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Ethereum has joined Bitcoin in preparing its cryptography for the quantum computing era, with research on breaking post-quantum signatures intensifying and regulatory pressure mounting.
Archive node operators can now store the complete Ethereum history in significantly less disk space while syncing faster, reducing barriers to running full nodes.
The LSE's adoption of tokenized equities infrastructure expands institutional access to blockchain-based securities trading beyond US markets.
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A major traditional exchange owner is building infrastructure for trading tokenized stocks, positioning Ethereum and EVM chains as settlement layers for Wall Street assets.
A group including Citi and Goldman Sachs is launching a new stablecoin venture for payments and settlement, signaling institutional momentum behind blockchain-based currency infrastructure.
A major tokenized asset platform launches its first securities offering under the EU's regulatory sandbox, bringing regulated equity tokenization to professional sports.
A16z-backed startup cleared for national bank status to handle onchain settlement infrastructure, signaling regulatory recognition of blockchain-based financial operations.
A core developer raises the case for mandating formal verification of execution and consensus client changes before future upgrades, drawing on progress in verification tooling.
A research post from core developers analyzes which Hegotá proposals directly affect Ethereum's state management, state access costs, and the trie migration timeline.
A collaborative research post measures how RowDAS improves reconstruction efficiency in the peer data availability sampling design, addressing the scaling limits that single-node reconstruction would create.