The Ether: Friday, October 23, 2026
Blocks: 26,251,601 - 26,258,773
Slots: 15,490,799 - 15,497,998
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The day in review
The day in review
Protocol- Glamsterdam's Hoodi fork was postponed over ChainSecurity gas bugs, forcing client patches and a Vero downgrade.
Apps- Starknet opened a study on leaving Ethereum's L2 model while Swell paused staked-ether token redemptions.
- Uniswap v4 became a cross-chain liquidity aggregator as Arbitrum debated restoring Foundation sign-off for Stylus.
World- A proposal showed money market funds could issue confidential shares on Ethereum with a full ownership record.
Arbitrum would restart approvals for new Stylus contracts (its added smart-contract language support), with existing contracts and renewals staying permissionless.
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