Ethereum News. April 23, 2026

Apr 23, 2026

MetaMask co-founder Dan Finlay departs Consensys after 10 years citing burnout

Today is my last day at Consensys, where I've been building MetaMask for over ten years. I'm burned out and need to spend time with my family. Wishing the team the best — they have an amazing road ahead of them.

11:51 PM · Apr 22, 2026 · 57.7K Views

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Circle’s Chief Economist Gordon Liao proposed raising USDC interest rate slope on Aave v3 Ethereum Core from 10% to 40%, targeting 50%, to attract liquidity after the KelpDAO exploit drove the pool to 100% utilization

Jeremy Allaire - jerallaire.arc@jerallaire

A proposal on AAVE USDC market and liquidity parameters from Circle's Chief Economist @gordonliao

governance.aave.com

[ARFC] Improve Liquidity Buffer for USDC on Aave v3 Ethereum Core – Raise Slope 2, Lower Optimal Utilization

5:52 PM · Apr 22, 2026 · 77.5K Views

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Shutter Network introduced the Perpetual Endowment Network (PEN), a governance funding model using a permanent principal base to generate yield for continuous DAO runway

Shutter 🛡️⚔️@ShutterNetwork

The DAO model isn't working - speculation, finite runways & governance fatigue often leads to their reflexive collapse 📉 Today we introduce a new model designed for permanence & an infinite runway: Perpetual Endowment Network (PEN) Now we need your help to shape it ⬇️

4:00 PM · Apr 22, 2026 · 2.05K Views

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growthepie rolled out upgraded app pages with screenshots, new overview tab, token metrics, success rate data, and multi-app comparison

growthepie 🥧📏@growthepie_eth

App pages just got a major upgrade! New features: ▸ App screenshots: encouraging users to try more apps ▸ New overview tab: metrics + contracts at a glance ▸ More metrics: now including token metrics and transaction success rate ▸ Metrics tab: dive deeper and truly

3:09 PM · Apr 22, 2026 · 2.81K Views

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KelpDAO hacker swapped nearly all 75,700 ETH ($175M) into BTC via THORChain in ~1.5 days, generating $800M in volume and $910K in fees for THORChain

余烬@EmberCN

用时一天半，KelpDAO 黑客的 75,700 枚 ETH ($1.75 亿) 现在已经基本上都换成 BTC 了。黑客把 ETH 跨链兑换成 BTC 主要走的协议是 THORChain，黑客的使用也为 THORChain 带去了 $8 亿的交易量以及 $91 万的平台手续费收入。 ---------------------------------------------------- #Bitget VIP

余烬 @EmberCN

Arbitrum 链把 KelpDAO 黑客在 Arbitrum 上的 ETH 给弄走，应该是惊到他了。他开始把 Ethereum 链上的 75,700 枚 ETH ($1.75 亿) 进行洗钱转移了。目前已经有多笔小额 ETH 通过隐私支付协议 @UmbraCash 转移。黑客地址： https://t.co/JL42eBEIe9 通过 Umbra 转移： https://t.co/GbGPd55YfP https://t.co/Q0ZoKSS3Bo

12:54 AM · Apr 23, 2026 · 28.2K Views

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Ethereum Foundation launched the Road to Devcon 8 Academic Program, funding regional meetups, workshops, and hackathons ahead of Devcon 8 in Mumbai (Nov 3–6, 2026)