🚨 EU TO DELIST TETHER'S $175 BILLION USDT FROM LICENSED EXCHANGES Major exchanges including Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, and Crypto .com have removed USDT for EU users after Tether chose not to seek approval under Europe's MiCA regulations. Meanwhile, Circle's USDC has secured full compliance, making it the only major stablecoin available on any licensed EU exchanges ahead of the July 1 deadline.

Interesting times. The internet spent decades separating identity from social. Now we're watching them converge again. The harder question is how it should work 👀

We're excited to share Epoch 12: Octant is for everyone. Allocation window opens at 12:30 pm ET today (16 June) and will close at 11:30 pm ET on 30 June. You can allocate on: http://octant.app This epoch marks a few big changes. This is our first epoch introducing ProperQF. This is our first epoch with zkproofs in voting. This is our first epoch open to ETH contributions. This is our first epoch on v2. So, let's get into it. Epoch 12 is our 13th funding round. We’ve got 200 ETH in our matching pool this time. As a GLM locker, you can allocate your WETH rewards to yourself and/or to projects that are part of this epoch. The matching pool will be quadratically split based on your allocations. For ETH contributions: 50% of the contribution will be converted to $GLM and burnt, and the remaining 50% will be allocated to your project selection. Part of this is to discourage sybil, and the other part is because our funding comes from @golemfoundation's treasury yield and GLM is core to the mechanism. We will be noting addresses who attempt to sybil and penalize them by removal in upcoming epochs. We've done a few deep dives on properQF and built a simulator you can use to model the final allocations: http://qf.octant.app Now for the fun part. We've got an incredible group of projects joining us in Epoch 12: @AestusRelay @BluefilterC @crypto_altruism @dappnode @eas_eth @ECHInstitute @etheconomiczone @ethStaker @EthereumRemix @FundingCommons @GiliEcoTrust @greenpilldevs @growthepie_eth @hypercerts @l2beat @OSObserver @ProtocolGuild @RevokeCash @rotkiapp @SEAL_911 @shefiorg @ShutterNetwork @solidity_lang @argotorg @torproject @zachxbt Allocation dates: 16 June - 30 June (11:30 PM EST). Every allocation makes a difference. Make yours count. Allocate now: http://octant.app

Strong start for digital art on day 1 of @ArtBasel's Zero 10 in Basel 🇨🇭 @john__gerrard's 'STANDARD' led at $500K in sales with @fellowshiptrust @williamapan's 'Paysages Plausibles' sold out at $220K with @artblocks_io Day 2 currently underway

After my sabbatical, I have decided to step down as co-executive director and board member of the Ethereum Foundation (@ethereumfndn), effective today. That time gave me space to reflect on my priorities and the kind of life I want to build next. During my break, Bastian (@aerugoettinea) guided the transition with care and thoughtfulness, and I appreciate the work he and many others have put into that process. Over time, I've come to feel that this is the right moment for me to step back. Serving as EF co-executive director let me see the bigger picture of how the Ethereum community collaborates. I'm proud of what we've accomplished, not only at the EF, but across the builders, researchers, educators, node operators, validators, users, and many other contributors who have helped build, maintain, secure, and use the infrastructure and applications on top of it. What I will remember most is the people behind the work. We come from different places, speak different languages, and build different things. But the purpose that brought so many of us here remains the same: building a world that no one can shut down, making systems more open, resilient, and more access to anyone, anywhere. Ethereum has always been bigger than any one role, any one organization, or any one moment. Its strength comes from those who keep building permissionless infrastructure across the ecosystem to unlock freedoms that didn't exist before. To everyone at the EF and across the Ethereum community who made this journey meaningful, memorable, and often unexpectedly fun: thank you. I'm grateful for the dedication, integrity, and care so many people have brought to this work. I'm still working out what comes next, though I expect to spend more time closer to home. I remain a proud member of this community, whether contributing from inside the EF or beyond it. What we've built was handed to us by those who came before, and it is ours to carry forward. I'm grateful to have been one runner among many, and I'll continue to cheer for what comes next. Thank you, all of you. Hsiao-Wei Wang

The people who are leaving the Ethereum Foundation are CROPS believers. The problem isn't with the strategy, it's with management. And this exodus of talent is truly bearish for Ethereum, sadly.

The Dappcon 2026 MEGA THREAD 🚨 Dappcon 2026 starts TOMORROW! 🚀 We can’t wait to welcome you to Berlin to explore the future of open internet infra & consumer apps. Here is everything you need to know before you arrive ☟☟☟☟☟☟☟☟

A red-eye fireside chat on X. @VitalikButerin @llamaonthebrink (@Trueo_) @auryn_macmillan (Interfold) What happens when a voter can be forced to prove their vote? X Space: The Accountability Trap Mon, June 22 · 04:45 UTC / 12:45 AM ET / 6:45 AM CEST Set a reminder ↓

JUST IN: UK Government clarifies adults will still be able to use social media by verifying their identities with digital IDs, facial recognition, passports and credit cards.

Dappcon 2026 Livestream! https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1wxWjjPbNRAJQ

On Wednesday June 17th I will be @dappcon 's main stage 15:30 talking about everyone's favorite topic TAXES AND ACCOUNTING 10 yrs of crypto accounting experience w/ @rotkiapp, the necessity of data sovereignty & now with some LLM horrors sprinkled on top You dont wanna miss it