really appreciate the clear articulation of the methodology and rationale for transparency and approach to DeFi vaults the team at @rocksolidHQ are pushing for and leading by example with

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🎙️ New @edge_pod 😱 Why ETH Is Destined To Go So Much Higher 0:00 - Intro 8:12 - Key factors changing sentiment on ETH 13:04 - Impact of @Etherealize_io 15:28 - A new united front at @ethereumfndn 20:30 - @VitalikButerin's vision for low-risk DeFi 33:14 - To believe in somETHing 36:21 - Why is ETH still undervalued? 45:28 - Defensibility vs new alt L1 competitors 52:44 - Ethereum's uptime is an outlier feature 55:19 - Upcoming Fusaka upgrade 1:00:19 - Is the 4-year cycle still in play? 1:04:21 - ETH price in 2026 vs 2030 1:18:25 - Closing 🙏 Thanks to @ethereum community member and ETH investor @ryanberckmans for joining us!

great to finally have a max yield option for the best in class decentralized ETH LST @Rocket_Pool backed by many home stakers/node operators support decentralized values enjoy simplified/optimized DeFi w/ @rocksolidHQ on a pristine collateral that is inherently yield bearing

1/ We’re proud to partner with @Rocket_Pool on the launch of the first official rETH Liquid Vault. With RockSolid, you can earn more rewards on your rETH while supporting Rocket Pool's mission to decentralize Ethereum. Deposit in a single click and start earning up to 23% APR!

1/ Excited to share that RockSolid has raised $2.8M in pre-seed funding led by @CastleIslandVC w/ backing from @Rocket_Pool, @GSR_io, @kindredventures, @theBBFund, @ideoVC, @StanfordSBA, and others. Today, we're also launching the first official rETH vault with @Rocket_Pool.

👀 @paladin_eth - big announcement coming soon

We’re starting a new AI Team at the Ethereum Foundation (the dAI Team). Our mission: make Ethereum the preferred settlement and coordination layer for AIs and the machine economy. The team will focus on two main areas: - AI Economy on Ethereum = giving AI agents and robots ways to pay, coordinate, and follow rules without middlemen. - Decentralized AI Stack = making sure the future of AI doesn’t rely only on a handful of entities but has open, verifiable censorship-resistant alternatives. We believe Ethereum can be as useful for today’s AI developers as it will be for the sci-fi future. That’s why we’ll work closely with ecosystem projects to accelerate progress and push the boundaries of research and innovation at the intersection of AI and blockchains. Connecting two communities that have too often worked in parallel. We’ll work side by side with both the Protocol and Ecosystem teams at the EF. Linking protocol improvements with the needs of AI builders, and funding innovative public goods that will make Ethereum the best home for AI. Ethereum makes AI more trustworthy, and AI makes Ethereum more useful. The more intelligent agents transact, the more they need a neutral base layer for value and reputation. Ethereum benefits by becoming that layer and AI benefits by escaping lock-in to a few centralized platforms. Acting with purpose and urgency, we’ll continue our recent work on ERC-8004—a standard for proving who an AI agent is and whether you can trust it— and continue to support new upgrades and standards. Inspired by the d/acc philosophy and Ethereum values, we’ll support projects that are leveraging Ethereum to build a more resilient and secure AI ecosystem where humans can flourish with AI. Ethereum AI is about making sure humans keep agency and AI can reach its potential. Neutral, verifiable, censorship-resistant infrastructure means AI works for the people, all of us. The team starts with myself as lead, and we’re just getting started. Explore our job postings and resources below, and join us in building the future of decentralized AI on Ethereum.

