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[Ethereum @ethereum]

Ethereum is for shipping.

Here are 25 things the Ethereum ecosystem launched, upgraded, and announced over the past month.

0/ @thedaofund Ethereum Security Quadratic Funding Round with @Giveth wrapped. The fund supported 134 security projects and had 3,934 unique donors.

1/ @Ronin_Network, one of the largest gaming blockchains, completed its migration to an Ethereum L2.

2/ Clear Signing went live. It is an open standard designed to help end blind signing and make transaction data human-readable before signing. Contributors include wallets and hardware, infrastructure, tooling, individual builders, and the Ethereum Foundation’s Trillion Dollar Security initiative, with the @ethereumfndn acting as a neutral steward.

3/ @SEAL_911 and @Wonderland_Fi introduced DARC, a Digital Asset Risk & Compliance standard for crypto teams, with continuous monitoring across GitHub, infrastructure, multisigs, DNS, and more.

4/ @arbitrum announced that LG Electronics' blockchain team is piloting an onchain advertising network on Arbitrum.

5/ @base activated Azul, its first standalone network upgrade, introducing multiproofs, new execution and consensus clients, CLZ opcode support, Osaka repricings, and performance upgrades up to 5,000 TPS.

6/ @Mastercard expanded stablecoin settlement support to include USDC, PYUSD, USDG, USDP, and SoFiUSD on Ethereum mainnet, @arbitrum, and @base.

7/ @EFDevcon 8 Mumbai early bird tickets went live. Tickets were available paid in ETH.

8/ Türkiye's Directorate of Communications (@Communications) registered cbiletisim.eth, making its first step in establishing an official onchain identity with @ensdomains.

9/ @CashApp launched stablecoin support, allowing nearly 60 million users to send and receive USDC with no wallet setup required, live on Ethereum mainnet and @Arbitrum.

10/ @torproject and @FundingCommons launched a web3-native crowdfunding initiative supporting 10 internet freedom projects.

11/ @JPMorgan launched a second tokenized money market fund on Ethereum.

11/ @lifiprotocol launched LIFI Intents, a full-stack intent execution engine built on the Open Intents Framework, an initiative for standardizing crosschain intents.

12/ @l2beat launched Token Frameworks, a dedicated place to explore interoperability solutions, token movement, volume, speed, chains, and framework adoption.

13/ @PrivacyEthereum launched a private transfers dashboard comparing 11 protocols across privacy, cost, UX, decentralization, compliance, verifiability, state, and composability.

14/ @Veildotcash launched Veil MCP 0.2.0, enabling agents to make private x402 payments on @base.

15/ @src_co_ introduced SLOW, reversible, self-custodial crypto payments on Ethereum.

16/ @ensdomains ecosystem builders launched ENS8004, a web app that converts an ENS name into an onchain AI agent other applications can find and verify.

17/ @OctantApp introduced properQF in Epoch 12, integrating quadratic funding into the funding round.

18/ @AragonProject launched onchain profiles, making governance participants readable across forums by resolving ENS names, avatars, bios, websites, and social links from Ethereum mainnet.

19/ The Ethereum Community Hub network expanded to Lisbon, hosted at the @gnosisDAO office.

20/ @SuccinctLabs introduced data confidentiality to OP Succinct, enabling institutions to keep transactions confidential while settling to Ethereum.

21/ @HardhatHQ 3 became stable, bringing Solidity tests, multichain support, a Rust-powered runtime, a revamped build system, and Hardhat Ignition for deployments.

22/ The inaugural @ethconf, in NYC, brought together thousands of founders, industry leaders, and builders to discuss building on top of Ethereum.

23/ @EthPrague brought Ethereum builders together in Prague to discuss protocol development, privacy, culture, and long- term societal impact.

24/ @ETHGlobal introduced a new format where, for the first time at an ETHGlobal hackathon, projects do not have to begin from zero.

[koeppelmann @koeppelmann]

Unfortunately, there is a hack related to @gnosispay and the "delay module".
Please be patient while we try to contain the damage. Rest assured, Gnosis will cover all user losses.

