Arbitrum Governance approved an amended Constitutional AIP authorizing the transfer of more than 30,765 ETH previously frozen by the Arbitrum Security Council following the rsETH incident.

The proposal updates an earlier recovery plan after a U.S. court order authorized the assets to be transferred to a wallet controlled by Aave LLC, while keeping the restraining order attached to the funds. According to the proposal, the transfer is intended to support the broader rsETH recovery effort without granting immediate access or distribution rights over the assets.

The incident highlights the increasingly complex intersection between onchain governance, protocol security, and traditional legal systems, as decentralized communities coordinate recovery actions under active court supervision.

Arbitrum announced that Coinbase’s x402 protocol is now live on the Arbitrum Platform, enabling AI agents and applications to pay for APIs, software, and digital services directly with stablecoins.

According to Arbitrum, x402 provides built-in authentication, automatic settlement, and compatibility with existing web infrastructure, allowing developers to integrate programmable payments with minimal overhead. The protocol is designed to support machine-to-machine commerce and automated financial interactions between agents and online services.

Arbitrum positioned the integration as part of the growing programmable economy, where low transaction costs, predictable execution, and scalable infrastructure are increasingly important for agent-driven applications and on-chain commerce.

Arbitrum announced a new Move-to-WASM compiler developed by Rather Labs, enabling Move developers to build applications on the Arbitrum Platform without fully rewriting their existing codebases.

The compiler allows developers to preserve Move-based asset logic and security models while accessing Arbitrum’s liquidity, DeFi infrastructure, and financial primitives. According to Arbitrum, the integration lowers migration overhead and creates a more practical path for teams and institutions looking to bring programmable financial products on-chain.

The initiative reflects a broader effort to make the Arbitrum ecosystem more accessible to developers using different programming environments and execution models.

Arbitrum announced the launch of the Open House Buildathon, a remote three-week program running from May 25 through June 14, 2026, designed to support early-stage teams building products on the Arbitrum Platform.

The initiative is focused on projects across payments, RWAs, DeFi, AI, privacy, and consumer applications, while also encouraging experimentation with Arbitrum-native technologies such as Stylus, Timeboost, WASM-based tooling, and Arbitrum Chains.

According to Arbitrum, the program aims to help founders turn early ideas into onchain business products, reinforcing the network’s broader push toward programmable finance and application-specific infrastructure.

Arbitrum announced the launch of Earn, a new feature integrated into the Arbitrum Portal that allows users to access yield opportunities and manage DeFi positions directly from a unified interface.

Powered by LI.FI’s cross-chain routing infrastructure, the system enables users to swap assets across networks, interact with vaults, and access yield strategies from protocols including Aave, Morpho, and Pendle. Arbitrum also highlighted its collaboration with vaults.fyi, which provides portfolio tracking, transaction infrastructure, and yield data for the platform.

The launch reflects Arbitrum’s continued focus on improving user access to on-chain financial products through integrated and cross-chain-native tooling.

Arbitrum highlighted the launch of EdgeX V2, a major upgrade to the perpetuals trading platform built on EDGE Chain using Arbitrum infrastructure.

According to EdgeX, the new version introduces a fully rebuilt trading engine focused on improving performance, safety, and transparency for 24/7 global asset trading. The platform now supports sub-100 millisecond order latency and throughput of up to 300,000 orders per second, aiming to deliver a high-performance on-chain trading experience.

Arbitrum positioned the launch as an example of how application-specific chains can leverage its infrastructure to optimize execution environments for advanced financial applications such as perpetuals trading.

Arbitrum announced that users can now spend directly from their on-chain balances at more than 150 million Visa merchants worldwide through its integration with Oobit.

The integration connects Arbitrum-based assets with real-world retail payments, allowing users to transact globally while leveraging the network’s low-cost infrastructure. According to Arbitrum, the launch represents another step toward bringing programmable finance into everyday commerce and expanding the practical utility of on-chain assets.

Arbitrum positioned the integration as part of the broader evolution of the programmable economy, where blockchain infrastructure increasingly powers consumer-facing financial applications and payment experiences.

The Arbitrum Security Council executed an emergency action to mitigate a vulnerability affecting the governance system’s L1 Timelock Contract.

