Crypto scammers created a counterfeit version of the Upbit-backed GIWA blockchain and tricked DYORSWAP into integrating it, leading to the theft of approximately 767 ETH (about $2 million) from over 1,300 wallets that bridged funds to the fake Layer 2 network. DYORSWAP has paid over 200 ETH in compensation to affected users.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined a vision for Ethereum's evolution beyond traditional blockchain architecture, describing the network's trajectory toward becoming a 'cryptographic world computer' by 2030. He stated that next year's Hegota upgrade will likely be Ethereum's last 'normal' fork before advanced cryptography takes over.
Crypto casino and sports betting platform Duelbits confirmed a hack that drained approximately $7 million from its hot wallets across multiple blockchain networks including Ethereum, BNB Chain, Tron, and Bitcoin. The platform took its site offline following the suspected private key compromise, though it stated user funds remain safe.
Onchain prediction market protocol Trueo announced it will move its primary deployment from Base Layer 2 to Ethereum mainnet, citing greater integration potential and network effects. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin welcomed the move, praising Trueo as an 'ethical' market contender.
Ondo Finance has introduced a feature allowing eligible institutions to directly convert existing shares and ETFs into tokenized equivalents on blockchain, or redeem tokens for underlying shares. The service is live on Ethereum and BNB Chain through integration with Alpaca.
Fraudulent YouTube tutorials claiming to teach users how to build crypto arbitrage bots using Anthropic's Claude AI drained more than $517,000 in Ethereum from at least 224 victims, as blockchain intelligence reports a 440% surge in hackers using AI to hide malicious code on blockchains.
Ethereum developers confirmed the Glamsterdam upgrade will activate on the Sepolia testnet on October 6, but warned that cheap test ether could allow malicious builders to exploit block auctions and potentially stall the chain during testing.
Security researchers have uncovered a Brazilian banking malware operation deploying KREMLIN toolkit, which uses Ethereum smart contracts to update its attack infrastructure and hijacks Chrome and Edge browsers to steal credentials and session tokens. More than 1,500 infections have been traced.
The endowment built from unclaimed 2016 DAO funds is launching a second funding round worth $1.8 million to support Ethereum's security initiatives, asking companies that benefit from Ethereum security work to contribute. The move comes as 2026's first half has already set a record for crypto hacks.
A trading bot named Yoink intercepted approximately 2,900 rsETH worth $7.8 million during an exploit targeting a Gnosis Safe wallet on Ethereum. The bot's transaction beat the original attacker's into the same block, effectively hijacking the heist.
Ethereum and Coinbase-backed Base have stopped collaborating on unified account abstraction proposals and will pursue separate standards. Ethlabs researcher Derek Chiang confirmed the breakdown in coordination efforts on September 14.
A collaboration between Google Quantum AI, the Ethereum Foundation, and Stanford has published research showing optimized quantum circuits that reduce the resources needed for a key operation in potential quantum attacks on Bitcoin and Ethereum's cryptography, requiring only 1,151 logical qubits compared to previous estimates.
A crowdsourced challenge of over 100 researchers and AI agents reduced the quantum resource benchmark for a key operation in attacking Bitcoin and Ethereum by 86% in two months, requiring 1,151 logical qubits and 1.30 million T-gates.
Ethereum development firm Consensys is separating its consumer-facing MetaMask wallet business from its institutional and infrastructure operations by late 2026, with Joe Lubin serving as chairman and CEO of the MetaMask entity.
The Ethereum Foundation has made quantum resistance its top priority, establishing December 2029 as a fixed deadline to protect the network's execution, consensus, and data layers before quantum computers could break current cryptography. The timeline is now constraining which features can be included in upcoming upgrades, including the Hegotá upgrade.
The Ethereum Foundation has made quantum resistance its top priority, establishing December 2029 as a fixed deadline to protect the network's execution, consensus, and data layers before quantum computers could break current cryptography. The timeline is now constraining which features can be included in upcoming upgrades, including the Hegotá upgrade.
Ethereum-compatible layer-1 network Harmony has proposed sunsetting its seven-year-old blockchain and migrating its native ONE token to Ethereum. The project has allocated $1.37 million in compensation for validators who halt node operations starting September 10 and transition to governor roles in new projects.
Ethereum-compatible layer-1 network Harmony has proposed sunsetting its seven-year-old blockchain and migrating its native ONE token to Ethereum. The project has allocated $1.37 million in compensation for validators who halt node operations starting September 10 and transition to governor roles in new projects.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published an updated Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 8141 on Sunday, proposing changes to how wallets sign transactions, batch operations, and handle payments ahead of the Hegotá upgrade.
