Ethereum Observer #24

Ethereum Core Dev (ACD) & L1

1/ @nixorokish recaps ACDE #214 – protocol priorities, testnets, and roadmap chatter:

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This Thursday's ethereum protocol development call: ACDE #214
19 Jun 14:00 UTC

Last week in Berlin was insanely productive for core devs, expect a lot of conversation & energy! Also, new proposals for Glamsterdam headliners & progress on increasing the gas limit

2/ @ProtocolGuild shares membership updates – new members and refinements to the Guild's structure:

Protocol Guild

@ProtocolGuild

Last week we updated our membership onchain for the 12th consecutive quarter! Consistency is key

We now have 190 members working on shipping Ethereum's core protocol development roadmap

3/ @nixorokish posts a thread of ACD Appreciation – highlighting ongoing efforts from contributors:

nixo.eth 🦇🔊🥐

@nixorokish

ACD moderator appreciation post:

@timbeiko & @ralexstokes spend a not-insignificant amount of time preparing for & moderating ethereum's Thursday All Core Dev calls, balancing agenda items, moving things forward, and following up on open questions.

This week, core devs &

4/ Checkpoint #004 is live – @nixorokish details current protocol workstreams and ecosystem intersections:

nixo.eth 🦇🔊🥐

@nixorokish

Special interop edition of the Checkpoint series!

The Checkpoint posts are accessible updates to @ethereum core development.

This past week, core devs & researchers got together for an in-person hacking week during @BerBlockWeek and this is an inside look into what they did:

5/ @ethereumfndn donates to @rstormsf’s legal defense – support for open-source developers under legal threat:

Ethereum Foundation

@ethereumfndn

The EF is donating $500K to the legal defense of Roman Storm, and we will match up to a further $750K in donations from the community.

Privacy is normal, and writing code is not a crime.

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6/ @VitalikButerin highlights @Etherealize_io’s report on Ethereum fundamentals and positioning:

vitalik.eth

@VitalikButerin

Fixed.

7/ @ethereumJoseph dives deeper into the ETH-as-Digital-Oil narrative and broader implications:

Joseph Lubin

@ethereumJoseph

This is a very strong piece of work in so many ways. Well articulated thesis. Good level of detail on Ethereum. And clear implications drawn re ETH as a global reserve currency and fuel that powers the future increasingly decentralized economy.

There is much to appreciate in

Etherealize

@Etherealize_io

The stars are aligning for ETH:

$1.25bn ETF inflows over 19 straight days

Adoption as a treasury asset

Price turnaround (+100% from lows)

Institutions are noticing.

We’ve come together to tell the world why.

Introducing ETH: Digital Oil for the Digital Economy

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8/ @Etherealize_io weighs in on upcoming U.S. stablecoin legislation – momentum building in Congress:

Etherealize

@Etherealize_io

The stablecoin bill is on the brink of becoming law

This enshrines blockchains as part of core US infrastructure

This also marks the biggest adoption moment - and the biggest catalyst - for ETH in recent history

Here’s why TradFi will land on ETH as the stablecoin play:

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9/ @Consensys appears on a major panel at @dappcon_berlin – discussing Ethereum’s institutional path:

Consensys.eth

@Consensys

In a fireside chat at @dappcon_berlin, @ethereumJoseph spoke with @VitalikButerin, @robinhanson, and @koeppelmann about money, prediction markets, and governance.

10/ @fileverse debuts decentralized spreadsheets – with token APIs, graph tools, and more:

Fileverse

@fileverse

Introducing: dsheets.new

Decentralized spreadsheets made for the global economy & open Internet

11/ @safe unveils new research initiatives – secure multisigs and custody topics explored:

Safe.eth

@safe

We're proud to announce Safe Research - our dedicated R&D team at @safe to push forward the cypherpunk self custody stack.

Our mission?

Secure, censorship-resistant, and private smart accounts — without compromise.

Here’s our manifesto

12/ @eigenlayer introduces EigenCloud – decentralized compute infrastructure for Ethereum:

EigenCloud

@eigenlayer

The evolution is here. The age of verifiable apps has begun.

Introducing EigenCloud, a platform for verifiable apps, services, and AI, built on EigenLayer, secured by the EIGEN token.

Crypto has spent a decade building trustless infrastructure.

Now it's time to build on it.

13/ @austingriffith shows how to build a full Ethereum app in just 8 minutes – via Scaffold-ETH:

Austin Griffith

@austingriffith

Build an app on Ethereum in 8 minutes:

14/ @EFNextBillion launches Cohort #5 and shares new program updates from the field:

EF Next Billion

@EFNextBillion

We’re excited to announce new Next Billion Fellows and share updates from our alumni!

blog.ethereum.org/2025/06/16/wor…

Meet Cohort #5 Fellows

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blog.ethereum.org

World Experience: Updates from the Next Billion Fellowship | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Next Billion Fellowship Program Update - New Stories, New Fellows

15/ @base brings @jpmorgan onchain – continued push toward institutional DeFi:

Base

@base

J.P. Morgan is bringing banking onchain.

Kinexys by @jpmorgan is launching JPMD, a USD deposit token for institutional clients, on Base.

It will be the first token of its kind on a public blockchain, enabling fast, secure, 24/7 money movement between trusted parties.

16/ @Memento_Bc shares that their platform is being built with institutions, for institutions, including @DeutscheBank:

Memento

@Memento_Bc

Memento ZK Chain: The world's first live blockchain built WITH institutions, FOR institutions!

Co-authored with @DeutscheBank & @axelar, our DAMA 2 interim report explains how we enable compliant tokenization of funds, stablecoins & RWAs.

$DEXTF

bit.ly/PR_DAMA2_Inter…

17/ @alignedlayer drops the latest ZK Newsflash – hardware acceleration, latency benchmarks, and more:

Aligned

@alignedlayer

ZK-Newsflash!

Here are the latest ZK and Ethereum highlights from June 5th to 11th — presented by @BJ_Dyakov.

@ethereumfndn invites you to celebrate the 10th anniversary of @Ethereum's genesis block.

We shared our thoughts on why we are building on @Ethereum.

18/ @NathanSexer posts a calendar of major Ethereum events for 2025 – also available on @Fileverse:

Nathan Sexer | nethan.eth 🧉

@NathanSexer

These events are also synced on: ethereum.org/en/community/e…

And hosted on @fileverse:

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