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OKX's tokenized stock trading on X Layer, its Ethereum Layer 2, uses a Uniswap v4 hook that restricts trading and liquidity provision to approved wallets and blocks aggregators from routing orders.
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A security release fixes denial-of-service vulnerabilities in peer-to-peer and JSON-RPC handlers that become exploitable after Amsterdam activates on mainnet, correcting opcode caching and account handling.
The All Core Devs Execution (ACDE) call also scheduled Glamsterdam's Hoodi testnet fork, set a gas limit change to activate at that epoch, and advanced several Hegotá EIPs, including a paired post-quantum account migration path, to Considered for Inclusion status.
Lodestar schedules the Gloas fork and sets Hoodi gas limit to 200M, advancing Ethereum's ePBS rollout and testnet readiness.
Ethereum cofounder flags AI threats to private keys and advises users to secure multisigs before moving assets hastily.
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Institutional wholesale settlement moves onchain via Ethereum, extending trading and clearing beyond traditional market hours.
A forum post proposes tracking block proposer behavior to penalize those who include sandwiched transactions, strengthening mempool fairness on Ethereum.
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Ether.fi's new dollar stablecoin relies on Ethena to manage reserves, minting, redemptions and compliance for a platform already holding more than $300 million in stablecoin balances.
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Ondo's onchain notes let eligible investors hold fractional stakes in private companies, expanding institutional access to private markets via blockchain.
More: The Block · Cointelegraph
Lido's new lending protocol lets stakers loop collateral via Morpho, targeting a Q4 launch with DAO votes and technical disclosures still ahead.
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