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ETH

NOV 2

Blockchain

THORChain Halts 10 Chains After a One-Block Ethereum Reorg

A one-block Ethereum reorg on 31 October made a THORChain vault refund 10 ETH it never received. Accounts split on how many chains are still trading.

· 2 Nov 2026· 🕐 3 min read

DeFi

A Forged Batch Root Drains zkLink Nova's Ethereum Bridge

Blockaid flagged withdrawals from zkLink Nova's layer-1 escrow while the attack was still live. The loss is reported two ways, near $786,000 and near $779,000.

· 29 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Ethereum Merges a Glamsterdam Deposit Fix It Closed a Week Ago

A consensus-spec change merged on Monday stops a validator deposit being credited to a builder holding the same key. Developers closed the same fix on 19 October.

· 27 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Ethereum Pulls Glamsterdam Off Hoodi Four Days Before the Fork

Developers cancelled Monday's Hoodi activation on 22 October after an auditor reported 13 real-world examples hit by two gas-repricing proposals.

· 24 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

JPMorgan's JPMD Deposit Token Goes Live on Ethereum Mainnet

The dollar deposit token leaves Base for Ethereum's main chain, open only to institutional counterparties the bank has vetted. Kinexys cites deeper liquidity.

· 20 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Wire

ETH

OCT 19

Blockchain

EIP-8288 Would Aggregate Ethereum Signatures Before They Reach a Block

Vitalik Buterin and Thomas Coratger's draft would have mempool nodes bundle signatures and proofs into one recursive STARK that every block must carry.

· 19 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Starknet Puts a Post-Quantum Layer 1 to a Seven-Day Research Vote

The Snapshot poll opened on Thursday and closes on 22 October. A yes buys research only; STRK stays the token and the Ethereum bridges stay open.

· 16 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

'Bunker Mode': Ethereum Researchers Weigh an Early Move Off ECDSA

An Ethereum Foundation researcher says an ECDSA break could come in months. Ethereum's co-founder answered the same week: don't rush the migration.

· 8 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

A MetaMask Breach Left Ethereum Stakers in a Two-Week Exit Line

About 523,000 ETH across roughly 17,000 validators came out of Lido after block rewards were diverted. Leaving staking now takes close to a fortnight.

· 5 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Ethereum's zkAPI Goes Live, Paying for AI Without an Identity

The Ethereum Foundation and the Open Anonymity Project put zkAPI on mainnet on 1 October. Users deposit ETH or USDC, then spend against zero-knowledge proofs.

· 3 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

Blast Winds Down Its Ethereum Layer-2 With a 26 October Exit Date

Blast said operating costs exceed revenue and it sees no credible path to sustainability. Users have until 26 October to withdraw through its own interface.

· 3 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

Blockchain

EIP-8363 Authors Pull Ethereum's Staking Reward Burn From Hegota

The authors of EIP-8363 withdrew their tapered issuance burn from Ethereum's Hegota fork, saying an issuance policy change deserves a process of its own.

· 2 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read