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Ethereum’s All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this “Checkpoint” series aims for high-level updates roughly every 4-8 weeks, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the previous update here. If you enjoy reading core development updates, you may also be keen to learn that Forkcast now publishes call summaries, chats and transcripts for each All Core Dev (ACD) call and some breakout calls, usually available within a couple hours of the call. tl;dr: The Fusaka upgrade shipped alongside the ability to adjust blob parameters independently from fork cycles. The next upgrade, Glamsterdam, is…
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Mantle partners with Everclear to enable instant, frictionless wETH-to-mETH swaps across major Ethereum chains, eliminating traditional bridging. Mantle, the Ethereum Layer-2 solution, today announced a new collaboration with Everclear, introducing cross-chain asset settlement to the Mantle ecosystem that allows users to swap wETH from Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, or Polygon directly into mETH on Mantle, without traditional bridging friction. This integration addresses one of the most pressing challenges in multi-chain DeFi: liquidity fragmentation across multiple representations of the same asset.…
Ethereum just hit a 2.9m tx record, but on-chain data shows cheap address poisoning spam, not real demand, driving much of the activity after Fusaka. Summary Ethereum processed nearly 2.9m daily transactions, but ETH price barely reacted despite the all-time high in network activity. Research by Andrey Sergeenkov links the surge to large-scale address poisoning, with dusted stablecoin transfers inflating new-address and tx metrics. Lower post-Fusaka fees make spam and poisoning campaigns cheaper, weakening transaction counts as a proxy for true demand on Ethereum Ethereum processed nearly 2.9 million transactions in a single day last week, marking an all-time high…
Ethereum price hovering below a key breakout zone as a record share of its supply is locked in staking, tightening available liquidity. Summary Ethereum is consolidating below $3,400 as volatility contracts and momentum cools. Staked ETH has reached a record 30% of total supply, reducing circulating liquidity. Derivatives activity has slowed, pointing to caution rather than aggressive positioning. Ethereum was trading at $3,162 at press time, down 1.3% over the past 24 hours. Over the last week, the price has moved between $3,119 and $3,379. ETH is up about 3.6% over the past month after climbing back above $3,000, though…
The Ethereum (ETH) 4-hour chart is flashing warning signs as price hovers around a critical support zone. After months of sideways trading, ETH remains trapped in a consolidation, signaling weakening momentum amid uncertain broader market conditions. According to a crypto analyst, ETH’s 4-hour chart suggests that the cryptocurrency could be heading for a major price dump if buyers fail to regain control. Ethereum Price Chart Signals Major Crash Ahead A new market analysis by crypto expert Tyrex draws attention to a 4-hour chart, warning that ETH may be preparing for another price crash. Tyrex noted that Ethereum recently bottomed inside…
Summary Buterin argues most DAOs have devolved into token-controlled treasuries that are inefficient, vulnerable to whales, and far from Ethereum’s original governance vision. He highlights five core DAO use cases: robust oracles, on-chain dispute resolution, shared “safe lists,” rapid short-term funding, and long-term project maintenance. Vitalik proposes a convex/concave framework, private ZK voting, AI assistance (not control), and better communication tools to reduce capture, popularity contests, and decision fatigue. Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined proposals for restructuring decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, according to statements published by the developer. Vitalik Buterin says @ethereum has sacrificed…
Ethereum price is down while daily transactions now exceed 2021 peaks as cheap L2 data, stablecoin payments, and rising staking queues signal durable, non-speculative network demand. Summary Ethereum price is down, while daily transactions climbed from 1.8M to 2.1M in two weeks, eclipsing 2021 bull-cycle peaks while average fees sit near multi-year lows. Stablecoin payments, led by Tether’s USDT at roughly twice USDC’s volume, now dominate on-chain activity as Ethereum underpins mainstream settlement rails. Around 30% of ETH is staked, the validator exit queue is at zero, and 2.6M ETH is waiting to enter, signaling strong confidence despite Vitalik’s ‘bloat’…
Ethereum is showing signs of strength on two critical fronts at the same time. On-chain activity has climbed to record levels, reflecting heavier real usage across the network, while long-term technical structure is leaning towards upside continuation. Together, these signals suggest that Ethereum’s current phase may be more than just sideways movement, as underlying data points to sustained demand and constructive price behavior. Related Reading Ethereum Daily Transactions Reach New High Ethereum’s price action is turning bullish with a steady increase in recent days. Notably, on-chain data shows that this increase is on top of steady on-chain activity in recent…
Vitalik Buterin framed 2026 as the year Ethereum reverses a decade of convenience-first compromises. His thesis: the protocol stayed trustless, but the defaults drifted. Wallets outsourced verification to centralized RPCs.Decentralized applications became server-dependent behemoths that leak user data to dozens of endpoints. Block building is concentrated in the hands of a few sophisticated actors. The base layer held, but the experience became something else entirely.The response is a concrete menu of infrastructure fixes designed to make the trust-minimized path the easy path.Verified RPC clients that turn untrusted providers into locally verifiable endpoints. Private information retrieval to hide what users query…
More than 36 million ETH is now staked in Ethereum’s proof-of-stake system, close to 30% of the circulating supply and worth over $118 billion at recent prices.Graph showing the amount of ETH staked in the Ethereum network from Oct. 16, 2025, to Jan. 16, 2026 (Source: ValidatorQueue)That headline number sounds like a clean vote of confidence: holders are locking up their ETH to secure the network, collect yield, and signal they’re in no rush to sell. The trouble with using “confidence” as a metric is that it counts coins, not motivations, and it treats one whale the same as a…