Odaily: According to Web3Auth monitoring, Consensys-owned Web3Auth stated that a vulnerability in its service led to the leakage of private keys for some Keplr wallets created through Google or Apple login. Web3Auth moved funds from these wallets to secure addresses before attackers could do so. On-chain data shows that the 12 recovery addresses disclosed by Web3Auth currently hold approximately $5.6 million in crypto assets, including about 2.49 million ATOM on Cosmos Hub, worth roughly $3.3 million. Web3Auth mentioned the "original attacker," suggesting that some wallets had already been compromised before recovery, but it did not disclose the amount stolen. Keplr co-founder Josh Lee estimated that about 20% of Google and Apple login accounts were affected, but only a small portion of them were actually exploited.

Odaily: Consensys has announced the launch of a sovereign network interoperability solution that enables institutions to settle securities, exchange currencies, and post collateral across ledgers without the need for cross-chain bridging or transferring assets to a shared ledger. Built on Ethereum, the solution combines privacy and interoperability, with transactions visible only to the relevant parties. Assets remain on their native ledgers, and cross-ledger execution is cryptographically verified through zero-knowledge proofs, eliminating the need for additional trusted intermediaries.

Odaily reports: Consensys has announced that its cryptographer Youssef El Housni, together with collaborators from Wuhan University of Technology, KU Leuven, and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, has proposed a new subgroup membership testing method called Divide-and-Pair. On non-prime-order curves such as Curve25519, not all points belong to the target subgroup; skipping this check can expose systems to small-subgroup attacks. NIST P-series curves are prime-order and do not require this check. The method treats two known schemes as the two ends of the same parameter range, selecting the optimal setting for each curve, with speed no lower than existing methods. According to Consensys, the speedup factors for each curve are: approximately 1.6x for Curve25519, approximately 1.3x for Curve448, approximately 1.4x for GC256A, approximately 10.8x for FourQ, and approximately 7x for Jubjub.The method has been integrated into the open-source library gnark-crypto. The library currently runs in Besu, Linea, go-ethereum, as well as gnark-based systems such as Succinct and Lighter. The related paper has been accepted by IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems (TCHES) and will be published at CHES 2027.

Odaily reports: Ethlabs, an independent non-profit Ethereum research and development organization, has announced that Ethereum co-founder Mihai Alisie has officially become its core funder, with Kraken's parent company Payward and Gattaca joining as new funding institutions.Ethlabs was founded in June of this year by five former Ethereum Foundation researchers. Prior to this, the organization had already received funding from two major Ethereum treasury companies, BitMine and SharpLink, as well as from Ethereum co-founder and Consensys CEO Joseph Lubin.

Odaily: London Stock Exchange-listed blockchain infrastructure company KR1 plc has launched its own Ethereum validators, operated by P2P.org within Lido V3's stVaults. KR1 recently plans to stake up to 6,000 ETH, with the first batch of 10 validators going live, and the specific rollout pace depends on the Ethereum validator entry queue. KR1 retains control over deposits and withdrawals, validator fee arrangements, and vault role permissions, and has the option to mint stETH for liquidity. Lido stated that stVaults resolve the trade-off between native staking and liquid staking, allowing stakers to both select validators and retain ownership while maintaining liquidity through stETH. Lido disclosed that the stVaults smart contracts have been audited by firms including Certora, MixBytes, Consensys Diligence, Ackee Blockchain, and Sigma Prime, and offer a bug bounty of up to $2 million.

Odaily News — The Ethereum Ecosystem Summit, jointly initiated by Sharplink, BlockUnion, and ETH HK Hub, and co-organized by Lido Institutional, will be held on October 8, 2026, in Singapore. The summit is aimed at Ethereum ecosystem builders, financial institutions, investors, and on-chain infrastructure teams, and will focus on discussions around Ethereum's long-term value, institutional adoption, and the development direction of agentic finance.Ethereum co-founder and Consensys founder Joe Lubin has confirmed his attendance and will hold a fireside chat with Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom, reflecting on Ethereum's development over the past decade under the theme "Ethereum's Ten Years: From an Idea to the Future of Open Finance," and discussing the next phase of open finance.As one of the high-profile events focused on the Ethereum ecosystem during TOKEN2049, the summit will center on three core topics, including Ethereum's long-term value, infrastructure, and credible neutrality; institutional treasuries, asset tokenization, and on-chain infrastructure; and the agentic finance technology stack composed of stablecoins, tokenized assets, instant settlement, and autonomous commerce.The conference is also supported by ecosystem partners including SNZ, EthSystems, EthLabs, Ethereum Institutional, HashKey Capital, and Ethereum Singapore, and will invite representatives from fields such as Ethereum infrastructure, liquid staking, digital asset custody, payments, and on-chain finance to participate in discussions. More guests and the full agenda will be announced soon.

Odaily News: Ethereum software company Consensys has announced the spin-off of its flagship wallet MetaMask into an independent entity, with founder Joe Lubin serving as CEO. The original Consensys has been renamed to a new entity focused on institutional protocols and Ethereum software, led by longtime executive Mike Kriak. Joe Lubin stated that the spin-off is due to MetaMask's consumer business value accumulating at a pace far exceeding other business divisions. MetaMask has evolved from an Ethereum wallet into a platform supporting multiple assets and Mastercard debit card payments, and has launched businesses such as perpetual contracts and prediction markets.

Odaily Planet Daily reported that blockchain company Consensys earlier this year brought in a software developer under the pseudonym Tyler Knapp through a third-party service provider. Subsequent investigations revealed his connection to North Korea. The developer participated as a consultant and had access to some of Consensys’ systems for about a month. Matt Corva, Consensys’ General Counsel, stated that Tyler Knapp was never an employee of the company. After discovering the threat, the company terminated his access rights and launched a comprehensive investigation, confirming that no assets or data had been misappropriated, no malicious code had been deployed, and user security had not been compromised. Following the incident, Consensys temporarily paused product releases and conducted an investigation. Matt Corva added that the company will reassess its outsourcing practices for engineering and development work.

Odaily News: Former Ethereum Foundation researcher and Ethlabs member Ansgar Dietrichs stated on Laura Shin’s Unchained podcast that ETH, after failing to break through the $5,000 mark in five years, still lacks a clear value narrative. Ethlabs was established on June 22 by five former Ethereum Foundation researchers and is supported by Bitmine, Sharplink, and Consensys founder Joe Lubin. On-chain analytics firm Cryptoquant reports that over 32% of the total ETH supply, approximately 39.5 million ETH, is currently staked, while exchange balances continue to decline. The firm also noted that Ethereum’s daily active addresses and smart contract activity have reached record highs, yet the price of ETH has fallen more than 50% from its cycle high.

Odaily reports that MetaMask has announced the launch of a new self-custodial account, "Money Account," which integrates stablecoin yields, payment spending, and trading functions into a single wallet system, further driving its transformation into a comprehensive financial platform. The product, launched by Consensys, is built on the Monad blockchain, with its core asset being the dollar-pegged stablecoin mUSD. Users can earn a floating annualized yield of up to approximately 4% while holding their assets. Funds will be automatically allocated to decentralized lending protocols such as Morpho, with Aave to be integrated in the future.Unlike traditional DeFi products, this account does not require users to manually transfer funds between protocols. Yields are automatically activated upon deposit and can be directly used for trading functions such as token swaps, perpetual contracts, and prediction markets. (CoinDesk)