Ethereum News. April 16, 2026

Trent Van Epps left the Ethereum Foundation, will continue leading Protocol Guild independently

trent.eth@trent_vanepps

as of last friday, I no longer work at the EF nothing but respect for the brilliant people i worked with over the last 5 years on network upgrades + funding efforts I intend to continue working on @ProtocolGuild and Ethereum political economy as long as funding is available

1:48 PM · Apr 15, 2026 · 39.1K Views

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Rainbow launched RNBW staking with tiered swap fee cashback and no lockup period

Rainbow@rainbowdotme

🌈 RNBW Staking is LIVE! You've probably heard the word "staking" thrown around a lot in crypto. But what does it actually mean — and what's Rainbow building with RNBW? 👇 Here’s a quick breakdown:

2:12 PM · Apr 15, 2026 · 16.3K Views

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EVMnow released an open source contract reader SDK and UI, hosted as an immutable IPFS site via ENS​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

evm.now@evmnow

Introducing the open source version of evm now: evmnow.eth.limo We believe EVM contracts deserve a simple, open source UI that enables users to use contracts permissionlessly. That's why we're working on a standard and sdk and the above example dApp UI to power better

12:58 PM · Apr 15, 2026 · 40.6K Views

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Foundation NFT platform is shutting down after failed acquisition, urging users to pin their IPFS assets and unlist NFTs from the marketplace contract

kayvon@saturnial

https://t.co/I0ufX3dZUO

11:17 PM · Apr 15, 2026 · 149K Views

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DefiLlama launching a Token Rights framework to classify all tokens by the rights they grant holders

0xngmi@0xngmi

We're launching a new Token Rights framework at DefiLlama, where we're gonna be classifying all tokens according to the rights that they give to tokenholders If anyone wants to give any feedback or just contribute to industry metrics, just DM @Meta_Mark_

9:53 PM · Apr 15, 2026 · 16.1K Views

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ether[.]fi migrated to OP Mainnet with 70,000+ active cards, 300,000+ accounts, and $220M+ in TVL

ether.fi@ether_fi

1/ Today, we’re excited to announce our migration to OP Mainnet is complete. 70,000+ active cards, 300,000+ accounts, and $220M+ TVL now live on @Optimism. Learn more about the migration below ↓

1:52 PM · Apr 15, 2026 · 29K Views

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Aave Labs introduced Aave Checkpoint, a tool to review governance proposal code and security before execution​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Aave@aave

Aave Labs has introduced Aave Checkpoint, a tool used to review governance proposal code and data before execution. For new proposals or payloads, it fetches the onchain data, cross-references parameters against the forum spec, and runs security checks.

6:01 PM · Apr 15, 2026 · 11.6K Views

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