Solana’s Future Hinges on Constant Innovation, Says Co-Founder

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko argued the network’s survival depends on perpetual evolution, directly challenging Ethereum’s push toward protocol ossification by framing continuous adaptation as the only path to maintaining developer and user utility.
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Optimism Proposes Using Half Its Revenue to Buy Back OP Tokens

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Optimism Foundation has outlined a shift in OP tokenomics: 50% of Superchain sequencer revenue would fund monthly OP buybacks from Feb 2026 via OTC ETH-to-OP swaps. Using last year’s inflows, it could deploy ~2.7k ETH (~$8m).
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Mastermind Behind $4.5 Billion Bitfinex Hack Walks Free with Trump Pass

Ilya Lichtenstein, involved in the $4.5B Bitfinex Hack, has been released early through Trump’s First Step Act, joining a growing list of crypto offenders granted leniency as debates over digital asset regulation and political accountability continue across the United States.
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Aave Labs Accused of Breaking Trust After Unilateral Vote Push

Aave Labs unilaterally advanced a critical brand ownership proposal to vote without notifying its author, intensifying tensions over who controls valuable protocol assets as the community debates whether founding companies are extracting value from collectively built infrastructure.
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