EIGEN Stakedrop 2 Claims Go Live

Claims go live for EIGEN Stakedrop 2. Optimism announces Retro Funding Round 6. RISC Zero introduces a verifiable compute layer. And Delta Prime suffers a $6 million exploit. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/553

WalletConnect Introduces WCT Token

WalletConnect introduces the Wallet Connect token. EigenLayer plans to release programmatic incentives in October. Pectra Devnet 3 goes live. And congressmen send a letter to the SEC seeking clarity on airdrops. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/553

Everclear Launches On Mainnet Beta

Everclear launches its clearing layer on mainnet beta. EspressoSys releases a spec for Decentralized Timeboost. Google Cloud launches an RPC service. And the Fed cuts interest rates by half a point. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/555

A brief history of Ethereum hard forks

This episode is a brief history of Ethereum hard forks, from the early days of the Frontier thawing to the more recent Dencun upgrade. Sources: https://ethereum.org/en/history/

Ethereum Client Diversity Improves

Ethereum client diversity improves. The OP Stack supports Circle’s bridged USDC standard. The Optimism Collective earns over 14,000 ETH from Superchain revenue. And Basenames surpass 200k registrations. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/537

EIP-7742 Considered For Pectra

Ethereum core developers add EIP-7742 to the CFI list for Pectra. Puffer Finance releases a roadmap update. Gnosis Chain considers changing its gas token. And Threshold Network proposes to migrate WBTC to its network. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/540

Ondo Launches USDY On Arbitrum

Ondo Finance launches its USDY stablecoin on Arbitrum. The EF Ecosystem Support Program announces Q2 grant allocations. And AltLayer deploys an Arbitrum Orbit chain on the Espresso Network. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/541

Arbitrum Stylus Live On Mainnet

Arbitrum Stylus goes live on mainnet. Aave introduces the Sky Aave Force. Matter Labs lays off 16% of its staff. And Devcon opens its final general ticket sales wave. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/543

Polygon Upgrades MATIC To POL

Polygon successfully upgrades MATIC to POL. The Eigen Foundation announces the EIGEN Season 2 Stakedrop. Liquity releases its V2 codebase. And Base commits to increasing its gas target by 1 Mgas/s each week. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/545

Celestia Roadmap To 1GB Blocks

Celestia releases its roadmap to achieving 1GB blocks. Uniswap releases a paper on what impacts crypto prices. And Erigon releases Erigon 3 Alpha 3. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/546

Ethereum Follow Protocol Testnet Release

Ethereum Follow Protocol goes live on public testnet. Aave proposes a GHO integration with BlackRock BUILD. And CoinCenter says recent CFTC enforcement actions fail to provide clear guidance. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/547

Aave Launches Custom EtherFi Pool

Aave launches a custom EtherFi pool instance. Scroll will power settlement for EtherFi’s credit card. ENS Labs releases an update for ENSv2. And Tim Beiko announces new EF Protocol Support hires. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/548

Succinct Labs Introduces OP Succinct

Succinct Labs introduces OP Succinct. Optimism activates the Granite Network Upgrade. Aave governance proposes to onboard cbBTC. And Nethermind launches Nethermind Security. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/550

Vitalik On Computational Task Architectures

Vitalik Buterin discusses computational task architectures. Arbitrum begins its Security Council election process. And Coinbase Smart Wallet reaches 21,000 MAUs. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/542

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