According to Arbitrum, the issue could have allowed unauthorized cross-chain messages to trigger the renouncement of the bridge’s proposer role within the governance timelock, potentially preventing future constitutional governance proposals from executing. The protocol clarified that no user funds were ever at risk and that the vulnerability could only impact governance operations.

To address the issue, the Security Council approved and executed a targeted mitigation that blocks the specific malicious payload from passing through the bridge infrastructure. Arbitrum stated that a permanent smart contract fix will be included in a future ArbOS upgrade, while the emergency patch neutralizes the vulnerability in the near term.

Arbitrum Governance has begun the offchain voting process for a proposal that would transition Arbitrum Nova into a minimized, maintenance-oriented state.

The proposal outlines a three-phase plan aimed at reducing operational costs and encouraging developers, applications, liquidity, and users to migrate toward Arbitrum One. According to the proposal, Arbitrum Nova has largely fulfilled its role as an experimental AnyTrust chain, while newer Arbitrum chains and improvements in rollup economics have reduced the network’s strategic importance.

If approved, the proposal would introduce a 90-day migration period before Nova transitions to a lightweight infrastructure model with reduced support, passive DAC functionality, and lower operational overhead. The proposal estimates potential annual savings of approximately $1.43 million.

The Arbitrum Foundation’s proposal requesting additional funding for 2027 operations has officially entered the offchain voting stage within Arbitrum Governance. The proposal seeks $16 million in RWAs and stablecoins, 1,740 ETH, and 230 million ARB to support ecosystem growth, infrastructure maintenance, governance operations, and strategic partnerships.

According to the proposal, the Foundation operates as a central coordination and growth entity for the ecosystem, supporting initiatives across technical development, institutional partnerships, grants, developer programs, and DAO operations. The document also highlights the Foundation’s role in expanding DAO revenue through initiatives such as Timeboost, the Arbitrum Expansion Program, and ecosystem growth programs.

The offchain vote is currently underway as delegates discuss the scale of the funding request, long-term treasury sustainability, and the Foundation’s role in supporting Arbitrum’s continued ecosystem expansion.

WasabiCard announced its integration with Arbitrum, enabling users to fund their accounts through the network with lower transaction fees and reduced settlement friction.

The integration is designed to improve the experience of moving assets onchain for payment-related use cases, while expanding support for faster and more cost-efficient crypto funding rails. According to WasabiCard, the move also strengthens its broader multichain payments ecosystem and supports wider accessibility for real-world crypto payments.

Arbitrum continues to position itself as infrastructure for scalable financial applications, particularly in areas such as payments, trading, and programmable commerce.

ZKsync released the Season 1 report for its ZK Staking Pilot Program, stating that the initiative successfully achieved its primary governance and infrastructure objectives.

According to the report, the pilot helped increase active voting participation, strengthen the governance system, and test staking-related infrastructure across the ecosystem. The program served as an early experiment in aligning token participation with governance engagement ahead of broader ZKsync tokenomics developments.

ZKsync also indicated that the Season 1 review includes recommendations and next steps for future staking initiatives within the network’s governance framework.

ZKsync announced that it has joined OpenZeppelin’s Continuous Security Program, becoming one of the first projects participating in the initiative alongside Uniswap and Across.

The program promotes an ongoing security operations model rather than relying exclusively on periodic audits, reflecting a shift toward continuous monitoring and proactive risk management for blockchain infrastructure. According to ZKsync, this approach aligns with the standards expected by financial institutions and enterprise-focused applications.

The announcement highlights the growing emphasis on operational security and resilience as blockchain networks increasingly target institutional adoption and large-scale financial use cases.

ZKsync announced that block production on ZKsync Lite officially stopped on May 4, marking the end of the network’s role as one of Ethereum’s earliest production ZK rollups.

Originally launched as a payments-focused rollup, ZKsync Lite helped pioneer large-scale ZK-based scaling by onboarding millions of users and demonstrating rollup technology in production during the early stages of Ethereum Layer 2 adoption. The shutdown is part of a planned and orderly sunset and does not affect ZKsync Era or other ZKsync Chains.

