Shepherd

Chasing blocks, not trends. ⛓️

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

There continues to be a lot of quiet dissent against the regime, which expresses itself any time some kind of channel appears (in this case, the "election" taking place right now)

(The goal is not to literally get Putin to politely step off his chair; the election is of course manipulated to hell on multiple levels, and even if he loses he will just ignore it. Rather, the realistic goal is to delegitimize the regime as much as possible, denying it the internal cohesion it needs to pursue the "total war" path so that it has no choice but to take the peace path)
https://t.co/gJRFiZ713O

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

Glad to see that Ethereum L1 will have a new strong prediction market contender that is dedicated to decentralization, and being ethical and not corposlop, and to actually trying to do interesting and meaningful things with this class of economic primitive.
https://t.co/Rj86ZJl3G4

[Ethereum @ethereum]

1/ Privacy is often thought of as politically risky. In this guest thread by @valkenburgh, Executive Director of @coincenter, he makes the case, in his own words, that the reality is the opposite:

Privacy is essential to Ethereum’s promise of financial freedom and neutrality.

[Ethereum @ethereum]

Ethereum is for shipping.

Here are 35 things the Ethereum ecosystem launched, upgraded, and announced through August.

1/ GnosisDAO approved a vote to transition @gnosischain from its own L1 to a ZK-proven Ethereum L2 rollup with synchronous composability, so apps on Gnosis and Ethereum can interact in a single transaction.

2/ @BlackRock introduced the BlackRock Select Treasury Based Liquidity Fund (BSTBL) with a tokenized share class on Ethereum mainnet for managing stablecoin and digital asset reserves, and began tokenizing share classes of its $311B European money market fund series on Ethereum.

3/ @aztecnetwork launched Alpha v5, a protocol upgrade that reduced private transaction proving times and brought the first wave of privacy-preserving apps to the network.

4/ @Uniswap processed $1B+ in stock token volume and $20B+ in total volume on @RobinhoodCrypto's Robinhood Chain since its July launch.

5/ @ethPandaOps introduced the Platåberget testnet, preparing client implementations for Glamsterdam, Ethereum's next network upgrade.

6/ @Morpho crossed $880M in total deposits on Robinhood Chain in its first <2 months live and reached $5.75B in total deposits on @base.

7/ @web3privacy shared the Ethereum Privacy Ecosystem Mapping 2026, an updated map and repository covering Ethereum’s privacy ecosystem.

8/ @Revolut announced the phased rollout of its euro-denominated stablecoin EURR, live on Ethereum for eligible users.

9/ @aave v4 surpassed $525M in deposits on Ethereum.

10/ Coinbase Tokenized Stocks launched on @base for non-U.S. users, held 1:1 by a regulated custodian, owned in self-custody wallets, and usable across DeFi 24/7.

11/ @FreedomFactory opened presales for the PQ1, a fully open-source, air-gapped hardware wallet that signs with post-quantum cryptography through an Ethereum smart account.

12/ @OctantApp launched Epoch 13, its latest funding round, focused on privacy on Ethereum and across the open internet.

13/ @selfxyz and Google Cloud launched the USAT Mainnet Faucet on @Celo, letting anyone verified on Self claim USA₮.

14/ @PrivacyBoost launched the Privacy Boost App, a frontend to send private transfers from your connected wallet.

15/ @Whitechain_io, the distribution-focused network connected to the WhiteBit ecosystem, announced it is evolving from an L1 into an Ethereum L2 built on the OP Stack.

16/ @ether_fi added tokenized stocks, portfolio-backed loans through @aave, and other new features to its crypto neobank.

17/ @ethereuminsti announced its ecosystem funding round and supporter coalition, welcoming 100+ organizations to support Ethereum's institutional onboarding, and shared that Open Standard's Open USD stablecoin will launch on Ethereum on day one.

18/ @class_lambda and @gattacahq shared that their PropAMM (pAMMs) infrastructure has facilitated over $2B in total volume swapped on Ethereum.

