Bhutan became the first nation to anchor its national digital identity system on Ethereum, with the launch ceremony attended by Aya Miyaguchi and Vitalik Buterin.

Impact: Establishes a real-world, government-backed identity use case onchain, signaling institutional adoption of Ethereum for public infrastructure.

0xbow introduced a PoA mechanism that lets users prove their Tornado Cash withdrawals are not linked to illicit activity without sacrificing privacy.

Impact: Could reduce arbitrary blacklisting and enable compliant privacy-preserving flows for users and apps.

ZKsync announced a collaborative initiative with Citi, Deutsche Bank, Mastercard and 30+ institutions to explore private, incorruptible systems connected as one network.

Impact: Positions ZKsync as a leading venue for privacy-focused institutional experiments that could expand Ethereum’s financial footprint.

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Ethereum Everywhere opened a co-working and community space in London at Encode Club, drawing a full house to kick off the hub.

Impact: Strengthens grassroots developer coordination and education for the Ethereum ecosystem in a major global city.

Security Alliance rolled out a new tool enabling advanced users and security researchers to report and analyze crypto phishing campaigns.

Impact: Improves community defenses and incident response around Ethereum security threats.

BitMine reported holdings including 3,032,188 ETH at $4,154 per ETH, including a purchase of 200k ETH last week.

Impact: Large treasury accumulation underscores institutional-scale exposure to ETH and may influence market liquidity and sentiment.

Octant announced a program to support sustainability for creators in the Ethereum ecosystem following feedback from recent epochs.

Impact: Could channel funding and resources to content and public-goods creators, strengthening community output.

Giza launched ARMA on Arbitrum, advertising autonomous yield strategies and bonus incentives via DRIP Season.

Impact: Expands the design space for automated yield and strategy tooling across Ethereum’s L2 stack.

GrowThePie reported that Celo currently leads all L2s in active addresses based on recent onchain activity.

Impact: Highlights shifting user distribution across Ethereum L2s and signals momentum for mobile-first ecosystems.

Eugene Bulltime shared metrics asserting Lighter is now the fastest L2 on Ethereum with ~230M daily transactions and 20–65x larger volume than peers.

Impact: If sustained and independently verified, such throughput could reshape cost and UX expectations for L2s.

Facet announced “Unstoppable Sequencing” in partnership with Spire Labs and linked a technical article for deeper details.

Impact: Aims to harden L2 sequencing against censorship or downtime, improving reliability for rollup users.

Artizen explained its use of Revnets, built on Juicebox, to fund creators and sustain human creativity.

The latest edition covers EF’s privacy initiatives, Kohaku wallet efforts, a major Privacy Pools UX update, EIP-7503 advocacy, and a Gitcoin privacy round.

This issue highlights paying contract developers with gas in Glamsterdam, agentic-economy explorations, a Foundry release with backtraces, and a new EF privacy initiative.

Brother Bing published an article discussing last-mile scalability and how the Mega L2 aims to deliver it.

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