Vitalik Buterin donated 16,384 ETH to support open-source, secure, and verifiable software and hardware focused on privacy.

I caught California’s gubernatorial climate forum this week and came away with a familiar feeling: we know the stakes, we know the tools, and yet our ambition still feels smaller than the moment demands. The candidates spoke thoughtfully about clean energy, affordability, water, wildfire, and environmental justice. All necessary. All important. But California’s climate challenge isn’t just about doing more of the same. It’s about remembering who we are. California has never won by being cauti...

Date: January 30, 2026 Network: Base Status: Aerodrome Lend is currently paused (new deposits/borrows disabled) On January 29, 2026 we announced support for Aerodrome concentrated liquidity positions on Base: https://paragraph.com/@revertfinance/revert-lend-now-supports-aerodrome-on-base A few hours later, we received and verified a report of an exploit affecting the newly deployed Aerodrome Lend vault. We immediately disabled new deposits and new borrows via our emergency multisig and commun...

Today felt like re-entering my own life after a sprint. The week was packed, hectic, and chaotic, but still productive in a way that only really becomes clear once you pause long enough to take inventory. I’ve been re-establishing my personal routines, noticing where they slipped, and getting honest about what it actually takes to get back into the swing without forcing it. Part of that reset has been writing these newsletters and showing up more consistently on my socials again, not perfectl...

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As stablecoin adoption expands beyond trading and speculative activity, stablecoins are increasingly used for real-world settlement flows . From cross-border remittances to payroll automation and merchant payouts, this shift places new demands on infrastructure: transactions must be predictable in cost, consistent in timing, and reliable at scale. Traditional blockchain fee models, where gas is paid in a volatile network token, introduce uncertainty into transaction costs. For retail users an...

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