19/ @theInterfold, an open-source protocol for confidential coordination and encrypted execution environments built on Ethereum, launched its Network Alpha production environment.

20/ @arbitrum activated ArbOS Elara, bringing more responsive fees and 4x bigger Stylus smart contracts to Arbitrum One, along with new features for chains built on the Arbitrum stack.

21/ @Uniswap launched v4 Permissioned Pools, a hook standard to enforce allowlists on swaps and liquidity deposits while the protocol itself stays permissionless, bringing regulated assets to AMM trading with launch partners @SuperstateInc, @Securitize, and Dowgo.

22/ @EthCoordinate, a new crypto-native organization building on the EthStaker community's work, was formed to support Ethereum governance coordination, facilitate stakeholder interaction, and accelerate Ethereum adoption.

23/ @MetaMask launched the MetaMask Agent Wallet, an agentic wallet with built-in spending limits, allowlists, and risk profiles.

24/ @ResearchHub, a tool for the open funding, publication, and discussion of scientific research built on Ethereum and @base, launched a new homepage to surface open research proposals and funding requests.

25/ @base opened applications for Base Batches 004, a startup accelerator program for 10 early-stage teams, and also launched Base Verify Onchain, a privacy-preserving identity layer for apps to enforce one-person-one-claim onchain distributions.

26/ @Cloudflare announced Wallets, enabling AI agents to buy APIs and content with stablecoin payments over the x402 payment standard.

27/ The @ethereumfndn launched the better[.]codes autoresearch challenge to advance post-quantum Ethereum, built with @zksecurityXYZ and @eigenlabs on @yukonresearch, putting a machine-verified security problem on a public leaderboard that anyone can push forward. @Lighter_xyz also launched the Lighter Prover challenge, an autoresearch competition to make Lighter's production exchange faster.

28/ Privacy-focused wallet @staycloakedxyz reached $650k in deposits and $1M in volume in its first 90 days live.

29/ @mtpelerin added support for @ensdomains names as sending and receiving addresses when creating personal IBANs for bank transfers in crypto.

30/ @Blockspace_ETH was announced, a company focused on out-of-protocol infrastructure for Ethereum blockspace.

31/ @0xprivacypools launched onchain payroll support, allowing employers to provide recurring wage payments with privacy for salary amounts and recipient addresses.

32/ Fake World Assets (FWA), a NFT gacha protocol by @token_works, launched the FWAir NFT distribution mechanism with an initial 111 item PFP collection.

33/ Builder @z0r0zzz launched zSwap, a fully onchain decentralized exchange built on Ethereum, with all code, including frontend and application logic, stored on mainnet smart contracts.

34/ MMO game @playcambria surpassed $10M in total game volume in August, and @LootSurvivor and Cambria launched a 72-hour onchain dungeon competition.

35/ @EFDevcon released the official Devcon 8 travel guide for Mumbai ahead of this year's Devcon 8 conference in November.

[Solana @solana]

.@PythNetwork now distributes @Nasdaq's real-time quote and trade product for U.S. equities

[Shepherd @shepherdxeth]

Cu

[Shepherd @shepherdxeth]

Não queria que as aulas começassem amanhã

[Fã Clube Grey’s Anatomy @greyysdream]

💚 Eu gostava tanto do George, o jeito atrapalhado dele era tão amorzinho 💚

[Shepherd @shepherdxeth]

@perryxotta @poisonlox

[. @writebianca]

@brightshepherd szszsz

[Shepherd @shepherdxeth]

@poisonlox ta bom sz

[. @writebianca]

@brightshepherd ahhh vou msm kerida

[Shepherd @shepherdxeth]

@poisonlox :(:(:(;(

[Shepherd @shepherdxeth]

@poisonlox pra mim ver dps

[Shepherd @shepherdxeth]

@poisonlox tira mtas fotos

[Shepherd @shepherdxeth]

@poisonlox vai arrasar

[Shepherd @shepherdxeth]

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[. @writebianca]

@brightshepherd love u miga sdds ):

[. @writebianca]

@brightshepherd vestida de caipira ainda