Core Viewpoint - DeFi is a crucial component of Ethereum's core values, with the Ethereum Foundation focusing on supporting a global financial system that prioritizes permissionless, open-source, privacy-focused, secure, and decentralized solutions, rather than indiscriminately supporting "on-chain finance" [1] Group 1 - The Ethereum Foundation aims to promote systematic innovation in DeFi, addressing foundational issues such as risk management and future expenditure hedging, rather than just improving superficial products like stablecoins [1] - The foundation emphasizes the importance of protocols having "walkaway test" capabilities, ensuring they can continue to operate even if the original team becomes unavailable or fails [1] - Key focus areas for the Ethereum Foundation include enhancing security through audits and standards, incorporating AI-assisted formal verification and user-side protection, improving oracle security and decentralization, advancing privacy payments and the privacy of complex financial scenarios, and enhancing the open-source licensing and forkability of DeFi [1]

RT Loot Survivor (@LootSurvivor)The largest fully onchain battle ever recorded on @ethereum has just begun.A battle that will likely involve millions of transactions spanning 93 days, all fully settled to Ethereum using ZK STARK proofs powered by @Starknet 🗜️🔄 🔒ZK is the endgame and we are there https://t.co/T3rkBFEbVu ...

⚡️ NEW: Vitalik Buterin says FOCIL and EIP-8141 together enable fast, censorship-resistant transaction inclusion for smart accounts and privacy protocols directly onchain."Ethereum is going hard." https://t.co/Eq8ZGGFxfi ...

RT Danny Kunwoong Park (@ParkKunwoong)ICYMI: Here's a recap of today's news from @TheBlock__ during US hours 👇💸NY-based crypto investment firm DBA raised $68M for its second venture fund🚀ProShares launched a money market ETF that holds assets that qualify as reserves for US stablecoins🏦Ethereum treasury firm SharpLink now holds 867,798 ETH, valued at $1.68 billion⏫Tokenized xStocks surpassed $25 billion in total transaction volume since launching last year🪄Polymarket acquired unified API provider Dome for a ...

Sharplink is shaking up its branding as it reports additional Ethereum holdings and a rising number of institutional investors. https://t.co/ri9dKh5N4a ...

⚡️ UPDATE: Consensys-backed Ethereum treasury firm Sharplink now holds 867,798 $ETH worth about $1.68 billion, with nearly all of its holdings staked. https://t.co/NizYehthQM ...

The proof is in the speed 🏎️SP1 Hypercube means Agglayer becomes Hyperfast with real-time proof generationCongrats @SuccinctLabsSuccinct (@SuccinctLabs):SP1 Hypercube is now live on mainnet!SP1 Hypercube is one of the most advanced, secure, and trusted zkVMs in production.Built by the first team to prove Ethereum in real time.The infrastructure for @ethereum's roadmap is finally here. https://t.co/QYErb2ovhl ...

RT Sharplink (@Sharplink)New look. Same vision.Our brand now reflects what we already stood for:Discipline. Durability. Productivity. Long-term thinking.Institutions choose Sharplink for these reasons. This is Ethereum with an edge.https://t.co/zBevdduvG9 https://t.co/P8MprdDO6d ...

## HardenFOCIL is already a significant hardening of Ethereum.But beyond that, the most important work this year is not in the glamorous (heh) EIPs, it's in the gritty stuff:* Network security testing* Post-quantum readiness (eg. we are also exploring EIPs to make it much more gas-efficient to verify quantum-resistant signature schemes inside the EVM)* Improving our ability to analyze the network's geographic decentralization* All the various work Kohaku is doing on the security side (trustless RPCs, social ...

RT Linea.eth (@LineaBuild)This past week on @BloombergTV, @ethereumJoseph discussed the digital asset economy and how institutions are preparing:"Financial institutions are soon to migrate to Layer 2s. Our Linea technology is going to be used by any financial institution that wants to use stablecoins, RWAs, and DeFi on Ethereum."Institutions are coming. ...