ZKsync stated that remaining user balances continue to be claimable on Ethereum through a dedicated withdrawal portal, while the project shifts its focus toward institutional finance infrastructure and its privacy-oriented Prividium technology stack.

ZKsync Governance announced new mainnet and testnet interfaces designed to improve transparency and accessibility around Token Program capped minters and deployment tooling.

Developed by ScopeLift, the new dashboards allow users to monitor approved Token Program minters, visualize relationships between contracts, and deploy capped minters through human-readable interfaces instead of raw technical inputs such as uint256 values and Unix timestamps.

The initiative aims to simplify participation in ZKsync token governance and make token program infrastructure easier to audit, monitor, and deploy for both delegates and developers.

Optimism published an overview of Dunamu’s planned partnership with the Optimism Foundation to launch GIWA Chain, a new Ethereum Layer 2 built on the OP Stack for Upbit, South Korea’s largest crypto exchange.

The article positions GIWA Chain as the first deployment under OP Enterprise’s Self Managed tier, a model designed for operators that require full sequencer control while still relying on the Optimism Foundation for infrastructure support and resilience. The approach reflects growing demand from major exchanges seeking to control blockspace, capture fees, and meet institutional performance and compliance requirements.

Optimism framed the announcement as part of a broader trend among large exchanges increasingly choosing the OP Stack as the foundation for production-grade infrastructure, reinforcing its position as a leading framework for enterprise Ethereum scaling.

Optimism published an overview of Ronin’s migration to the OP Stack, marking the gaming network’s transition from a sovereign sidechain to an Ethereum Layer 2.

Originally launched by Sky Mavis to support Axie Infinity’s low-cost gaming economy, Ronin has grown into one of the largest blockchain gaming ecosystems, reaching 31 million wallet downloads and over $4.3 billion in NFT trading volume. By migrating to the OP Stack, the network gains Ethereum security while maintaining low fees and compatibility with standard Ethereum developer tooling.

The migration also introduces significant changes to Ronin’s economic model. According to Optimism, moving away from a delegated proof-of-stake architecture reduces token inflation from over 20% annually to around 1%, while redirecting sequencer revenue and marketplace fees toward the Ronin Treasury and ecosystem builders. The move reflects a broader trend of large-scale application ecosystems adopting Ethereum Layer 2 infrastructure for long-term scalability and sustainability.

Optimism highlighted the launch of ExchangeOS, a major upgrade to OKX’s X Layer network built on the OP Stack.

The system is designed to help developers deploy institutional-grade and Web3-native trading venues on open infrastructure without rebuilding core exchange architecture from scratch. According to OKX, ExchangeOS includes customizable compliance controls and infrastructure aimed at supporting applications such as perpetuals, prediction markets, and other onchain trading products.

Optimism positioned the announcement as another example of the OP Stack being used as foundational infrastructure for programmable financial applications and exchange-focused Layer 2 ecosystems.

Optimism announced that the stake-based priority ordering experiment is now live on OP Mainnet, marking the first change to the network’s transaction ordering model.

The four-week opt-in experiment allows participants staking at least 100,000 OP to receive priority block positioning through a new ordering mechanism that evolves from FIFO ordering into a stake- and time-weighted model. According to Optimism, the initiative is part of a broader effort to explore programmable sequencing and customizable block building policies for future OP Stack deployments.

Optimism highlighted the launch of Alchemix v3 on OP Mainnet, introducing a new set of lending and yield management features to the protocol.

The release includes Mix Yield Tokens, a Fixed Duration Transmuter, and vaults supporting up to 90% loan-to-value ratios. According to Alchemix, the upgrade reflects several years of iteration on the protocol’s previous versions and aims to expand capital efficiency and flexibility for users interacting with on-chain yield strategies.

Optimism noted that Alchemix is an independent third-party application and that participation in digital asset protocols carries risk.

Polygon announced that AggLayer has become chain-agnostic with the successful integration of Miden on testnet, marking the first non-EVM chain connected to the interoperability protocol.

This allows Miden, Polygon’s privacy-focused blockchain, to access unified liquidity across the AggLayer ecosystem while maintaining its privacy-preserving architecture. According to Polygon, the integration demonstrates that chains no longer need to sacrifice privacy or adopt EVM compatibility to participate in a shared liquidity network.

