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The Future of Protocol Sustainability: Ethereum’s New Debate Over Staking-Funded Public Goods
A provocative new proposal posted to the Ethereum Research forum has ignited a firestorm within the crypto community, forcing a long-overdue confrontation with one of the most sensitive questions in decentralized finance: How should the world’s leading smart-contract platform fund the essential infrastructure that keeps it running? The proposal, which suggests a mechanism allowing validators […]
Security Breakthrough: Fireblocks Thwarts Multi-Million Dollar Zero-Day Exploits on NEAR Protocol
By Ted Hisokawa | June 16, 2026 In a significant victory for decentralized finance (DeFi) security, blockchain infrastructure firm Fireblocks has successfully identified and mitigated two critical zero-day vulnerabilities within the NEAR Protocol ecosystem. The discovery effectively averted a potential catastrophe that threatened the assets of over 22 million users associated with the SWEAT and […]
Resilience in DeFi: StakeWise Reclaims $20.7 Million Following Massive Balancer Protocol Breach
The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem was recently rocked by a sophisticated exploit targeting Balancer, one of the industry’s premier automated market makers (AMMs). While the initial reports painted a grim picture of significant capital flight, a silver lining emerged through the swift technical intervention of StakeWise, a leading liquid staking protocol. In a rare "counter-strike" […]
