This week, we have:

• DIY Web3 infrastructure on DevNTell

• An Ethereum Hackathon

This week on DevNTell, Marco Rinaldi and Avi of Kleomedes will be our guests. Kleomedes is a Web3 sovereign infrastructure provider specializing in DIY, bare-metal blockchain infrastructure

​Viewers of this DevNTell will learn about Kleomedes and how you can get started using it today!

Register here to get notified when the show starts.

Building Ethereum’s Solarpunk Future

Dates: May 8 – 10, 2026

Location: Prague, Czechia – Municipal House (iconic Art Nouveau venue in the heart of the city)

Format: In-person only (offline hackathon focused on IRL collaboration)

What is it?

A high-signal Ethereum hackathon bringing together hundreds of builders — coders, designers, founders, and creators — to ship innovative, real-world Ethereum projects.

The emphasis is on impact-driven development across key areas:

• Sustainability

• DeFi

• Privacy

• Community solutions

The hackathon runs alongside the ETHPrague Conference in the same stunning venue, giving you excellent opportunities for networking, inspiration, and cross-pollination of ideas.

Main Tracks

• Ethereum Core

• Network Economy

• Future Society

Prizes

You can win from a total prize pool of ~$48,197 (including major sponsor bounties from Umia, Swarm, ENS, The FinTechers, SpaceComputer, Sourcify, and more).

Ready to build?

Register / Apply now if you're interested, and get 50% off the conference prize courtesy of D_D member hyperalchemy by registering with this link.

Last week on the DevNTell show, Alex Mirran, the Business Development Lead at Gradient, was our guest to talk about, Intelligence for Anyone, Anywhere: A Look Into Gradient’s Mission to Decentralize AGI.

Gradient is an AI R&D lab dedicated to building open intelligence through a fully decentralized infrastructure, OIS (Open Intelligence Stack), encompassing distributed training, serving, agentic systems, and more.

In case you missed the live presentation, you can recap the episode on our Spotify and Apple Podcast.

• D_D member @pbillingsby is looking for his next role. He's a hybrid software engineer with experience across web3, fintech, and AI; full-stack systems; CLI tooling; automation; and developer education. Looking to join a small to mid-sized team building at the core level for software development and/or devrel. If anyone knows of teams hiring, I would love to connect.

• D_D member @voyageur6049 is looking for web3 jobs with a clear PMF. Has experience working in web3 + data-intensive applications with an early-stage startup. Send a message to @voyageur6049 if you are hiring or know anyone who is. 

• D_D member @0xjakess is looking to take on new clients at their agency, Ethereal Labs, a Web3 Development Agency. Send a DM on Telegram (xjakess) if you are looking for devs for your project.

• D_D member @gcodez  is currently open to new client engagements. He builds high-quality mobile applications using Flutter and Dart, as well as native mobile technologies, and is available for projects requiring reliable cross-platform or fully native solutions. 

Disclaimer: Please do your due diligence about a role posted here.

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• Engineering Director, @ Agent Context

• Production Support Engineer @ Alpaca

• Software Engineer, Agent (Cantonese Speaking) @ Sierra

• Python Developer Remote

Incredibly, Ethereum is now 10 years old!  All great things require time to mature, and, amazingly, it took a decade for an RPC option like D_D Cloud to emerge.

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Kelp DAO lost about $293 million in a major exploit after an attacker tricked its bridge into creating unbacked rsETH tokens and used them as collateral on Aave to borrow real assets. The attacker acted quickly, completing the attack in under an hour before the system was frozen, leaving Aave with over $200 million in bad debt. This caused panic withdrawals, drained billions in liquidity, and pushed Aave’s lending pools to their limits. Other platforms froze rsETH, and concerns spread across DeFi, making this the largest exploit of 2026 and exposing weaknesses in cross-chain bridges and risk controls.

A law firm, Gibbs Mura Law Group, has filed a class action lawsuit against Circle Internet Financial on behalf of investors affected by the Drift Protocol hack. The lawsuit claims Circle failed to freeze about $230 million in stolen USD Coin, even though it could do so, allowing attackers reportedly linked to North Korea to move funds freely for hours. The April 1 exploit caused major losses, sharply reduced Drift’s total value, and affected many other DeFi platforms, raising concerns about Circle’s security and compliance during large-scale crypto breaches.

Cobo has launched a new “Agentic Wallet” designed to let AI agents manage crypto assets safely. The wallet uses a special system called a “Pact” to control what the AI can do, setting clear limits on actions and stopping conditions to prevent misuse. It also uses strong security methods, such as multi-party computation, to ensure that even if an AI or system is compromised, it cannot act on its own to move funds. The wallet works with popular AI tools and supports many blockchains, including Ethereum and Solana. This launch reflects a growing trend, as companies like Coinbase and Ledger also explore AI-powered wallets that can handle transactions and manage funds automatically.

Tether has committed up to $127.5 million to help Drift Protocol recover from its recent $270M+ hack, as part of a larger $150 million recovery plan. The funding will help repay affected users over time as the platform restarts and generates trading revenue. As part of the relaunch, Drift will switch its main trading settlement asset from USD Coin to Tether on Solana. The move aims to rebuild confidence in the platform, and the news has already boosted Drift’s token price, showing renewed optimism despite the earlier losses.