> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://news.hemi.xyz/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Hemi Pulse - August 28th 2026 - URL: https://news.hemi.xyz/hemi-pulse-august-28th-2026/ - Published: 2026-08-28T23:04:40.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-28T23:04:40.000Z - Description: Hemi's weekly recap on yield, DeFi, ecosystem, and community updates. - Author: Hemi Labs - Tags: Hemi, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Yield **This Week:** **\-**This Week’s Hemi Yield Opportunities **\-**Need to Know DeFi Ecosystem Shifts **\-**This Week in Hemi: Protocol Updates and More **\-**Community Spotlight ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/54/c6/54c6f660-26c3-4ce3-8ea1-ea7e37a8cc90/content/images/2026/08/Hemi_SectionTitle_YieldOpportunities.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/54/c6/54c6f660-26c3-4ce3-8ea1-ea7e37a8cc90/content/images/2026/08/Hemi-Brownfi-Partnership-Static-16x9.png) Hemi is proud to be partnered with BrownFi, with an integration through Algebra's CLAMM infrastructure and Merkl's incentives on APY/APR: [**Provide liquidity to BrownFi WBTC-hemiBTC and earn up to 14.39%**](https://app.merkl.xyz/opportunities/15342484602909041814?ref=news.hemi.xyz) [**Provide liquidity to BrownFi WETH-USDC.e and earn up to 29.53%**](https://app.merkl.xyz/opportunities/3759885316334078396?ref=news.hemi.xyz) [**Provide liquidity to BrownFi USDC.e-VUSD and earn up to 31.31%**](https://app.merkl.xyz/opportunities/5800716454219059942?ref=news.hemi.xyz) [**Provide liquidity to BrownFi hemiBTC-VUSD and earn up to 43.01%**](https://app.merkl.xyz/opportunities/4022707304947230100?ref=news.hemi.xyz) [**Provide liquidity to BrownFi HEMI-VUSD and earn up to 153.04%.**](https://app.merkl.xyz/opportunities/15936254941414386628?ref=news.hemi.xyz) Jurisdictional restrictions may apply. APY/APR rates are subject to change with variable market conditions. [***Learn more about the partnership.***](https://hemi.xyz/blog/brownfi-algebra-finance-and-merkl-partner-to-build-hemi-liquidity-hub?ref=news.hemi.xyz) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/54/c6/54c6f660-26c3-4ce3-8ea1-ea7e37a8cc90/content/images/2026/08/Hemi_SectionTitle_EcosystemShifts.png) ### Coinbase Launches Crypto-Backed Mortgages Better Mortgage and Coinbase said Wednesday their token-backed conforming mortgage, structured under Fannie Mae guidelines, is now generally available to Coinbase One members, letting eligible borrowers pledge crypto as collateral in the homebuying process without selling. Approved members receive a lender credit of 1% of the mortgage value, capped at $10,000, applied against closing costs, and Better said 41% of its pre-approved customers qualify on income and credit but lack cash for a traditional down payment. ### Moonwell Exploited For $8.7 Million On Base Lending protocol Moonwell is investigating an exploit of its MAMO Core Market on Base after CertiK and PeckShield both estimated losses around $8.7 million. The attacker manipulated the collateral price of the relatively illiquid MAMO token, then borrowed cbBTC from the mCBTC market and consolidated the stolen funds into DAI. Moonwell cut borrow caps for all Base Core Markets to 1 wei as a precaution.Genius Act Implementation Looms ### **StarkWare Fires First Quantum-Resistance Test** StarkWare said it completed the first quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction, using a "signature grinding" method devised by applications head Avihu Levy that avoids exposing public key material while a transaction sits in the mempool, the window where quantum attacks are possible. The transaction required nonstandard formatting and was mined directly by MARA through its Slipstream service, and StarkWare stressed the technique is an interim measure, with a protocol-level upgrade still needed. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/54/c6/54c6f660-26c3-4ce3-8ea1-ea7e37a8cc90/content/images/2026/08/Hemi_SectionTitle_ThisWeekinHemi.png) ### **veHEMI: A Forward-Looking Redesign** The veHEMI system is getting a rework, and this week, we walked through where it's headed. Rewards are moving to a forward, epoch-based model built on the \~six-day epochs the veHEMI contract already uses under the hood, replacing the 24-hour segments that never quite lined up with the contract's own checkpoints, so distributions become predictable and schedulable ahead of time rather than tallied after the fact. ### **Decentralized Sequencer: Q1 to Q2 Next Year** Regarding decentralizing the sequencer, it's now slated for Q1 to Q2 of next year, after ZK settlement to Ethereum and HBitVM ship. The approach: essentially a clone of Ethereum's proof of stake, adapted to an L2\. Two reasons. First, decentralization, since Ethereum's design scales to a basically unlimited validator count, letting smaller holders participate instead of capping the system at the hundred people who can pool enough tokens. Second, security architecture: because Proof-of-Proof already provides Bitcoin finality as the high-security bookend of consensus, Hemi can prioritize liveness over safety in the proof of stake layer. Even in a worst-case consensus outage or attack, the network heals itself with inactivity leaks while users fall back to Bitcoin finality for confirmations that can't be reorged away. ### **Engineering Updates** Differential testing and fuzzing of op-reth, both the TBC and Oxygen versions, against op-geth as the golden sample, catching small edge cases before they matter. The ZK miner is getting build cleanup across platforms and GPU driver versions ahead of its public beta, which arrives in the next couple of weeks through the Beta Testers channel, with tokens for feedback. The op-geth hardening release is merged and about to land in a Hemi node release, the last blocker before PoP Payouts v2 goes out. And the HIPPO queue is now mapped: veHEMI distribution first, then PoP Payouts v2, then the op-geth to op-reth transition, and finally a network upgrade deprecating op-reth-with-TBC in favor of op-reth-with-Oxygen, the fork that makes ZK proving part of block validation itself. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/54/c6/54c6f660-26c3-4ce3-8ea1-ea7e37a8cc90/content/images/2026/08/Hemi_SectionTitle_CommunitySpotlight-1.png) ### HairGames Season 7 Rewards And More A couple quick notes on the community side: - HairGames Season 7 rewards have been sent - Hemi Arcade rewards will be sent as soon as we get all participants responses and our artwork is finalized. - Stay tuned for an announcement--HOPEFULLY--next week regarding Hemi Arcade Season 2 as well as a contest for our Creative Community. [**Join Hemi’s Discord**](https://discord.com/channels/1202677849887080508/1530253802098266164?utm%5Fsource=hemi-pop.beehiiv.com&utm%5Fmedium=newsletter&utm%5Fcampaign=hemi-your-signal-aggregator&%5Fbhlid=a6bcd67a9f35dc55fe5ad9efa3d6144d521bf0ac) and engage with the community. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/54/c6/54c6f660-26c3-4ce3-8ea1-ea7e37a8cc90/content/images/2026/08/brownfi_growthlead.png) Built on Hemi explores protocols, partners, and platforms deployed on Hemi. This episode took a deeper dive into our partner, BrownFi, and their CLAMM integration, featuring incentives across 5 active pools for the next 5 months. [***See the full episode.***](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOkLPMJvQpY&ref=news.hemi.xyz) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/54/c6/54c6f660-26c3-4ce3-8ea1-ea7e37a8cc90/content/images/2026/08/Hemi---Midweek-with-Max---Static.png) Midweek with Max covers ongoing engineering, community, and marketing updates. [***Catch the full recap.***](https://hemi.xyz/blog/midweek-with-max-a-first-look-at-the-new-vehemi?ref=news.hemi.xyz) [**Join Hemi’s Discord**](https://discord.com/channels/1202677849887080508/1530253802098266164?utm%5Fsource=hemi-pop.beehiiv.com&utm%5Fmedium=newsletter&utm%5Fcampaign=hemi-your-signal-aggregator&%5Fbhlid=a6bcd67a9f35dc55fe5ad9efa3d6144d521bf0ac) to send questions for Max ahead of next week’s AMA. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/54/c6/54c6f660-26c3-4ce3-8ea1-ea7e37a8cc90/content/images/2026/08/image.png) Protocol Engineering Office Hours are now streaming on X, YouTube, and LinkedIn, every other Wednesday at 8:00 AM PDT, 11:00 AM EDT, and 15:00 UTC. Join the team next week on Wednesday, September 9th. [***See this week's session.***](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUarB9Shn8w&ref=news.hemi.xyz)