[Wintermute @wintermute_t]

Crypto's security is mostly invisible when it's working, and unmissable when it isn't

The work that keeps it working is what decides whether any of the rest of it holds

Glad to be contributing to Ethereum's security

⟶ More here: https://t.co/tCqeB3estL

[Giveth @Giveth]

🛡️ The results for the @thedaofund’s Ethereum Security QF Round are LIVE!

This historic round is closing with a HUGE last minute contribution:

@wintermute_t has added $200K to the matching pool 🔥

Wintermute is a well known liquidity provider, and one of the leading supporters of Ethereum security, in fact exactly a year ago today they donated $1M to @_SEAL_Org.

This year they teamed up with TheDAO, @Quantstamp & several other community partners to allocate over $1.6M worth of funding to Ethereum Security Public Goods 👇

[NFT_Dreww.eth @nft_dreww]

⚠️Not sure if a meeting link is legitimate?⚠️

@Fairside created a simple, free tool you can use to paste a meeting link in before you join, to confirm if it’s real👀

It takes two seconds & could stop you from downloading malware...

Link: https://t.co/iwf9fPImrV

[ChainSecurity @chain_security]

1/8
We're hiring for technical and sales roles!
1. Blockchain Security Engineers (multiple)
2. Business Development Engineer

Here’s a bit about what working at ChainSecurity looks like.👇🧵

[Anamarija @anamarie_com]

@Cotabe_M @thedaofund @Giveth I'm on a mission to achieve this 😁

[Giveth @Giveth]

.@Quantstamp gets it 😭

24 hours left to support Ethereum security projects in the QF round 👇

https://t.co/HfG3Cphm2L

[Giveth @Giveth]

We’re happy to share that @Quantstamp is contributing $50,000 to the Ethereum Security QF matching pool 🛡️

A global leader in blockchain security, Quantstamp has conducted 1,300+ audits and secured $500B+ in digital assets since 2017, working across smart contracts, L1s, and web infrastructure.

This contribution strengthens the round at its core, increasing the matching pool and helping every community donation go further.

The round launched with 500 ETH from @thedaofund to fund Ethereum security. With Quantstamp’s support, the impact of that funding grows even further.

Explore the round and support projects 👇
https://t.co/IlryUemfIJ

Help grow the matching pool 👇
https://t.co/qu7OrJfEEX

[Ethereum Foundation @ethereumfndn]

Tomorrow 2pm UTC

Join @jchaskin22 & @griffgreen for a special edition of Ethereum Builders Live.

They'll review the 100+ projects in @thedaofund's Quadratic Funding Round—@Giveth's biggest QF round.

Learn about the projects working to keep Ethereum secure.
https://t.co/fPBYPfIYy1

[Giveth @Giveth]

If you’re tired of watching exploits dominate the timeline, this is your moment to act.

The Ethereum Security QF Round is LIVE!

Support the people and projects securing Ethereum and its L2s.

500 ETH (~$1M+) in matching from @thedaofund.

Explore & donate:
https://t.co/IlryUemfIJ

[thedao.fund @thedaofund]

The final 100 ETHSecurity Badge holders are in!

That brings us to 200 security experts, guiding how TheDAO allocates its funds and also coordinating behind the scenes to make Ethereum safer.

Big thanks to everyone who engaged with the process and helped shape it, and to @bonfiresai for building the tooling that made it possible.

[Griff Green - griff.eth @griffgreen]

I'm a member of the Security Council & I can tell you we did not make this decision lightly, there were countless hours of debates, technical, practical, ethical and political.

But all it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, so today, we decided to do something.

[thedao.fund @thedaofund]

The next 60 ETHSecurity Badge holders have been selected using a new rubric updated by the applicants themselves!

Thank you to the people who chatted with the bot, your refinement of the rubric is the first DAO experiment we have tested.

And thank you to @bonfiresai for making amazing DAO tooling!

[Tay 💖 @tayvano_]

I beg everyone in crypto to read this in full.

I expected this to be another case of social engineering, likely some recruiter/job offer shit.

I was very wrong.

