The Ether: Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Blocks: 26,079,397 - 26,086,569
Slots: 15,317,999 - 15,325,198

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The day in review

Protocol

All Ethereum clients scheduled Glamsterdam's Sepolia fork for October 6, as FOCIL and frame devnets advanced.

Apps

Balancer DAO voted to wind down the protocol, with treasury funds redeemable to BAL holders starting May 2027.
New apps launched on Ethereum L2s: Aztec's zk.money wallet, El Salvador's Sivar, and Aave's Sentora hub expansion.

World

The SEC clarified liquid staking isn't a security, as Kakaopay tokenized Korean stocks and security incidents rose.

@aztecnetwork on X:

Aztec relaunches zk.money privacy wallet on Ethereum L2

The self-custodial privacy wallet hides transactions on Aztec Network while deposits from Ethereum remain visible, restoring privacy tooling for the ecosystem.

More: CoinDesk · The Block · @zk_money on X · Unchained · ETH Daily

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ethrex releases:

ethrex v28.0.0 ships Glamsterdam fork for Sepolia on October 6, fixes block access lists and gas caps

The Rust client releases a versioned upgrade for the next mainnet fork, targeting Sepolia activation on October 6.

More: ethrex releases · ethrex releases

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The Defiant:

Balancer DAO votes to wind down protocol, treasury redemptions begin May 2027

Balancer holders approve shutting down the exchange, with remaining funds redeemable to BAL token holders starting spring 2027.

More: The Defiant · Unchained

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The Defiant:

Modveon launches Sivar, El Salvador's self-custodial dollar transfer app on Base

El Salvador deploys government-backed stablecoin infrastructure on an Ethereum L2.

More: Unchained

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Top podcasts this day

The Rollup:
Joseph Chalom: Ethereum Is The Toll Road To Everything (Larry Fink's Words)
video · world · 25k views · 32d ago
chapters (13)
1. 0:00Intro
2. 2:11ETH Stuck In The Middle Of Two Theses
3. 4:12Ethereum Is The Trust Commodity For Finance
4. 6:13ETH Has 50% Of All Stablecoin Activity
5. 8:14Agents Will Run Where The Liquidity Is
6. 10:33Selling ETH At $1,530
7. 12:44Ethereum Is The Internet With Ownership
8. 16:00Robinhood Chain Revenue Up 10x ETH Flat
9. 18:14Larry Fink on ETH As The Toll Road
10. 20:43Internet Had No Token Ethereum Does
11. 22:57Regulation Helps Markets Thriv
12. 26:32Dot Com Bubble Parallel
13. 30:16Only The Internet Compares To Ethereum
EthStaker:
Type 0 Deprecation, Glamsterdam, and Quantum Security - Staking Nerd Talk 8
video · protocol · 31d ago

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