Navid gerald

Navid Gerald is a senior reporter at CryptoNewsLive specializing in Ethereum, XRP, DeFi, and crypto security. He has covered blockchain and digital finance for seven years, with a focus on the technical mechanics of how protocols work, how they break, and what the implications are for the people building on or holding assets tied to them. His reporting at CryptoNewsLive spans Ethereum's full 2026 roadmap — from the zkEVM deployment schedule and quantum-resistant signature research disclosed by Vitalik Buterin at Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, to the Pectra upgrade impact and Layer 2 composability developments. On XRP, he has covered Ripple's post-quantum cryptography roadmap, the XRPL SwissHacks 2026 developer challenge, and the ongoing CLARITY Act Senate negotiations as reported by Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. His most significant individual piece of reporting in 2026 was the same-day forensic breakdown of the KelpDAO rsETH bridge exploit — tracing the LayerZero lzReceive call that forged the cross-chain message, the $236 million WETH borrow on Aave, the 100% ETH pool utilization that locked depositors out, and the $6.28 billion TVL collapse — while Aave's governance forum was still mid-debate about bad debt allocation.