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Featured

• Ethereum Security QF Round Closes With Record 637 ETH Matching Pool: Ethereum’s largest security-focused QF round closed with a 637 ETH matching pool, funding 134 projects through expert-weighted & sybil-resistant public goods allocation.
• Highlights from the All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) Call #179: Ethereum developers focus on Glamsterdam devnet stability, SSZ Engine API decisions, and validator-focused Hegota EIPs including EIP-8148, EIP-8061, and EIP-8080.
• All you need to know about Ethereum Hegota Upgrade: Curated resources by EtherWorld for Hegota Upgrade
• All you need to know about Ethereum Glamsterdam Upgrade: Curated resources by EtherWorld for Glamsterdam Upgrade

Stories by EtherWorld

• India’s SEBI Plans to Tokenised Corporate Bonds
• Mastercard Gets New York BitLicense for Digital Assets
• OpenZeppelin Clarifies AI & DeFi Security Position
• Sui Blockchain Restores Operations After Six-Hour Network Outage
• Cash App Enables USDC Payments on Polygon
• BIS Moves Blockchain Payments Into Live Testing
• Polymarket Helps Flag Another Insider Trading Arrest
• Vitalik Buterin Pushes Ethereum Privacy With Kohaku
• Ethereum Foundation Advances Cross-Chain Intents with LI.FI Launch
• Alipay Launches AI Wallet & Token Pay for AI Payments
• Indonesia Blocks Polymarket Over Gambling
• Vitalik Buterin’s 2026 Vision for Ethereum Foundation
• Senate Advances CLARITY Act for Crypto Regulation

Client Updates

• Execution Layer:

  • Nethermind 1.37.2
  • Geth 1.17.2
  • Erigon 3.4.2
  • Besu 26.5.0
  • Reth 2.2.0
  • EthereumJS 10.1.1

• Consensus Layer:

  • Teku 26.4.0
  • Nimbus 26.5.0
  • Prysm 7.1.4
  • Lodestar 1.43.0
  • Lighthouse 8.1.3

Ethereum Governance & Related Standards

Latest Ethereum Standards (Monthly):

EIPs – Status Updates

→ Draft

• EIP-8246: Remove SELFDESTRUCT Burn
• EIP-8197: Cryptographically Agile Transactions
• EIP-8250: Keyed Nonces for Frame Transactions
• EIP-8252: Execution-Layer Reorg State Retention Window

ERCs – Status Updates

→ Draft

• ERC-8255: Expiring Token Approvals
• ERC-8180: Blob Authenticated Messaging
• ERC-8179: Blob Space Segments
• ERC-8226: Regulated Agent Mandate

Draft → Review

• ERC-8152: Content-Addressable Logic Modules (CALM)

Review → Last Call

• ERC-4337: Account Abstraction Using Alt Mempool
• ERC-8126: AI Agent Verification

Last Call → Final

• ERC-7943: uRWA - Universal Real World Asset Interface

Insights from EIPsInsight.com

Podcasts

• Why Crypto Is About to Get a Big Leg Up on Banks: DEX in the City
• The Future of AI Security with Kevin Jones, Founder of 1Claw | Ecosystem Project Demo #32
• Cloudflare CEO: The Internet Needs Crypto to Survive AI

Videos by EtherWorld

Upcoming Events

• ETHConf 2026 (Jun 8–10)
• ETHGlobal New York (Jun 12–14)
• DappCon 2026 (Jun 16–17)
• ETHGlobal Lisbon (Jul 24–26)
• ETHPrague 2026 (Sep 2026)
• Token2049 Singapore (Sep 2026)
• ETHSafari 2026 (Sep 2026)
• Devcon 8 in Mumbai (Nov 3–6)
• ETHGlobal Mumbai (Nov 6–8)
• ETHIndia 2026 (Dec 2026)

Jobs

• Announcing the Avarch Internship Program: A professional internship program by Avarch offering students real project experience, open-source contributions, expert mentorship & industry-ready portfolio development.

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• EtherWorld Weekly — Edition 361
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