The announcement was accompanied by the completion of an end-to-end verified bridge between Miden Testnet and Ethereum Sepolia in collaboration with Gateway.fm. The achievement represents an important step toward Polygon’s vision of connecting diverse blockchain architectures through a unified interoperability layer.

Polygon announced its participation in the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance’s first report on enterprise privacy solutions for Ethereum, joining six other organizations in evaluating the current privacy landscape for institutional use cases.

The report maps privacy technologies across the Ethereum ecosystem and assesses them against a common framework of enterprise requirements, including compliance, confidentiality, interoperability, and operational readiness. According to Polygon, the initiative aims to provide organizations with a clearer understanding of the available privacy solutions as blockchain adoption expands within traditional industries.

Polygon highlighted that privacy remains a core component of its infrastructure strategy, particularly through the Polygon CDK, which combines privacy-preserving technologies with access to liquidity and interoperability across blockchain networks.

Polygon highlighted Polygon CDK as a framework for organizations seeking private blockchain infrastructure while maintaining connectivity to broader liquidity networks.

According to Polygon, enterprises evaluating use cases such as tokenized deposits, stablecoin rails, and institutional settlement systems increasingly require privacy-preserving environments that remain interoperable with public blockchain ecosystems. Polygon positioned CDK as a solution that allows organizations to operate private chains without sacrificing access to liquidity and cross-chain connectivity.

Polygon highlighted the launch of direct issuance infrastructure for private credit by Assetera and Deploi, bringing regulated debt issuance on-chain through the network.

According to the announcement, the platform enables the issuance of digital debt instruments backed by consumer credit assets and supports securities identified through Nasdaq CSD ISINs. The first issuance series is expected to support notes of up to €5 million, targeting regulated capital market participants.

Polygon announced a strategic partnership with DPT Pay, bringing stablecoin-powered card payment infrastructure to the network.

Through the integration, DPT Pay leverages Polygon’s low-cost and high-throughput infrastructure to offer lower onramp fees and instant onchain transfers, helping streamline global stablecoin payments and cross-border money movement. The partnership aims to improve accessibility for users seeking to spend and transfer digital assets through traditional payment rails.

Polygon announced new functionality within its Open Money Stack that allows organizations to operate card authorization and settlement workflows on stablecoin rails without taking custody of customer funds.

According to Polygon, the infrastructure supports key card program functions including transaction authorization, spend locking, settlement confirmation, and ledger reconciliation. The system is designed to be programmable at the wallet layer and can be integrated across different blockchain networks.

Polygon announced that BRL1, one of Brazil’s most actively traded real-pegged stablecoins, is now integrated with Capa’s payment infrastructure built on Polygon.

The integration enables BRL1 to settle cross-border payments within seconds through Capa’s on-chain foreign exchange infrastructure, combining stablecoin-based settlement with local currency payment rails. According to the announcement, the initiative aims to improve the efficiency of international payments involving the Brazilian real while expanding access to digital currency-based financial services.

Polygon stated that the partnership with BRL1 and Capa supports its broader strategy of bringing tokenized fiat currencies and stablecoins into global payment networks, reinforcing the network’s growing role in cross-border settlement and financial infrastructure.

Polygon highlighted the launch of Katana’s perpetuals trading competition, an initiative built on infrastructure powered by Polygon CDK.

The competition features a prize pool starting at $25,000 in vbUSDC, with the potential to scale to $100,000 based on weekly trading volume. Participants can compete across both volume and profit-and-loss leaderboards, with rewards distributed across multiple trading markets.

Polygon announced the launch of private stablecoin payments within Wallets, enabling users to send USDC and USDT through privacy-preserving transactions on the Polygon network.

The feature is powered by Hinkal Protocol and routes transfers through a shielded pool rather than a standard on-chain transaction. Zero-knowledge proofs are used to validate transactions while concealing sensitive payment details from public view.

Polygon emphasized that the system is designed to provide privacy without sacrificing compliance. Transactions remain subject to Know Your Transaction screening, and funds move directly between user wallets without custodial intermediaries.

Polygon announced the release of Trails v1.5, introducing new one-click payment capabilities designed to simplify on-chain payment experiences.

