ACDT #96: Sepolia Glamsterdam locked for October 6, all clients confirmed
Ethereum's testnet will upgrade alongside mainnet on the same date, with devnets showing stable performance and all major clients ready to ship.
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Nethermind v2.0.0-rc2 defaults flat DB, adds SinceBlock archive mode
Release candidate makes flat state storage the default for new nodes, enabling lighter archive nodes and faster historical lookups while fixing sync stability issues.
CLARITY Act final text posted ahead of Senate cloture vote, ethics division removed sunset, state AG enforcement restored
The Republican-backed cryptocurrency framework adds 20% civil penalties and expands state-level enforcement authority, moving closer to passage.
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Lodestar team publishes Hegotá EIP tier rankings and fast-fork strategy
A major consensus client team released its evaluation of all proposed Hegotá EIPs, arguing for a narrow, fast-shipping fork while rating each proposal's importance to the upgrade's success.
Lido DAO proposes expense optimization and NEST/stETH buyback parameter restructuring
A Lido community member seeks to optimize the DAO's spending and realign token support mechanisms through expense review and buyback parameter changes.
Aave V4 proposes Isolated Hub and Spoke for institutionally custodied collateral
Aave seeks to onboard institutional custodian-held collateral as backing for stablecoin loans, expanding lending to enterprise borrowers.
Base and Ethereum account abstraction proposals diverge on smart account design
Two competing native smart account frameworks are causing collaboration to break down between Ethereum and Base developers, raising compatibility risks across chains.
The MEV Letter #154: Frame Transactions highlighted in weekly MEV research digest
Flashbots' weekly MEV summary this week features Frame Transactions as a central account abstraction development.
Aave Labs technical assessment of Arc protocol launched on mainnet
Aave's engineering team evaluated Arc's architecture and security model before its public deployment, providing institutional confidence in the protocol's readiness for ecosystem integration.
Robinhood stock tokens roadmap adds in-kind redemption and voting rights
Robinhood plans to enable shareholders to redeem tokenized shares for physical stock and exercise voting rights, moving toward full parity with traditional share ownership.