Ethereum’s co-founder said the network should remain usable and secure even if core developers step back from active updates.

Our chart of the week is POL.

Trends to Watch (Privacy coins, underfarmed airdrops)

The venture capital giant highlights prediction markets, zk-SNARKS, and ‘staked media’ as themes to watch.

Dogecoin and Shiba Inu still account for the bulk of memecoin market capitalization.

Bitcoin slipped under $91,000, while Ethereum and Solana dropped 1.5%.

POL, formerly MATIC, is soaring after the Polygon CEO shared the chain’s vision for its Open Money Stack.

Security experts warned that most hacked projects never fully recover after major attacks.

In this episode of The Defiant Podcast, Chris Storaker sits down with Alex Garn, Chief Product Officer at Borderless, to unpack how stablecoins are quietly transforming cross-border payments — and what it actually takes to move money at scale across jurisdictions.

The vote will begin on Jan 22, and OP buybacks will begin in February if the measure passes.