Ethereum News. April 13, 2026
Scroll manually increased its fee scalars by up to 1,280x over six days, resulting in over $50,000 in excess fees charged to users before partially rolling back the increase to 8x above baseline
Steakhouse post Morten explained the DNS hijack on March 30 after an attacker social-engineered OVH support into removing 2FA, briefly serving a wallet drainer via a cloned site for ~4 hours before the team regained control — no user funds were lost
Zerion took its web app offline after detecting suspicious activity, confirming user funds and the iOS, Android, and browser extension remain safe.
RedStone is deprecating its oracle price feeds on Sonic Labs, shutting down five Silo V2 markets permanently once feeds go offline — affected borrowers must repay and lenders must withdraw immediately.
An Ethereum Foundation researcher proposed an in-protocol mechanism to redirect a portion of staking rewards to fund developer teams, to be introduced via hard fork and coordinated through the Ethereum Validators Association.
Aave V4 deposit caps hit maximum capacity and were increased to accommodate additional liquidity, with supply and borrow caps set to scale gradually.
TheDAO Security Fund opened applications for Round Operators to design and run future Ethereum security funding rounds.
Hackers exploited a Hyperbridge gateway vulnerability to forge messages and mint 1 billion DOT tokens on Ethereum mainnet, netting ~$237K; South Korean exchanges Upbit and Bithumb suspended DOT deposits and withdrawals
Ether Machine and Dynamix mutually terminated their SPAC merger citing unfavorable market conditions.
Aave’s AWW proposal passed, shifting the protocol to a fully $AAVE-centric model where all revenue from Aave App, Pro, Horizon, and Aave Kit flows back to the DAO treasury as additive on top of existing protocol revenue
Polymarket launched pUSD, an ERC-20 collateral token on Polygon backed 1:1 by USDC, replacing the existing deposit system with a more capital-efficient settlement layer
