Ethereum News
SharpLink Gaming Set to Tokenize Its Equity on Ethereum With Superstate
The Ethereum-focused treasury firm is also exploring compliant trading of tokenized shares on decentralized markets as part of its partnership with Superstate.
The Web Needs a Better Model
Dominated by platform giants like Amazon and Google, the internet has strayed from Web3’s original vision of decentralization, but innovations like state channels now offer a path back by enabling fast, secure, peer-to-peer interactions without trusted intermediaries, says Alexis Sirkia of Yellow Network.
The Protocol: Ethereum Developers Target December for Fusaka Hard Fork
Also: Plasma to Launch Mainnet This Week, New Liquid Staking Token for XRP Holders, and ICP Bets Big on AI Tech Stack.
Tom Lee’s BitMine Sells Stock at $70 to Raise Additional $365M for ETH Treasury
BitMine disclosed holdings of 2.4 million ETH and raised $365 million in a premium stock sale, highlighting investor demand for ether exposure through public markets.
Ethereum Developers Set Fusaka Upgrade for December, Ahead of Blob Capacity Boosts
The rollout continues Ethereum’s scaling drive, following March’s Dencun blobs debut and May’s Pectra upgrade.
The Protocol: ETH Exit Queue Gridlocks As Validators Pile Up
Also: DeFi’s Future on Ethereum, EF Creates dAI team, and Amex Blockchain-Based Travel Stamps.
Hex Trust Adds Custody and Staking for Lido’s stETH, Expanding Institutional Access to Ethereum Rewards
Integration offers one-click staking and liquidity for institutional investors through Hex Trust’s platform.
Ethereum Faces Validator Bottleneck With 2.5M ETH Awaiting Exit
The backlog pushed exit wait times to more than 46 days on Monday, the longest in Ethereum’s short staking history, dashboards show. The last peak, in August, put the exit queue at 18 days.
Is Ethereum’s DeFi Future on L2s? Liquidity, Innovation Say Perhaps Yes
Ethereum is in the midst of a paradox. Even as ether hit record highs in late August, decentralized finance (DeFi) activity on Ethereum’s layer-1 (L1) looks muted compared to its peak in late 2021. Meanwhile, layer-2 (L2) networks like Arbitrum and Base are booming, with billions in total value locked (TVL).
Ethereum Foundation Starts New AI Team to Support Agentic Payments
Research scientist Davide Crapis announced a new EF unit focused on AI payments, coordination and standards like ERC-8004 to ensure decentralized, verifiable infrastructure.
