Ethereum News. April 9, 2026
MetaMask added support for trading 264 tokenized stocks and ETFs via Ondo Finance, now live on both Ethereum and BNB Chain across mobile and extension
Lido launched Integrated Fast Swaps, letting stakers exit stETH instantly into ETH, WETH, USDC, USDT, USDS, or WBTC via CoW Protocol with no withdrawal queue
Onchain S&P 500 token deSPXA crossed $1M in daily volume on Aerodrome just eight days after launch
Base launched Batches 003, a seven-week accelerator for 12 selected teams in DeFi, AI, and prediction markets, culminating in a live Demo Day in SF on May 19
Base rebranded base.dev as Base Dashboard with a full redesign; all existing links redirect automatically
Monad Foundation announced a subsidized dedicated signing device program for protocol teams with $2.5M+ TVL.
Reth 2.0 released by Paradigm, hitting 1.7 Gigagas/s with a ~240GB disk footprint.
Coinbase Developer Platform launched a CLI, MCP server, and agent skill for agentic access to CDP’s full product suite.
Visa and Nevermined enabled AI agent card payments. Agents can autonomously make card purchases within cardholder-defined policies using Visa Intelligent Commerce and Coinbase’s x402 protocol.
Morpho launched AI agent-native tooling “Morpho Agents” so developers can integrate lending protocols via natural language.
Polygon is in talks to raise $100M for a stablecoin payments business.
Hyperbeat launched Liquid Banking on HyperEVM — a self-custodial account unifying saving, spending, trading, and lending (via Morpho) with a Visa card.
Polygon Chain shipped the Giugliano Upgrade — faster finality (−2s), 4x P2P throughput, and onchain gas fee transparency.
