# Ethereum Daily: Weekly Edition

> Your Weekly Briefing on Ethereum News: October 5th - 12th, 2025

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**Published on:** 2025-10-12
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📰 HeadlinesZKSync’s Unveils Atlas UpgradeZKSync introduced Atlas for the ZK Stack, featuring a 15K+ TPS sequencer, 1-second ZK finality via Airbender, and $0.0001 proving cost per transfer. Impact: Positions ZKSync as a high-throughput, near-instant finality layer for onchain apps and rollups.Ethereum Foundation Forms Privacy ClusterThe 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.Grayscale Enables ETH Staking on U.S.-Listed Spot ETFsGrayscale said its Ethereum Mini Trust ETF and Ethereum Trust ETF are the first U.S.-listed spot crypto ETPs to enable staking. Impact: Introduces staking yield to regulated ETF wrappers, potentially increasing institutional demand for ETH.Today's issue of Ethereum Daily is Presented by Shutter. Since 2020, more than $1.8 billion has been drained from Ethereum users through Maximal Extractable Value (MEV), much of it from malicious tactics like front running and sandwich attacks. We’re on a mission to encrypt Ethereum’s mempool and protect everyone from malicious MEV and real-time censorship - by default. Join the Shutter community and help make fairness the default. 🌐 Mainnet NewsWalletbeat Receives Ethereum Foundation Grant@polymutex confirmed Walletbeat funding from the Ethereum Foundation to continue their work in establishing uniform security standards across the Ethereum ecosystem. Impact: Supports ecosystem tooling focused on improved security and user experience for users and applications.Fhenix: 20,000× Throughput & 37× Lower Latency in DecryptionFhenix announced a major decryption-speed breakthrough translating into significant throughput and latency improvements. Impact: Advances in Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) performance could unlock new privacy-preserving app designs on Ethereum.Ethereum’s Lead In Stablecoin Supply GrowthData from Token Terminal shows Ethereum is the fastest-growing stablecoin chain by a wide margin. Impact: Stablecoin traction reinforces Ethereum as settlement infrastructure for dollar-denominated onchain activity. 💎 ETH NewsTreasury Firms + ETFs Now Hold Over 10% of ETH SupplyReporting by The Block cites a combined 12.48m ETH—about 10.31% of supply—held by treasuries and ETFs. Impact: Institutional accumulation may influence liquidity dynamics and float overhang. 📱 Application News Succinct Introduces “Private Proving”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.Coinbase Enables DEX Trading for U.S. App UsersCoinbase 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.Fluid Unveils “The Fluid Reserve” Buybacks & Growth StrategyFluid announced an initiative combining protocol buybacks with growth, highlighting $6B+ market size, $2.5B active loans, $117B+ cumulative volume, and Top-3 lending positioning across chains. Impact: Establishes a formal capital return + expansion playbook that could support token value and protocol competitiveness. MiniPay Rolls Out Virtual USD & EUR AccountsMiniPay 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.Rhinestone Introduces WarpWarp aims to make networks/accounts invisible to users with one-click multichain execution, universal fee sponsorship, and smart-account support. Impact: App builders can route actions across chains without UX friction, enabling true crosschain experiences.CurrencyCoin Launches $CC on UniswapCurrencyCoin announced its liquidity pool is live and provided the wrapped token address for trading. Impact: Opens market access and liquidity pathways for the project’s token. 🌿Layer 2 News Lighter Hits #1 in Perps Volume by ProtocolMarius Kjærstad shared that Lighter has reached the top spot for perpetuals volume across all protocols per DefiLlama. Impact: Signals strong product-market fit for Lighter’s perps and could re-route trader flow toward the Ethereum ecosystem.Polygon “Rio” Upgrade HighlightsPolygon 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.World Chain Accounts for 27% of Ethereum BlobsHildobby 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.Everstake: L2s Hit All Time High Transactions in Q3Everstsake reported an all time high in quarterly transactions on Layer 2's with 1.4 billion in Q3. Impact: Confirms sustained scaling demand and maturing usage across the L2 landscape. 🕊 Ethereum For GoodPoscidon: Funds Kidney Disease Research & AI BiomarkersPoscidon 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. 📫 Bonus ContentEVM Gazette — Issue #5This issue covers Holešky → Fusaka, Erigon discontinuing Polygon support, and more.Privacy on Ethereum #13Wesley's latest edition highlights EF privacy cluster leadership changes, an upcoming Gitcoin privacy round, Noir adoption, ZK sessions, and Devconnect privacy events. Thanks for Reading Ethereum DailyFor more Ethereum updates subscribe to Ethereum Daily and follow us on the social media platforms below.SubscribeTwitterFarcasterDisclosures: Ethereum Daily is an independent publication and does not offer financial or investment advice. 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