Safe:
Safe Pro launches October 6, opens early partner registration
Safe launches its professional workspace tier for teams managing shared accounts and permissions, with free access for current users.
The Ether: Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Blocks: 25,928,920 - 25,936,089
Slots: 15,166,799 - 15,173,998
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The day in review
The day in review
Protocol
- Ethereum Foundation narrowed Hegotá to Frame Transactions and FOCIL, targeting 2029 quantum resistance.
- Client teams passed Frame Transactions tests and prepped frames-devnet-0 ahead of Thursday's Glamsterdam ratification.
Apps
- Compound opened institutional ETH and Bitcoin lending while Safe launched its Pro team workspace tier.
World
- Visa's stablecoin settlement volume hit a $20 billion annualized run rate, opening data to blockchain lenders.
EIP-8250 draft proposes nonce-type tags to distinguish binary from counter nonces
A research post suggests using the first byte of nonce keys as a type tag to differentiate one-shot nonces from counter-based nonces, clarifying a design choice for account abstraction.
Lido Alliance proposes Leeward as new Supervisor
The Lido Alliance governance body seeks to appoint Leeward Supervisors Limited, already serving the Lido Labs Foundation, to oversee the alliance's operations and governance.
Compound opens institutional lending market for ETH and Bitcoin with up to 87% LTV
Major DeFi protocol launches a whitelisted institutional borrowing facility, signaling growing onchain credit infrastructure for traditional finance participants.
FOCIL Breakout #42 scheduled for September 15, agenda posted
Execution layer developers will meet to discuss spec updates, testing improvements, and implementation progress.
Visa stablecoin settlement surges to $20B annualized run rate, opens data to blockchain lenders
Visa's shift toward onchain stablecoin infrastructure and credit partnerships demonstrates institutional adoption of Ethereum-based payment rails.
Flashbots forum discussion explores lattice cryptography learning curve and error-correction methods
Lattice-based cryptography becomes easier to work with as the field develops practical error-correction techniques, lowering barriers for developers familiar only with RSA.
Sky spell authorizes PAS Configurator, raises Osero ALM rate limits on mainnet
Sky's Parallelized Allocation System gains access to Osero's Diamond contract, with higher rate limits for the allocation and liquidity manager module.
Top podcasts this day
Also in the news this day
Stories that gathered new coverage this day but broke earlier, so they live on their own day's page.
- Frame Transactions locked into Hegotá upgrade, gas fees payable without holding ETH
- Ethereum Foundation targets 2029 quantum resistance deadline, narrows Hegotá to FOCIL and Frame Transactions
- Frame Transactions Breakout #4: test v0.3.0 ready, frames-devnet-0 awaits EthPandaOps, Glamsterdam ratification expected Thursday
- Ethrex v26.0.0-rc.4 adds EIP-8037 gas accounting and EIP-8070 sparse blobpool