• Robinhood Chain live on testnet.

• Quick Slots proposed for Hegota.

• Stripe supports x402 Payments.

• Fusaka audit contest results.

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Robinhood launched the public testnet for Robinhood Chain, it's Ethereum Layer 2 network built on Arbitrum. Developers can now build and test apps ahead of a planned mainnet launch later this year. The testnet is EVM-compatible, supporting existing Ethereum dev tools, with early infrastructure from Alchemy and Chainlink. Robinhood Chain aims to accelerate onchain financial services and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). The company plans to eventually migrate its 2,000+ tokenized U.S. stocks and equities to the network and is committing $1 million to support developers through the 2026 Arbitrum Open House program.

Ethereum developer Carl Beek proposed including "quick slots" as a non-headliner EIP in the Hegota upgrade. Rather than committing to a fixed slot duration, the proposal introduces variable slot timing infrastructure, enabling slot times shorter than today's 12 seconds. Beek notes that a full move to 6-second slots is unlikely as a headliner alongside FOCIL, so the goal is to reduce slot times as much as possible, given available resources. The proposal seeks to progressively shorten slot times where headroom exists. Shorter slots would significantly improve Ethereum's user experience by enabling faster transaction confirmations, deposits, and payments. They also improve protocol efficiency by tightening DEX pricing, reducing MEV surplus, accelerating sequencing for based rollups, and reducing reliance on preconfirmations.

Stripe, a leading online payments processor, launched support for x402 payments using USDC on Base, enabling developers to charge AI agents directly with just a few lines of code. Using Stripe's standard PaymentIntents API, businesses can bill agents for API usage, MCP calls, or HTTP requests, with agent-specific pricing. Stripe product lead Jeff Weinstein noted that agents require microtransactions, always-on global rails, low latency, HTTP-native flows, strong controls, and fast finality. Alongside the launch, Stripe released an open-source CLI called purl, as well as Node and Python examples to help developers test machine payments. The release is currently available in private preview.

Blockchain security firm Sherlock released the results of its $2 million audit contest for Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade, conducted in collaboration with the Ethereum Foundation. Over 500 security researchers participated, uncovering four high-severity issues alongside several medium and low findings, all of which were fixed before mainnet. No critical vulnerabilities were found, unlocking $500,000 of the prize pool. Activated on December 3, 2025, Fusaka introduced Peer Data Availability Sampling (PeerDAS) to improve scalability and reduce transaction costs. A $250,000 bug bounty remains active post-launch.

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• Post-Fusaka shift to L1

• Solidity opens dev survey

• Aave V4 security audit

• 0xBow hiring backend engineer

• Optimism live on 8004scan

• Guide to securing ZKPs

• Uniswap wins Bancor lawsuit

• Arbitrum dynamic pricing

• Circles x Gnosis starter kit

• Zero Alt-L1 announced

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• MegaETH live on public mainnet.

• Base App removes Talk feed.

• Slice introduces ERC-8128.

• ZKsync ZK staking pilot.

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MegaETH launched its real-time, performance-focused blockchain built on Ethereum to public mainnet. Alongside the launch, MegaETH introduced Rabbithole, an all-in-one frontend for discovering and interacting with the MegaETH ecosystem. Rabbithole enables natural-language app discovery and asset management. MegaETH also integrated support for ERC-8004, enabling onchain registries for agentic service discovery and reputation. Powered by MegaEVM, its high-performance, EVM-compatible virtual machine, MegaETH delivers higher gas limits, real-time execution, sub-cent transaction fees, and native $USDM payments.

The Base App, the non-custodial wallet formerly known as Coinbase Wallet, announced it is removing its Farcaster-powered "Talk" feed as it refocuses the app on trading. Coinbase is also sunsetting its Base Creator Rewards program. The Base App will now feature a trading-first feed focused exclusively on tradable assets. Base contributor Jesse Pollak stated that the app was never intended to be a full-fledged Farcaster client, and that removing social content allows the team to fully commit to building the best onchain trading experience. Farcaster users are urged to return to the Farcaster client.

Slice, an Ethereum commerce infrastructure provider, introduced ERC-8128, a standard for signing HTTP requests with Ethereum accounts instead of traditional credentials like API keys or session tokens. It aims to enable stateless, secure web authentication without relying on shared secrets. With ERC-8128, each request is cryptographically signed by the sender's Ethereum account, binding identity and intent directly to the request content. The approach strengthens security and protects against credential leaks and replay attacks. Services can leverage ERC-8128 to verify identity, confirm eligibility, and accept payments.

ZKsync launched its staking pilot program that rewards ZK token holders who stake their tokens and delegate to an active governance delegate. Built on Tally's delegate-to-stake infrastructure, the program aims to boost delegated ZK and active voting power. Season 1 runs for three months, with rewards targeting ~3% APR and adjustable up to a 10% maximum based on participation levels. A broader rollout will follow in Season 2.

• EF sponsors SEAL 911

• Optimism Upgrade 18

• Optional Execution Proofs

• Alchemix v3 documentation

• Validator consolidation progress

• BitMine buys 40,613 ETH

• Derive launches Builder Codes

• Owocki Bot exposes private key

• DPRK uses legit LinkedIn profiles

• MrBeat acquires Step

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• ENSv2 sticks to Ethereum L1.

• Trillion-Dollar Security Dashboard.

• Vitalik donates to Shielded Labs.

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ENS Labs announced that it will deploy ENSv2 exclusively on Ethereum L1 and discontinue development of its planned L2, Namechain. ENSv2 is a major upgrade to the ENS protocol, introducing a new registry architecture, updated smart contracts, and user-experience improvements such as stablecoin payments. The decision follows rapid improvements in Ethereum L1 scalability, including a roughly 99% reduction in ENS registration gas costs over the past year, driven by higher gas limits. ENS stated that operating on Ethereum L1 is now significantly cheaper and simpler than running a dedicated L2, while also keeping Ethereum guarantees.

Ethereum core developer Josh Stark shared updates from the Ethereum Foundation's Trillion Dollar Security (1TS) Initiative, a broad effort to strengthen Ethereum's security to support trillions in value. The foundation launched trilliondollarsecurity.org, a public dashboard that highlights what makes Ethereum secure. The dashboard identifies gaps and tracks ongoing ecosystem work across UX, smart contract security, infrastructure, consensus, incident response, and governance. The initiative has funded Walletbeat to develop an ecosystem-wide wallet security baseline. The team is also advancing clear signing standards and researching transaction assertions to improve user safety.

Vitalik Buterin donated an undisclosed amount to Shielded Labs to support Crosslink, a security-focused upgrade to Zcash's Proof-of-Work consensus. Crosslink adds a parallel finality layer that prevents chain reorganizations and rollback attacks, reducing double-spend risk. The funds will be used for security audits, infrastructure coordination, and development efforts to advance Crosslink to an incentivized testnet and to production.

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• Everstake hits 1m staked ETH

• Ronin Saigon Testnet migration

• Doppler Rehype Hook live on base

• Bithumb recovers 600k BTC

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