Reports suggest around 2.8 $ONE reached exchange-linked addresses, although the exact amount sold or frozen is still being established.
Sadly, even as projects keep investing in security, this is a good reminder that crypto security should not only be about preventing an exploit. Project devs should also prepare for post-exploit measures.
Fast detection, real-time monitoring and exchange coordination can determine how much damage happens after an exploit.
The lesson for protocols: assume that once funds move, every minute matters.
$ETH roadmap is getting interesting beyond scaling.
The quantum-security push especially stands out ngl. Preparing for post-quantum signatures now makes sense, but larger signatures could increase calldata and verification costs.
The privacy and formal-verification work is just as important.
And native rollups could eventually move more verification into Ethereum itself instead of leaving every L2 to build its own stack.
Ethereum is not simply trying to get faster, it’s trying to make the base layer harder to break fam!
While $ETH still dominates in total value locked with nearly $41B versus $SOL $4.8B, daily activity paints a different picture.
Solana processed over 2x the DEX volume, generated 3x more app revenue, and recorded roughly 4x more active addresses. Relative to TVL, its capital is moving far more efficiently, with turnover close to 18x higher than Ethereum in this snapshot.
Much of that comes from memecoins and speculative trading, so higher velocity doesn’t necessarily mean stickier liquidity. But if Solana continues attracting more capital while maintaining this level of activity, the gap between the two ecosystems could narrow significantly.