Alibaba’s parent company Ant Digital introduced a new Layer 2 network branded as Jovay Network.

Impact: Signals continued enterprise adoption of Ethereum’s scaling stack and potential new onchain commerce rails in Asia.

Brevis unveiled “Pico Prism,” reporting 99.6% of Ethereum blocks proven under 12 seconds (6.9s avg) using 64 RTX 5090 GPUs.

Impact: Moves Ethereum toward real-time proving and lightweight verification, a major step for scaling and validating from consumer devices.

Bhutan became the first nation to anchor its national digital identity system on Ethereum, with the launch ceremony attended by Aya Miyaguchi and Vitalik Buterin.

Impact: Establishes a real-world, government-backed identity use case onchain, signaling institutional adoption of Ethereum for public infrastructure.

The Block reports that Li Lin and a group of Asia-based Ethereum backers plan a $1 billion ETH treasury firm and are exploring acquiring a Nasdaq-listed company.

Impact: If finalized, a dedicated ETH treasury vehicle at this scale could add sustained buy-side demand and institutionalize ETH balance sheet management.

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EF highlighted Electric Capital data showing Ethereum as the #1 ecosystem for new developers in 2025.

Impact: Strong developer inflows support long-term protocol and app innovation across the stack.

The Ethereum Foundation deposited 2,400 ETH and about $6m of stablecoins into Morpho yield vaults.

Impact: Shows EF’s continued use of DeFi primitives to manage treasury with permissionless, FLOSS-aligned protocols.

Sepolia testnet upgraded to Fusaka with BPO1 scheduled in a week.

Impact: Confirms client readiness and timelines as mainnet work progresses.

ETHGlobal will host a 150-person Hacker House with free accommodations during the Ethereum World's Fair in Buenos Aires from November 21–24.

Impact: Concentrates developer energy around the event window, likely boosting new prototypes and collaborations heading into year-end.

Milk Road highlighted that Ethereum processed over $5 trillion in stablecoin transfer volume in Q3 for the first time ever, reportedly surpassing Visa and Mastercard for the period.

Impact: Massive stablecoin settlement underscores Ethereum’s role as global value plumbing.

BitMine reported holdings including 3,032,188 ETH at $4,154 per ETH, including a purchase of 200k ETH last week.

Impact: Large treasury accumulation underscores institutional-scale exposure to ETH and may influence market liquidity and sentiment.

ETHZilla posted an update on ETH treasury financials alongside a 1-for-10 reverse stock split announcement.

Impact: Corporate-style financial communication and capital actions bring public-market discipline to an ETH-exposed vehicle.

Everstake highlighted ETH’s status as the best performing asset over the last ten years, with a ~+257,900% return from August 2015 to August 2025, outpacing Bitcoin’s ~+43,500%.

Impact: The decade-long outperformance supports institutional theses for strategic ETH allocation.

@CryptoGucci flagged VanEck’s S-1 for a Lido staked Ethereum ETF alongside bullish comments from the firm’s CEO on building atop Ethereum.

Impact: If approved, a staked ETH ETF could broaden access to yield-bearing ETH exposure for traditional investors.

0xbow introduced a PoA mechanism that lets users prove their Tornado Cash withdrawals are not linked to illicit activity without sacrificing privacy.

Impact: Could reduce arbitrary blacklisting and enable compliant privacy-preserving flows for users and apps.

MetaMask announced the world’s largest prediction market will be available directly in the wallet.

Impact: Brings prediction markets to a mainstream Ethereum wallet, likely boosting onchain user activity.

stUSDS went live in the Sky Money App as the first risk capital token in the Sky ecosystem.

Impact: Lets USDS suppliers capture more protocol rewards in exchange for higher system risk.

Kelp DAO proposes a liquidity and credit layer aimed at unlocking pre-funded capital stuck in global payments and enabling credit to flow across onchain venues.

Impact: If adopted, Kred could expand credit availability for onchain payments and DeFi, reducing capital inefficiency across stablecoin settlement.

Health Protocol announced a collaboration with zkSync aimed at transforming global healthcare into a “Self-Care Economy.”

Impact: Pairing health data and L2 scalability could unlock new patient-owned data models and payment flows.

OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer said the marketplace crossed $2.6B monthly volume with 90% from token trading, and announced a Q1 2026 SEA token launch.

Impact: Tokenization signals OpenSea’s pivot from “NFT marketplace” toward a broader “trade everything” stack, potentially realigning incentives for users and creators.

The Ethereum Community Fund launched the first Proof-of-Burn grant round with $50,000 for projects growing the BETH ecosystem via adoption, tooling, or direct integrations.

Impact: Targeted funding for BETH could accelerate developer experimentation around burn-based incentives and integrations.

Base rolls out creator coins inside the Base app with a small early-access list at launch to let creators capture upside and reward their communities directly.

Impact: Introduces share-like fan assets natively in Base’s app ecosystem, giving creators onchain monetization rails and users aligned incentives.

Octant announced a program to support sustainability for creators in the Ethereum ecosystem following feedback from recent epochs.

Impact: Could channel funding and resources to content and public-goods creators, strengthening community output.

Giveth announced the Gitcoin GG24 quadratic funding rounds are live with categories including Dev Tooling & Infrastructure and Interop Standards.

Impact: Directs matching funds to open‑source Ethereum projects across multiple ecosystems.

Syndicate Network Collective (DUNA) released its first full accrual-basis financials under U.S. law.

Impact: Sets a transparency benchmark for decentralized networks operating within U.S. regulatory frameworks.

MegaETH previews native, real-time data streams for Ethereum, developed in collaboration with Chainlink to broadcast onchain state changes instantly to subscribed apps.

Impact: Enables low-latency app experiences and new market primitives that depend on sub-second data availability across Ethereum.

Polygon announced recurring stablecoin payments are now available to all Stripe merchants via L2.

Impact: Could accelerate real‑world adoption of stablecoin payments on an Ethereum L2.

ZKsync announced a collaborative initiative with Citi, Deutsche Bank, Mastercard and 30+ institutions to explore private, incorruptible systems connected as one network.

Impact: Positions ZKsync as a leading venue for privacy-focused institutional experiments that could expand Ethereum’s financial footprint.

Ink announced the launch of its native lending and borrowing protocol, Tydro, which is powered by Aave and governed by the L2's $INK token.

Impact: Strengthens INK’s Layer 2 ecosystem by introducing native credit markets and creating direct utility for the $INK token through governance and liquidity incentives.

GrowThePie reported that Celo currently leads all L2s in active addresses based on recent onchain activity.

Impact: Highlights shifting user distribution across Ethereum L2s and signals momentum for mobile-first ecosystems.

@EugeneBulltime shared metrics asserting Lighter is now the fastest L2 on Ethereum with ~230M daily transactions and 20–65x larger volume than peers.

Impact: If sustained and independently verified, such throughput could reshape cost and UX expectations for L2s.

Artizen explained its use of Revnets, built on Juicebox, to fund creators and sustain human creativity.

BlockThreat launches with an initial analysis covering the October 16, 2024 Radiant Capital exploit.

Justin Drake compared May’s SP1 Hypercube results (94% in <12s on 160 RTX 4090s) with Pico Prism (≈99.9% in <12s on 64 RTX 5090s).

An article by @bajpaiharsh244 explained how to privately purchase zCash on Aztec.

Apoorv aggregated 100+ Ethereum Foundation contributors into a single Twitter list.

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