The Ethereum network successfully raised the block gas limit for the first time under the PoS mechanism after gaining the support of more than 50% of validators. The data shows that the gas limit has broken through to 31.50 million from the previous 30 million and is expected to eventually be adjusted to 36 million. This adjustment can be completed without a hard fork, providing support for network expansion. It is worth noting that the last gas cap adjustment of Ethereum occurred in 2021, when ...
According to Trader T monitoring, the BlackRock Ethereum ETF ETHA traded at a record high of $700 million yesterday. But the ETF had a net inflow/outflow of 0 yesterday. On the other hand, the BlackRock Bitcoin ETF traded at $4.20 billion yesterday. Similarly, the ETF had a net inflow/outflow of 0 yesterday.
According to Farside monitoring, yesterday Fidelity Ethereum ETF FETH net inflow of 49.70 million dollars, while Bitcoin ETF FBTC net outflow of 177.60 million dollars.
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin tweeted that the Pectra upgrade is expected to be launched in March, and one of the important updates is to increase the blob target from 3 to 6, which means that the capacity of the L2 network will be doubled. Vitalik suggested that the blob target be determined through the voting mechanism of the holders, so that it can be flexibly adjusted with technological progress without waiting for hard forks. At the same time, he is committed to EIP-4444 (historical data...
In response to a question from OPLabs member Mark Tyneway about the "insufficient number of wallets supporting EIP-7702," Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin said he would work hard to ensure that 7702 (or later, more powerful AA versions that don't require any "ECDSA master keys" at all) is not just a blockchain feature, but a reality for users.
According to L2BEAT data, the current Ethereum Layer2 total lock volume (TVL) fell to $43.62 billion, a decline of 1.97% on the 7th. Among them, the top five lock volume are: Arbitrum One ($16.29 billion, down 2.57% on the 7th); · Base ($14.02 billion, up 0.59% on the 7th); OP Mainnet ($6.41 billion, down 5.54% on the 7th); ZKsync Era ($1.16 billion, up 3.98% on the 7th) Starknet ($888 million, up 4.20% on the 7th).
The Ethereum Re-Staking Protocol ether.fi tweeted that the fourth season snapshot has been completed and the fifth season of the event is open. The fifth season will run from February 1, 2025 to May 31, 2025. Rewards will include ETHFI tokens, partner tokens, and King Protocol rewards, and at least 10 million ETHFI tokens will be allocated in the new season. In addition, StakeRank will return this season. The longer the user pledges ether.fi, the higher the loyalty points.
UBS has completed a proof-of-concept of its "UBS Key4 Gold" product on the Ethereum Layer 2 network ZKsync. UBS's Key4 Gold is one of the products launched by the bank, allowing its Swiss customers to buy physical gold directly. The purpose of the experiment is to find ways to expand the supply of gold while protecting privacy.
The developers of Geth, the Ethereum client side, released a version of the 1.14.13 codenamed "Schwarzschild" on Thursday. This release explicitly addresses a vulnerability affecting the peer-to-peer (p2p) layer of Geth that could result in Distributed Denial-of-service to nodes running them, and possibly the layer 2 client side. Geth is the most widely used execution layer client side of Ethereum. The vulnerability is classified as CVE-2025-24883, stating that the Geth version "is vulnerable to...
According to Lookonchain monitoring, in the past 7 days, 2.06 billion stablecoins (USDT & USDC) were issued on the Ethereum mainnet, and 2.04 billion stablecoins (USDT & USDC) were issued on the Solana chain.