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Aztec Hit By Second Deprecated Rollup Exploit

Aztec Labs is investigating a second roughly $2M exploit on a deprecated rollup, days after a separate $2.19M Aztec Connect drain.

• Security
• Exploits
• Aztec

Base Beryl Upgrade Goes Live On Testnet

Beryl introduces the B20 native token standard, shortens the withdrawal delay from Base to Ethereum, and ships Reth V2.

• Layer-2
• Base
• Coinbase

Ethereum Interop & Intents: The Complete Tracker

A running index of ETH Daily's coverage on cross-chain intents and interoperability, from the ERC-7683 and ERC-8211 standards to routing engines, aggregators, and intent solvers.

• Interoperability
• Intents
• Infrastructure

Hsiao-Wei Wang Steps Down As EF Co-Executive Director

Wang departs after a sabbatical, becoming the latest in a wave of Ethereum Foundation exits over the past six months.

• Ethereum-foundation
• Leadership
• Governance

#970 - TheDAO Hack 10 Years Later, Polygon Hits 5,000 TPS, Steakhouse Confidential USDC Vault

Today marks 10 years since TheDAO hack, Polygon raises block gas limit to 160M, Steakhouse launches Confidential USDC vault on Morpho.

• News
• June2026
• 2026

Polygon Chain Hits 5,000 TPS After Gas Limit Upgrade

Polygon raised its block gas limit to 160M at 1.5-second blocks as part of its most recent upgrade, enabling up to 5,000 TPS.

• Polygon
• Stablecoins
• Upgrade

Steakhouse Launches Confidential USDC Yield Vault

A DeFi yield product built for confidential USDC (cUSDC) powered by the Zama Protocol.

Plasma One Neobank Launches With Aave

The card allows users to pay directly from a stablecoin balance while earning yield on Aave.

• Stablecoins
• Defi
• Aave

Ondo Expands Tokenized Stock Catalog

The new additions span AI, robotics, quantum computing, and defense tech, alongside BlackRock active ETFs.

• Rwa
• Tokenization
• Ondo

#969 - Coinbase Tokenized Stocks, Base Privacy, Safe Workspace

Coinbase introduces tokenized stocks, Base launches private enterprise transactions, and Safe ships Workspace for treasury teams.

• News
• June2026
• 2026

JP Morgan Buys $102m BMNR Shares

J.P. Morgan acquired 1,974,144 shares of BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc. (BMNR), the world’s largest Ethereum treasury company.

• News
• 2025
• November2025

Succinct Announces $PROVE Airdrop

$PROVE is the native token of the Succinct Prover Network and will serve as payment for generating proofs, economic security through staking and slashing, and governance.

• News
• 2025
• July2025

EigenDA Launches On Holesky Testnet

Restakers, operators, rollup sequencers, and full nodes can now interact with EigenLayer on Holesky.

• News
• 2024

SharpLink Expands ETH Reserve

The company acquired 10,000 ETH in an over the counter transaction directly with the Ethereum Foundation.

• News
• 2025
• July2025

Introducing Ethereum Hoodi Testnet

A new long-lived Ethereum testnet featuring a similar configuration and validator count as Ethereum mainnet.

• News
• 2025
• March2025