Where's the capital in crypto? Mostly on Ethereum

The best home staking solution is @Rocket_Pool Permisionless entry at any size, geographical diversity, support network, history of stability, community, flexibility, smart node And soon it will have leading APR and the first ever live fee switch for an LST gov token

Apps, product launches, and all time highs… Here are 28 things the ecosystem accomplished over the last few weeks: 0/ Private voting went live onchain with @AragonProject and @PrivacyEthereum, powered by @zkMACI, bringing encrypted, verifiable ballots to DAOs. Ethereum is for governance. 1/ @Ronin_Network announced it is becoming an Ethereum L2, bringing one of web3’s largest gaming ecosystems back home to Ethereum. 2/ @pendle_fi launched @boros_fi, a new platform for trading funding rates. It expands how onchain markets price and manage risk. Ethereum is for DeFi. 3/ Stablecoin supply on Ethereum mainnet reached an all-time high of $160B. 4/ @aave Labs’ Horizon RWA market went live. Institutions can borrow stablecoins on Ethereum using real-world assets as collateral. 5/ @PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin processed $10.7B in quarterly transfers on Ethereum, up from $2.7B last year. Ethereum is for global finance. 6/ @Starknet's Grinta upgrade went live, a step toward decentralized sequencing and a smoother user experience for the Ethereum zk-rollup ecosystem. 7/ @AskVenice launched on @base. It is an AI app that keeps your conversations completely private and uncensored. Ethereum is for AI. 8/ @GlowFND launched ‘V2 Phase I’ to bring solar farms onchain with tokenized incentives, staking, and transparent impact tracking. 9/ @RAILGUN_Project saw $100M in total value shielded and $3.5B in private volume. Ethereum is for privacy. 10/ @aave surpassed $60B in net deposits, a sign of growing demand for open finance built on Ethereum. 11/ @ostium surpassed $15B in cumulative trading volume. Built on @arbitrum. 12/ @capapp launched cUSD, a new stablecoin that passed $67M in circulation in its first week. It is backed by @PayPal’s PYUSD, @BlackRock’s BUIDL & @FTI_Global's BENJI with @eigencloud-powered credit underwriting. Ethereum is for stablecoins. 13/ @MorphoLabs surpassed $10B in deposits, a marker of DeFi’s growth on Ethereum. 14/ @gizatechxyz, a protocol bringing AI agents onchain, surpassed $1B in autonomous volume. Built on @base. 15/ @LC launched the Token Distributor, a machine learning–based tool for gasless token distribution that rewards real contributors fairly and makes onboarding easier. 16/ Preconfirmations went live on @taikoxyz's Alethia mainnet. This upgrade accelerated transaction speeds by 20–30x while staying aligned with Ethereum’s core values. 17/ @worldcoin verified 15M real humans since launch, demonstrating how proof-of-personhood can scale onchain. 18/ @daydreamsagents announced the launch of the Router on @base, bringing simpler USDC payments and API access to AI agents on Ethereum. 19/ @Gemini announced the launch of Gemini Wallet, a passkey-based smart wallet bringing more simple, self-custody access to Ethereum and its L2s. 20/ @0xFluid hit $3B in deposits on Ethereum. Ethereum is for DeFi. 21/ @CoWSwap passed 3M trades, protecting users from maximal extractable value (MEV) on Ethereum. 22/ $2B was traded on @eulerfinance's EulerSwap over 9 weeks. Ethereum is for open markets. 23/ @maplefinance surpassed $9B in originated loans, scaling institutional lending with efficiency and onchain security. 24/ @Uniswap reached an all-time high of 719M yearly swaps. Ethereum is for exchange. 25/ @EthCC, one of the community's largest annual gatherings, announced EthCC[9] will take place in Cannes from March 30 to April 2, 2026. 26/ The ecosystem gathered in New York for @ethereum_NYC and @ETHGlobal NYC to learn and build on Ethereum with events like NextFin, the Ethereum Research Funding Forum, and World of Apps. 27/ @ETHGlobal announced @ethereumconf, a 5,000 person conference exploring what’s next for Ethereum, to be held in New York June 2026.