And the depth of the operation and personas makes me think they already have multiple other teams on lock.

😳

[ETH Belgrade @ethbelgrade]

The wait is over — ETH Belgrade returns for its 4th edition 🎉

📅 26–27 August 2026, Sava Centar

Every year we raise the bar — and this time will be no different.

Take a look at last year’s aftermovie below and get ready for the best euro summer yet 🙌

[Anamarija @anamarie_com]

@klarakova @thedaofund 😂

[thedao.fund @thedaofund]

TheDAO Security Fund’s first round is out!

We’re kicking things off with a broadly scoped Ethereum Security quadratic funding round on Giveth as the first move in our bottom-up distribution strategy.

Why QF?

Because we wanted the first round to do more than just allocate funds.

QF is still one of the most powerful funding mechanisms Ethereum has produced. It gives the community a real voice, helps projects build awareness around their work, and creates extra upside for the Ethereum security space beyond the funding itself.

That felt like the right energy for a first round.

Not to mention, QF could also bring in meaningful donations on top of the pool. Extra funding for security is always good!

Why keep the scope broad?

There are so many projects out there building tools, standards, infrastructure, response systems, and protections that make Ethereum safer every single day, but this work is easy to miss if you’re not deep in it already.

This round gives that work a chance to gain better adoption.

We hope the many projects, tools, newsletters (and more) that join the round will become more widely known by everyone who participates, especially the ETHSecurity Badgeholders. This new awareness around what is already out there will, in itself, improve Ethereum security.

Why Giveth?

Because Giveth is already working closely on TheDAO Security Fund’s operations, including standing up the ETHSecurity Badges program, and going forward, they’ll also be working with all of our round operators.

That made them the natural choice for running the first round.

This first round is not just about getting funds out the door. It’s also about getting a real process in motion, learning from it, and making the next rounds better because of it.

And on a practical level, Giveth is also the only Ethereum-focused team still actively running QF rounds at this scale.

Read all about the round here 👇

[thedao.fund @thedaofund]

Introducing: Ethereum’s top security experts

TheDAO’s ETHSecurity Badges are a new onchain primitive recognizing the people securing Ethereum.

40 have been selected. 160 open spots are left.

Are you one of Ethereum’s top 200? 👇

[Griff Green - griff.eth @griffgreen]

I have never been more bullish on Ethereum!

Look at these bangers in the new EF mandate:

"Ether is a store of value and money," 🦇🔊

"Self-sovereignty at scale is the dominant positive-sum strategy." ✊

“We are building nothing less than the machinery of freedom for the next thousand years.” ⏳

"Permissive licenses are accepted, viral copyleft licenses are appreciated, but merely source-available licenses are not tolerated." - Them are fightin' words!

"True security protects both system and users from technical failure, social entrapment, and coercion." 🛡️

"We care about doing it right and doing it well [...] We demand technical rigor, excellence, and creativity." 🔥

"We also admit when we get things - particularly big things - wrong, with humility" 🙌

“The privilege of stewarding Ethereum must not be hoarded, but shared.” 🤝

"Subtraction is a definitive signal of success." ✂️

"Adoption can be earned over time, but principled ground once ceded is far harder to regain" 🏞️

"it is not sufficient that a solution simply works today; it also needs to not become a chokepoint tomorrow." 🚧

"We default to empowering user agency" 🧑‍🚀

“The goal is not to sanitize the environment; it is to keep users sovereign inside it.” 🦾

"We work to ensure that barriers to entry are minimized and market competitiveness is maximized" 📈

"Ethereum rejects the idea that there is no alternative" 🔀

"We are here to uncapture the individual, and to entrench their freedoms of association" 🥲

“We have been entrusted with the torch of liberty and we must keep it burning.” 🗽

"Ethereum is for far more than crypto." 🌍

"There will be times when the work will be thankless; the journey will be arduous; the path will be lonely. But every road to the stars first passes through darkness." ✨

AND 'The World Computer' made a comeback! It was mentioned FIVE TIMES! 🖥️🖥️🖥️🖥️🖥️

WE ARE SO BACK!