The Ether: Thursday, October 29, 2026

Binance says customer funds are safe after a suspected hack, as issuer freezes limit token moves and the suspect swaps into ether

Binance says user funds are safe, but freezes by stablecoin issuers do not show how much has been recovered or lost, and the suspect's swaps into ether keep the story moving.

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Polygon extends its bank-to-stablecoin payment stack to Solana, linking bank funding and payouts across chains

Polygon's payment tools, which move money between bank accounts and stablecoins, now also reach Solana wallets, after Tron support and the completed Coinme acquisition.

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Uniswap Labs opens its TJAR fee conversion tool to other apps, starting with Robinhood

TJAR turns fees collected in any token on any chain into a token the app picks, and other apps can now use it, with Robinhood first.

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Reth v2.9.0 swaps revm for the evm2 engine, lifting block execution about 10% but breaking custom EVM SDK users

Reth, a widely used Ethereum execution client, changes its core EVM engine, which speeds up block processing but forces developers with custom EVM code to port it.

Chainlink launches 24/7 market data for tokenized assets, adding weekend price feeds with Aave as launch partner

Tokenized stocks trade onchain all week, so lending and prediction markets now get price data on weekends and holidays when stock markets are closed.

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ACDC #190: EIP-8015 beacon cleanup scheduled for Hegotá, EIP-8334 and EIP-8383 advance to CFI

The All Core Devs Consensus (ACDC) call scheduled EIP-8015's beacon state cleanup for the Hegotá upgrade and moved EIP-8334, EIP-8383, EIP-8148 and EIP-8411 to Considered for Inclusion, while EIP-8205's deposit fix was declined in favor of a redesign.

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Noir 1.0 ships as the first stable release of the ZK language, with a security-audited compiler, ahead of Aztec Alpha V6

Noir is a programming language for writing zero-knowledge proofs, which prove something is true without revealing the underlying data, and a stable 1.0 lets developers build on it with confidence.

MetaMask makes Stellar a default network, giving every existing account a Stellar address with no setup

The most widely used Ethereum wallet now supports another blockchain out of the box, so users can handle Stellar payments without leaving MetaMask.

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ZkLink Nova bridge exploit drains about $779,000 in one transaction using a forged batch root, Blockaid warns

An attacker faked the proof data a bridge relies on, so funds held in the main Ethereum escrow could be withdrawn without authorization.

Base sets November 5 for Denim, its 200ms mainnet blocks, ending Flashblocks subscriptions and pending-state access

Base, a layer 2 network built on Ethereum, will make its blocks much faster, but developers and indexers who rely on Flashblocks (its preview feed of pending transactions) must change their integrations.