A plain English recap of the latest research + development in Ethereum from July 6th, - July 13, 2025

📈 Ethereum Eco Hits ATH in TPS 🤝 EF Completes 10k ETH OTC Sale to SharpLink 📢 Binji Joins the Ethereum Foundation 💰 Stolen GMX Funds Returned

🌱 Changes to "EcoDev" By Ethereum Foundation 🔓 L2 Privacy + Interop Unlock with ERC-7930 & 7828 Merge 🥩 Robinhood Adds ETH Staking

💎 BTCS Raises Its ETH Funding Target to $225M ❄️ FROST Multi-Sig Unlock From Safe{Wallet} ⚠️ GMX Suffers Smart Contract Exploit

✂️ All Ethereum Clients Now Support History Pruning ⚡️ Base Enables 200ms Flashblocks on Mainnet 💎 Multiple Purchases from ETH Treasury Companies

🐂 BitDigital Pivot From BTC, Acquiring 100k ETH 🌪️ U.S. Government Drops Tornado Cash Lawsuit ✉️ Email-as-ENS Introduced

💪 Erigon Client Upgrade 🧑‍🔬 Ethereum Foundation Research Weekly Roundup 🤝 Taiko + Nethermind Strategic Partnership

📈 Ethereum Mainnet Hits ATH in Stablecoins. Active Addresses, Transactions 💪 Besu Client Upgrade ⛺️ Across V4 Goes Live + Much More Below!

🍴 New Forkcast Site Explains Headliner EIPs 🧑‍🔬 "Research Problem Database" From Flashbots ✈️ Aerodrome Pool Launcher Announced + Much More Below! 🧵

🛖 Builder Studio in SF, Ethereum House, Announced 💎 SharpLink Buys More $ETH 🎁 Aligned Releases its Products Suite

🤝 Robinhood Partners with Arbitrum on Tokenized Stocks + its own Orbit Chain 💎 Tom Lee & BitMine buy $250M ETH, Begin Ethereum Treasury Strategy 🔄 Velodrome launches Superswaps, bringing seamless swaps across the OP Superchain + Much more below! 🧵

Ethereum could soon be twice as fast, with 6-second slots Wallets and tools are becoming simpler and more unified Ethereum’s network is getting faster, safer, and harder to censor New proposals tackle cross-chain security and long-term scalability