Staking
Two Aave stablecoin backstops shrank $12.4 million as reward rates rose
Two tracked Ethereum V3 Umbrella stakes fell 9.7%, while their implied annualized reward run rate stayed near $2 million.
Liam 'Akiba' Wright 3 min read
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Research
Claude unpicks an NSA mystery behind Ethereum passkey security
A 1997 timestamp reproduces P-256’s public seed, helping explain how a curve used for passkey signing was generated.
Technology
Ethereum sets October 26 for Hoodi’s 200 million gas test
Hoodi’s Glamsterdam test schedules a 200 million gas target, while the mainnet activation date remains undecided.
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AI
OpenAI’s rogue crypto agent spent funds without permission, exposing risks to autonomous wallets
The model accessed a funded Ethereum testnet wallet and justified spending its assets, raising questions about financial safeguards as AI agents gain control of money.
DEX
Only 18% of Uniswap v3 positions under $1,000 beat holding after gas, study finds
Bitquery tracked closed regular positions in eight Ethereum v3 pools. For positions below $1,000, the share beating holding fell from 51% before gas to 18% afterward.
Crime
Microsoft exposes how USDT-funded phishing network targeted 75,000 organizations
Criminal suppliers accepted stablecoin payments for compromised cloud accounts and phishing tools, prompting a coordinated infrastructure and financial crackdown.
Liquidations
Machi loses $269,000 on ETH, then opens another long seven minutes later
Hyperliquid force-liquidated 1,650 ETH early on Oct. 15, and the tracked wallet held a new 2,500 ETH long by 13:16 BST.
Staking
Ethereum’s faster-exit plan would leave new validators waiting to earn
Faster exits would leave Ethereum’s entry cap in place. Direct validators wait to earn, while Lido holders share the cost of idle capital.
Layer-2
Ethereum’s quantum race takes a new turn as zkSync courts banks and Starknet weighs exit
zkSync's new prover meets Ethereum's real-time performance benchmark while rival Starknet considers independence, highlighting diverging paths for L2 networks
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Staking
Interactive Brokers moves into Ethereum’s $110 billion staking market as institutional demand accelerates
Layer-2
Optimism’s Unichain deal will put more chains under one operator
Analysis
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AI
Hoskinson says Vitalik’s AI warning could delay the internet’s quantum defenses
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