Vitalik Buterin Sells $3.67M in ETH; Base Plans Split from Optimism

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sold 1,869 ETH over the past two days for approximately $3.67 million, BlockBeats reports. Base, a Coinbase subsidiary, outlined plans for technological independence in a blog post titled "The Next Chapter for Base," saying it will consolidate sequencing tools, proof mechanisms and core infrastructure into a single codebase managed solely by Base, replace Optimism's optimistic proof with its proprietary TEE/ZK system, and complete the shift via two hard forks with Base V3 planned to launch in sync with Ethereum's upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade. Researcher Sigil Wen introduced a Web 4.0 concept alongside the Conway infrastructure project, which connects MCP-compatible agents to wallets, compute and deployment via the x402 protocol; after the release, the Conway token price surged 3,600%, with market cap briefly reaching $10 million. BlockBeats said the AI bot LOBSTAR mistakenly cleared its balance context after a reset and, amid a decimal-place confusion between 6 and 9 digits, sent 52.439 million tokens worth approximately $270,000 to a user after intending to transfer about 52,439 tokens valued at $366 in response to a request for 4 SOL.