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The Protocol: Ethereum Foundation starts experimenting with ‘DVT-lite’ technology
Also: Nvidia’s rare blog, Aave liquidations, and Pudgy Penguins new game.
DeFi lending platform Aave sees a rare $27 million liquidations after a price glitch
The blockchain data flagged shows a spike in liquidations over the past 24 hours. Some observers believe the event may have been linked to a price update in an risk-oracle system that Aave uses to determine the value of collateral.
Investment firm Multicoin bets 'Internet Labor Markets' will drive crypto’s next wave of adoption
According to the firm, the next wave of users that will onboard into crypto will be thanks to networks where users earn crypto by contributing work rather than buying tokens outright.
Vitalik Buterin pushes ‘DVT-Lite’ to make Ethereum validator setup easier
In a post on X, the blockchain's co-founder said the Ethereum Foundation is testing a new method for running validators that could make staking infrastructure significantly easier for institutions holding large amounts of ether.
Ethereum Foundation wants the network to be the trust layer for AI
Davide Crapis, the foundation's AI lead, sees the network acting as a coordination and verification layer in an increasingly AI-mediated world.
The Protocol: New Ethereum scaling plans
Also: OKX and AI agents, Future AI users of blockchain and Bitcoin’s latest governance clash.
AI agents will be primary users of blockchain, NEAR co-founder says
Polosukhin argues that AI will become the primary interface layer for everything online, including crypto, abstracting away wallets, explorers and transaction hashes.
Vitalik Buterin unveils plan to curb Ethereum block builder centralization
Another focus of his post is so-called “toxic MEV,” where traders exploit visibility into pending transactions to front-run or “sandwich” users’ trades.
Vitalik Buterin reveals his bold new plan to fix Ethereum’s scaling problem
The new post reflects Buterin’s renewed focus on scaling Ethereum’s base layer, after several years in which much of the ecosystem’s scaling strategy centered on layer-2 rollups.
Here is why Ethereum's bold new plan could make the blockchain giant high-speed 'internet of value' by 2029
Beneath the technical language of the 'Strawmap' is a far simpler story: Ethereum is trying to decide what kind of infrastructure it wants to be by the end of the decade.
