The Ethereum Foundation launched Clear Signing, an open standard designed to end blind signing, where raw hex transaction data is approved without signers being able to read what they're signing. The standard ships four coordinated infrastructure pieces, including an updated ERC-7730 for human-readable transaction descriptors, a neutral mirrorable registry, ERC-8176 for auditor attestations built on the Ethereum Attestation Service, and ERC-8213 providing cryptographic fingerprints.

The Clear Signing working group members include Ledger, Trezor, MetaMask, WalletConnect, Cyfrin, Fireblocks, Zama, and Sourcify. Its guiding principle is "What You See Is What You Sign." ERC-7730 descriptors map contract function calls to readable intents and field-rendering instructions, converting raw calldata into a readable display. The descriptors are curated by protocol teams, reviewed, and collected in the EF-hosted registry. Protocols can add support without redeploying contracts.

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The Ethereum Foundation named new leadership for its Protocol cluster, the EF's research and development arm focused on scaling, UX, and L1 hardening. Will Corcoran, Kev Wedderburn, and Fredrik will co-lead the cluster, succeeding Tim Beiko, Barnabé Monnot, and Alex Stokes.

Beiko, who spent eight years at the EF, stepped down from the foundation this month. Monnot, a six-year EF veteran, also announced his departure.

Stokes is taking a sabbatical. The incoming co-leads bring distinct expertise to the role: Corcoran through cross-team coordination on zkVM proving and post-quantum consensus, Wedderburn as head of the ZKEVM team, and Fredrik through Protocol Security and the Trillion Dollar Security project. Their immediate priorities are shipping Glamsterdam, advancing Hegotá scoping, and executing the Ethereum protocol strawmap.

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The Ethereum Foundation disclosed a second 10,000 ETH sale via an over-the-counter (OTC) deal with Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc., executed at an average price of $2,292.15 per ETH. The transaction comes exactly one week after the Foundation completed an identical 10,000 ETH OTC sale with Bitmine last Friday.

Bitmine is the world's largest Ethereum treasury company, holding over 5 million ETH in its portfolio and over 3.7 million of that ETH staked. The Ethereum Foundation cited funding for core operations as the reason for the sales, including protocol research and development, ecosystem development, and community grants. In Q1 2026 alone, the Foundation distributed $9.8 million in grants.

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