Ethereum (ETH)

$6.9T UBS JUST TESTED PUBLIC ETHEREUM FOR BANKING @UBS and @Nethermind tested whether big banks can use public Ethereum while still following strict financial rules. If banks can use Ethereum without needing closed private blockchains, the upside is massive. 🔹 Public Ethereum rails 🔹 Bank level rule checks 🔹 Approved wallets only 🔹 Approved transaction paths $ETH will be the structure for the future of finance.

How a counter-MEV honeypot drained jaredfromsubway.eth, per @tayvano_: "They deployed a whole bunch of contracts and tokens… to really trap Jared. It wasn't a one-off, it was a dedicated plot to get this guy… he harvested these approvals over time, and once it got to a certain size, they just took all the money for themselves." https://t.co/TuxPo1EDJF

The predator became the prey: jaredfromsubway.eth, Ethereum's most active sandwich bot, got drained for ~$7.5M by a honeypot that used the bot's own logic against it. @kaiynne and @tayvano_ get into it. 🥪 https://t.co/w3Pk8t6vJk

📉 The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector continues to bleed throughout 2026 👀 The total value locked (TVL) in DeFi protocols has decreased every month of 2026, falling from about $115 billion in January to roughly $70 billion currently 🔥 This represents a 39% drop since the start of the year 📊 This pullback follows the broad correction that crypto markets experienced after the October 2025 peak, as well as a series of security breaches the sector has faced this year. Source: @CryptoRank_io

The more I watch what institutions are doing with Ethereum, the more convinced I become that we’re still in the early stages of a much bigger story. Tom Lee’s company just added another 35,138 ETH to its balance sheet, pushing its total holdings to an impressive level. What’s even more interesting is that the strategy isn’t just about holding ETH, it’s about putting those assets to work through staking and long-term ecosystem participation. This move reflects growing confidence in Ethereum’s future, especially as layer-2 adoption expands, real-world asset tokenization gains traction, and AI-driven applications continue to emerge. While many focus on short-term price movements, some of the biggest players seem focused on accumulating and positioning for where the ecosystem could be years from now. The question is simple: are these institutions early, or do they already see something the broader market is still underestimating? #BingX

Worried a lab funded by crypto's biggest ETH holders can't stay independent? @kaiynne sees it differently: "If the people funding you are some of the largest ETH holders, you have to hope those people want the price of ETH to go up." https://t.co/KCePRg9z4W

Kain's one ask of the new Ethlabs team: never say "supercycle" again 😅 "I really hope supercycle was not put into their incorporation documents. We really shouldn't mention supercycle ever… every time anyone ever says supercycle, all the prices go down." — says @Kaiynne https://t.co/TS5tOPUavS