• EIP-8079 for enabling native rollups.

• Coinbase launches ETH-backed loans.

• Reya releases tokenomics.

• PSE state of privacy survey.

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Ethereum researchers Luca Donno and Justin Drake published EIP-8079, which proposes exposing Ethereum’s state transition function (STF) to the execution layer through a new EXECUTE precompile. The change aims to enable “native rollups” that inherit Ethereum’s correctness without needing separate proof systems. Native rollups rely on Ethereum L1 to re-execute and verify their blocks. The proposed change simplifies rollup design, reduces attack surface, and keeps rollups tightly aligned with Ethereum’s rules and governance. Ethereum researcher ladislaus.eth notes that future upgrades like an L1-zkEVM could further optimize native rollups.

Coinbase launched ETH-backed USDC loans on its centralized exchange, leveraging its integration with the Morpho lending protocol on Base. The setup, dubbed the “DeFi mullet”, allows users boto rrow USDC against their ETH holdings via Coinbase. Behind the scenes, ETH is supplied as collateral to the Morpho lending protocol. Loans can be managed directly through the Coinbase app. Loans are available with borrowing limits up to $1 million and a maximum loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of 75%. Loans exceeding the LTV threshold will be automatically liquidated. The lending feature is available to U.S. users, excluding residents of New York.

Reya, a trading-focused ZK based-rollup, released the tokenomics for REYA, its native token used for security, governance, and trading incentives. Reya’s execution node operators must stake REYA as economic collateral to help secure the network, with slashing applied for misbehavior. Akin to Linea, the protocol will use fees for a buyback mechanism, targeting 80% REYA and 20% ETH. REYA can be staked into sREYA for governance rights. As a based rollup, Reya relies on Ethereum’s validator set for sequencing, with validators re-staking ETH to delegate sequencing rights and share in REYA rewards. The protocol will also maintain an Insurance Fund that holds reserves to protect against insolvency.

• PSE state of privacy survey

• Noir 1.0 launching Q2 2026

• ETHGas real-time blocks

• ZisK v0.14.0 release

• SoraChain uses EigenCompute

• Ink hits 1m daily txs

• Infinit partners with EigenCloud

• Jesse launches a creator coin

• Aave donates to Trinity College

• Kraken introduces Ramp

• Mode introduces AI trading agents

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• Aave V4 goes live on testnet.

• Aztec Network launches Ignition Chain.

• The USX stablecoin goes live on Scroll.

• Safe Labs launches Safe Shield.

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Aave V4, the newest evolution of the Aave protocol featuring a Unified Liquidity Layer, is now live on testnet. The release includes the v4 codebase and a developer preview of Aave’s new interface, Aave Pro. V4’s architecture centralises liquidity into Liquidity Hubs, reducing same-chain fragmentation, improving capital efficiency, enabling lighter governance, and allowing modular upgrades through Spokes. Aave V4 also introduces Risk Premiums, a new mechanism that adjusts borrowing costs based on collateral quality, resulting in more accurate risk pricing and improved market efficiency. Users can currently test deposits and borrows on the Aave Devnet.

Aztec Network, a privacy-focused protocol for private smart contract execution, launched Ignition Chain on mainnet, its fully decentralized Ethereum Layer 2. The network went live with around 100 nodes and 500 active validators, marking the start of the L2’s block production that settles onto Ethereum. Ignition Chain is secured by solo stakers, who participate by running nodes, staking $AZTEC, earning block rewards, and helping coordinate block production. Running a validator on Aztec Network requires an 8-core CPU, 16 GB RAM, a 1 TB NVMe SSD, 25 Mbps bandwidth, and 200,000 staked $AZTEC tokens.

USX, a privacy-preserving “neodollar” built on Scroll and powered by LayerZero’s OFT standard, is now live. USX maintains a 1:1 redemption with USDC and offers gasless, private transactions enabled by Scroll’s ZK infrastructure and Cloak, its privacy layer. Users can hold, spend, and stake USX across DeFi starting on Scroll and Ethereum, with fiat spendability coming through EtherFi Cash.

• BlackRock files staked ETH trust

• Early days of ETH w/ Christoph

• Besu performance roadmap

• Aligned releases roadmap

• Anoma protocol adapter

• Prophet Arena goes live

• Base hits 18.2m daily txs

• MegaETH wraps up private sale

• Jonny Ray joins Geth

• Axal launches mobile app

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• EF introduces the Ethereum Interop Layer.

• Revolut integrates Polygon PoS.

• SP1 Hypercube proves 99.7% of L1 blocks.

• MegaETH announces its Frontier launch.

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The EF introduced the Ethereum Interop Layer (EIL), a proposal to make Ethereum’s L2 ecosystem feel like a single unified chain, without adding new trust assumptions. While rollups have increased scalability, they’ve also created fragmentation across multiple chains, asset versions, bridges, and UX complexity. EIL aims to allow users to sign once for cross-chain actions, with wallets automatically handling routing, asset location, gas, and settlement across L2s. EIL is built ERC-4337 account abstraction and the principles of the trustless manifesto. The proposal compares EIL to HTTP’s role in the early Internet: a unifying layer that makes many independent systems feel like one seamless experience.

Revolut, a Europe-based neobank, integrated Polygon PoS to power low-cost stablecoin payments, crypto trading, and POL staking within its fintech app. Over 14 million crypto users across 38 countries can now move money across borders with low fees and near-instant settlement through Polygon’s rails. Revolut users can send and receive USDC and USDT on Polygon PoS, pay with stablecoins using the Revolut crypto card, trade and stake POL, and off-ramp directly to fiat. Polygon boasts over $3.5 billion in stablecoin supply and recently underwent its Rio upgrade, boosting throughput to 5,000 TPS.

Succinct announced that its SP1 Hypercube zkVM can now prove 99.7% of Ethereum L1 blocks in under 12 seconds, and 95.4% in under 10 seconds, using only 16 NVIDIA RTX 5090 GPUs. The milestone comes after six months of deep optimizations across the prover, executor, and cluster orchestration. SP1 Hypercube also brings formal verification of all RISC-V constraints. Ethereum’s endgame is to introduce zkEVM proofs at L1, allowing validators to verify succinct proofs instead of re-executing blocks. ZK-fying the L1 enables horizontal scaling to 1 gigagas/second and near-instant rollup interoperability. SP1 Hypercube will be open source and available on the Succinct Prover Network.

MegaETH announced Frontier, its mainnet beta, launching in early December 2025 and running for one month. Designed for early adopters, Frontier will showcase MegaETH’s real-time, performance-focused blockchain that leverages Ethereum security with support for forced inclusion from day one. No incentives will be live during the initial beta phase.

• ACDE #225 canceled this week

• Balancer publishes post-mortem

• Clarity Act as soon as December

• SEAL introduces certifications

• 0xBow raises $3.5m

• Kraken raises $800m

• Obex raises $37m

• ETHDenver 2026 applications

• Privy LATAM report

• Synthetix S2 trading comp

• Base batches finalists

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