The Ethereum Foundation announced a new privacy initiative and outlined a commitment to work with the ecosystem to make privacy a priority for everyone.

Impact: Signals resourcing toward privacy-preserving research and tooling on Ethereum mainnet and beyond.

Polygon shared details of its Rio upgrade focused on near instant finality and a path to 5k TPS.

Impact: Prepares Polygon’s ecosystem for higher throughput and smoother developer migration ahead of future roadmap milestones.

MiniPay began rolling out virtual USD and EUR accounts inside its wallet, powered by Noah.

Impact: Expands fiat on/off features for creators and freelancers to get paid globally while staying connected to Ethereum rails.

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Succinct unveiled privacy-preserving proof generation that leverages its Prover Network to scale ZK workloads.

Impact: Lowers the cost and friction of generating zero-knowledge proofs, enabling more private onchain applications.

Ethereum’s official account posted a roundup thread covering the most notable ecosystem announcements last month.

Impact: Provides a single reference for recent mainnet progress and integrations helpful to track momentum.

Linda Xie shared that the Ethereum documentary will stream on Amazon Prime Video soon.

Impact: Broadens mainstream exposure to Ethereum’s history and values through a major streaming platform.

BuidlGuidl posted the recap site for Batch #20 with projects built using Scaffold-ETH 2 and smart contracts.

Impact: Showcases hands-on developer education that feeds new builders and apps back into the mainnet ecosystem.

Bit Digital disclosed a large ETH purchase, bringing its total holdings to roughly 150,244 ETH.

Impact: Institutional treasury accumulation underscores ETH’s role as a strategic asset for public crypto companies.

Coinbase announced that DEX trading is officially live for all U.S. users except New York, with more assets, networks, and countries coming.

Impact: Brings decentralized trading to a large retail user base through a familiar interface, increasing onchain liquidity access.

MetaMask said perps trading is now live inside its mobile wallet, with rewards on the way.

Impact: Puts derivatives access directly into a leading self-custody wallet, compressing the path from wallet to advanced trading.

Keyrock introduced the USDC Vault as the first Vault V2 on Morpho, targeting smarter yield and dynamic allocation across Morpho protocols.

Impact: Deepens liquidity and yield options for DeFi users while showcasing Morpho’s evolving vault architecture.

1inch introduced a business-focused offering aimed at institutions and enterprises.

Impact: Signals growing infrastructure for professional users who require compliant routing, analytics, and execution.

PistachioFi announced Apple Pay deposits with no fees so users can fund wallets in one tap and start earning, built on Base.

Impact: Lowers onboarding friction for newcomers and speeds up funding flows into onchain apps.

Poscidon DAO shared funding progress for chronic kidney disease research ($70k) and development of an AI biomarker discovery tool with Motif.

Impact: Highlights Ethereum-enabled public goods funding directed at real‑world biomedical research.

Reports indicated Starknet reached an all‑time high in user operations per second following the POW onchain game launch.

Impact: Demonstrates tangible throughput under real usage, informing L2 performance expectations for app builders.

A quick thread shared first impressions of Lighter.xyz’s contracts, noting a design reminiscent of zkSync and earlier dYdX.

Impact: Early third‑party review suggests promising rollup‑centric architecture with clear tradeoffs versus hyperchains.

Hildobby reported that World Chain now accounts for 27% of blob data posted to Ethereum mainnet.

Impact: Suggests rapid growth in World Chain activity and rising blob demand, which could influence blob fees and data availability planning on Ethereum.

Codex PBC said Bybit became the first Tier‑1 exchange to integrate Codex Chain for seamless stablecoin flows.

Impact: Bridges CEX liquidity with onchain settlement rails, improving capital efficiency for users.

@ready4merge released the debut episode of its live podcast covering Ethereum and Bitcoin core development, with the full recording available across major platforms and a replay link shared in‑thread.

William Mougayar published a plain‑English breakdown of Ethereum’s upcoming Fusaka upgrade that explains data distribution improvements such as PeerDAS and why it matters for node efficiency.

The Block reported that the UK’s financial regulator lifted its retail ban on crypto exchange‑traded notes, opening access to the product class.

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