Ethereum Research Challenge Launched Amid WLFI Governance Shake-Up

The Ethereum Foundation launched the Better Codes Open Challenge to advance post-quantum Ethereum research. The challenge has a $1 million prize pool and is supported by ZK Security, EigenLabs, and Yukon Research.

WLFI set up its World Liberty Trust Co., N.A. with Mack McCain as Chief Trust Officer. He will oversee legal strategy, management, and governance across the entire WLFI ecosystem and lead the trust and fiduciary governance-framework operations of World Liberty Trust Company under the supervision of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

Arbitrum activated its ArbOS 61 upgrade, which adds optional protocol-level transaction filtering, priority-fee support, and alternative data-availability interfaces for dedicated chains.