# Introducing Ethereum Hoodi Testnet *A new long-lived Ethereum testnet featuring a similar configuration and validator count as Ethereum mainnet.* By [ETH Daily](https://ethdaily.io) · 2025-03-14 news, 2025, march2025 --- Quick Take ---------- * Developers to launch Hoodi testnet. * Aave Labs proposes an RWA project. * ZKsync cancels its Ignite program. * Compound launches vaults on Morpho. * * * [ Introducing Ethereum Hoodi Testnet ---------------------------------- Listen to this episode from Ethereum News on Spotify. Ethereum developers introduce the Hoodi Ethereum testnet. Aave Labs proposes a RWA project. Compound Finance launches vaults on Morpho. And ZKsync cancels its Ignite program. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/665 https://spotify.com ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/59fe49483f3b2da7969243f8af137364.jpg) ](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1juAkRm4n0jf2gHlh1bLhC) Listen on: [Apple](https://apple.co/3C3VWuL) | [Spotify](https://spoti.fi/407DJV5) | [Castbox](https://bit.ly/3C1jNuY)  * * * Developers Introduce Hoodi Testnet ---------------------------------- Ethereum core developers [introduced](https://www.youtube.com/live/byrC-fdTOvE?feature=shared&t=1316) Hoodi, a new long-lived Ethereum testnet featuring a similar configuration and validator count as Ethereum mainnet. Designed to initially test validator exits, Hoodi will go live on Monday, March 17, 2025, with the Pectra fork scheduled for the testnet on March 26, 2025. Tim Beiko urged staking operators and infrastructure providers to deploy to Hoodi as it becomes the primary testnet for infrastructure. Applications should also consider migrating. Ethereum developers introduce a new testnet every two years, each with a maximum lifespan of five years. The Pectra upgrade is anticipated to go live on Ethereum mainnet in late April or early May. Aave Labs Proposes RWA Project ------------------------------ Aave Labs [proposed](https://governance.aave.com/t/temp-check-building-horizon-s-rwa-product-an-aave-licensed-instance-for-institutions/21384) Project Horizon, a Real World Assets (RWA) platform for integrating institutional DeFi into the Aave ecosystem. Subject to Aave DAO approval, Horizon will launch as a licensed instance of the Aave Protocol, enabling institutions to borrow USDC and GHO against tokenized Money Market Funds (MMFs) as collateral. The proposal includes a token distribution strategy for a new Horizon token, which has faced opposition from the Aave community. It also proposes a profit-sharing mechanism that allocates 50% of revenue to the Aave DAO in Year 1, gradually decreasing to 10% by Year 4. The proposal is currently open for community discussion. Compound Launches Vaults On Morpho ---------------------------------- Compound Finance [launched](https://www.compound.blue/) custom lending vaults built on Morpho’s liquidity infrastructure, initially deployed on Polygon PoS. The vaults enable users to borrow and lend assets while optimizing for risk-adjusted yield using Compound’s CORE framework, which strikes a balance between security and yield for a moderate risk profile. The vaults are owned by the Compound DAO, which takes a 10% performance fee. To incentivize participation, Polygon has allocated [$1.5 million](https://x.com/0xPolygon/status/1900201583981347014) in POL token rewards for vault depositors, while Compound is also offering $1.5 million in COMP tokens. Over $11 million has been deposited across the three vaults so far. ZKsync Cancels Ignite Program ----------------------------- The ZKsync DeFi Steering Committee (DSC) [announced](https://forum.zknation.io/t/zksync-ignite-cancellation/612) an early end to the Ignite program, which was designed to incentivize DeFi activity on ZKsync Era with up to 300 million ZK in rewards. Originally planned to run for three seasons over nine months, the program will now conclude on March 17, 2025, with rewards being turned off and final distributions completed by that date. The decision was driven by market conditions and a pivot toward growing the multichain Elastic Network.  Other News ---------- * ACDE #207 [updates](https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/all-core-devs-execution-acde-207/23020) * ETHGlobal Trifecta [hackathon](https://x.com/ETHGlobal/status/1900292206746862078) * BlackRock BUIDL [hits](https://app.rwa.xyz/assets/BUIDL) $1b TVL * Path to fix [Ethereum fragmentation](https://x.com/dankrad/status/1900278057543291126) * GENIUS Act [clarity](https://x.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1900227374631051653) on stablecoins * Definitive [airdrop checker](https://docs.definitive.fi/platform/edge-token-airdrop) * Unnecessary [complexity](https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/ethereum-is-turning-into-a-labyrinth-of-unnecessary-complexity-with-eof-lets-reconsider-eof/23136/3) with EOF * Chaos AI [crypto researcher](https://x.com/chaos_labs/status/1900225842770251793) * Biconomy [announces](https://x.com/biconomy/status/1900241996939158008) Biconomy Network * Moonpay [acquires](https://x.com/moonpay/status/1900165174952075663) Iron * * * See [disclosures](https://ethdaily.io/disclosures) --- *Originally published on [ETH Daily](https://ethdaily.io/665)*