Ethereum News. April 24, 2026

Apr 24, 2026

Aave is leading a DeFi United effort to restore rsETH backing after the April 18 incident, with Lido committing up to 2,500 stETH, EtherFi Foundation 5K ETH, plus Ethena and LayerZero contributions

Aave@aave

Aave service providers have been leading the DeFi United effort to restore rsETH's backing since the April 18 incident. We believe ecosystem collaboration matters most in moments like this, and our priority is achieving the strongest possible available outcome for users.

Lido @LidoFinance

A proposal for Lido DAO to contribute to @aave’s coordinated rsETH relief effort has landed on the Research Forum following this week’s Kelp's rsETH LayerZero bridge exploit. The proposal authorizes a one-time, capped contribution of up to 2,500 stETH to a dedicated relief

5:46 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 143K Views

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Aave founder Stani Kulechov personally committing 5,000 ETH to the DeFi United effort to restore rsETH backing

Stani@StaniKulechov

Aave is my life's work and we're working nonstop to find the best possible outcome for users. I’m personally contributing 5000 ETH to DeFi United as we continue working together with partners on formalizing more commitments. I’m working to see this resolved and market conditions

8:32 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 351K Views

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Lido proposes allocating up to 2,500 stETH (~$5.8M) to help close the rsETH backing shortfall from the April 18 Kelp LayerZero exploit

Lido@LidoFinance

5:45 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 195K Views

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Bitmine staked ~$320M in ETH over the past 24 hours, pushing its staked total to 3.5M ETH ($8.1B), or ~70.1% of its holdings

The Block@TheBlockCo

Bitmine’s ETH staking passes 70% of holdings after latest $320 million push

theblock.co

Bitmine’s ETH staking passes 70% of holdings after latest $320 million push

5:48 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 3.36K Views

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MegaETH set TGE for April 30, 2026

MegaETH@megaeth

MEGA TGE APRIL 30, 2026

4:30 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 428K Views

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Lido paused EarnETH deposits and withdrawals after the Kelp rsETH hack, with $3M first-loss protection from Lido DAO treasury to cover any losses; rsETH has ~9% of EarnETH TVL

Lido@LidoFinance

1/ [Update on Lido Earn vaults and the ongoing Kelp incident] Lido Earn contributors are working with the vault curators (Veda and Mellow) to resolve two distinct issues arising from the Kelp incident: direct exposure to rsETH, and an ongoing liquidity crunch on lending markets.

1:38 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 18.9K Views

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Wu Blockchain@WuBlockchain

Lido Responds to Kelp rsETH Hack: EarnETH Paused, DAO Activates 3M First-Loss Protection Lido Finance provided an update on Lido Earn vaults following the Kelp incident, noting that the Lido staking protocol, stETH, and wstETH remain unaffected. Key updates include: Only the

2:33 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 23K Views

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EtherFi completed a protocol-wide security hardening pass on the weETH bridge, pinning LayerZero message libraries, raising DVN threshold to 4/4, and tightening rate limits

ether.fi@ether_fi

1/ We just completed a protocol-wide security hardening pass on the weETH bridge across majority of deployed chains. No exploit occurred. This closes a latent risk proactively and puts every security-relevant bridge parameter fully under EtherFi's control.

4:23 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 12.7K Views

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Ethereum Security QF Round went live on Giveth with a 500 ETH (~$1M+) match from TheDAO Security Fund backing ~100 Ethereum and L2 security projects

Giveth@Giveth

If you’re tired of watching exploits dominate the timeline, this is your moment to act. The Ethereum Security QF Round is LIVE! Support the people and projects securing Ethereum and its L2s. 500 ETH (~$1M+) in matching from @thedaofund. Explore & donate:

3:38 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 13.1K Views

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Safe Q1 2026 report: $6.8B in stablecoins secured (~2% of global supply), 61.1M smart accounts deployed, 2.21M net new accounts in Q1, and 50.9M transactions in March

Safe.eth@safe

Safe's quarterly report is live. TLDR; Safe put up a record quarter in a market most people called bearish. → $6.8B in stablecoins secured in Safe, roughly 2% of global stablecoin supply. → 61.1M smart accounts now deployed, with 2.21M net new in Q1 alone. → 50.9M

3:01 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 139K Views

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Tom Lehman proposed EIP-8182 to make private transfers a native part of Ethereum via a system contract and ZK proof-verification precompile

Tom Lehman@dumbnamenumbers

https://t.co/9urkhJAEKq

7:45 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 18K Views

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op-geth deprecation set for May 31, with all OP Stack chain operators needing to migrate to op-reth validator nodes

Optimism@Optimism

op-geth is being deprecated May 31st. All OP Stack chain operators need to spin up op-reth validator nodes now. A few reasons not to wait: • Nodes take time to sync — you'll want snapshots ready before you need them • Running validators is risk-free, no need to wait on devnet

2:00 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 9.32K Views

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ZKsync Lite to be fully deprecated May 4, with block production halting and final state frozen; funds remain claimable on L1 post-shutdown

ZKsync@zksync

📌 As already communicated, ZKsync Lite will be fully deprecated on May 4. ZKsync Lite was our first mainnet PoC. A payments-focused rollup that helped demonstrate ZK scaling in production. This is a planned, orderly sunset and doesn't affect Era or any other ZKsync Chains.

9:17 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 11.1K Views

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ENS released a local lightweight gateway stack letting users resolve ENS domains and dWebsite content without third-party gateways

ETH.LIMO 🦇🔊@eth_limo

1/3 Now you can run a complete lightweight @ensdomains gateway stack locally on your machine or even provide it as a service to your home or work network(s). This solution allows you to natively resolve ENS domains and dWebsite content without the need for third-party gateways.

3:01 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 3.98K Views

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Fluid Lite limited instant withdrawals due to DeFi-wide liquidity constraints, with no user losses expected

Fluid 🌊@0xfluid

Important notice for Fluid Lite users. Due to current DeFi-wide liquidity constraints, instant withdrawals are currently limited. Users will not face losses, even with spiked borrow rates industry wide. We are actively working to restore full liquidity as market conditions

4:39 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 13.8K Views

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Bitwarden contained a malicious npm package briefly distributed via Bitwarden CLI 2026.4.0 tied to the Checkmarx supply chain incident; no vault data compromised

Bitwarden@Bitwarden

Bitwarden identified and contained a malicious package briefly distributed through the npm delivery path for the Bitwarden CLI in connection with the broader Checkmarx supply chain incident. No user vault data or production systems were compromised or at-risk. Additional details

4:13 PM · Apr 23, 2026 · 232K Views

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