# Ethereum Daily ~ October 18, 2025 *Your Daily Briefing on Ethereum News. * By [Ethereum Daily](https://paragraph.com/@ethereumdaily) · 2025-10-19 ethereum, daily, crypto, news --- 📰 Headlines ============ [**Huobi Founder Launching ETH DAT**](https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1979236609808629801) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Block reports that Li Lin and a group of Asia-based Ethereum backers plan a $1 billion ETH treasury firm and are exploring acquiring a Nasdaq-listed company. **Impact:** If finalized, a dedicated ETH treasury vehicle at this scale could add sustained buy-side demand and institutionalize ETH balance sheet management. [**Dankrad Leaves for Tempo**](https://twitter.com/dankrad/status/1979133618254405775) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dankrad Feist announced he’s joining Tempo, calling 2025 a turning point as crypto’s payments vision materializes. **Impact:** A high-profile EF researcher moving to an external venture may shift R&D focus and talent dynamics while broadening Ethereum-aligned work beyond the foundation. [**BETH Builder Grants Announced**](https://twitter.com/ethcforg/status/1979289856263245909) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ethereum Community Fund launched the first Proof-of-Burn grant round with $50,000 for projects growing the BETH ecosystem via adoption, tooling, or direct integrations. **Impact:** Targeted funding for BETH could accelerate developer experimentation around burn-based incentives and integrations. * * * _Today's issue of Ethereum Daily is Presented by_ [_Inflynce_](https://farcaster.xyz/miniapps/TrnTSlXGbRDg/inflynce) _Inflynce gives founders and builders distribution they need, while giving creators ability to monetize "attention" they have._ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/6ce84342e192f173cc8ff3301c481354bea2574ce737130c5a7186344b674d3c.png) * * * 🌐 Mainnet News =============== [**$5T Stablecoin Volume on ETH**](https://twitter.com/MilkRoadDaily/status/1979233973596492245) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Milk Road highlighted that Ethereum processed over $5 trillion in stablecoin transfer volume in Q3 for the first time ever, reportedly surpassing Visa and Mastercard for the period. **Impact:** Massive stablecoin settlement underscores Ethereum’s role as global value plumbing. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/2c170b131f033539db42867b04e9f161d4174bdfbd1d83b691c83e8ccd47bd53.png) 💎 ETH News =========== [**ETH Tops Major Assets Over 10 Years**](https://twitter.com/eth_everstake/status/1979228083136708852) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everstake highlighted ETH’s status as the best performing asset over the last ten years, with a ~+257,900% return from August 2015 to August 2025, outpacing Bitcoin’s ~+43,500%. **Impact:** The decade-long outperformance supports institutional theses for strategic ETH allocation. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/a850918abbbf61d65cf52ad4c1fd1972d601d4e313a4c4c601aad72dfde1ae19.png) [**VanEck Files for Lido Staked ETH ETF**](https://twitter.com/CryptoGucci/status/1979207526471045405) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @CryptoGucci flagged VanEck’s S-1 for a Lido staked Ethereum ETF alongside bullish comments from the firm’s CEO on building atop Ethereum. **Impact:** If approved, a staked ETH ETF could broaden access to yield-bearing ETH exposure for traditional investors. 📱 Application News =================== [**Health Protocol x zkSync Partnership**](https://twitter.com/0xHealthShared/status/1978868860898889794) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Health Protocol announced a collaboration with zkSync aimed at transforming global healthcare into a “Self-Care Economy.” **Impact:** Pairing health data and L2 scalability could unlock new patient-owned data models and payment flows. [**OpenSea to Launch SEA Token in Q1 2026**](https://twitter.com/dfinzer/status/1979200646763929835) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer said the marketplace crossed $2.6B monthly volume with 90% from token trading, and announced a Q1 2026 SEA token launch. **Impact:** Tokenization signals OpenSea’s pivot from “NFT marketplace” toward a broader “trade everything” stack, potentially realigning incentives for users and creators. [**Tether Unveils Wallet Developer Kit (WDK)**](https://twitter.com/Tether_to/status/1979156904409473464) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tether introduced an open-source toolkit for building self-custodial wallets supporting Bitcoin, Lightning, USD₮, XAU₮, USA₮ and more. **Impact:** Easier wallet development could spur more payment, savings, and swap apps that interoperate with ETH-based rails and stable assets. [**Moonwell Debuts USDC Ecosystem Vault on Base**](https://twitter.com/MoonwellDeFi/status/1979215911006695519) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moonwell introduced a USDC vault on Base built on Morpho and curated by Anthias to support long-term ecosystem growth, with deposits borrowable against WELL, staked WELL, and MAMO. **Impact:** Composable money markets on Base may deepen onchain liquidity and attract new capital to the Superchain. [**CODY Goes Live on World Chain**](https://twitter.com/codygame_com/status/1978874554316374353) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CODY announced availability for 35M+ users and upcoming status as one of the first Superchain ERC-20s across Base and World Chain. **Impact:** Onboarding a large audience to agentic onchain gaming could expand Ethereum’s consumer footprint. 🕊 Ethereum For Good ==================== [**MoonDAO “Inspiration4 Complex” Funding Call**](https://twitter.com/pablo_moncada_/status/1978944586631516620) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pablo Moncada-Larrotiz announced MoonDAO’s initiative at Space Camp and invited the community to help test new tools with small contributions. **Impact:** Grassroots funding experiments continue to test how DAOs can finance education and outreach. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/992d1305c6343d37a7a8ae3e305b3cf0857f02495d43155c4f22a7e8816cd58b.png) 🌿 Layer 2 News =============== [**Ecosystem Throughput Led by Base & Arbitrum**](https://twitter.com/growthepie_eth/status/1979143497006420262) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At the time of the 3,100 TPS ATH, Base contributed ~1,716 TPS and Arbitrum ~1,201.3 TPS, with Optimism, Unichain, and World Chain also active. **Impact:** L2 competition is driving aggregate throughput, validating Ethereum’s modular design for scaling. * * * 📫 Bonus Content ================ [**EigenAI Featured in Fortune**](https://twitter.com/sreeramkannan/status/1979239270805311542) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sreeram Kannan shared a Fortune piece by Adam Winnick arguing that a verifiable internet rests on verifiable data and verifiable compute. [**Onchain FX as Next Stablecoin Frontier**](https://twitter.com/haonan/status/1979187369787138292) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @Haonan shared an article arguing that onchain foreign exchange could be the next phase of stablecoin adoption. [**EF Researchers: Follow List + Thread**](https://twitter.com/apoorveth/status/1979304440596435415) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apoorv aggregated 100+ Ethereum Foundation contributors into a single Twitter list. Thanks for Reading Ethereum Daily ================================= For more Ethereum updates subscribe to Ethereum Daily and follow us on the social media platforms below. 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