#921 - Reth 2.0 Mainnet Release
Reth 2.0, delivers 1.7 Ggas/s throughput on large blocks and a major storage reduction to around 240 GB for mainnet nodes.
Paradigm releases Reth 2.0.
Polygon activates Giugliano.
Coinbase releases CDP CLI.
Morpho launches Agents Beta.
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Paradigm released Reth 2.0, the latest version of its Ethereum execution node written in Rust, delivering 1.7 Ggas/s throughput on large blocks and a major storage reduction to around 240 GB for mainnet nodes. The release introduces an upgraded snapshot system, allowing users to download only the data they need. Architecture improvements in the release include parallel state calculation, with the Sparse Trie Cache enabling in-memory persistence across blocks and eliminating the state root as a bottleneck. The parallel execution is enabled through Ethereum Block Access Lists (BALs).
Polygon activated the Giugliano upgrade on its PoS network, delivering faster transaction finality, more predictable and transparent fees, and improved overall performance. Confirmation times have dropped to around 5 seconds, down from roughly 7 seconds. Gas fee parameters are now embedded directly in block headers, making it easier to estimate transaction costs. The upgrade also introduces enhancements such as improved block propagation, restored snap sync, and stronger Heimdall failover support. Giugliano is part of a series of recent upgrades pushing Polygon closer to its Gigagas goal, as it continues evolving into a platform optimized for payments.
Coinbase launched the Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP) CLI, a unified command-line tool for accessing payments, trading, wallets, custody, and onchain workflows. The CLI also doubles as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and agent skill, enabling AI agents to call Coinbase APIs directly without custom code. Built from an OpenAPI spec, the tool automatically incorporates new features, keeping both the CLI and agents up to date. CDP CLI effectively turns Coinbase's full crypto infrastructure into a single, AI-ready interface. The CLI simplifies development, automation, and agent interactions with onchain systems.
DeFi lending protocol Morpho launched Morpho Agents in beta, an AI-optimized interface designed for onchain lending. The platform enables AI agents to seamlessly integrate with Morpho, with full read, simulation, and write capabilities across Ethereum and Base. It also introduces a Builder Agent, a protocol knowledge base that equips AI coding agents to generate and verify Morpho integrations. The solution is aimed at enterprises, institutions, and developers building lending infrastructure.
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#920 - Block-in-Blobs (BiB) EIP-8142
A proposal to move Ethereum transaction data into blobs so validators don’t need to download every transaction.
Block-in-Blobs (BiB) EIP-8142.
Biconomy Smart Batching ERC-8211.
KPK launches a web app.
Privy supports swaps.
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Ethereum researcher Toni Wahrstätter introduced Block-in-Blobs (BiB) EIP-8142, which proposes to encode transaction data into blobs, similar to EIP-4844, so validators don't need to download every transaction. BiB makes data availability explicit and efficient, rather than implicit. While zkEVM removes the need to re-execute, it does not eliminate the need to access transaction data. BiB packs RLP-encoded transaction bytes into blobs with cryptographic commitments, allowing validators to then verify the commitments and use data availability sampling (DAS) to ensure all data is available, maintaining full security, drastically reducing bandwidth requirements, and scaling Ethereum L1.
Biconomy, a cross-chain execution protocol, has introduced Smart Batching ERC-8211, a proposed Ethereum standard that transforms transactions into dynamic, multi-step programs. It enables onchain agents and users to execute complex workflows with a single signature, without deploying custom contracts. The standard addresses the limitations of current static batching, where parameters are fixed at signing and can become outdated. Instead of hardcoding values, smart batches fetch real-time onchain data, validate it against constraints, and execute only when predefined conditions are met. ERC-8211 enables fully composable, cross-protocol and cross-chain workflows, reduces failed transactions and leftover balances, and provides a shared execution standard for autonomous onchain agents.
KPK, a DAO treasury manager, launched the KPK App, a web interface for tracking and allocating assets across KPK yield strategies. The app features live performance data across all strategies, risk tiers tailored to different user profiles, and unified position tracking across both Vaults and Funds. KPK currently offers two vault types. Prime Vaults are designed for capital preservation and high liquidity, relying on established collateral like ETH and strict risk controls. Yield Vaults, by contrast, target higher returns through broader collateral exposure and active rebalancing, often focused on stable assets. KPK, originally incubated by Gnosis in 2021, manages treasuries for organizations such as ENS DAO.
Privy, an embedded wallet infrastructure provider, integrated swaps powered by Uniswap, allowing developers to support conversions between assets with a single API call. Privy abstracts away the complexity of routing, calldata, slippage, and transaction execution, while leveraging the Uniswap API for liquidity. Privy enables apps to embed crypto wallets using familiar Web2 login methods such as SMS, email, Google, X, and Farcaster.
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Base Account supports ZKsync
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#919 - Polymarket USD Stablecoin
Polymarket will replace bridged USDC.e with a new native collateral token, Polymarket USD.
Polymarket USD stablecoin.
Ethena diversifies USDe backing.
Chaos Labs leaves Aave DAO.
Ethereum Tx Delay tracker.
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Polymarket announced a major infrastructure upgrade rolling out over the next few weeks that will replace bridged USDC.e with a new native collateral token, Polymarket USD, backed 1:1 by USDC. The shift transitions Polymarket to have direct control over its settlement layer, reducing reliance on third-party bridges. The upgrade also includes a rebuilt trading engine and new smart contracts designed to improve execution speed, lower gas fees, and streamline the overall system. According to 0xngmi, more than $1.25 billion is currently held in Polymarket user wallets. During the transition, all open orders will be canceled during a short, pre-announced maintenance window. Developers and advanced users will need to make updates.
Ethena is expanding the collateral backing of its USDe stablecoin to include overcollateralized institutional lending, liquid real-world assets (RWAs) beyond t-bills, commodity basis trades, and prime lending. Previously, USDe's yield was primarily driven by crypto perpetual futures funding rates. USDe is an overcollateralized, yield-bearing stablecoin, backed by crypto assets and delta-neutral strategies managed by Ethena. The shift aims to create a more resilient, diversified reserve portfolio that can perform across different market conditions, reducing reliance on funding rates alone. Ethena states that the core architecture and redemption mechanism remain unchanged, and all new strategies are conservatively sized and overcollateralized.
Chaos Labs, a risk service provider to the Aave DAO, announced it is stepping down from its role managing risk for the Aave protocol. The departure follows the recent exits of other major contributors, including the Aave Chan Initiative (ACI) and BGD Labs. Chaos Labs said the decision was driven primarily by a disagreement over how risk should be managed, particularly as Aave V4 expands. In response, Stani Kulechov stated that Aave Labs was open to increasing Chaos Labs' compensation to $5 million, but did not support other aspects of their proposal, which he says included making Chaos Labs the sole risk manager, replacing Chainlink as the default oracle provider, and adopting Chaos Labs' vaults as the default. Kulechov confirmed that risk management responsibilities will continue without disruption.
Ethereum researcher Toni Wahrstätter launched txdelay.xyz, a tool that tracks average Ethereum transaction inclusion times. He estimates that the current delay is around 6 seconds, but expects it to increase by ~2 seconds under ePBS (EIP-7732), a feature planned for the upcoming Glamsterdam hardfork. He noted ePBS has a similar effect to increasing slot times to 16 seconds, meaning Ethereum would need ~8-second slots to return to today's inclusion delay. The tracker uses data from ethPandaOps' Xatu nodes, comparing when transactions are first seen in the mempool versus when they are included onchain.
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