Ethereum Foundation: BPO-1 has been activated, increasing the blob capacity of each block to 15

Dormant Wallet Linked to CEXt Withdraws $14.5M in ETH After Year-Long Inactivity

Gate News message, a wallet address 0x3CEE associated with CEXt withdrew 6,382.5 ETH valued at $14.5 million from a centralized exchange within the past hour. This marks the wallet's first activity after remaining dormant for one year. Following the withdrawal, the wallet currently holds a total o

Spark's Prudent ETH Lending Strategy Proves Justified as Aave Faces Liquidity Crisis Across Multiple Chains

Spark's strategy chief defended maintaining high borrowing rates on SparkLend despite user migration to Aave, citing current market conditions. Aave is experiencing liquidity issues, raising concerns about potential bad debt if ETH prices drop significantly.

Musk’s X introduces smart tags, driving $1 billion in global trading volume in 3 days

Musk’s social platform X rolled out a brand-new “Smart Cashtags” feature on the evening of April 15 (last Tuesday). On April 17, Nikita Bier, X’s product lead, announced that in just 3 days the feature drove about $1 billion in trading volume across global markets, based on aggregated data from X’s trading pilot program.

ETH Whale with $44.61M Profits in 2 Months Opens 4,000 ETH Long on Hyperliquid at 15x Leverage

An Ethereum whale, after making $44.61 million in profits, opened a 4,000 ETH long position with 15x leverage at $2,264.1 per ETH, post closing a short position for $123,000 profits, indicating a significant market stance change.

eth.limo domain hijacked; EasyDNS admits first social engineering attack in 28 years

The eth.limo domain was subject to DNS hijacking on April 17. The attacker, posing as a team member, successfully tricked the domain registrar EasyDNS into executing account recovery for the domain. Although this incident did not affect users, because the attacker did not obtain the DNSSEC key material, they were unable to bypass the trust chain. This incident highlighted the risks of social engineering in the crypto space and prompted eth.limo to switch to the Domainsure service, which does not support account recovery, to enhance security.

Vitalik confirms a talk in Hong Kong, with Ethereum AI and ZK ecosystem applications as the core focus

Vitalik Buterin and Aya Miyaguchi, Chair of the Ethereum Foundation, will attend the opening event of the Hong Kong Ethereum Community Hub (ETH HK Hub) on April 21. This will be the first in-person community space in Asia supported by the Foundation, with a focus on topics such as ZK technology, privacy computing, and the integration of AI and blockchain. Vitalik proposed an Ethereum AI integration framework that emphasizes defensive acceleration, safeguards human agency in the age of AI, and promotes coordinated development between blockchain and AI.