# Visa Stablecoin Settlement, EF ESP Q1 2026, Solidity v0.8.35

*Visa expands stablecoin settlement to Base and Polygon. The EF allocates $9.8M across 57 projects. And Solidity v0.8.35 ships ERC-7201.*

By [ETH Daily](https://ethdaily.io) · 2026-04-30

news, 2026, april2026

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Quick Take
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*   Visa expands stablecoin pilot.
    
*   EF ESP allocates $9.8m in Q1 2026.
    
*   Solidity v0.8.35 ships ERC-7201.
    
*   Ethereum hits 3.6m daily txs.
    

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Solidity v0.8.35 Features ERC-7201 Builtin
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Listen to this episode from ETH Daily - Ethereum News Briefing on Spotify. Visa expands its stablecoin pilot to Base and Polygon. The Ethereum Foundation ESP allocates $9.8m in Q1 2026. Solidity releases v0.8.35 with ERC-7201 support. And Ethereum hits 3.6m daily txs.

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Visa Extends Stablecoin Pilot To Base And Polygon
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Visa expanded its stablecoin settlement pilot to five new chains, including Base and Polygon, bringing its total supported blockchains to nine. The pilot has reached a $7 billion annualized run rate and builds on regional rollouts across Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and CEMEA, alongside the recent expansion of USDC settlement to U.S. banks and over 130 stablecoin-linked card programs. [Read more](https://ethdaily.io/visa-stablecoin-pilot-base-polygon).

ESP Allocation Update Q1 2026
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The Ethereum Foundation's Ecosystem Support Program (ESP) published its Q1 2026 funding allocation, distributing $9.8 million across 57 projects spanning protocol research, cryptography, ZK proofs, security, privacy, and developer tooling. The quarter emphasized formal verification of zkVM systems, ZK trace construction optimizations, and cryptanalysis of the Poseidon hash function. [Read more](https://ethdaily.io/esp-allocation-update-q1-2026).

Solidity Compiler v0.8.35 Release
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The Solidity team released version 0.8.35 of the compiler, delivering new language features, an experimental codegen pipeline, and early warnings ahead of the upcoming 0.9.0 release. The headline feature is ERC-7201, Solidity's first compile-time builtin, which automatically computes the base storage slot for namespaced storage layouts. The release also issues deprecation warnings for identifiers that will become reserved keywords in 0.9.0. [Read more](https://ethdaily.io/solidity-compiler-v0-8-35-release).

Other News
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*   Ethereum [hits](https://x.com/eth_everstake/status/2049527980632707582) daily txs ATH
    
*   Foundry v1.7.0 [release](https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/v1.7.0)
    
*   Smart Node v1.20.2 [release](https://github.com/rocket-pool/smartnode/releases/tag/v1.20.2)
    
*   Stani [reflects](https://x.com/StaniKulechov/status/2049454189818880451) on DeFi United
    
*   Luigi [joins](https://x.com/luigidemeo/status/2049462381466587326) the Aave team
    
*   Lido DAO [approves](https://etherscan.io/tx/0xa0b46f66a1f96f4f2b2a642c4ed33c72d4d99a9b2e8c930485f3bd51c60a4cda) 2,500 ETH
    
*   How EtherFi [handled](https://x.com/ether_fi/status/2049552696659612152) rsETH incident
    
*   Lens DeFi United [badge](https://defiunited.lens.xyz/)
    
*   ZKsync protocol [upgrade v31](https://forum.zknation.io/t/zip-16-v31-interop-bundles-upgrade/979)
    
*   Ethena [minted](https://x.com/Naeven_0/status/2049390604820664494) 100M USDm
    
*   Uniswap [Community SDK](https://github.com/ZahaStudio/uniswap-sdk-monorepo)
    
*   Governance [Review #93](https://x.com/l2beatgov/status/2049557558399062312)
    
*   Link smart wallet [update](https://x.com/link/status/2049529099933348041)
    
*   Privy digital [asset accounts](https://x.com/privy_io/status/2049542439552397756)
    

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