Stories from Bangkok: Devcon SEA Scholars Program

Ryuta Aoki Ryuta is an artist, artistic director, conceptual designer, system architect, software engineer, entrepreneur, and social sculptor based in Tokyo. Ryuta describes his Learning Artifact, SOTOROJI, as part of a series of spatial devices that lead from the ordinary to the extraordinary, utilizing the modern social affordance of “seeing a QR code and scanning […]

Trump’s crypto Czar slams media for misrepresenting divestment as dump

White House AI and crypto advisor David Sacks criticized claims that he “dumped” his crypto holdings and clarified that, after being appointed by President Donald Trump, he was required to divest due to government ethics rules. In a March 19 social media post, Sacks addressed recent reports suggesting he had sold off his Bitcoin (BTC), […]

Pectra Audit Competition Launches on Cantina

Today, we’re excited to announce the Pectra Audit Competition, kicking off on Cantina! This month-long event will run from February 21 to March 24, and we’re excited to see what issues the security community can find. Why Pectra Matters Some of the key EIPs for Pectra are listed below From EOAs to Smart Accounts (EIP-7702) […]

DeFi platform MIM Spell offers 20% bounty to hacker after $12.9 million ETH heist

Blockchain security firm Cyvers has reported a major security breach that affected DeFi platform Abracadabra’s MIM_Spell platform. The attack led to the loss of 6,262 ETH, equivalent to around $12.9 million. According to Cyvers, the attacker quickly bridged the stolen ETH to the Ethereum network and distributed the funds across three newly generated wallets. MIM […]

Checkpoint – March 2025 | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Ethereum’s weekly All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this “Checkpoint” series aims for brief high-level updates with a target cadence of every 4-5 calls, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the initial update here. All subsequent updates will be hosted here on the Ethereum Foundation blog. The […]

Cboe files application to list Fidelity’s spot Solana ETF

Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) filed on March 25 to trade a spot Solana (SOL) exchange-traded fund (ETF) issued by Fidelity through the registration of a 19b-4 form. The move comes four days after Fidelity registered a Solana fund in Delaware. As of Dec. 31, Fidelity registered $5.9 trillion in assets under management, making it […]