Vitalik Calls For Ethereum Sanctuary Tech
Vitalik called for building sanctuary technologies on Ethereum, open tools designed to resist surveillance and centralized control.
Vitalik calls for sanctuary tech.
Aave Chan Initiative leaves Aave.
Chainlink partners with ADI Chain.
Geth v1.17.1 release
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Vitalik Buterin called for Ethereum to focus on building sanctuary technologies, which are open-source tools that help people communicate, organize, and manage resources in ways that are resistant to surveillance, In a world facing growing challenges such as government and corporate overreach, war, toxic social media dynamics, and AI risks, he believes Ethereum cannot “fix the world,” nor should it attempt to remake society on the blockchain. Just as Ethereum has succeeded in open finance, it can expand its role within a broader ecosystem by providing shared, ownerless digital infrastructure. The goal is resilience: doubling down on Ethereum’s mission to support genuine, decentralized tools that create stable digital sanctuaries.
The Aave Chan Initiative (ACI), a core development contributor and service provider to Aave, announced that it will not renew its engagement with the Aave DAO and will wind down operations over the next four months. Over the past three years, ACI played a role in the protocol’s growth, helping drive 48% of total revenue, deploying $101 million in incentives, and expanding GHO’s market cap from $35 million to $527 million. The announcement follows the decision by BGD Labs to exit the Aave DAO. Other service providers will carry on contributions. Over the weekend, Aave governance passed the Aave Will Win proposal from Aave Labs, which included a $51 million funding request. Amid the news, the AAVE token fell 11%, trading at $108 at the time of writing.
Chainlink partnered with ADI Chain, an L2 built on ZKsync’s Elastic Network, to accelerate stablecoin and tokenization initiatives across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Chainlink will serve as the oracle and cross-chain infrastructure provider for ADI Chain, integrating its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to enable secure asset transfers for ADI Chain. Chainlink will support the UAE’s dirham-backed stablecoin (DDSC), developed by First Abu Dhabi Bank and IHC. ADI Chain aims to serve as a compliance-ready platform designed for institutional and real-world asset-regulated digital infrastructure, with the goal of onboarding 1 billion users onchain.
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Uniswap Class-Action Dismissed
The judge ruled that platform developers cannot be held responsible for fraud committed by third parties.
Uniswap class-action dismissed.
Aave Will Win proposal passes.
Lido V3 phase 3 goes live.
Vitalik outlines Big FOCIL.
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U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Polk Failla dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Uniswap Labs over scam tokens listed on its web interface. The plaintiffs had sought to hold Uniswap liable for losses from listed scam tokens linked to rug pulls by unknown third-party issuers. Judge Failla ruled that platform developers cannot be held responsible for fraud committed by third parties simply because their platform enabled the transactions. The outcome marks a victory for developers of decentralized protocols, affirming that they are not automatically liable for third-party misconduct.
The Aave DAO approved “Aave Will Win,” a framework proposal from Aave Labs aimed at better aligning the Aave ecosystem with the AAVE token and scaling the protocol. The contentious proposal passed its temperature check vote with 52.58% in favor and 42% against. The proposal includes four core components. It will direct 100% of revenue from Aave-branded products to the Aave DAO treasury. In the proposal, Aave Labs is seeking roughly $51 million in funding. Marc Zeller of the Aave Chan Initiative responded to the outcome, arguing that votes from Aave Labs-affiliated addresses influenced the result. Kulechov said the proposal will now be refined with structural improvements before advancing to the ARFC stage of governance.
Lido completed the phased rollout of Lido V3, a significant upgrade that shifts the protocol from a pooled staking model to a modular, decentralized Ethereum staking infrastructure. The Phase 3 release enables permissionless stETH minting for all stVaults and higher per-operator minting limits. stVaults are non-custodial, customizable smart contracts that let stakers configure their own validator setups. The vaults enable overcollateralized stETH minting and include collateral caps and an escape hatch, allowing operators to opt out of protocol governance. All stVaults are unified by stETH as a shared liquidity layer.
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Vitalik Outlines Scaling Roadmap
Ethereum’s scaling roadmap targets gas pricing, expanding blob data, and ZK-EVM for execution.
Vitalik outlines scaling roadmap.
Robinhood Chain hits 10m txs.
Colossus stablecoin card network.
SBI Holdings introduces JPYSC.
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Vitalik Buterin outlined Ethereum’s short- and long-term scaling roadmap. In the near term, the Glamsterdam upgrade will increase capacity by enabling parallel block verification, improving ePBS, and updating gas pricing. The upgrade will bring multidimensional gas, which separates state growth costs from execution. Multidimensional gas allows Ethereum to raise throughput while limiting state expansion and supporting larger contracts. In future upgrades, each resource type will have its own floating gas price to improve efficiency. Long term, the focus is on blobs for data scaling and ZK-EVM for execution scaling. ZK-EVM clients are expected by the end of this year, with broader use in 2027. The goal is to significantly scale Ethereum while preserving decentralization, security, and solo staking.
Robinhood Chain, a Layer 2 network built on the Arbitrum tech stack, has surpassed 10 million transactions on testnet. The EVM-compatible testnet went live earlier this month for developers and users to build and test apps ahead of a planned mainnet launch later this year. Robinhood Chain aims to accelerate onchain financial services and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). The company plans to eventually migrate its 2,000+ tokenized U.S. stocks and equities to the network and is committing $1 million to support developers through the 2026 Arbitrum Open House program. Robinhood token stocks have already processed over $74 million in cumulative trading volume on Arbitrum One.
Colossus introduced its stablecoin-native credit card network that settles transactions noncustodially on its Ethereum L2 built on the OP Stack, featuring 1-second blocks and 100ms Flashblock preconfirmations. The solution works with existing EMV terminals by converting EMV card signatures into onchain stablecoin transfers. When a card is tapped, the EMV chip signs the transaction data using ECDSA P-256. The terminal sends a standard authorization request to the acquirer, and Colossus middleware extracts the EMV data and signature to construct an ERC-4337 UserOperation. The EMVValidator then verifies the signature via the RIP-7212 precompile, and the EMVSettlement module executes the stablecoin transfer automatically. Colossus is still under development.
Startale Group and SBI Holdings introduced JPYSC, a Japanese yen stablecoin backed by a trust bank. Issued by Shinsei Trust & Banking under Japan’s trust framework, JPYSC is designed as a compliant, institutional-grade digital yen aiming to bridge traditional finance and decentralized finance. The stablecoin is targeted for launch in Q2 2026, pending regulatory approvals. Startale Group is leading the technical development and is also behind Soneium and Astar Network.
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