Ethereum News. March 13, 2026

Yearn announced yvUSD, a cross-chain stablecoin yield vault.

yearn@yearnfi

Farm Everything, Everywhere all at once. Introducing yvUSD: A new cross-chain, cross-asset vault for best in class stablecoin yield. Deposit on mainnet, and let the vault optimize leveraged loops, lending, PT's and more across multiple chains, automatically.

5:34 PM · Mar 12, 2026 · 13.7K Views

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Starting April 9, all Base apps will transition from Farcaster mini-app customization standard to web native standards for better UX

Base Build@buildonbase

https://t.co/MM7PxXmZSS

4:07 PM · Mar 12, 2026 · 81.3K Views

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GSR completed the first confidential Ethereum OTC trade using Zama protocol.

GSR@GSR_io

Can fully KYC’d counterparties remain confidential while trading onchain? We just did that using the @zama protocol.

gsr.io

GSR and Zama Complete Landmark First Confidential OTC Trade on…

5:47 PM · Mar 12, 2026 · 2.87K Views

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BitMine bought 30,000 ETH for $61.89M.

Ash Crypto@AshCrypto

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Tom Lee's BitMine bought 30,000 $ETH worth $61.89 million today.

7:57 PM · Mar 12, 2026 · 49.9K Views

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A user lost $50M buying Aave on Aave interface, receiving only 324 AAVE (~$36K) due to high price impact on CoW swap

Stani.eth@StaniKulechov

Earlier today, a user attempted to buy AAVE using $50M USDT through the Aave interface. Given the unusually large size of the single order, the Aave interface, like most trading interfaces, warned the user about extraordinary slippage and required confirmation via a checkbox.

8:33 PM · Mar 12, 2026 · 4.87M Views

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Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum should be seen as a privacy-preserving data tool, a public bulletin board for verifiable, permissionless data.

vitalik.eth@VitalikButerin

I was recently at Real World Crypto (that's crypto as in cryptography) and the associated side events, and one thing that struck me was that it was a clarifying experience in terms of understanding *what blockchains are for*. We blockchain people (myself included) often have a

1:49 PM · Mar 12, 2026 · 236K Views

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BlackRock debuted staked ETH ETF.

Cointelegraph@Cointelegraph

🔥 TODAY: BlackRock debuts a staked Ether ETF $ETHB, letting investors earn staking rewards alongside $ETH price exposure.

12:47 PM · Mar 12, 2026 · 44.4K Views

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Lighthouse released v8.1.2 (Krombopulos Michael) update, a high-priority patch due to a security fix.

Sigma Prime@sigp_io

Lighthouse v8.1.2 (Krombopulos Michael) is out! A mandatory upgrade for all users. This is a high-priority patch due to a security fix. All prior Lighthouse releases including v8.1.1 are affected. Beacon nodes should be upgraded as soon as possible. Full release notes:

5:18 PM · Mar 12, 2026 · 1.12K Views

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ZisKVM announced ZisK v0.16 update featuring performance and architectural upgrades.

ziskvm@ziskvm

🚀 ZisK v0.16 is live! This release brings major performance improvements and new architectural capabilities as we move closer to ZisK v1.0. 🔗 Release notes: github.com/0xPolygonHerme… Highlights 👇

github.com

Release v0.16.0 · 0xPolygonHermez/zisk

9:52 PM · Mar 12, 2026 · 989 Views

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STRK20s released its technical paper, detailing its design , architecture, core idea and privacy capabilities for ERC-20 tokens.

Starknet (Privacy x BTCFi arc) 🥷@Starknet

1/ The STRK20s Technical Paper is now live. It outlines the design, architecture, and core ideas behind STRK20s, a privacy capability for any ERC-20. If you’re bullish on privacy as crypto’s next major unlock, this paper is for you 🧵

1:00 PM · Mar 12, 2026 · 37.1K Views

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Lido launched EarnETH and EarnUSD vaults.

Lido@LidoFinance

DeFi, simplified. Introducing two new vaults: EarnETH & EarnUSD One vault for ETH-based capital. One for stablecoins. Now live on stake.lido.fi/earn ↓

3:12 PM · Mar 12, 2026 · 33.4K Views

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Perp Dex GRVT to tge by end of June 2026.

Grvt@grvt_io

https://t.co/GgcRcfbSk5

10:02 AM · Mar 12, 2026 · 167K Views

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