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• Ethereum hits 60m block gas limit.

• ZKsync token utility Part 2.

• Ethereum eco hits 31,000 TPS.

• UNIfication passes temp check.

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The Ethereum block gas limit hit 60 million gas at block number 23,880,151. The increase was triggered automatically after more than 50% of Ethereum validators signalled the increase. On Ethereum, the L1 block gas limit can rise without a hard fork when enough validators adjust their node configurations to propose blocks with higher limits. Increasing the gas limit enables each block to carry more data, thereby boosting transaction throughput. The increase is part of broader efforts to scale Ethereum’s L1 capacity, which has doubled, from 30m to 60m just in the past year. Vitalik Buterin noted a possible 5x gas limit increase in the near future. Several active EIPs aim to push the increase further, including EIP-9698, which proposes a 100x increase over the next four years.

ZKsync published Part 2 of its ZK token extension proposal, explaining how its native interoperability can serve as the cryptographic coordination layer for institutions. ZKsync’s Interop replaces fragmented networks by enabling private and public chains to verify shared state directly via ZK proofs, while institutions can continue to use rails like SWIFT and SEPA. Built on ZKsync’s Prividium architecture, private ZK chains anchored to Ethereum, interop turns siloed workflows into verifiable, standardised events without intermediaries. As institutions coordinate across chains, the resulting message flow could form the basis for potential ZK token utility through interop verification fees. The proposal remains open to community governance feedback.

The Ethereum ecosystem, including L2 networks, hit a record peak throughput of 31,000 transactions per second in the last 24 hours. Lighter, a perpetuals-focused ZK Rollup with $1.2 billion in TVL, topped the throughput charts with about 5,455 transactions per second, followed by Base with 137 transactions per second.

• UNIfication proposal passes

• Lido’s next chapter

• Danny Ryan Devconnect presentation

• Gas benchmarking framework

• Optimism homepage refresh

• Nunchi fixed-rate derivatives

• 80k wallets sign Trustless Manifesto

• Sourcify data is live on Google BigQuery

• Octant

There will be no daily briefing over the next two days in observation of the U.S. holiday.

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