BPO2 Goes Live On Ethereum
The second Blob-Parameter-Only (BPO) fork is live, increasing the blob target to 14 and the maximum blob limit to 21.
BPO fork 2 live on Ethereum.
Morgan Stanley files Ethereum ETF.
ethOS supports eSIM.
Ethereum Ecosystem hits 58k TPS .
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The second Blob-Parameter-Only (BPO) fork went live on Ethereum mainnet on Tuesday at epoch 419072. The lightweight BPO upgrade, introduced by EIP-7892, solely adjusts two parameters. BPO2 increased the blob target from 10 to 14 and raised the maximum blob limit from 15 to 21. The expansion of blob capacity further reduces Layer 2 transaction costs. BPO forks are designed to balance the bandwidth constraints of solo stakers with the growing data availability needs of Layer 2 solutions, enabling more scalable blob transactions. Since BPO forks don’t require a hard fork, they can be activated for scaling as needed.
Investment bank Morgan Stanley filed a new Form S-1 with the SEC to gain approval for its Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust, which will directly hold spot ETH. The filing's approval is required before trading of the ETF can begin. The proposal also plans to stake a portion of the fund's ETH holdings to generate yield. No specific ticker, listing exchange, or custodian has been mentioned in the filing. Over 6.2 million ETH, worth nearly $2 billion, is currently held across 9 primary spot Ethereum ETFs. BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust ETF currently leads with over 3.6 million ETH.
Freedom Factory released ethOS v4.1.4 for the dGEN1 device, a significant update to its open-source Ethereum mobile operating system featuring a new ETHGlobal eSIM app, which allows users to purchase mobile data using crypto without the need for credit cards or KYC. The update also upgrades the CHAD (Computer Helping a Degen) AI assistant, introducing voice-to-text capabilities via hardware buttons and contextual screen awareness to help with on-chain actions like token swaps. The release also features app firewalls and a system-level toggle to completely opt-out of Google services.
The Ethereum ecosystem, including L2 networks, hit a new peak throughput of 58,786 transactions per second in the last 24 hours. Lighter, a perpetuals-focused L2, continues to lead the charts with about 58,311 transactions per second, followed by Base with a TPS of 84.
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MSCI Retains DATs In Index
The stock index provider announced that it will retain Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) companies in its Global Standard Indexes.
MSCI retains DATs in its index.
FOCIL readiness for Hegotá.
Horizon market hits $600m TVL
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Stock index provider MSCI announced that it will retain Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) companies in its Global Standard Indexes during the February 2026 review, reversing previous considerations to exclude firms with digital holdings exceeding 50% of their total assets. The decision ensures that current firms remain in the index, while also maintaining eligibility for non-constituents like BitMine to be included under existing criteria in the future. Following the move, the S&P subsequently approved MicroStrategy’s application for inclusion in the S&P 500 index.
Ethereum researcher Soispoke.eth published a forum post outlining Fork-Choice Enforced Inclusion Lists (FOCIL) EIP-7805’s readiness for inclusion in Hegotá, which is the upgrade after Glamsterdam. FOCIL improves censorship resistance by allowing multiple validators to enforce the inclusion of any transaction valid under protocol rules, ensuring that no single block builder can exclude them. FOCIL benefits users by ensuring the timely inclusion of transactions. FOCIL was declined in Glamsterdam. According to Soispoke.eth, both specifications and prototypes are ready to be integrated once available. The specifications have been peer-reviewed, with 8 out of 11 Ethereum clients having already implemented prototypes.
Horizon, a lending market for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) on Ethereum, has surpassed $600 million in Total Value Locked (TVL) with $200 million in active borrows. Developed by Aave Labs and built on Aave v3.3, the platform enables qualified institutions to access stablecoin loans gainst RWA collateral. Horizon supports U.S. Treasuries, CLOs, and Money Market Funds, including Superstate’s USTB/USCC and Centrifuge’s JRTSY/JAAA.
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Ethereum Validator Exit Queue Clears
The Ethereum validator exit queue has cleared, with exit wait times dropping to near-zero.
Validator exit queue clears.
Grayscale issues ETHE dividend.
Vitalik says trilemma is solved.
Ledger commerce data leak.
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The Ethereum validator exit queue has cleared, with exit wait times dropping to near-zero. Data from validatorqueue.com indicates that the exit queue is now virtually empty, allowing validators to leave the beacon chain in less than a minute. The drop represents a reversal since July 2025, when a surge in withdrawals consistently outpaced new deposits. Over 1 million ETH are currently waiting to enter the beacon chain, resulting in an estimated entry wait time of 20 days. The queue comes from a protocol-level cap on the number of deposits and withdrawals that can be processed per slot. Over 35 million ETH, representing 29% of the total supply, is staked on Ethereum.
Grayscale Investments announced a dividend distribution for shareholders of its Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF (ETHE), making it the first spot crypto exchange-traded product in the U.S. to issue staking rewards directly to holders. This payout comes from the sale of staking rewards accumulated by the fund between October 6 and December 31, 2025. A dividend of $0.083178 per share will be distributed on January 6, 2026, based on holdings as of January 5, 2026. The Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF has grown to hold over 1 million ETH since its initial launch in July 2024.
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin says the blockchain trilemma is now solved through the combination of PeerDAS and ZK-EVMs. While Ethereum has long been secure and decentralized, it lacked the scalability to reach high bandwidth. Buterin notes that the trilemma is solved with PeerDAS live on mainnet and ZK-EVMs reaching production-ready performance this year. He says the milestone comes after a decade of research. Buterin laid out a four-year timeline to realize Ethereum as a high-bandwidth distributed network, which includes gas limit increases and the debut of ZK-EVM nodes in 2026 and ZK-EVMs becoming the primary method for block validation by the year 2030.
Ledger disclosed a security incident at its third-party payment processor and merchant-of-record, Global-e. Email notifications informed some customers that a data breach on Global-e's systems exposed names, contact information, and possibly order details. Ledger warned of increased phishing attempts from the leaked data and urged users to remain vigilant, ignore unsolicited messages, and never share their 24-word recovery phrase. In 2020, Ledger suffered a large-scale data breach affecting nearly 300,000 users, fueling years of phishing, scams, extortion, and physical threats.
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