Aztec Network TGE Proposal
If approved, AZTEC transferability would go live for 100% of token sale allocations on February 11, 2026.
Aztec TGE proposal goes live.
J.P. Morgan fund on Ethereum.
OP buyback proposal goes live.
Ben Edgington joins the EF.
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A new Aztec Network governance proposal is live, seeking to activate the protocol's Token Generation Event (TGE). If approved, the proposal would unlock 100% of token sale allocations as early as February 11, 2026, at 14:00 UTC, make accrued staking rewards claimable, and launch trading on the Uniswap v4 pool. To advance to an onchain vote, 600 of 1,000 Aztec sequencers must first signal support. The proposal would then move to a community vote via the governance dashboard, open exclusively to token sale participants. Aztec Network raised 19,476 ETH in its token sale, using Uniswap's Continuous Clearing Auctions (CCA).
JPMorgan's tokenized money-market fund, coined the My OnChain Net Yield Fund, or MONY is now live on Ethereum mainnet and tracked on RWA.xyz. The fund invests in low-risk, short-term assets such as U.S. Treasury securities and repurchase agreements. The fund holds over $100 million in U.S. Treasuries. Built on JPMorgan's in-house Kinexys Digital Assets platform, MONY is available only to qualified institutional and high-net-worth investors. The minimum investment is $1 million. Investors can subscribe and redeem using cash or stablecoins like USDC, receiving tokenized shares delivered directly to their crypto wallets.
An Optimism Foundation proposal to direct 50% of incoming Superchain revenue toward OP token buybacks is now open for voting. If approved, the foundation will launch a 12-month buyback program starting in February using 50% of January's revenue. The foundation will coordinate with an OTC provider to set up automatic monthly ETH to OP conversions. The initiative aims to align the token's value with Superchain growth. Governance will later decide whether to burn or redistribute the purchased tokens. In the past year, the Superchain has collected 5,868 ETH in revenue. Voting ends on January 28, 2026.
Ben Edgington, a former Ethereum client developer and former lead at OP Labs, has joined the Ethereum Foundation, where he will focus on bringing fast finality to the Ethereum mainnet. He left OP Labs nearly a year ago. Edgington is also the author of Upgrading Ethereum (ETH 2.0), a 300+ page technical handbook he has been publishing since 2021.
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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.
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MetaLeX v2 release
BitMine buys 35k ETH
Rainbow RNBW snapshot
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Avnu v2 release on Starknet
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