The Arbitrum Security Council froze $72 million in stolen crypto funds traced to North Korean hackers following a Kelp DAO bridge attack that also affected Aave. This marks the council's first direct use of emergency powers to halt stolen assets, shifting from protocol fixes to social consensus intervention. The recovered funds will be redistributed to victims through a decentralized vote by Arbitrum DAO token holders. Council member Griff Green highlighted that operational security flaws like leaked private keys and social engineering pose greater risks than smart contract bugs, urging tighter controls on liquid staking tokens and improved industry security standards.
EtherFi has restructured its weETH token by removing all restaking exposure, making it a pure liquid staking token (LST). This change aims to eliminate bundled risks associated with liquid restaking, which has faced security challenges such as major ...
The Ethereum Improvement Proposal EIP-8361, which aims to cap staking rewards if the staking ratio exceeds 50%, is facing overwhelming opposition from the Ethereum community. Data shows 99.7% of staked ETH holders oppose the proposal, signaling a str...
Mike Silagadze, CEO of ether.fi, has publicly bet $1 million that Ethereum's proposed EIP-8363, which introduces a tapered burn on validator rewards as staking increases, will centralize the network by pushing out smaller validators. The proposal aim...
Ethereum now accounts for 67% of all decentralized finance (DeFi) borrowing onchain, even as total lending volumes dropped from $46 billion in 2025 to about $23 billion by mid-2026. This dominance is boosted by the use of liquid staking tokens like s...
A proposal to remove Ethereum staking rewards if staked ETH exceeds half of circulating supply faces strong opposition from DeFi leaders like Aave CEO Stani Kulechov. Critics argue the plan would disrupt institutional adoption, reduce yield predictab...
