Ethereum News. April 28, 2026

Consensys joined DeFi United alongside Aave with up to 30,000 ETH to support the rsETH recovery

Consensys.eth@Consensys

Consensys is proud to join DeFi United alongside @aave with up to 30,000 ETH to support the rsETH recovery. The Ethereum ecosystem has always been at its best when it moves as one. DeFi United.

Aave @aave

Leading Ethereum stewards @Consensys and @ethereumJoseph have joined DeFi United with up to 30,000 ETH in financial support for the rsETH recovery effort, with ongoing strategic advisory from @Sharplink. Their contributions are a substantial component of the broader DeFi United

1:39 PM · Apr 27, 2026 · 46K Views

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Bitmine added 101,901 ETH last week, bringing total ETH holdings to 5.08M (~4.21% of supply), with 3.7M ETH staked generating ~$264M annualized

Bitmine (NYSE-BMNR) $ETH@BitMNR

🧵 1/ BitMine provided its latest holdings update for April 27, 2026: $13.3 billion in total crypto + "moonshots": - 5,078,386 ETH at $2,369 per ETH (@coinbase) - 200 Bitcoin (BTC) - $200 million stake in Beast Industries @MrBeast - $91 million

3:08 PM · Apr 27, 2026 · 94.8K Views

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DeFi United raised over 100,000 ETH to restore rsETH backing after the April 18 LayerZero bridge exploit, with finalization expected this week

Stani@StaniKulechov

The recovery fund has now been reached for the purpose of fully backing rsETH, subject to pending votes, indicative agreements, and successful execution.

Aave @aave

Aave service providers and ecosystem partners have established a recovery fund that factors in pending DAO votes, including the Arbitrum governance vote, indicative agreements, and successful execution to restore rsETH’s full backing. We are DeFi United, and resolving this for

12:13 AM · Apr 26, 2026 · 93.9K Views

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Protocol devs hangout scheduled on Google Hangouts to coordinate on KelpDAO/LayerZero exploit fallout, including responses from Lido, Aave, Arbitrum, and DeFi United recovery efforts

Christine D. Kim@christine_dkim

calling all protocol devs for another hangout, this time over google hangouts! we'll focus on the ongoing fallout from the KelpDAO/LayerZero exploit. We'll discuss actions taken by the exploited protocols; responses from other protocols impacted by the exploit (e.g., Lido,

1:44 PM · Apr 27, 2026 · 1.25K Views

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Lido’s 2,500 ETH contribution to the rsETH recovery passed main voting and entered the objection phase, final vote ends April 28

Lido@LidoFinance

[Update ongoing Kelp incident] Last Thursday Lido contributors shared a proposal to contribute 2,500 ETH to @aave’s coordinated rsETH relief effort. Over the past three days, DeFi United has raised more than 100,000 ETH to improve the backing of rsETH and normalize market

2:10 PM · Apr 27, 2026 · 15.6K Views

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ObolClaw v0.8.0 launched with agentic commerce, letting AI agents discover, pay, and sell services on-chain via x402 in USDC on Mainnet and Base

Obol@Obol_Collective

ObolClaw v0.8.0 is live! Deploy an AI agent on your own hardware. Sell services. Earn USDC on Mainnet or @base! One-line install, one command. Agentic commerce on Ethereum! Here's what shipped 🧵

2:38 PM · Apr 27, 2026 · 3.11K Views

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Privy launched wallet actions, high-level APIs for transfers, swaps via Uniswap, and yield via Morpho vaults

Privy@privy_io

1/ Introducing wallet actions: a simpler way to build with Privy. Wallet actions are high-level APIs for common onchain operations like transfers, swaps, and earning yield. Call a single endpoint, and Privy handles transaction construction, execution, and gas across chains.

8:03 PM · Apr 27, 2026 · 13.4K Views

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Zerion integrated LI.FI for cross-chain swaps and bridging across 60+ chains

LI.FI@lifiprotocol

.@zerion has integrated LI.​FI for cross-chain swaps and bridging. Your crypto wallet for trading any token across EVM & Solana — now powered by LI.​FI. 500k+ monthly active Zerion users get better pricing on every trade, across 60+ chains.

4:12 PM · Apr 27, 2026 · 10.1K Views

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Monolith launched as a permissionless stablecoin factory, with invUSD backed by INV as the first stablecoin

Monolith@MonolithMarket

Monolith is live. Stablecoins are DeFi’s most important money primitive, but launching one has always been too hard, too centralized, or too dependent on trusted operators. Monolith changes that. A permissionless protocol for creating crypto-backed stablecoins built to last.

4:44 PM · Apr 27, 2026 · 6.24K Views

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Ethereum active validator count fell from ~976k to ~919k since February, with 0x02 stake share rising from 16% to 25% as consolidation toward the 128k target accelerates

EF Protocol Support@EFprotocol

Ethereum's validator set was still growing. 🖼️ Today: a different picture. 🖼️ Here's where consolidation toward the 128k target stands, what changed, who's moving, and why issuance keeps coming up. 🧵 Thanks @nixorokish for reviewing 🥰 1/8

1:59 PM · Apr 27, 2026 · 6.41K Views

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ethsync[.]wtf launched as a real-time visualizer for Ethereum Sync Committees, covering BLS aggregation, RANDAO selection, and light client verification​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

James - jimbobbins.eth@jimbob_87

I made a tiny Ethereum nerd project: ethsync.wtf It visualises what happens during an Ethereum Sync Committee in real time: - Sync Committee participation - BLS signature aggregation - RANDAO validator selection - light client verification Built for home stakers,

11:03 AM · Apr 27, 2026 · 208 Views

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Lido Earn, Mellow, and the Ethereum Foundation agreed to bilaterally swap ~21,269 aWETH to wstETH

Lido@LidoFinance

Concurrent with the DeFi United effort to address rsETH deficits and market dislocations, Lido Earn contributors, @mellowprotocol contributors, and the @ethereumfndn reached an agreement last Friday to bilaterally swap ~21,269 aWETH to wstETH. https://t.co/UOEsa1ftzk This swap

Ethereum Foundation @ethereumfndn

0/ Today, the Ethereum Foundation completed a bilateral swap of ~21,269 aWETH to wstETH, coordinated with @LidoFinance and @mellowprotocol as part of their ongoing deleveraging work.

2:10 PM · Apr 27, 2026 · 2.64K Views

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