Account abstraction committed for Hegotá upgrade, implementation details to follow
Native account abstraction will ship in Hegotá, with the specific design approach still open for developer input and refinement.
The Ether: Friday, August 28, 2026
Blocks: 25,850,010 - 25,857,181
Slots: 15,087,599 - 15,094,798
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The day in review
The day in review
Ethena plans to back USDe with equity perpetuals, targeting RWA derivatives as primary collateral
Ethena, issuer of the $4 billion USDe stablecoin on Ethereum, is shifting its yield strategy toward tokenized equity derivatives rather than crypto perpetuals, expecting real-world asset backing to dominate within 12 to 24 months.
More: Bankless
Circle signs Chelsea front-of-shirt sponsorship deal featuring USDC
A major European sports institution now features Circle's USDC stablecoin on its kits, broadening mainstream visibility of Ethereum-based stablecoins.
More: CoinDesk
Top podcasts this day
- Weekly Rollup, Aug 28: The Debasement Trade is Back | Bessent Put | Tokenized Stocks | AI Capital Crunchpodcast · 11k views · 17d ago
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- 157 - Zaal - THE ZAO - EVMavericks Doots Podcastvideo · apps · 17d ago
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.
- Frame Transactions scheduled for Hegotá, native AA with post-quantum security set for upgrade
- Ethereal weekly #37: Glamsterdam repricing impact, Revolut euro stablecoin, native AA for Hegotá
- Temporal Liquidity research examines heterogeneous demand across Ethereum's execution slots
- Proposed PQ upgrade for ecrecover to support EIP-8141 frame transactions
- Flashbots attestation verification adds Google Cloud provenance checks for TEE hardware attacks
- Circle adds native USDC and EURC to Plasma with cross-chain burn-and-mint bridge
- Aave V3 X Layer Loop Tool added to FlashBorrowers whitelist
- Aave Safety Module AAVE allowance topped up for Q3-Q4 2026 staker rewards