Aave Will Win Framework
A strategic overhaul aiming to scale Aave and align the ecosystem around an AAVE-centric model.
Aave Will Win Framework proposal.
Optimism partners with Succinct.
CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee.
ETH staking queue hits ATH.
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Aave Labs proposed the Aave Will Win Framework, a strategic overhaul aiming to align the ecosystem around a token-centric model and scale Aave. The proposal asks the DAO to approve four core elements. The first is directing 100% of revenue from Aave-branded products to the DAO treasury. The second is ratifying Aave V4 as the protocol's primary technical foundation. The third is establishing a formal structure to govern and protect the Aave brand. And the fourth is funding Aave Labs with $25 million in stablecoins and 75,000 AAVE to execute at scale. The proposed initiatives aim to grow the DAO's revenue from the product layer and the protocol layer through Aave V4. The proposal is currently in the Temp Check phase and open for community discussion.
Optimism partnered with Succinct as its preferred zero-knowledge (ZK) proving provider for the OP Stack. Succinct will introduce canonical ZK validity proofs to the OP Stack, beginning with OP Mainnet. Succinct's proving system already secures more than $4 billion in TVL. By replacing the traditional 7-day fraud-proof challenge period used in optimistic rollups, the integration enables near real-time withdrawals, faster finality, and improved capital efficiency. Existing OP Stack chains will be able to seamlessly upgrade to validity proofs as part of Optimism's broader shift toward ZK-native infrastructure.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) launched a new Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC) under the leadership of Michael S. Selig. The group brings together top figures from crypto, traditional finance, and market infrastructure to help the agency update its regulatory framework and stay aligned with fast-moving innovations such as DeFi, blockchain, and artificial intelligence. Among the members are Brian Armstrong of Coinbase, Hayden Adams of Uniswap Labs, and Tyler Winklevoss of Gemini.
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Sign In With Agent Introduced
An open standard for trustless identity and authentication for AI agents, built on ERC-8004 and ERC-8128.
Sign In With Agent introduced.
Coinbase introduces Agentic Wallets.
UniswapX to support BlackRock BUIDL.
Ondo brings tokenized stocks to DeFi.
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Builders Garden, a crypto product studio, introduced Sign In With Agent (SIWA), a new open standard for trustless identity and authentication for AI agents. Similar to "Sign In With Ethereum," but designed for agents, it aims to solve two major security risks: leaked API keys and insecure wallets embedded in agent runtimes. Built on ERC-8004 and ERC-8128, SIWA enables agents to create a wallet, register an onchain ERC-8004 identity, and authenticate requests using cryptographic signatures instead of shared secrets. Private keys never reside inside the agent. All signing operations are handled through a separate keyring proxy, allowing the agent to request signatures without ever accessing the private key.
Coinbase Developer Platform introduced Agentic Wallets, the first wallet infrastructure purpose-built for autonomous AI agents. The wallets allow agents to independently send, receive, trade, and manage funds onchain without constant human intervention. Agentic Wallets include programmable spending controls, non-custodial identity, and gasless transactions on Base. They're powered by the x402 protocol and built on Coinbase's CDP Wallet infrastructure, with private keys secured in Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs). Developers can launch Agentic Wallets in minutes via a simple CLI, equipping agents with financial capabilities and financial autonomy.
Uniswap Labs partnered with tokenization platform Securitize to enable trading of BlackRock's USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) on UniswapX. Through the integration, eligible whitelisted investors can swap BUIDL shares for USDC using UniswapX's RFQ (request-for-quote) system. UniswapX is a permissionless, auction-based liquidity aggregation protocol that sources both onchain and offchain liquidity to deliver competitive pricing. The integration expands liquidity options for BUIDL holders. BUIDL remains restricted to qualified institutional investors and high-net-worth qualified purchasers.
Ondo Finance partnered with Chainlink to provide oracle pricing for its tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs on Ethereum via Ondo Global Markets. The integration enables tokenized equities to be used as collateral in DeFi lending markets, with Euler now supporting borrowing of stablecoins against the real world assets. The collaboration unlocks liquidity and yield for equities.
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Robinhood Chain Live On Testnet
Developers can now build and test apps ahead of a planned Robinhood Chain mainnet launch later this year.
Robinhood Chain live on testnet.
Quick Slots proposed for Hegota.
Stripe supports x402 Payments.
Fusaka audit contest results.
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Robinhood launched the public testnet for Robinhood Chain, it's Ethereum Layer 2 network built on Arbitrum. Developers can now build and test apps ahead of a planned mainnet launch later this year. The testnet is EVM-compatible, supporting existing Ethereum dev tools, with early infrastructure from Alchemy and Chainlink. 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.
Ethereum developer Carl Beek proposed including "quick slots" as a non-headliner EIP in the Hegota upgrade. Rather than committing to a fixed slot duration, the proposal introduces variable slot timing infrastructure, enabling slot times shorter than today's 12 seconds. Beek notes that a full move to 6-second slots is unlikely as a headliner alongside FOCIL, so the goal is to reduce slot times as much as possible, given available resources. The proposal seeks to progressively shorten slot times where headroom exists. Shorter slots would significantly improve Ethereum's user experience by enabling faster transaction confirmations, deposits, and payments. They also improve protocol efficiency by tightening DEX pricing, reducing MEV surplus, accelerating sequencing for based rollups, and reducing reliance on preconfirmations.
Stripe, a leading online payments processor, launched support for x402 payments using USDC on Base, enabling developers to charge AI agents directly with just a few lines of code. Using Stripe's standard PaymentIntents API, businesses can bill agents for API usage, MCP calls, or HTTP requests, with agent-specific pricing. Stripe product lead Jeff Weinstein noted that agents require microtransactions, always-on global rails, low latency, HTTP-native flows, strong controls, and fast finality. Alongside the launch, Stripe released an open-source CLI called purl, as well as Node and Python examples to help developers test machine payments. The release is currently available in private preview.
Blockchain security firm Sherlock released the results of its $2 million audit contest for Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade, conducted in collaboration with the Ethereum Foundation. Over 500 security researchers participated, uncovering four high-severity issues alongside several medium and low findings, all of which were fixed before mainnet. No critical vulnerabilities were found, unlocking $500,000 of the prize pool. Activated on December 3, 2025, Fusaka introduced Peer Data Availability Sampling (PeerDAS) to improve scalability and reduce transaction costs. A $250,000 bug bounty remains active post-launch.
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