CEX Co-Founder Ben Delo pledges to donate $27 million to the London Mathematical Science Research Institute to support research in theoretical physics, pure mathematics, and artificial intelligence. He hopes the institute can cultivate outstanding scholars and criticizes the shortcomings of the UK's research funding mechanism. Meanwhile, UK lawmakers are calling for a suspension of cryptocurrency political donations to prevent external interference.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently outlined a core perspective in a new blog post: Ethereum cannot, and should not, rely solely on "faster speeds" to succeed. In his view, the laws of physics and the fundamental requirements of decentralization impose a natural latency limit on public chain consensus mechanisms. The truly sustainable path for Ethereum's scalability is bandwidth expansion, not infinite compression of block times. Buterin defines the Ethereum mainnet as a "world heartbeat," rather than a high-frequency trading engine. He points out that through technologies like PeerDAS, zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP), and zkEVM, Ethereum has already found a way to achieve order-of-magnitude scalability while maintaining decentralization. Since the Fusaka upgrade in December 2025, the number of new addresses on the Ethereum chain has increased by over 110%, demonstrating the practical effectiveness of the scalability route.

Nic Carter published a lengthy article pointing out that quantum computing faces significant engineering challenges in cracking Bitcoin, which are non-fundamental physics problems. He mentioned that Bitcoin could undergo a soft fork to adopt post-quantum signature schemes, but the implementation is complex and time-consuming. Currently, Bitcoin stored in abandoned addresses faces the risk of quantum attacks, and he calls on the community to take prompt measures to address the quantum threat.

On November 14th, news came out that in order to further strengthen the global strategic think tank and gather cross-field professional forces, AB DAO x AB Charity Foundation announced the addition of Galileo Violini, a member of the executive board of the International Physics Center (CIF) in Bogotá and an academician of the World Academy of Art and Science; Alberto Zucconi, president of the Human-Centered Approach Academy (IACP) and an academician of the World Academy of Art and Science; a physicist at the Jožef Stefan Institute and a professor of physics at the University of Maribor, and Alexander Cidanšek, vice president of the International Postgraduate School (IPS), officially joined the Foundation's Senior Advisory Committee. AB Charity Foundation Chairman and former Irish Prime Minister Ahern stated: "We are honored to welcome these three top academicians from around the world. Their profound expertise in physical science, mental health, and sustainable education will contribute to the foundation's efforts in blockchain.