# Observer, #11 - 19 Mar 2025

> The post-pi-day edition

**Published by:** [The Observer](https://paragraph.com/@observer/)
**Published on:** 2025-03-19
**Categories:** ethereum, observer, blockchain, news
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@observer/11

## Content

Welcome to Observer #11This is a brief weekly roundup of Ethereum and wider industry news and headlines. Find this week's link-list below, and comment if you'd like to join and help build this out! Now subscribable via @paragraph_xyz!Core Development (ACD) & L11/ @parithosh_j The Hoodi testnet is ALIVE parithosh | 🐼👉👈🐼 @parithosh_j The new testnet Hoodi is live! The testnet is aimed at being a stable location for staking operators and infra providers to test on. Holesky Validators and Staking providers (deprecated) Sepolia: App and tool dev Hoodi: Validators and Staking providers blog.ethereum.org/2025/03/18/hoo… 107 9:48 AM • Mar 19, 2025 2/ @nixorokish ACDC #153 Agenda and more nixo.eth 🦇🔊🥐 @nixorokish 1/5 Ethereum's regular Thursday protocol development call: ACD Consensus #153 20 Mar 14:00 UTC Light agenda, I expect this one to be relatively 'routine'. New testnet launched, *approximate* timing for Pectra on mainnet, PeerDAS & blob scaling updates, other Fusaka things 67 2:39 PM • Mar 18, 2025 3/ @christine_dkim ACDE #207 takeaways Christine Kim @christine_dkim ACDE #207 podcast takeaways: podcasts.apple.com ACDE #207: Hoodi & Chill Podcast Episode · Infinite Jungle · 03/18/2025 · 44m 2 11:37 AM • Mar 18, 2025 4/ @barnabemonnot w/ latest from EF Research barnabe.eth @barnabemonnot Quick updates this week! 62 1:29 PM • Mar 14, 2025 L25/ @Celo Gets an @Aave v3 launch Celo.eth 🦇 🌳 @Celo The wait is over... @aave v3 has finally arrived on Celo! Following the Aave community's unanimous vote in favor of proposal 269 to activate Aave v3.3 on Celo, the borrowing & lending protocol is now live What does this mean for the Celo community? Keep reading ↓ 210 12:37 PM • Mar 17, 2025 6/ @OffchainLabs Intros Onchain Labs to scale infra Offchain Labs @OffchainLabs Introducing Onchain Labs, in partnership with @arbitrum. While we continue to innovate scaling infra, today we also look to empower the Arbitrum app layer. 665 12:17 PM • Mar 17, 2025 7/ @taikoxyz Grants cycle #3! Taiko.eth 🥁 @taikoxyz Taiko Grants Cycle 3 is here! $25M in funding for devs, researchers & builders in DeFi, AI, RWA, SocialFi, Gaming & beyond! Applicants may also qualify for Taiko Takeoff, our initiative to fund projects & create new opportunities for the Taiko community. Learn more! 1/ 32 9:00 AM • Mar 19, 2025 8/ @eldoradoio 1mm downloads for stablecoin payment app on @arbitrum El Dorado P2P @eldoradoio ¡Nueva meta desbloqueada! Nuestra app ha superado 1 MILLÓN de descargas en la Play Store. Seguimos acelerando la adopción de @Tether_to y @arbitrum en LATAM gracias a una experiencia intuitiva. ¡Vamos por más! 74 12:33 PM • Mar 12, 2025 Ecosystem9/ @Dune w/ the state of Stablecoins Dune @Dune 1/ Stablecoins are reshaping finance Explore all insights, market trends, asset deep dives, and more in "The State of Stablecoins 2025"— a comprehensive report by Dune & @artemis Link at the end of the thread 626 9:00 AM • Mar 18, 2025 10/ @alignedlayer Latest Zk Newsflash! Aligned @alignedlayer ZK-Newsflash! Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space from March 7th to 12th — presented by @BJ_Dyakov. @Starknet posted its vision & plan to become the first Layer 2 to settle on both Bitcoin & @ethereum. @NexusLabs announced the third iteration 36 4:26 PM • Mar 14, 2025 11/ @ethereumfndn EF App Builders Space #5 TODAY Ethereum Foundation @ethereumfndn Ethereum App Builders X Space #5 – Tomorrow at 3 PM UTC (11 AM EST)! Shifting focus to wallets & accounts this time - @Ledger on ERC-7730: Making transactions human-readable - @Alchemy on accounts: Insights on ERC-7702 & building with 4337 Set a reminder x.com/i/spaces/1yNxa… 262 1:11 PM • Mar 18, 2025 12/ @sassal0x Latest @thedailygwei sassal.eth/acc 🦇🔊 @sassal0x The latest @thedailygwei Refuel is ready for your consumption! Today's topics: - Core dev updates - Ether Guild introduced - State of crypto - and much more Watch youtu.be/W7RF4ux7XV0 202 7:55 AM • Mar 17, 2025 13/ @EF_ESP Extends academic grants round EF Ecosystem Support Program @EF_ESP Big ideas need time, so we're giving you more We've extended the deadline for the 2025 Academic Grants Round to March 23, 23:59 AoE! Take your research to the next level and apply now esp.ethereum.foundation/academic-grants 319 10:50 PM • Mar 14, 2025 14/ @ethereum Latest news from @rue1776 Ethereum.org @ethereum 0/ Updates from the last two weeks in the Ethereum ecosystem, a guest thread by Ethereum Daily creator @Rue1776 I’m thrilled to share this thread to recap the most notable updates & announcements from Ethereum builders over the last few weeks 1,112 6:39 PM • Mar 14, 2025 15/ @HardhatHQ V3 Alpha is alive! Hardhat @HardhatHQ Announcing Hardhat 3 alpha release We introduced Solidity tests, rewrote the performance critical components in Rust, added multichain support across the board, implemented OP Stack simulation, revamped the build system, modernized our TS CLI and plugin system, and a lot 442 7:58 AM • Feb 24, 2025 16/ @Rue1776 Ethereum Daily Ethereum Daily @Rue1776 ~ Ethereum Daily ~ March 18th, 2025 Hoodi Testnet Goes Live @Obol_Collective Incentives Program Launched @sparkdotfi Tokenization Grand Prix Winners Announced @Coinbase Verified Pools via @Uniswap And Much More in the Thread Below! 10 12:25 AM • Mar 19, 2025 17/ @TheDRC_ DRC Q1/2 Reg Agenda Decentralization Research Center @TheDRC_ U.S. policymakers will pass laws in the next two years that will set the course of the crypto industry’s future for decades to come. Before they do, we need them to understand why incentivizing decentralization is critical to the crypto industry’s success and how to account for 179 11:00 AM • Mar 18, 2025 Events18/ @BerkeleyRDI Hosted d/acc day at @ethereumsf, watch here UC Berkeley RDI @BerkeleyRDI Excited to announce <d/acc day> at @UCBerkeley—hosted by @BerkeleyRDI and @ethereumsf. Join @VitalikButerin, @dawnsongtweets for an in-depth discussion on d/acc #decentralization #ai. Hear from brilliant minds incl. @juanbenet @mljmljmlj @DavideCrapis and many others on AI, 42 12:11 PM • Mar 12, 2025 19/ @Interopolis Interopolis: A community interop event Interopolis @Interopolis Calling all researchers & philosophers: Interop is complex. It requires deep collaboration between teams solving fundamental challenges across networks. Enter Interopolis: a focused, application-only onsite for the interop community. May 22-23, 2025, Athens 35 12:44 PM • Mar 18, 2025 20/ @NathanSexer 2025 Events, also on @Fileverse Nathan Sexer | nethan.eth @NathanSexer These events are also synced on: ethereum.org/en/community/e… And hosted on @fileverse: docs.fileverse.io dDocs | Privacy-enhancing Alternative to Google Docs Decentralized Docs: peer-to-peer document editor that keeps your data secure with end-to-end encryption. Real-time collaboration, onchain. Start collaborating privately now! 17 10:34 AM • Jan 28, 2025 Want to get involved? Simply comment below or DM, and we'll get to work! Thanks everyone, and see you next week. 🐼

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