Ethereum News. Jan 10, 2025
Vitalik wrote a letter of support for Tornado cash Roman Storm as he’s facing 5years in prison in the U.S after his August conviction
Roman Storm 🇺🇸 🌪️@rstormsf
They argued that writing code is a crime. They compared privacy tools to money laundering.
But we know the truth: Privacy is a human right. Math is not a crime.
The fight for my freedom - and for the future of open-source software - is at a critical moment. I need your voice to
1:11 AM · Jan 9, 2026 · 54.3K Views
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Cork Protocol announces that Cork Phoenix is now live on Ethereum mainnet.
Cork Protocol@Corkprotocol
Cork Phoenix is live on Ethereum mainnet!
Phoenix is the next phase of Cork, a programmable risk layer for onchain assets such as RWAs, vault tokens, and yield-bearing stablecoins.
4:25 PM · Jan 8, 2026 · 17.5K Views
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Polygon surged in usage yesterday as Dandeli hardfork pushes network for higher throughput
Polygon | POL@0xPolygon
Polygon usage is going through the roof.
During a period of ATH usage, the network generated 13,600,000+ POL in fees (up 7.2X) and burned 12,500,000+ POL (up 10X).
Following this period of ATH usage and heightened gas prices, the Dandeli hardfork has successfully stabilized gas
10:25 PM · Jan 9, 2026 · 30.4K Views
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Sky announced its have reached over $10billion in stable coin supply
Sky@SkyEcosystem
Total stablecoin supply has surpassed 10 billion.
3:19 PM · Jan 9, 2026 · 60.8K Views
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OpenZeppelin joins Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust
OpenZeppelin@OpenZeppelin
OpenZeppelin is joining Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust 🤝
We are excited to work alongside the @lfdecentralized community to advance open-source blockchain security and shape industry standards.
Read the full announcement ↓
openzeppelin.com/news/openzeppe…
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OpenZeppelin Joins Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust
5:09 PM · Jan 7, 2026 · 18K Views
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BitMine names Young Kim as CFO and COO
Treasury Edge@TreasuryEdge
BitMine $BMNR appointed Young Kim as CFO and COO, effective immediately.
Kim brings 20+ years of experience managing multi-billion-dollar global franchises. Previously a Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager at Axiom Investors and before that Columbia Threadneedle.
MIT and
2:36 PM · Jan 9, 2026 · 55.3K Views
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Ondo Finance expands Ethereum based Ondo Global Markets with 98 tokenized stocks and ETFs
Ondo Finance@OndoFinance
Now live: New stocks and ETFs are available onchain for the very first time.
Ondo Global Markets now spans hundreds of tokenized equities across key sectors:
✅ AI (chips, data centers)
✅ Metals (gold, rare earths)
✅ Tech (platforms, hardware)
✅ Leveraged long/short (ETFs)
2:03 PM · Jan 8, 2026 · 88.3K Views
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ethPandaOps unveils 2026 roadmap to scale Ethereum, enhance upgrade pipelines, zkVM testing, and network security while supporting Glamsterdam and Hegota upgrades and expanding open-source tooling
ethPandaOps@ethPandaOps
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Our Roadmap for 2026
4:22 PM · Jan 9, 2026 · 2.29K Views
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Exciting to see Cork Phoenix launch on Ethereum mainnet! The programmable risk layer approach is innovative and could bring new capabilities to DeFi. Looking forward to seeing how the Cork Protocol evolves in this space.