Ethereum News. Feb 18, 2026

BlackRock filed with SEC for Staked Ethereum ETF

James Seyffart@JSeyff

NEW: updated filing for BlackRock’s @iShares staked Ethereum ETF. Ticker $ETHB. Filing includes expense ratio which will be 0.25%.

4:04 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 43.8K Views

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Bitmine added additional 45,759 ETH, and now holds 4,371,497 ETH.

Coin Bureau@coinbureau

⚡️BITMINE ACQUIRES 45K MORE ETH BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) just added 45,000 ETH to its treasury. Ethereum holdings now total 4.37 million ETH, worth about $8.7B at $2K per coin, bringing total assets to $9.6B. Doubling down despite heavy unrealized losses.

2:51 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 12.9K Views

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Moonwell exploited for $1.78M after an Claude code flaw mispriced cbETH at $1.12 instead of ~$2,200

Cos(余弦)😶‍🌫️@evilcos

DeFi 借贷协议 Moonwell 上的预言机配置错误，造成了约 178 万美元损失…非常低级地把预言机喂价公式写错了… 这个漏洞的一个亮点是：Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6。Claude 最新最强模型。🤣🫣

pashov @pashov

🚨Claude Opus 4.6 wrote vulnerable code, leading to a smart contract exploit with $1.78M loss cbETH asset's price was set to $1.12 instead of ~$2,200. The PRs of the project show commits were co-authored by Claude - Is this the first hack of vibe-coded Solidity code?

1:29 AM · Feb 18, 2026 · 32.5K Views

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StarkWare integrated Nightfall, an open-source zero-knowledge privacy layer into its Starknet stack

StarkWare (BTCFi arc) 🥷@StarkWareLtd

1/ The Starknet stack now enables confidential payments & DeFi for institutions. Today, we’re bringing Nightfall, EY’s ZK privacy layer, to Starknet. Ethereum-secured rails, now ready for enterprise scale 🧵

3:28 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 35.7K Views

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Ethereum Foundation announced the return of Ethereum Protocol Studies (EPS).

joshdavis.eth 🐙@joshdavislight

Ethereum Protocol Studies is back for 2026 with new content tracks in Cryptography and Lean Consensus/zkEVM, plus a self-paced learning platform. Program starts Feb 23rd. Open, permissionless, free.

8:40 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 6.75K Views

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Rocket Pool launched Saturn One upgrade with 4 ETH megapools and new rewards model.

Rocket Pool@Rocket_Pool

Saturn One is live! Rocket Pool's biggest upgrade ever has been successfully deployed on mainnet. RPL fee switch, 4 ETH validators, MEGAPOOLs, & more are now active. In 2026, Rocket Pool is still the only fully permissionless staking protocol - no reliance on AWS or a select

12:11 AM · Feb 18, 2026 · 4.66K Views

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Josh Rudolf introduced the Ethereum Foundation’s new Platform Team, aimed at unifying the Ethereum L1 and L2 ecosystem.

joshrudolf.eth@rudolf6_

Announcing the Platform team a new team at the EF with one goal: deliver the strongest possible Ethereum platform, where L1 and L2s are best positioned to support users, apps, and all groups building on Ethereum see more in link below & stay tuned for updates 🫡

9:09 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 14.8K Views

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Go Ethereum released v1.16.9 security update and v1.17.0 feature release.

Go Ethereum@go_ethereum

🚨 Geth security release out now (v1.16.9) This addresses high-impact issues. Node operators should upgrade promptly. Also shipping today: v1.17.0 — a major milestone release with eth_getProof support for our lightweight PBSS archive mode. Links below 👇

5:18 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 9.21K Views

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Ethereum zKEVM team released zkVM Standards v0, introducing three initial standards to reduce fragmentation across the zkVM ecosystem.

Marcin Bugaj@MBugajEth

zkVM Standards v0 is here! 🎉 The zkEVM team has published three initial standards to reduce fragmentation across the zkVM ecosystem: • RV64IM+Zicclsm common ISA • C interface for precompiles • C interface for guest IO zkevm.ethereum.foundation/blog/zkevm-sta…

12:14 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 5.58K Views

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Snapshot[.]eth announced the unofficial Ethereum Future voting is now live, allowing holders of 0.02 ETH, WETH, or stETH to vote on which Ethereum Improvement Proposals should headline the upcoming Hegotá upgrade.

Snapshot.eth@SnapshotLabs

Introducing Ethereum Future - the unofficial temperature check on Ethereum's trajectory. First vote is live now: which Ethereum Improvement Proposals should be selected as headliners for the upcoming Hegotá network upgrade? Created by the team at @ShutterNetwork, the space

6:03 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 1.66K Views

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Fileverse rolled out dDocs updates with sovereign, privacy-first multiplayer docs.

Fileverse@fileverse

dDocs Weekly Updates.. Ryōiki Tenkai 🦀👩‍🍳 >Activating: API, CLI, /mcp and skill, for e2ee .md docs available from anywhere >Expanding: sovereign online spaces, accessible from any interface to Sync through, Store on, Create in, Collaborate on ↓API for Multiplayer Privacy↓

3:57 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 12.8K Views

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BUIDL is now available on UniswapX in collaboration with Securitize.

Uniswap Labs 🦄@Uniswap

BUIDL is available on UniswapX, in collaboration with @Securitize → 24/7/365 access → Onchain execution → Near-instant settlement Made possible with DeFi rails 🦄

11:50 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 15.4K Views

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Base launched Batches 003 with mentorship, funding, and Demo day opportunities.

Base@base

Base Batches 003 is officially here Building the future onchain? Join one of our three tracks: 💡 Startup 🎓 Student 🤖 Robotics by @virtuals_io Get expert mentorship, up to $50k in funding, and a stage at Demo Day in San Francisco 🧵

10:05 PM · Feb 17, 2026 · 128K Views

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