Week in Ethereum News, April 20, 2024

This is a weekly roundup of Ethereum news for April 20, 2024, covering protocol development, security, regulation and events. On the protocol side, the Pectra upgrade's Electra EIPs were discussed on the all core devs consensus call, with EIP7251 (max effective balance) and EIP7549 (committee index outside attestation) listed among those included. The execution call added EIP3074 and EIP2935 to Pectra, with Pectra described as a small fork targeting late 2024. Security items include a $44M Hedgey Finance exploit on Arbitrum and mainnet and a $2M Grand Base exploit on Base, and Uniswap Labs is reported to have received a Wells notice from the SEC.