Ethereum core developers have committed EIP-8141, known as Frame Transactions, to the network's 2027 Hegotá upgrade. The proposal would enable users to pay transaction fees using tokens other than ETH through native account abstraction, splitting transactions into validation, payment, and execution steps.
Paxos-issued stablecoin USDG has launched natively on Mantle, with the Ethereum layer-2 network joining the Global Dollar Network as a partner. Mantle will receive a share of revenue generated from USDG usage on its network.
The Silicon Ethereum Layer 2 network is shutting down permanently, giving users a four-month window until December 31, 2026 to withdraw nearly $10 million in assets before they become unrecoverable as liquidity disappears and the chain closes.
Two Thai businessmen filed a lawsuit in New York federal court claiming Tether froze $42.4 million in USDT across 10 Ethereum addresses at an informal US law enforcement request, more than three months before a seizure warrant was issued. The plaintiffs allege the freeze was unlawful.
Two Thai businessmen filed a lawsuit against Tether in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging the stablecoin issuer froze approximately $42.4 million in USDT across 10 Ethereum addresses four months before any court authorization. The plaintiffs are challenging Tether's authority to blacklist their funds and seeking to recover the frozen assets.
Applications on the two-month-old Robinhood Chain generated $2.66 million in 24-hour revenue, ranking second behind Solana and surpassing Ethereum, Base and other established networks. The network processed a record 5.52 million transactions driven primarily by memecoin launchpad activity.
A bridge configuration flaw on Base and BNB Smart Chain allowed attackers to hijack LayerZero delegate permissions, mint trillions of phantom SAND tokens, and drain approximately $675,000 from the Ethereum vault.
Ripple has announced a comprehensive four-stage strategy to secure the XRP Ledger against quantum computing threats by 2028, responding to recent advances showing AI models can significantly weaken post-quantum cryptographic protections. The move comes as Bitcoin and Ethereum also published quantum migration plans this week.
Charles Schwab announced plans to add Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX) and Chainlink (LINK) to its crypto trading platform in the coming months, expanding beyond its current Bitcoin and Ethereum offerings to nearly 40 million brokerage accounts.
Ethereum researchers submitted a draft proposal to overhaul the network's validator deposit contract to accept variable-length cryptographic keys, marking the first step toward protecting the staking system's $104 billion in locked ETH from potential quantum computer attacks.
An attacker exploited Term Finance's DAO governance system on August 23, 2026, purchasing enough voting power for approximately 2 ETH to gain control of strategy vaults and drain $8.5 million from the Ethereum-based fixed-rate lending protocol.
Ledger quietly patched a vulnerability in its Ethereum hardware wallet app on August 12 that could have allowed malicious dApps to swap legitimate transactions for harmful ones. The fix came after an AI security firm went public with the issue.
GnosisDAO approved GIP-153 on August 19, authorizing Gnosis Chain to transition from an independent layer-1 blockchain to an Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) rollup that settles directly to Ethereum. The move will end the chain's independent validator set and unlock approximately 350,000 GNO tokens previously used for treasury-funded staking rewards.
Securitize and Neuberger launched the Neuberger Securitize High Income Tokenized Fund (HINC), a tokenized fixed-income fund investing primarily in high-yield bonds. The fund operates across Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, and Sui blockchains, marking Neuberger's first engagement as subadvisor to a tokenized fund.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies increased its Ethereum holdings by 9,926 ETH during the week ending August 16, bringing its total treasury to 5,815,164 ETH worth approximately $11 billion. The company now holds 4.8% of Ethereum's total supply and has staked over 5 million ETH through its MAVAN validator network.
Ethereum DeFi platform Ether.fi has upgraded its non-custodial neobank with tokenized stock and metals trading, portfolio-backed borrowing via Aave at approximately 4% rates, and expanded fiat payment support across 30+ currencies. The Summer release also introduces programmatic ETHFI token buybacks funded from all revenue streams.
An unknown crypto whale lost $25.6 million after an attacker drained their wallet on August 12. The hacker swapped the stolen assets into DAI and ETH. The same wallet had previously lost $24 million in a phishing attack two years ago.
Fidelity Investments filed with the SEC to add staking to its spot Ether ETF (FETH), which has $898 million in net assets. The fund would stake up to 100% of its holdings and distribute rewards to investors quarterly, keeping 15% of gross staking rewards.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released an updated roadmap on Monday that significantly elevates quantum safety and privacy as top priorities, while deprioritizing or dropping other initiatives like Verkle trees and state expiry in favor of alternative constructions.
