The Ethereum Foundation announced a Decentralized AI (dAI) team that will research and build tools at the intersection of AI and Ethereum to strengthen both infrastructure and applications.

Impact: Establishing a dedicated AI unit could accelerate Ethereum’s role in AI-native protocols, expand developer tooling, and encourage new categories of decentralized applications.

Boundless deployed its platform to Ethereum mainnet, opening production-level access for users and partners to interact with its onchain services.

Impact: Launching on mainnet enables real economic activity, fosters ecosystem integrations, and validates the project beyond test environments.

The Ethereum community marked the three-year anniversary of The Merge, the historic upgrade that transitioned the network from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake on September 15, 2022.

Impact: The anniversary underscores Ethereum’s multi-year stability under proof-of-stake, boosting confidence in its sustainability, security, and long-term roadmap.

Etherealize released an institutional report offering updated research and analysis on Ethereum’s ecosystem, staking, and adoption trends.

Impact: Such reports provide data for large investors to make allocation decisions, potentially influencing capital inflows into ETH.

All Core Devs Testing call #53 reviewed DevNet-5 fork tests, client bug fixes for Nimbus, Nethermind, and Teku, plus simulation and execution-layer updates.

Impact: Ongoing testing and client improvements reduce risks around future upgrades and strengthen network reliability.

Samonchain introduced the updated mission and roadmap for Privacy Stewards of Ethereum, who aim to make strong privacy defaults across the network.

Impact: Standardizing privacy protections could broaden Ethereum’s use in institutional and consumer applications requiring confidentiality.

The Devcon team announced 14 new Community Hubs for the Ethereum World Fair to expand local programming and community involvement.

Impact: The hubs provide new entry points for grassroots participation, education, and contributor growth.

Grow The Pie shared updated data showing how weekly active addresses are distributed across user segments.

Impact: Tracking address activity composition helps developers and investors understand which cohorts are driving onchain usage.

BitMine disclosed that it purchased an additional $370 million worth of ETH, further expanding its holdings.

Impact: Large-scale institutional ETH buys can influence liquidity, price stability, and market sentiment.

Onchain Foundation released a research report analyzing Ethereum’s liquidity conditions across exchanges and DeFi protocols.

Impact: Better understanding of liquidity informs trading strategies, risk management, and institutional entry into ETH.

Leon Waidmann shared the latest data snapshot on institutional adoption of ETH, covering custody, staking, and derivatives markets.

Impact: Monitoring institutional adoption offers insight into demand trends that shape ETH’s market depth and use in financial products.

@BrantlyMillegan highlighted comparative data showing ETH outperforming BTC across multiple time horizons.

Impact: Demonstrated relative strength supports ETH’s narrative as a leading digital asset and may shift allocation strategies.

Ethereum House announced an upcoming Institutional Day dedicated to Ethereum-focused education and networking.

Impact: Such events can accelerate institutional engagement and spark new collaborations within the ecosystem.

PayPal announced plans to enable peer-to-peer payments of ETH and BTC directly within its platform.

Impact: Adding Ethereum support expands mainstream exposure and provides a seamless onramp for new users.

Aragon introduced Capital Distributor, an automated system for distributing onchain rewards and incentives.

Impact: Automating incentive distribution reduces overhead for DAOs and protocols while ensuring transparent allocation.

American Express launched onchain passport stamps on Base to enhance customer identity and loyalty engagement.

Impact: A Fortune 500 corporation deploying on Ethereum signals enterprise confidence in onchain identity applications.

Polymarket introduced a feature allowing prediction markets on corporate earnings outcomes.

Impact: Expanding prediction markets to financial events increases liquidity and broadens use cases for decentralized forecasting.

Paragraph announced it is absorbing the Mirror publishing platform to unify its web3 publishing ecosystem.

Impact: Consolidation could streamline tools for creators and concentrate distribution under one platform.

ENS contributor Joel Thorst shared details of Simple Page v1.5.0, introducing new customization features for ENS users.

Impact: Expanded features improve visibility, usability, and personal branding for ENS domain holders.

Beefy and Brevis announced a reward distribution program deployed on Linea to incentivize liquidity and participation.

Impact: Coordinated incentives can increase TVL and attract new users to Linea’s ecosystem.

Omni Network revealed a rebrand to “Nomina” as part of its evolving identity strategy.

Impact: A refreshed brand can reposition the project and clarify its mission to developers and partners.

ENS and Grails Market invited community feedback to shape upcoming marketplace features.

Impact: Early stakeholder input helps ensure product-market alignment and transparent governance.

The Donut DAO and CoWSwap launched a campaign offering $75 incentives for user research interviews.

Impact: Paid feedback campaigns provide product teams with valuable insights to improve design and usability.

At Base Camp 2025, Jesse Pollak announced that Base is considering the launch of a token to expand its ecosystem.

Impact: A native token could incentivize contributors, fund ecosystem growth, and strengthen community alignment.

Former Head of Crypto at Stripe, John Egan, joined Polygon as its first Chief Product Officer to oversee product strategy and execution.

Impact: Senior leadership may accelerate Polygon’s roadmap and improve its developer experience.

Arbitrum reached an all-time high in circulating stablecoin supply on its network.

Impact: Increased stablecoin liquidity strengthens DeFi activity and transactional throughput on Arbitrum.

Arbitrum also recorded an all-time high in stablecoin transfer volume.

Impact: High transaction volume indicates growing demand for payments, trading, and settlement on the network.

Starknet finalized integration enabling Bitcoin staking within its ecosystem.

Impact: Adding BTC staking expands Starknet’s functionality and may attract cross-asset users.

@0xZammy shared updated metrics highlighting Abstrac's latest user, TVL, and performance data.

Impact: Transparent metrics allow the community to track growth and identify areas for optimization.

Mantle and Succinct partnered to run a POAP campaign for users that transact on the L2 after the upcoming upgrade to a zk validity rollup.

Impact: Rewarding participation with POAPs strengthens community engagement and loyalty.

Base announced a new crosschain bridge with Solana to enable liquidity and asset transfers.

Impact: Expanding connectivity between ecosystems increases liquidity flows and broadens user access.

Aztec revealed the winners of its Adversarial Testnet competition.

Impact: Testing under adversarial conditions strengthens network security ahead of mainnet launch.

Tom Teman published a blog post discussing the value and importance of trustlessness.

@wslyvh compiled a roundup of privacy-related developments in Ethereum.

DeSciWorld shared a roundup covering decentralized science updates.

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