Lido consolidates 8M ETH, cuts validator count by third with bond requirement
Lido's validator consolidation using EIP-7251 reduces the Ethereum network's consensus overhead by cutting total validator count by nearly a third.
The Ether: Monday, July 27, 2026
Blocks: 25,620,418 - 25,627,589
Slots: 14,857,199 - 14,864,398
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The day in review
The day in review
Protocol
- Besu 26.7.1 shipped security patches for vulnerabilities disclosed by the Ethereum Foundation and CertiK.
Apps
- Lido consolidated 8M ETH and cut validator count by a third using EIP-7251, reducing consensus overhead.
World
- A federal judge blocked Minnesota's prediction market ban, ruling it likely violated the Commodity Exchange Act.
Besu 26.7.1 fixes security vulnerabilities, upgrade recommended
Besu client shipped an urgent security patch addressing vulnerabilities disclosed responsibly by the Ethereum Foundation and CertiK.
Kalshi, Polymarket win pause against Minnesota prediction market ban
A federal judge blocked Minnesota's criminalizing law as likely violating the federal Commodity Exchange Act, advancing prediction market legitimacy in a key regulatory battle.
Also in the news this day
Stories that gathered new coverage this day but broke earlier, so they live on their own day's page.
- Clarity Act prospects fade as Wall Street backing wanes
- Ondo Finance launches Ondo Network after SEC clears tokenized equities, hires former Blockchain.com CFO
- Crypto seen as early warning signal for quantum computing threat
- SEC Commissioner Warns DeFi Vaults May Face Securities Regulation
- EIP Editing Office Hour #110 agenda posted, call August 11
- Aave Risk Stewards increase BTC.b supply cap on V3 Core
- ethrex v23.0.0 hardens networking and RPC layers
- Arbitrum DAO governance call scheduled for July 28