An attacker stole $8.07 million from crypto exchange Coinsbuy on August 9, 2026, exploiting vulnerabilities across both the Ethereum and TRON blockchains. Approximately $6.34 million of the stolen funds were reportedly laundered through FixedFloat, according to blockchain security firm BlockWatchdog.
Crypto payment processor Coinsbuy was hit by a security breach on August 9, 2026, draining over $7.9 million from wallets across Ethereum and TRON networks. The attacker converted stolen assets into Monero, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that complicates transaction tracing.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has released an updated technical roadmap that elevates quantum-resistant cryptography and privacy features as top priorities, marking a significant shift from the network's 2023 development plan. The new roadmap also emphasizes native rollups and incorporates AI-assisted formal verification while downgrading or replacing some previous initiatives like verifiable delay functions.
Ethereum developers proposed EIP-8363, a mechanism that would burn validator issuance and reduce net staking rewards to zero once 50-60% of ETH supply is staked. The proposal faced immediate opposition from industry figures including SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom and was pulled from the Hegotá upgrade on August 6.
Grayscale filed an SEC prospectus supplement updating its $1.6 billion Ethereum Staking Mini ETF to stake nearly all of its 839,556 ETH holdings and distribute staking rewards as quarterly cash payments to investors, effective August 6, 2026.
Grayscale Investments rebalanced its Smart Contract Fund in Q2 2026, giving BNB the largest allocation at 30.6%, ahead of Ethereum (29.47%) and Solana (29.15%). This marks BNB's first inclusion in the fund.
Six Ethereum researchers including Ethereum Foundation's Justin Drake have proposed EIP-8363, a 'Tapered Issuance Burn' mechanism that would progressively reduce validator rewards and burn consensus rewards as staked ETH increases, potentially cutting issuance to zero if staking reaches 50% of supply. The proposal has sparked backlash from critics who warn it could disadvantage solo stakers and impact DeFi activity.
BlackRock introduced blockchain-based tokenized share classes for six European money market funds in its Institutional Cash Series, using JPMorgan's Kinexys platform to mint tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. The initiative marks a significant expansion of digital asset technology into mainstream institutional finance.
Ethereum is trading near $1,900-$1,910 in early August 2026 after recovering from June lows, with analysts monitoring whether the cryptocurrency can break through resistance levels between $1,900-$1,950 to potentially reach $2,000-$2,500. Whale accumulation has increased while bearish dominance persists in perpetual markets.
BlackRock introduced blockchain-based tokenized share classes for select European money market funds and launched two new tokenized funds (BSTBL and BRSRV) designed for stablecoin reserve management, all built on Ethereum in partnership with Kinexys by JPMorgan.
Major cryptocurrencies including Ethereum, XRP, MemeToro and HYPE are attracting investor capital in July 2026 while smaller tokens face liquidity challenges amid increased regulatory enforcement actions and payment-access restrictions.
More than 100 institutional participants have joined Ethereum Institutional, a collaborative effort to support enterprise adoption of the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem amid growing institutional interest in blockchain technology.
Ethereum miners are selling less ETH than ever before, reaching near-historic lows in selling pressure. CryptoQuant analysts suggest this reduced supply pressure could create favorable conditions for a price recovery if institutional demand increases.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies purchased 9,946 ETH last week, increasing its total Ethereum holdings to 5.787 million ETH valued at approximately $11.2-11.8 billion, representing 4.8% of Ethereum's circulating supply. The company's stock (NYSE: BMNR) surged 5-13% following the announcement, which also included share repurchases of 6.1 million shares.
Singapore-based cryptocurrency payment firm Triple-A lost over $9.7 million from its hot wallets across six blockchains on July 24-25, 2026, according to security firms PeckShield and on-chain analyst Specter. The incident affected wallets on TRON, Ethereum, TON, Solana, and other chains.
Robinhood's Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain, launched July 1, 2026, has generated over $2 million in cumulative revenue and surpassed Coinbase's Base in daily active users, though on-chain data shows more than 80% of its $9 billion trading volume comes from memecoin speculation rather than its intended focus on tokenized stocks.
Decentralized derivatives protocol AFX Trade on Arbitrum suffered a $24.15 million USDC loss on July 22 after an attacker compromised its cross-chain bridge validator signing keys. The stolen funds were converted to approximately 12,467 ETH on Ethereum.
LayerZero Labs and Keeta announced a partnership to make tokenized commercial bank money natively transferable across Ethereum, Solana, Base, and the Keeta Network. Keeta Stablecoins will be backed by commercial bank deposits held through Bivo, a U.S.-licensed financial technology platform, and are scheduled to become available later in July 2026 in nine currencies.