The update compresses multiple blockchain actions, including bridging, swapping, depositing, and settlement, into a single user interaction. According to Polygon, users can now complete transactions involving USDC, USDT, DAI, and other major assets through a single signed transaction, reducing the complexity traditionally associated with on-chain payments.

The release also expands payment accessibility through support for debit and credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, exchange-funded payments, and multi-step transaction flows. Polygon described the update as part of its broader effort to remove friction between payment initiation and settlement, making blockchain-based payments more accessible for mainstream users and merchants.

Cash App has integrated Polygon to enable users to send and receive USDC directly from their Cash Balance, bringing stablecoin payments to the platform’s 58 million monthly active users.

The integration allows users to transact using USDC on Polygon without managing a separate crypto wallet or stablecoin balance. Incoming USDC is automatically converted into dollars, while outgoing payments are converted from dollars to USDC at a 1:1 ratio. According to Cash App, the service is available with no transaction fees and is designed to provide a seamless payment experience using blockchain infrastructure behind the scenes.

The launch represents a significant milestone for Polygon’s Open Money Stack strategy, further expanding the network’s role as settlement infrastructure for consumer fintech applications and global stablecoin payments.

Polygon announced a new design partner program for card issuers, exchanges, fintechs, and payment platforms interested in helping shape a wallet-based authorization and settlement system for stablecoin payments.

The initiative introduces a prototype auth/capture mechanism that replicates the two-step payment flow used by traditional card networks. Instead of immediately transferring funds, users can authorize a hold on stablecoin balances, which can later be settled, partially captured, or automatically released if unused. Polygon emphasized that the system is designed to remain non-custodial, with funds locked in smart contracts rather than controlled by issuers.

According to Polygon, the solution is intended to work across EVM chains and support major ERC-20 stablecoins without requiring new token standards. The company is currently seeking industry partners to help refine the technology before its broader release as part of the Open Money Stack.

EigenDA announced that it is providing the data availability layer for Ronin following the gaming network’s migration from a sidechain architecture to an Ethereum Layer 2 built on the OP Stack.

The migration marks a significant milestone for Ronin, one of the largest blockchain gaming ecosystems, which has processed billions of dollars in NFT trading volume and onboarded millions of users through games such as Axie Infinity and Pixels. By leveraging EigenDA, Ronin aims to reduce data availability costs while maintaining the scalability required to support large-scale gaming activity.

EigenCloud announced that Darkbloom, its distributed AI inference network, has progressed from a research preview to a public alpha release. According to the team, the network has already served more than 600 million tokens using unused computing capacity from thousands of consumer devices, including idle Mac computers.

The latest upgrade reportedly delivers significant performance improvements across inference metrics such as time to first token, throughput, and overall token serving capacity, while reducing costs compared to traditional data-center-based infrastructure. EigenCloud positions Darkbloom as part of a broader effort to create decentralized, verifiable infrastructure for open-weight AI models, leveraging EigenLayer’s security and coordination mechanisms to support distributed compute networks.

The Eigen Foundation announced that the EIGEN token is now available for trading on Bitstamp by Robinhood, expanding access to the asset through one of the longest-operating cryptocurrency exchanges.

The listing adds EIGEN alongside several other newly supported digital assets and increases the token’s availability to a broader base of retail and institutional market participants. The announcement comes as EigenLayer continues to expand its ecosystem around verifiable cloud infrastructure, decentralized services, and AI-focused applications.

Exchange listings typically improve market accessibility and liquidity for ecosystem tokens, supporting broader participation from users interested in the EigenLayer and EigenCloud ecosystems.

EigenCloud introduced Eigen Trace Mirror, a new system designed to provide verifiable telemetry for AI agents and autonomous software systems.

The project aims to address a growing challenge in agent-based applications: verifying that an AI system actually executed the actions it claims to have performed. According to EigenCloud, Eigen Trace Mirror combines trusted execution environments and cryptographic signatures to create auditable execution records, allowing users to independently verify agent activity rather than relying solely on logs, traces, or application dashboards.

The solution is built on EigenCompute infrastructure and represents another step in EigenCloud’s broader effort to develop verifiable cloud services for AI workloads, where computation, execution, and agent behavior can be independently validated.