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ZKsync Lite to Shut Down in 2026 as Matter Labs Moves On
The company framed the move, happening in early 2026, as a planned sunset.
Solana’s Drift Launches v3, With 10x Faster Trades
With v3, the team says that about 85% of market orders will fill in under half a second, and liquidity will deepen enough to bring slippage on larger trades down to around 0.02%.
Axelar Unveils AgentFlux to Bring AI Agents OnChain, Without Cloud Risks
Developed by Interop Labs, AgentFlux lets financial firms deploy “agentic” automation without sending sensitive information to external infrastructure.
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The Protocol: Ethereum Preps For Upcoming Fusaka Upgrade
Also: Anthropic On DeFi AI Agents, ETH Devs Push ZK Protocol, and Bitnomial
Firelight Introduces XRP Staking for DeFi Insurance Layer Against Exploits
The new protocol, developed by Sentora and Flare Network, aims to combine XRP yield opportunity with offering protection against DeFi hacks.
Anthropic Research Shows AI Agents Are Closing In on Real DeFi Attack Capability
Models tested by MATS and the Anthropic Fellows program generated turnkey exploit scripts and identified fresh vulnerabilities, suggesting automated exploitation is becoming technically and economically viable.
Ethereum Devs Push ZK ‘Secret Santa’ System Toward Deployment
The proposed protocol uses zero-knowledge proofs to verify sender–receiver relationships without revealing identities.
Ethereum Developers Prep for Fusaka, Second Upgrade of 2025
The goal of the upgrade is to enable Ethereum to handle the large transaction throughput from the layer-2 chains that use the blockchain as their base layer.
