Coinbase launches tokenized Apple, Nvidia, Meta, Alphabet stocks on Base
Crypto exchange brings equities trading to Ethereum's Base layer using Abu Dhabi regulatory framework, expanding institutional asset classes onchain.
The week in the Ether: August 22-28, 2026
The week's top ranked stories, frozen when the weekly edition went out.
Individual days live in the daily archive and this week was posted to X.
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.
Fasset raises $68 million Series C at $1 billion valuation as SBI backs expansion
The stablecoin infrastructure neobank's growth reflects institutional momentum toward onchain cross-border payments and settlement.
More: The Block
State of DeFi Curation 2026 reports $11.3B across 856 vaults
Comprehensive analysis of curated DeFi ecosystem growth shows 131 active curators managing assets across 18 protocols, offering insight into institutional capital concentration and vault diversity.
Moonwell lending market on Base suffers $8.7 million exploit via MAMO collateral manipulation
An attacker exploited a price manipulation vulnerability in Moonwell's Base deployment, draining millions in user collateral and highlighting risks in newer lending protocols across Ethereum's L2 ecosystem.
Term Finance suffers $8.5 million governance exploit despite veto controls
A DeFi lending protocol's vault proposal system failed to prevent attackers from draining millions despite built-in seven-day delays and liquidity provider vetoes, exposing flaws in governance security design.
AMM Yield Maximization research examines liquidity provider and arbitrageur convergence
A new MEV-X and academic paper explores how DeFi markets stay efficient at scale despite constant microlocal dislocations from swaps, bridging the traditional roles of passive liquidity providers and active arbitrageurs.
More: Flashbots Forum
Draft proposal adds quantum-resistant key deposits for Ethereum validators
A draft proposal introduces quantum-resistant cryptography options for validator key management, preparing Ethereum's staking infrastructure against future cryptographic threats.
More: Decrypt
Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's retrial scheduled for April 2027
Roman Storm, Tornado Cash developer, will face a retrial in April 2027 after his initial conviction, continuing the high-profile legal battle over privacy-protocol liability.
More: Decrypt
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
Top podcasts this week
- Weekly Rollup, Aug 28: The Debasement Trade is Back | Bessent Put | Tokenized Stocks | AI Capital Crunchpodcast · 14k views · 31d ago
chapters (16)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:31Crypto Energy Shift & Bitcoin’s New Cycle
- 5:55The Bessent Put
- 14:11Druckenmiller vs. Bessent
- 23:31Debasement Trade Returns
- 30:03Coinbase Tokenized Stocks
- 41:14Ethena’s Token Reset
- 53:59AI Capital Hunger --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here
- 0:00Intro
- 0:31Crypto Energy Shift & Bitcoin’s New Cycle
- 5:55The Bessent Put
- 14:11Druckenmiller vs. Bessent
- 23:31Debasement Trade Returns
- 30:03Coinbase Tokenized Stocks
- 41:14Ethena’s Token Reset
- 53:59AI Capital Hunger
- The Biggest Barrier to Wall Street Using Ethereumvideo · world · 15k views · 32d ago
chapters (11)
- 0:00ETH Systems
- 1:34The Founders
- 5:28Institutional Privacy
- 12:43Real-World Use Cases
- 21:19From Bespoke to Scalable
- 30:22Building the Product
- 33:40Institutions Are Coming
- 35:40The Future of Institutional DeFi
- 40:24Privacy vs Transparency
- 46:51What Ethereum Can Do?
- 49:54Cypherpunks and Institutions
chapters (7)
- 0:00Intro
- 4:02Banks Rushing Into Stablecoins?
- 7:20A Hundred Approaches To Tokenization
- 12:25Compliant Tokens That Do DeFi Well
- 16:56From Wild West DeFi To Compliance
- 23:39Why He Left Compound To Start Superstate
- 26:21100% Market Share, Then Some For Tokenized Assets
- BitMine Is About to Own 5% of ETH | Tom Leevideo · world · 67k views · 35d ago
chapters (17)
- 0:00BitMine’s Rapid March Toward 5% of ETH
- 3:36More Than 60 Consecutive Weeks of ETH Purchases
- 5:29Where BitMine’s Capital Comes From
- 8:27What Happens When BitMine Reaches 5%?
- 13:47Would BitMine Ever Sell Its ETH?
- 15:29Maven and BitMine’s Evolution Beyond a Treasury Company
- 16:52Ethereum’s Next Narrative
- 23:06Does Ethereum Actually Capture Value?
- 29:13Is ETH a Store of Value or a Cash-Flowing Asset?
- 35:19What BitMine Has Learned From Michael Saylor
- 37:42Why BitMine Issued BMNP
- 42:13The Proposal That Could Reduce Staking Yield to Zero
- 47:54Funding Ethereum Foundation Spinouts
- 53:23BitMine’s Role in Ethereum’s Future
- 1:02:14Is AI Crowding Crypto Out of the Market?
- 1:05:11Has the Crypto Market Already Bottomed?
- 1:06:18Tom Lee’s ETH Price Outlook