• EF publishes a mandate.

• Spire full synchronous composability.

• POAP enters maintenance mode.

• Aave publishes V4 activation proposal.

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The Ethereum Foundation published the EF Mandate, a 38-page document that serves as a constitution, manifesto, and operating guide for the foundation. It outlines two core goals: protecting self-sovereign computation and enabling coordination at scale, positioning Ethereum as the world computer built around its core principles: censorship resistance, open source, privacy, and security, coined CROPS. The document also clarifies the Ethereum Foundation’s role as a steward rather than an owner of the network. It emphasizes that the EF should avoid becoming a central authority and instead help grow an ecosystem that can function independently of the Foundation.

Spire Labs launched Pylon, a platform for deploying appchains with full synchronous composability, with synchronous reads and writes now live in production. Chains built with Pylon can read and update state across layers within a single transaction, making cross-chain interactions feel like using a single chain. Pylon aims to solve appchain fragmentation by allowing chains to customize execution and scale independently while remaining fully composable with their settlement layer, enabling cross-chain contract calls, asset transfers, and shared liquidity without bridges or delays. Users sign transactions with the same wallet, and developers simply call a Pylon contract.

Proof of Attendance Protocol (POAP), the popular NFT project for collecting attendance badges on Gnosis Chain, announced it will enter maintenance mode starting March 16, 2026. New POAP issuers will no longer be able to access the platform’s issuer tools. Existing issuers can continue managing previously created POAPs. POAP will also stop active development of the current platform. According to POAP co-founder Isabel, the team plans to shift its focus toward building a new platform for open digital collectibles. Existing POAPs will remain unaffected, and the current platform may eventually connect to the new system in the future.

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