Over time, a lot of crypto natives seem to forget that the goal of investing is to increase your quality of life - not to put your life on pause until you "make it". "Making it" is different for everyone, but the common path that people try to follow is: hit some arbitrary portfolio goal, cash out, buy all the things they've dreamed of having, and then finally start "living". The problem with this strategy is before you know it, 5 years have passed, you've rotted your brain from spending every day doomscrolling CT and watching charts, you've sacrificed lots of time doing nothing important and your mental health is on the floor. And by the time you eventually cash out, you most likely didn't hit the arbitrary portfolio goal that you set and this actually makes you even more upset. Then you realise how much time you wasted trying to hit an arbitrary goal and you start spiraling with regret. Money can free up your time, but it cannot buy you more time. There's no point wasting your time waiting to hit some portfolio goal if that becomes your whole life. You need to live outside of your bags. You need to appreciate life outside of money. So get busy living, my friends.

The most impressive thing about Ethereum is that the network has not gone offline even once since genesis. That's almost 10 years of 100% uptime - not even centralized services can boast this level of uptime. As an ecosystem we should be incredibly proud of this achievement.

It shouldn't be news that home stakers can out-perform the "professionals". Many Rocket Pool node operators consistently achieve >98% effectiveness. Anyone can get paid to help secure Ethereum with Rocket Pool, find out how to get started on Discord: discord.gg/rocketpool

Ethereum is the world computer ETH is a triple point asset Retvrn to the original memes

Rocket Pool Reborn Four Steps to Rocket Pool 2.0 -Constellation L2: now live - $xrETH the first full yield LST -Saturn 0: ETH only bonds, <2 wks away!!! -Saturn 1: LEB4s direct value capture redesign -Saturn 2: sublinear bonding down to 1.5E $RPL buy&burn 1/42

In episode 21 of Launch Pad, I talk to NickS, the cofounder of @NodeOperators. Nick talks about: - his crypto journey - finding the Rocket Pool community - co-founding NodeSet - launch of Constellation - @gravitaprotocol's role and much more! Watch below👇

"KOLs represent a breakdown of coordination: between influencers and their audiences, and more importantly, between influencers and the entire industry," says @andyboyan @LastDotNet. Opinion. trib.al/ZRXbeid

We are at the cusp of a new crypto consumer wave in web3. yos.io/2024/09/02/onchain-is…

Smart contracts, launched by Ethereum in 2015, have transformed blockchain transactions, fueling countless innovations—let’s break down the key stats and milestones! The Birth of Smart Contracts: Ethereum's Launch: Smart contracts went mainstream with Ethereum's launch on July 30, 2015, enabling developers to create self-executing dApps, unlike Bitcoin's peer-to-peer focus. Ethereum's Growth- A Timeline of Key Milestones: - 2015: Ethereum launched, processing 10,000 smart contracts in its first year. - 2016: Smart contracts hit 100,000 , but the DAO hack caused a $60M Ether loss. - 2017: ICO boom led to 500,000 smart contracts, launching numerous tokens/projects. - 2018: Smart contracts surpassed 1 million, boosting DeFi with complex applications. - 2019-2020: DeFi explosion saw 3 million smart contracts on Ethereum by the end of 2020. - 2021: NFTs surged, with Ethereum processing 5 million smart contracts for digital art and more. - 2022: Despite volatility, smart contracts hit 7 million with Ethereum 2.0 boosting confidence. Smart Contracts Beyond Ethereum: Ethereum, being the pioneer in smart contracts, has attracted other blockchains to jump on board too! a. Binance Smart Chain (BSC) b. Solana c. Polkadot The Future of Smart Contracts: The future of smart contracts is bright with ongoing blockchain upgrades and mainstream adoption. Look out for: - Cross-chain Interoperability - Enhanced Security - Scalability Solutions Since 2015, Ethereum Smart Contracts have reshaped blockchain and industries, driving innovation and becoming crucial to the digital economy. Stay updated and join the convo! Follow us on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/2077col…