• Circle proposal for Aave.

• Road to Devcon 8 grants.

• Fluid aWETH redemptions on L2.

• Shutter DAO funding model.

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Circle proposes raising USDC borrowing rates on Aave to ease liquidity stress after the KelpDAO exploit pushed utilization to 100%. The plan aims to attract deposits but faces criticism over liquidation risks and Circle’s reluctance to inject liquidity. Read more →

The Ethereum Foundation launched a grant program to fund regional events ahead of Devcon 8 in Mumbai (Nov 2026), with support for meetups, workshops, and discounted tickets for students and academics. Read more →

Fluid expanded its aWETH redemption tool to Arbitrum and Base, enabling users to swap aWETH collateral for wstETH or weETH. The protocol has already processed $400m in volume on Ethereum, helping unwind looped Aave positions. Read more →

Shutter Network introduced PEN, a DAO funding model using a perpetual endowment to generate yield for governance spending, featuring non-transferable voting seats and a dual-vault treasury system. Read more →

• Besu 26.4.0 release

• 200 ETH Security badges issued

• Growthepie app upgrade

• Catalysis live on Ethereum

• Grantr prototype for EIP-8141 frames.

• Dan Finlay leaves Consensys

• Base Kipseli propAMM bug

• Polymarket hair dryer manipulation

• Justin Sun sues WLFI

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