• EigenDA achieves 1GB/s throughput.

• SEC ends Aave investigation.

• Aave 2026 Master Plan.

• Etherealize guide for enterprises.

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EigenDA achieved cloud-scale throughput of 1 GB/s, benchmarked across 100 operators and 10 countries. The milestone represents a 10,000x scaling of Ethereum blobs, enabled by an architecture redesign and the development of a custom database called LittDB, which is claimed to be 1000x better than traditional databases.  EigenDA also implemented GPU acceleration in partnership with Ingonyama to achieve a 20x latency improvement for encoding. EigenDA also released its whitepaper, which outlines its path to reaching terabit-level throughput. EigenDA is the first data availability layer with full end-to-end verifiability.

Aave founder Stani Kulechov announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially concluded its four-year investigation into the DeFi protocol. The probe, launched in early 2022, focused on the classification of Aave's token and operations as potential securities. A letter dated August 12, 2025, confirmed that the agency will not recommend enforcement action. The resolution follows a broader trend of reduced SEC enforcement against crypto projects following the Trump administration's pro-crypto stance. The SEC has since dropped actions against Uniswap, Kraken, and Coinbase.

Stani Kulechov also published a master plan for Aave, outlining a multi-decade vision to onboard the next trillion dollars in assets and millions of users to the DeFi protocol. Kulechov highlighted Aave's position as the largest and most trusted lending protocol. The latest strategy is built on three main pillars: Aave V4, Horizon, and Aave App. Aave v4 brings a complete architectural redesign to unify fragmented liquidity and handle trillions of dollars in assets. Horizon is a dedicated, compliance-focused market for institutions, targeting $1 billion in assets for 2026. Lastly, the Aave App will feature an integration with Push for zero-fee stablecoin on and off-ramping.

Etherealize and Chainlink released a guide for enterprises to establish a shared understanding and unified language for the architecture of decentralized systems. It recognizes that Ethereum is now entering its institutional phase. The report provides a framework to bridge the vocabulary of traditional finance with the complexity of the onchain economy. The guide defines foundational concepts, the security and operational layers, and the aspects of data connectivity necessary to enable smart contracts to interact securely with the external financial world.

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