bitcoin treasury firm Strategy.
Wall Street is moving past crypto pilots and deeper into Ethereum, says Etherealize founder
In an interview with CoinDesk, Etherealize cofounder Vivek Raman said Ethereum is currently in a transitional phase where the infrastructure has largely been built, but the scale of adoption has yet to be fully reflected in ETH itself.
The company that makes your TV is taking ads onchain. Arbitrum helped
LG Electronics has built a blockchain-based advertising platform with the help of Arbitrum.
Privacy returns to focus as Ethereum developers explore new token standards
In this week’s edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re looking at where privacy is headed in the Ethereum ecosystem.
Securitize CEO says tokenized stocks could unlock a $5 trillion crypto market
At a panel at ETHConf, Carlos Domingo argued that bringing stocks and exchange-traded funds onchain could unlock a market far larger than today’s roughly $30 billion tokenized asset sector.