Ring Protocol has integrated Orbs-powered infrastructure to support decentralized limit and TWAP orders across Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, and BNB Chain, bringing advanced trading features typically found on centralized exchanges to decentralized platforms.
Chainlink has extended its Proof of Reserve oracle service to provide onchain reserve data across Ethereum, Base, Monad, and Ink networks, as the crypto industry continues emphasizing asset verification following the 2022 FTX collapse.
S&P Dow Jones Indices and Pantera Capital have launched the S&P Pantera Digital Asset Index, an 18-constituent benchmark that screens digital assets based on protocol revenue, market size, and liquidity. The index notably excludes Bitcoin, which does not generate protocol revenue, and includes Ethereum, BNB, Solana, Tron, and Hyperliquid as major holdings.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies added 7,430 ETH during the week ending July 19, 2026, worth approximately $14 million at the then-current market price—one of its smallest weekly additions since launching its Ethereum treasury strategy in June 2025. Chairman Tom Lee said the reduced purchasing pace reflected the company’s repurchase of approximately 5.5 million common shares for nearly $86 million under its $4 billion buyback program. The purchase brought Bitmine’s total Ethereum holdings to 5,777,468 ETH.
Cross-chain bridge protocol Allbridge Core has paused operations following a flash loan exploit that drained approximately $1.65 million from its Solana stablecoin liquidity pools. The attacker used a $1.12 million flash loan from Kamino to manipulate pool ratios before bridging funds to Ethereum.
Sablier Labs announced it is halting development of its Ethereum token-streaming protocol and entering maintenance mode until 2028, though smart contracts used by 345,000+ addresses will continue operating.
Robinhood Markets launched Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum layer-2 blockchain built on Arbitrum technology for tokenized stocks and real-world assets. The network processed $3.1-4 billion in DEX volume in its first week, driven by memecoin trading and gas subsidies, with Uniswap collecting $4.38 million in daily fees from the platform.
Hedera-based lending protocol Bonzo Lend (also referred to as Sauce Protocol) suffered approximately $9 million in losses after an attacker manipulated the price oracle for SAUCE collateral, allowing them to borrow assets far beyond deposited value. The stolen funds were bridged from Hedera to Ethereum.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published an updated roadmap for 'Lean Ethereum,' a comprehensive 3-4 year rebuild that will replace nearly every major component of the protocol. The overhaul, described as the network's biggest upgrade since the Merge, prioritizes quantum resistance and enhanced validator privacy.
The Ethereum Foundation has published a policy guide for policymakers and institutions, advocating that governments differentiate between decentralized public blockchains and corporate-controlled networks when evaluating platforms for public sector use, emphasizing governance structures as a key criterion.
The Ethereum Foundation laid off 54 employees (roughly 20% of staff) and announced a 40% budget reduction as part of a months-long reorganization to become a leaner, endowment-based organization. The cuts follow the recent resignation of co-Executive Director Hsiao-Wei Wang.
Ethereum-based rollup Taiko confirmed a compromise of its chain state verification mechanism, halting block production and urging users to withdraw funds. The exploit resulted in approximately $1.7 million in losses.
Trent VanEpps, former Ethereum Foundation contributor, warned that Ethereum's core development ecosystem could face a funding crisis within 3-9 months. Tom Lee countered there is 'zero chance' of a shortfall, highlighting disagreement over the network's financial sustainability.
Curve Finance has deployed the second version of its isolated lending protocol, Llamalend v2, on the Optimism network, supported by a 250,000 OP token grant. The launch marks the initial phase before a planned Ethereum mainnet deployment.
Bitmine Immersion Technologies purchased 126,971 ETH for approximately $214 million during last week's market pullback, bringing its total holdings to 5.54 million ETH (4.59% of total supply) and achieving 92% of its 'Alchemy of 5%' accumulation goal.
Ambient Finance, an Ethereum-based DeFi protocol, suffered a security breach resulting in approximately $110,600 in losses. The attack was preceded by a suspicious 50 ETH transfer into a new smart contract before the exploit was executed.
ConsenSys CEO Joseph Lubin outlined a potential timeline for Ethereum to become a fully zero-knowledge proof-based protocol within 3 to 5 years, describing it as one of the most significant architectural shifts in blockchain history. Lubin also addressed recent Ethereum Foundation cuts, stating the Foundation's role should be narrower and focused on core technology stewardship.
A wallet linked to Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin transferred 80,001 ETH worth approximately $121 million across multiple transactions after remaining dormant for over three years, sparking concerns about founder selling as ETH approached $1,500.
