Ethereum
Coverage of Ethereum protocol upgrades, staking economics, layer-2 scaling and application-level developments.
Ethereum Developers Finalize Next Upgrade Timeline
Core devs converged on a target window for the next hard fork, prioritizing execution-layer improvements and blob capacity.
Ethereum Client Teams Publish Pectra Post-Mortem
A retrospective covering the Pectra hard fork identifies areas for smoother coordination in future upgrades.
Wallets Roll Out EIP-7702 Features Half a Year After Pectra
MetaMask, Rabby and Coinbase Wallet are now exposing the temporary smart account features unlocked by EIP-7702.
US Spot Ether ETFs Log Best Weekly Inflow Since Launch
Combined net creations across the nine US spot Ethereum ETFs reached their strongest weekly total since the products debuted in July 2024.
Lido Market Share Dips Below 25 Percent of All Staked Ether
The dominant liquid staking protocol has ceded ground to smaller competitors and to solo stakers over the past year.
EigenLayer TVL Stabilises After Airdrop Cooldown
Total value restaked on EigenLayer has stabilised in the mid-teens of billions of dollars, well off the peaks seen ahead of the EIGEN airdrop.
Vitalik Buterin Publishes Roadmap for Faster Layer-1 Execution
The Ethereum co-founder outlined a set of proposals intended to speed up execution on the base layer while preserving decentralisation.
Rollups Push for Higher Blob Capacity in Fusaka Upgrade
Major layer-2 teams are lobbying for a further increase in blob throughput to reduce fees for end users.
Ethereum Client Diversity Report Shows Continued Progress
The share of validators running Prysm on the consensus layer has continued to decline, easing concerns about single-client risk.
More Than a Third of All Ether Now Staked
Fresh consensus-layer data shows the share of staked Ether continuing to grind higher after the Pectra changes.
Full Danksharding Research Advances With PeerDAS Testnets
Ethereum researchers reported progress on the PeerDAS testnets that pave the way to full danksharding.
Layer-2 Fees Hit Fresh Lows as Blob Market Cools
Median transaction fees on Arbitrum, Optimism and Base fell to fractions of a cent as competition for blob space eased.