Ethereum News. March 4, 2026
Vitalik Buterin said Ethereum should prioritize open-source “sanctuary technologies” to enhance freedom, privacy, and community resilience amid wars and government surveillance.
Agent Mail now lets agents set up email inboxes using USDC on base via x402 protocol
Marc Zeller’s ACI to exit Aave in July amid governance tensions.
The ADI Foundation and Chainlink announced a partnership to accelerate stablecoin adoption and tokenization initiatives across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia
Go Ethereum announced Geth v1.17.1, a bug-fix and improvement update following v1.17.0.
Open Zeppelin announced Solidity Contracts v5.6, enabling cross-chain bridging, trustless state verification, and enhanced account abstraction for complex on-chain applications.
Otter Sec reported that a shared Fiat-Shamir vulnerability across six independent zkVMs lets attackers bypass cryptography and generate mathematically impossible proofs, such as minting $1 million out of thin air.
Ethereum foundation Protocol Support announced two Hegota breakout calls this week to review LUCID Encrypted Mempools and Frame Transactions.
Beffjezos will have a talk with Vitalik on March 4 in San Francisco, covering the future of AI, compute, crypto, and artificial life.
Lean Ethereum shared the schedule for Beast Mode and Fort Mode events in Cannes.
Arbitrum announced $60K Open House NYC Buildathon winners. The $60K prizes went to Tilt Protocol, Fangorn Network, and EqualFi.