A developer known as Florent helped recover approximately 1,003 ETH (worth roughly $2 million) that had been trapped in a 2016 initial coin offering contract for nine years using a whitehat exploit.
Gravity Bridge, the cross-chain bridge connecting Ethereum and Cosmos, was exploited for approximately $5.4 million in digital assets including $4.3 million in USDC and 274 ETH, with investigators pointing to a compromised signing key rather than a smart contract vulnerability.
The Ethereum Foundation has returned to the center of controversy in the crypto community, facing questions about its governance practices and stewardship of the Ethereum blockchain amid growing concerns from token holders about the network's direction despite technical progress.
Attackers exploited a vulnerable third-party SquidRouterModule contract to drain approximately $3.2 million from 86 Gnosis Safe wallets on Base and Ethereum networks in under two hours. The exploit targeted a third-party module rather than the core Safe protocol.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin responded to community criticism by announcing the Ethereum Foundation will become a 'smaller ship' focused on CROPS (core research), sell less ETH, and expand its board to reduce his personal influence. The announcement comes amid an exodus of top researchers from the foundation.
Prometheum has opened Ethereum trading using an SEC- and FINRA-approved special-purpose broker-dealer license after nearly 10 years of regulatory preparation, marking a milestone in regulated crypto trading infrastructure.
The Ethereum Foundation has lost at least eight to nine senior researchers and core figures in 2026, including Pablo Voorvaart, Carl Beek, and Julian Ma, triggering community concern about an identity crisis for the blockchain.
Goldman Sachs completely exited its XRP and Solana ETF positions in Q1 2026 while reducing Ethereum ETF holdings by approximately 70%. The firm maintained approximately $700 million in Bitcoin ETF exposure.
The Verus-Ethereum cross-chain bridge was drained of approximately $11.5 million on May 18 through a forged Merkle proof exploit. The attack adds to May 2026's growing tally of DeFi exploits and brings the year's total bridge hack losses to $329 million.
Consensys, the Ethereum infrastructure company behind MetaMask, has postponed its planned U.S. IPO until at least fall 2026 due to weak and volatile market conditions. This adds to a growing list of crypto firms delaying public offerings.
Ethereum's share of total value locked in DeFi has declined from 63.5% at the start of 2025 to approximately 54% as of May 2026, marking the lowest level since May 2025 as competing Layer 1 and Layer 2 networks capture market share.
DeFi perpetual futures protocol Wasabi Protocol was drained of over $5 million across Ethereum, Base, Berachain, and Blast after attackers compromised an admin key to upgrade contracts and extract funds. Security firms PeckShield, Blockaid, and CertiK confirmed the exploit.
Crypto treasury company BitMine purchased over 101,000 ETH for $236 million, continuing aggressive accumulation despite holding $6.5 billion in unrealized losses. The company has bought more than 5 million ETH in 10 months.
JPMorgan analysts reported that persistent hacks, including the $290 million KelpDAO exploit, and flat ETH-denominated growth are pushing investors toward Tether's USDT as users move funds out of DeFi during stress periods.
The Ethereum Foundation sold 10,000 ETH to Bitmine Immersion Technologies via OTC at $2,387/ETH (~$23.87M) on April 24, 2026, to fund operations. The sale, the second to Bitmine in two months, drew community criticism over the Foundation's silence on broader DeFi recovery efforts.
DNS provider EasyDNS confirmed responsibility for the eth.limo domain hijack, marking its first successful social engineering attack in 28 years. The incident adds to a growing list of crypto front-ends compromised at the DNS layer in recent months.
The Ethereum Foundation completed its 70,000 ETH staking initiative with a $93 million single-day deposit, reaching $143 million in total staked ETH and ending its years-long practice of selling ETH to fund operations. The program, announced in February 2026, is projected to generate $3.9-$5.4 million annually in yield, replacing selling with earning and closing the loop on one of the community's most persistent grievances against the foundation.
After the Ethereum community rallied behind Danny Ryan in an on-chain vote representing over $159 million in ETH, Ryan and the Ethereum Foundation mutually parted ways in January 2025 without a leadership arrangement. Rather than returning to the organization he helped build for seven years, including leading The Merge, Ryan co-founded Etherealize in March 2025 alongside former Citadel executive Vivek Raman, focusing on bringing Ethereum to Wall Street.
The Ethereum Foundation faced sustained community criticism throughout 2024 and into early 2025 for regularly selling ETH to cover its approximately $100 million in annual operating expenses, averaging a sale every 11 days in 2024. Each transaction sparked accusations of market manipulation and misalignment with Ethereum's values, fueling broader calls for governance reform and serving as a key catalyst for the leadership crisis that followed.
