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Ethereum is for shipping. Here are 22 things the Ethereum ecosystem launched, upgraded, and announced over the past month. 0/ Ethereum hit a new all-time high of 72.8 Million monthly transactions, the highest in network history. 1/ @ethereumfndn, @chainlink, and @Nethermind launched a $1M audit subsidy program to help Ethereum builders access high-quality security reviews. 2/ South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit, announced plans for GIWA Chain, an Ethereum L2 built on @Optimism. 3/ @AragonProject introduced Permissions Audits to help protocols secure roles, multisigs, and admin systems. 4/ @fileverse shipped Comments v2, improving the collaboration experience, with privacy by default. 5/ The Ethereum Applications Guild (@EthAppsGuild) launched to support Ethereum-native apps and real-world adoption. 6/ Privacy went live on @Optimism with confidential computing support on OP Mainnet. 7/ @StarkWareLtd brought native proof verification to Starknet mainnet with Shinobi, enabling private trading flows and OTC settlement. 8/ @worldcoin launched World ID 4.0, expanding proof of human credentials across apps, enterprises, and AI agents. 9/ Applications on Ethereum hit ~$310B in user deposits. 10/ @l2beat released a new interactive interoperability map showing how value moves across Ethereum’s expanding ecosystem. 11/ @AlchemixFi launched V3, the latest version of its self-repaying, non-liquidating loan product, with higher capital efficiency and improved peg mechanics. 12/ @OfficialMoonDAO raised $172k + from 157 contributors to send the man who coined the “overview effect” to space. 13/ @ethereumfndn announced the Road to @EFDevcon 8 Academic Program, supporting regional research and academic events ahead of Devcon. 14/ Ethereum core contributors gathered in Svalbard for Soldøgn Interop, a week-long event focused on hardening Glamsterdam implementations to help scale Ethereum securely. 15/ @basepaint_xyz hit 1,000 straight days of onchain art creation, with 121M+ pixels painted and $1.5M + distributed to 4,000+ artists. 16/ New Ethereum community hubs launched in Hong Kong and Floripa, growing local coordination and ecosystem activity across Asia and Latin America. 17/ The EF’s ETH Rangers public goods security program wrapped after helping recover or freeze $5.8M, reporting 785+ vulnerabilities, and identifying ~100 North Korean IT workers targeting Web3 teams. 18/ @centrifuge launched a tokenized S&P 500 fund on @base, bringing 24/7 onchain index exposure to non-U.S. users. 19/ @0xcatalysis launched Covered Vaults on Ethereum, DeFi vaults with built-in onchain risk coverage backed by delegated capital. 20/ @Uniswap processed $3T in all-time volume on Ethereum mainnet. 21/ @RAILGUN_Project hit $5 billion of total all time private volume.

This week in crypto news – Week 1, May 2026 ➜ BTC reclaimed US$80K for the first time since January, closing April up 12% ➜ CLARITY Act talks progress with proposed compromise on stablecoin yields ➜ Tether eyes mega BTC merger to create a US$3.3B integrated bitcoin firm ➜ Ethereum exit queue surged past 433K ETH amid DeFi exploit fallout ➜ DeFi United raised US$300M+ to stabilise markets after Kelp DAO exploit Read the full Weekly Rollup ⤵️

Morgan Stanley is set to launch its first Bitcoin ETF within hours Becoming the first major U.S. bank to offer a $BTC product.

INSIGHT: Bitcoin has an average return of 13.06% in the month of April. How do you think it will perform this month? 👇

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💡CoinMarketCap | Fear and Greed Index 💡 🔹 Sentiment is at 26 – Fear. The fear is rising amid global uncertainty.

Our interpretation on crypto assets—grounded in existing law and informed by extensive public input—acknowledges what the former administration refused to recognize... Most crypto assets are not themselves securities.

Quantum FUD again? We've been "5 years away" from quantum computing since 2005. Even if it arrives tomorrow, Bitcoin's difficulty isn't fixed. It adjusts every 2,016 blocks. -Current: 144.4 trillion -Post-quantum: 144.4 quadrillion -Next level: 144 quintillion The protocol can scale difficulty forever. This argument died the moment it arrived.

TODAY: @Solana celebrates its 6th anniversary. The network's first block was produced on March 16, 2020.

RECAP: ⚡️ Governments moved deeper into crypto this week. While some nations shifted Bitcoin from state reserves, others launched new regulations, investment strategies, and blockchain infrastructure experiments. Here’s how crypto adoption actually moved this week 👇 1/7

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🔥 FACT: It took 6,267 days to mine 20M $BTC, the next 1M will take another 114 years.

Very cool overview of who owns Bitcoin.

🚨 TODAY: Crypto Fear & Greed Index plunges to 5 Extreme Fear, the lowest level on record.

JUST IN: Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 360 has been merged into the official Bitcoin BIPs repository, aiming to strengthen Bitcoin against quantum 👀

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#Binance SAFU Fund Asset Conversion progress update. Binance has completed the purchase of 3600 BTC for the SAFU Fund, amounting to 250M USD stablecoins. Our SAFU BTC address now holds 6230 #BTC. 1BAuq7Vho2CEkVkUxbfU26LhwQjbCmWQkD TXID: blockchain.com/en/explorer/tr… We’re continuing to acquire #Bitcoin for the SAFU fund, aiming to complete conversion of the fund within 30 days of our original announcement. We’ll share updates with the community as they become available.

INSIGHT: Strategy is sitting on an unrealized loss of $5.8B following $BTC's crash to $67,000.