Crypto News. February 21, 2026

Feb 21, 2026

When asked by 0xdasha to rebuild an ETH 2.0, Vitalik replied saying he plans to upgrade Ethereum by layering a faster, leaner, privacy-friendly system onto the existing chain, using major changes like State Tree overhaul, Lean consensus, ZK-based verification, VM replacement and AI-assisted coding, so users feel no disruption while the new Ethereum is gradual built on top of the old Ethereum over about 5 years

vitalik.eth@VitalikButerin

@0xdasha I'm actually trying to do something even more ambitious: Create "cypherpunk principled non-ugly ethereum" as a bolt-on to the present-day system, in a way that's as tightly integrated and interoperable as possible, and then grow it over time, in the mean time making sure

4:19 PM · Feb 20, 2026 · 238K Views

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Vitalik pushed back against Sigil’s Web4.0 vision, warning that widening the human-AI feedback gap produces low-quality output and risks irreversible consequences.

vitalik.eth@VitalikButerin

@0xSigil Bro, this is wrong. Lengthening the feedback distance between humans and AIs is not a good thing for the world. Today, it means you're generating slop instead of solving useful problems for people. It's not even well-optimized for helping people have fun. Once AI becomes

5:56 PM · Feb 19, 2026 · 501K Views

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BNP Paribas Asset Management launched tokenized money market fund on Ethereum

Enterprise Onchain@enteronchain

BNP Paribas launches Euro money market fund on Ethereum ⚡ Ethereum remains the default chain for institutions to launch onchain products due to its superior security, liquidity and resilience Link below 👇

3:10 PM · Feb 20, 2026 · 20.1K Views

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Institutional Privacy Task Force unveiled compliance-first private stablecoin system for Ethereum.

IPTF@iptf_updates

Every stablecoin payment on Ethereum is visible to competitors, analysts, and anyone with a block explorer. Institutions need payment privacy but can't pool funds with unknown parties. Gated shielded pools: KYC-verified entry, private transfers, viewing keys for regulators.

11:59 AM · Feb 19, 2026 · 2.96K Views

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ENS Introduced Individual Registries for Every ENS Name and shared an insight into the architecture powering it and what fundamentally changes beneath the surface.

ens.eth@ensdomains

ENSv2 stays on Ethereum L1 and doubles down on decentralization, security, and neutrality. Dive deeper into the architecture today: ens.domains/blog/post/ensv…

6:31 PM · Feb 20, 2026 · 867 Views

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Ethereum Foundation zkEVM team explained how zkVMs, the EVM, and provers work together for optional zkEVM proofs, highlighting formal verification and AI-assisted specification generation.

ladislaus.eth@ladislaus0x

Great talk by @codytouchgrass (EF zkEVM team) at EthBoulder on how the L1-zkEVM stack actually fits together: * how zkVMs, the EVM, Ethereum's state transition function (guest programs), RISC-V & provers relate to each other * how all of this makes up optional zkEVM proofs * how

3:55 PM · Feb 20, 2026 · 2.37K Views

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Episode 4 of TheCoordinate explored Lean Ethereum’s redesigned consensus, fast finality, ZK proving, censorship resistance, and L2 integration.

Soubhik Deb@soubhik_deb

Ethereum is starting from the endgame. Episode 4 of TheCoordinate is a deep dive into Lean Ethereum: a clean-slate rethink of consensus, execution, and data availability. I sat down with @drakefjustin from @ethereumfndn to unpack: > need for the rewrite, > rewrite items:

4:59 PM · Feb 20, 2026 · 21.2K Views

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Erigon announced v3.3.8, featuring improved peer discovery, accurate log queries on pruned nodes, reliable transaction decryption, and Chiado re-execution fixes.