• Fusaka 60m default gas limit.

• SharpLink plans to tokenize SBET.

• Cloudflare unveils NET Dollar.

• CCTP V2 goes live on Ink.

At this week’s ACDE #221, Ethereum core developers agreed to set the default mainnet gas limit in Fusaka client releases to 60 million gas per block, raising it from the current 45 million. Increasing the gas limit allows each block to carry more data, thereby improving transaction throughput. Gas limit increases occur automatically once more than 50% of validators signal for an increase. Developers are also preparing for the Fusaka upgrade to activate on testnets throughout October. Teku, Lodestar, and Besu have already shipped testnet-compatible releases, with the remaining clients expected to follow in the coming days. After that, the Ethereum Foundation will issue an official announcement. If testnet forks proceed smoothly, Fusaka is scheduled for mainnet activation on December 3rd.

SharpLink Gaming, the world’s second-largest corporate holders of ETH with 838k ETH and 3,815 ETH in staking rewards earned, announced plans to natively tokenize its SEC-registered $SBET shares on Ethereum. The tokenization will use Superstate’s platform, with Superstate serving as Digital Transfer Agent. Tokenized SBET shares will be legally equivalent to traditional equity but can be held in self-custodied wallets and integrated into onchain products. SharpLink and Superstate will explore compliant secondary market trading of tokenized SBET shares on AMMs and other uses across DeFi protocols.

Cloudflare, the largest Content Delivery Network (CDN) provider, introduced NET Dollar, a USD-backed stablecoin designed for the agentic web. Designed to support microtransactions, pay-per-use models, and automated agent-to-agent payments, NET Dollar aims to modernize the Internet’s financial rails and incentives. The announcement follows Cloudflare’s and Coinbase’s launch of the x402 Foundation earlier this week, which aims to establish the x402 payments protocol as a universal standard for AI-driven payments across industries and platforms. Cloudflare did not specify which blockchain the stablecoin will launch on.

CCTP V2, the latest version of Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, is now live on Ink, enabling fast, secure, and capital-efficient USDC transfers using a burn-and-mint model, without relying on liquidity pools. The CCTP V2 protocol features smart contract hooks for post-transfer actions. Ink now joins Ethereum, Base, Avalanche, Arbitrum, and Linea as supported CCTP V2 chains. Circle also deployed support for native USDC on Ink, Kraken’s Ethereum Layer-2 chain built on the OP Stack.

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• Electi audits EIP-7503 ZK circuit

• Farcaster Mini App showcase

• Fluid hits $2b 24hr volume

• Polygon $50m stablecoin vol on Stripe

• PYUSD integrations

• Calaxy goes live on Base

• Zoom call hack explained

• SEC x CFTC joint roundtable

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• TOOL goes live on Hoodi testnet.

• Reserve launches LCAP Index DTF.

• Ethereum hits 6 blobs per block.

• EF launches the Ethereum Everywhere team.

NuConstruct launched Trustless Orderflow Operations Layer (TOOL), now live on the Hoodi testnet. Coined as Ethereum’s Hyperscale Co-processor, TOOL is a permissionless scaling layer that delivers 1-second finality without protocol or validator changes. It uses sealed-bid auctions to process private orderflow offchain. TOOL connects wallets, traders, RPCs, solvers, and searchers into one permissionless network on Ethereum L1. TOOL is supported by Ethereum’s leading staking providers, including Lido, Rocket Pool, SSV, Obol, and is undergoing a full audit by security firm Sigma Prime.

Reserve Protocol launched the Large Cap Index Decentralized Token Folio (LCAP DTF), a single index token representing a basket of the 10 largest crypto assets. The token tracks CF Benchmarks’ Large Cap Index, covering about 95% of the crypto market, and is designed as an institutional-grade, fully collateralized, on-chain portfolio. LCAP is powered by Reserve Protocol’s onchain infrastructure mint/redeem, governance, composability) and built on Base. It will be tradable across both centralized and decentralized exchange venues, offering permissionless access to diversified crypto exposure.

Ethereum’s blob capacity has reached a new high of six blobs per block. The network currently has a target of 6 blobs per block and a maximum of 9 blobs per block. According to data analyst hildobby, Base and Worldcoin dominate actual blobspace usage, accounting for about two-thirds of it. Vitalik Buterin noted that the Fusaka upgrade, targeted for December 3, 2025, will address the current blob demand surge. Fusaka introduces Peer Data Availability Sampling (PeerDAS), allowing nodes to verify data availability by sampling small subsets rather than downloading entire blobs. It enables safer scaling, with throughput eventually increasing by up to 8x, from 6 to 48 blobs per block. After Fusaka, Blob Parameter Only (BPO) forks will gradually and automatically raise blob limits further.

The Ethereum Foundation launched the Ethereum Everywhere team to amplify and connect communities and events worldwide. The initiative focuses on strengthening Ethereum’s social layer, including the people, gatherings, and collaborations that sustain the ecosystem. The team will support grassroots groups, innovation hubs, meetups, and developer workshops.

• Teku v25.9.3 release

• Obol introduces Validator Manager

• BALs for Proposer Commitments

• Euler supports mUSD

• Yieldbasis opens for deposits

• FG Nexus buys 1,558 ETH

• Interview with Andrew Keys

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• CFTC tokenized collateral initiative.

• Cloudflare supports x402.

• Uniswap x The Compact v1

• ETHZilla raises $350 million.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a new initiative to enable the use of tokenized collateral, including stablecoins, in derivatives markets. Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham highlighted the potential of tokenized collateral to modernize collateral management and improve capital efficiency while ensuring responsible innovation in partnership with stakeholders. The initiative builds on the February 2025 Crypto CEO Forum and aligns with recommendations from the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets. A pilot program is under consideration to test digital asset frameworks with clear regulatory guardrails. The CFTC is accepting public comments on the initiative through October 20, 2025.

Cloudflare, the world’s largest Content Delivery Network (CDN), integrated the x402 payments protocol into its Agents SDK and MCP Servers, enabling developers to build agentic commerce applications with pay-per-use payments for APIs, AI agents, and compute. Cloudflare and Coinbase also launched the x402 Foundation. The foundation aims to establish x402 as the universal standard for AI-driven payments across industries and platforms. x402 is an open protocol that extends the HTTP 402 Payment Required status code into a functional payment negotiation layer, supporting instant, stablecoin-based transactions and deferred settlement.

Uniswap introduced The Compact v1, an ownerless ERC-6909 contract for reusable resource locks that establishes a shared standard for cross-chain infrastructure. It abstracts away complexity, ensures interoperability, and enables composable cross-domain applications, moving beyond siloed escrow systems. Resource Locks are created when tokens are deposited into The Compact and represented as ERC-6909 tokens. On top of these, Compacts act as programmable commitments that define the rules for when and how locked resources can be claimed. The system already powers cross-chain swaps on UniswapX and is being adopted by LI.FI, Rhinestone, and others.

ETHZilla, a digital asset treasury company, raised an additional $350 million through new convertible debt. The raise provides capital for ETHZilla to continue actively deploying ETH into DeFi and tokenized real-world assets. The company has accumulated an ETH treasury of 102,264 ETH at an average price of $3,949, currently worth about $462 million. ETHZilla currently ranks eighth among public ETH treasury companies.

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• YC x Coinbase onchain startups

• CSM v2 onchain release vote

• EigenDA V2 core architecture

• WalletConnect builder rewards

• Ready Wallet mobile wallet

• Chaos Labs partners with Ethereal

• Tether raising at $0.5t valuation

• Arbitrum bridge UX upgrade

• The Rollup unveils control the stream

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