August 6, 2026

Ethereum Foundation is recruiting a protocol security researcher to use artificial intelligence, fuzz testing, and manual audits to find vulnerabilities across Ethereum’s core infrastructure. Summary The researcher will examine Ethereum’s execution, consensus, networking, specifications, and client software. Responsibilities include AI-assisted vulnerability mining, hard fork reviews, fuzzing, audits, and disclosure coordination. The global remote opening follows…

The United States and the United Kingdom have announced a formal joint digital asset framework, marking the most significant transatlantic regulatory alignment effort in crypto history and a boost to regulation for stablecoins. The plan targets stablecoins, tokenized securities, and cross-border capital markets, sending a clear signal that the world’s two largest English-speaking financial centers…

CFTC Chairman Michael Selig said regulators must give financial innovation room to lead as the global derivatives market enters a new phase of development. Summary Global derivatives contracts now have a combined notional value exceeding $1.2 quadrillion, according to Selig. The CFTC oversees markets representing nearly half of that total, giving it substantial global influence….

Two things happened in CLARITY Act crypto regulation this week that point in opposite directions, and understanding both is essential to reading where policy risk sits in your portfolio right now. On August 4, the US Department of the Treasury published a joint statement with the United Kingdom outlining an expanded transatlantic digital asset framework…