Neynar Acquires Farcaster
Neynar will take over maintenance of the Farcaster protocol, operate Farcaster clients, and run Clanker.
Neynar acquires Farcaster.
Mantle upgrades DA to blobs.
Uniswap deploys CCA on Base.
Base hits $5b in stablecoins.
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Neynar, a developer infrastructure provider, acquired the Farcaster onchain social protocol. Following the acquisition, Neynar will take over maintenance of the Farcaster protocol, operate Farcaster clients, and run Clanker. Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan are stepping down from Merkle, the company behind Farcaster. Neynar offers hosting, APIs, authentication, and webhooks for building Farcaster mini apps. The company's mission is to help builders move from idea to recurring revenue, and it will now lead prioritization of the Farcaster product roadmap. The acquisition comes as Merkle raised $150 million at a $1 billion valuation in May 2024.
Mantle, an EVM-compatible rollup, is upgrading its data availability layer to Ethereum blobs, marking its transition into a full Ethereum ZK rollup. Previously, Mantle operated similarly to a Validium, processing both computation and data storage off-chain. Mantle previously intended to use EigenDA as its primary data availability layer. Mantle will still maintain its partnership with EigenCloud and EigenDA for specialized application use cases and users will continue to benefit from low fees and fast transactions. The upgrade to Ethereum blobs now provides stronger security and Ethereum-native alignment.
Uniswap deployed its Continuous Clearing Auction (CCA) protocol on Base, bringing permissionless token auctions to the L2 network. Uniswap CCA is a system for running onchain, customizable token auctions leveraging Uniswap v4 with automatic liquidity bootstrapping. Teams on Base can now use the CCA contract for their token launches. CCA aims to help teams distribute tokens, establish fair market prices for new or low-liquidity tokens, and automatically seed a Uniswap v4 pool at the discovered price. Tokens are sold block by block through continuous clearing. The protocol also offers an optional ZK Passport module for private and verifiable user participation.
Base hits $5b stablecoin supply
KPK expands collateral
APS airdrop for Liquity V2
Balance integrates Aave
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Vitalik Proposes Native DVT Staking
The proposal seeks to enshrine DVT at the protocol-level, which would allow users to simply run standard nodes.
Vitalik proposes native DVT staking.
Mask Network stewards Lens Protocol.
Gusto supports USDC contractor payouts.
Octant Epoch 10 results.
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Vitalik Buterin published a forum post proposing native Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) for Ethereum. DVT allows validator private keys to be split into keyshares distributed across multiple independent nodes, enabling an M-of-N threshold setup. The architecture increases fault tolerance and reduces single-point-of-failure risk. The proposal seeks to implement DVT at the protocol-level, which would allow users to simply run standard nodes. Vitalik's proposed design has minimal latency overhead, is compatible with any signature scheme, and encourages self-custody, helping to improve Ethereum's decentralization.
Lens Labs, the team behind the Lens socialfi protocol, announced that stewardship of the Lens protocol has been handed over to Mask Network, a decentralized social project behind the Firefly Web3 social aggregator. The Lens Labs team will serve in an advisory role. Lens Chain, a L2 network built on ZKsync's ZK Stack, and the Lens V3 iteration launched on mainnet in April 2025. Lens Labs cited the need for dedicated focus and expertise to operate consumer social products at scale. The project's new direction will focus on consumer-grade execution, product design, and global distribution.
Gusto, a payroll provider serving over 400,000 small businesses, integrated support for stablecoin payouts to international contractors. The integration leverages Zerohash, a regulated financial infrastructure provider, to handle custody, compliance, and settlement. The release reduces cross-border transfer times from days to minutes, addressing delays and inefficiencies in traditional banking systems. It enables faster, 24/7 global payouts for contractors and more flexible payment options for businesses. The feature is currently in beta.
Octant Epoch 10 results
Ethereum Checkpoint #8
Fileverse Walkaway Page v2
MetaLeX v2 release
BitMine buys 35k ETH
Rainbow RNBW snapshot
ETHGas eligibility checker
Avnu v2 release on Starknet
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NYSE Explores 24/7 Onchain Equities
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is developing a platform to allow 24/7 trading of tokenized U.S. equities and ETFs.
NYSE explores onchain equities.
Coinbase brings Bermuda gov onchain.
MegaETH global stress test.
ENS data live on BigQuery 📊
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The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), is developing a fully onchain trading and settlement platform to allow 24/7 trading of tokenized U.S. equities and ETFs. The system will support fractional share trading through dollar-based orders, stablecoin funding, and multiple chains. The platform will also support both traditional securities and digital asset securities natively issued on the platform. Token holders will maintain the same dividend and voting rights as conventional shareholders, with access provided to qualified broker-dealers under existing market structure rules. ICE is also partnering with major banks, including BNY and Citi, to enable tokenized deposits.
Coinbase and Circle have partnered with the Government of Bermuda to help transform the island into the world's first fully onchain national economy. The initiative seeks to modernize Bermuda's financial infrastructure by moving everyday economic activity, from government services to local commerce, onto blockchain-based systems. Under the partnership, Bermuda's government agencies will pilot stablecoin payments using Circle's USDC stablecoin on Coinbase's Base Chain, while local financial institutions will adopt tokenization tools. Coinbase has already begun expanding its onchain offerings in Bermuda, including USDC lending on Base.
MegaETH, an EVM-compatible Layer 2 targeting up to 100,000 TPS, announced a 7-day Global Stress Test beginning January 22, 2026. The network aims to process 11 billion transactions at a sustained throughput of 15,000 to 35,000 TPS under real-world, high-load conditions, the largest transaction volume among EVM chains. For context, Binance Smart Chain (BSC) has processed roughly the same number of transactions since its launch in 2020. During the test, MegaETH Mainnet will be open to users, supporting latency-sensitive applications such as fully onchain games. Following the stress test, MegaETH plans to launch its public mainnet.
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) launched a public community dataset on Google Cloud BigQuery, enabling anyone to analyze ENS activity using SQL. The dataset is listed on the Google Cloud Web3 Portal and includes key tables such as registry, resolver, resolutions, reverse records, and registration periods. With the upcoming ENSv2 upgrade, the dataset will also expand to cover L2 Primary Names. Users can now explore ENS data without the need to run their own indexing infrastructure.
Shade Network opens testnet
Ethscriptions reaches Stage 2
Airbender #1 spot on Ethproofs
Ethereum hub in HK
Vitalik: protocol simplicity
Vitalik: We need more DAOs
Vitalik: in favor of native rollups
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