Roman Storm acquittal hearing, ETHGlobal Cannes hackathon finalists, EVM Now block explorer
Ecosystem
- Ethereum Foundation:
- Thomas Coratger (PQ team): quantum threat & Ethereum roadmap explainer
- EF swapped 5k ETH for stablecoins to fund R&D, grants & donations
- ETHGlobal Cannes hackathon finalists from 266 projects
- ETH metrics:
- Gas (gwei): 0.1 average, 0.0 - 1.3 (12.8 for zero net issuance)
- ETH supply change: 19k net issuance
- ETHUSD: $2,028 - $2,256 (all time high $4,946, August 24, 2025)
- ETH ETFs: 5.1% of ETH supply
- ETHBTC: 0.031 (0.166 for the Flippening)
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Applications
- Aave risk management: Chaos Labs leaving & LlamaRisk continuing
- Grove app: deposit USDS or USDC into Sky savings rate
- Augur fork mechanism triggered, phase 1 (April - June) REP can be staked on competing outcomes, phase 2 (June - August) REP holders must migrate
- Candide Safe OpenSig (signer verification): local simulation & hardware screen emulation
- EVM Now (block explorer) on mainnet
Developers
- Etherscan contract tab: IDE-style code browser, open & edit in Blockscan/Remix
- Hardhat-deploy (plugin) contract deployment survey
- revm v106: additional Glamsterdam support (EIP8037 & bal-devnet-3)
- x402 upto: authorize max amount & server settles actual amount at end of request
- ERC8211 smart batching info website & demo
- Application layer standards (ERCs):
Agents
- Austin Griffith ETHSkills: adds feedback mechanism
Security
- Denaria $165k exploit on Linea
All core devs (main protocol calls)
All core devs - execution (ACDE) #234
- Glamsterdam upgrade (targeting mid-2026):
- bal-devnet-3 launched
- epbs-devnet-1 multiple issues under investigation
- glamsterdam-devnet-0 (spec) targeting next week if epbs-devnet-1 stable otherwise continue with separate execution & consensus layer devnets
- Hegotá upgrade (targeting late-2026):
- Non-headliner EIP proposals open
- Account abstraction:
- Native account abstraction discussions & breakout planned
- ERC8221 wallet title deeds presentation (NFT controlled smart account)
- History pruning: minimum history retention period discussion (2 weeks - 1 year)
- Network upgrade Scheduled for Inclusion clarification proposal
Layer 1
- Glamsterdam upgrade (targeting mid-2026):
- Hegotá upgrade (targeting late-2026):
- FOCIL breakout #32
- Toni Wahrstätter: txdelay, view how long transactions take to be included
- Proximity prize: open problems in list decoding & correlated agreement
- Ethereum improvement proposals (EIPs):
Research
- Toni Wahrstätter: EIP8142 Block-in-Blobs overview
Staking
- Client diversity:
- Consensus layer: Lighthouse ~53% (data may not be accurate)
- Staking marketshare: Lido 23.2% [Note: dual governance]
- Validators: 921k active (target 128k), 12k accumulating (0x02 withdrawal credentials)
- Client releases:
- Execution layer:
- Paradigm Reth v2: 1.7 Gigagas/s performance, sparse trie cache, partial proofs, tiered storage & minimal mode; Snapshot tool: parallel streams, automatic resume & config generation
- Execution layer:
Layer 2
- Reminder: Public Goods Network (PGN) shutting down, claim funds before April 20
Regulation
- Roman Storm: acquittal hearing
- Free Roman Storm campaign
- White House Council of Economic Advisers: stablecoin yield prohibition would do little to protect bank lending, while forgoing consumer benefits
- Paradigm GENIUS Act rulemaking tracker
- Bank of Canada: DeFi lending report, study of lending on Aave v3
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority: Anchorpoint (Standard Chartered joint venture) & HSBC granted stablecoin issuer licences
General
- Drift (Solana) $285M exploit background, attackers met team in person at conferences over 6 months & deposited $1M
- Awaken Tax (crypto tax tool) unauthorized activity, be alert for social engineering
- Security Alliance (SEAL): DPRK fake Microsoft Teams & Zoom calls
- Anthropic Claude Mythos preview cybersecurity capabilities
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