ETH Daily:
Lido consolidates 8M ETH, cuts validator count by third with bond requirement
Lido's validator consolidation using EIP-7251 reduces the Ethereum network's consensus overhead by cutting total validator count by nearly a third.
The Ether: Monday, July 27, 2026
The day's top ranked stories.
All days are in the daily archive and posted to Farcaster.
blocks: 25,620,418 - 25,627,589
slots: 14,857,199 - 14,864,398
The day in review
Protocol
- Besu 26.7.1 shipped security patches for vulnerabilities disclosed by the Ethereum Foundation and CertiK.
Apps
- Lido consolidated 8M ETH and cut validator count by a third using EIP-7251, reducing consensus overhead.
World
- A federal judge blocked Minnesota's prediction market ban, ruling it likely violated the Commodity Exchange Act.
Besu releases:
Besu 26.7.1 fixes security vulnerabilities, upgrade recommended
Besu client shipped an urgent security patch addressing vulnerabilities disclosed responsibly by the Ethereum Foundation and CertiK.
CoinDesk:
Kalshi, Polymarket win pause against Minnesota prediction market ban
A federal judge blocked Minnesota's criminalizing law as likely violating the federal Commodity Exchange Act, advancing prediction market legitimacy in a key regulatory battle.