Google Cloud announced the Agent Payments Protocol in partnership with the Ethereum Foundation, Coinbase, EigenLayer, and others.

Impact: The collaboration spotlights mainstream infrastructure players coordinating on an onchain payments standard that could accelerate agentic finance use cases.

Mantle executed an upgrade to become the first OP stack rollup to switch to using zk technology and the largest zk-rollup in TVL ($2 billion) across the entire Ethereum ecosystem,

Impact: The upgrade targets stronger security guarantees and faster finality, potentially improving user experience and developer confidence.

The Columbia–Ethereum Research Center on Blockchain Protocol Design was announced in partnership with the Ethereum Foundation, Columbia Engineering, and Tim Roughgarden.

Impact: The collaboration brings academic rigor to protocol research and signaled sustained investment in Ethereum’s long-term design.

Christine Kim recapped the All Core Devs – Consensus Call #165, highlighting a new tentative target of Mainnet launch of the Fusaka upgrade on December 3rd.

Impact: Summaries like this keep client teams and the wider community aligned on timelines and scope for upcoming upgrades.

Leon Waidmann highlighted Ethereum’s dominance in total circulating stablecoin supply, via data by Grow The Pie.

Impact: Continued stablecoin primacy reinforces Ethereum’s role as foundational settlement infrastructure for dollar liquidity.

Dune published its 2025 report covering real-world assets activity, trends, and metrics across Ethereum and adjacent ecosystems.

Impact: Consolidated RWA analytics give builders and institutions a data backbone for evaluating growth, liquidity, and protocol performance.

Per The Block, the SEC approved listing standards for crypto ETFs.

Impact: Clearer listing pathways accelerate ETF approvals and expand regulated market access for crypto exposure in the U.S.

Vitalik Buterin outlined an updated Ethereum roadmap during EDCON, highlighting a short-term focus on increasing the L1 gas limit while preserving decentralization, block-level access lists, ZK-EVMs, and more.

Impact: Clarified priorities can guide client teams and researchers, aligning community expectations around upcoming protocol work.

Everstake reported that ETH exchange-traded funds have crossed $200 billion in total volume since launch.

Impact: Sustained ETF activity signals deepening institutional and retail participation around ETH exposure.

Syndicate’s SYND community token launch went live on Aerodrome, becoming the 2nd highest token by volume on Base behind only WETH.

Impact: The novel token launch enables community participation and liquidity formation around SYND.

Morpho announced new USDC lending integration with up to 10% yield on the Coinbase app in partnership with Steakhouse Financial.

Impact: Coinbase users now have native access to Morpho’s onchain USDC markets, potentially boosting liquidity and lending activity.

Immutable announced a new Mobile Gaming Division to accelerate the development and distribution of crypto-enabled mobile titles.

Impact: A dedicated mobile push can expand Ethereum’s gaming addressable market and onboard mainstream players via familiar platforms.

Gauntlet shipped a mini app on Base to extend access to three of their defi vaults at launch.

Impact: This expands Gauntlet’s distribution to more users and protocols on Base.

Layer 2 networks collectively processed over 25 million daily transactions, marking a new throughput milestone across the Ethereum scaling ecosystem.

Impact: Higher capacity and demand on L2s signal growing adoption of Ethereum’s scaling stack and increased room for onchain activity.

Messari data shows Base leading aggregate onchain activity metrics among major networks.

Impact: Sustained traction can attract more developers and liquidity to Base’s app ecosystem.

Arbitrum’s circulating stablecoin supply reached a new all-time high above $9 billion, reflecting rising liquidity on the rollup.

Impact: Greater stablecoin depth can tighten spreads and improve capital efficiency for apps and users on the network.

L2Beat released an update introducing Ecosystem Pages to better navigate and compare projects across the Ethereum scaling landscape.

Impact: Clearer categorization and discovery tools can help users and researchers track L2 progress, risks, and adoption trends more effectively.

Michał Moneta detailed how crypto is helping Venezuelans access a fairer financial system during severe bolivar inflation.

Impact: Documented real-world use cases highlight financial inclusion benefits in high-inflation environments.

A report indicated that Vietnam froze approximately 86 million bank accounts due to biometric verification requirements.

A new episode of The Rollup featuring Justin Drake was released.

The Rage reported that Canadian Police seized $56 million from the TradeOgre exchange without official charges.

DeSciWorld shared a roundup covering decentralized science updates.

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