• Taiko activates preconfirmations.

• SharpLink Gaming to raise $400m.

• Bitmine reserve surpasses 1.1m ETH.

• Fede donates $500k to Storm.

Taiko, an EVM-equivalent ZK-Rollup, activated preconfirmations on the Taiko Alethia Mainnet, allowing transactions to be confirmed 20–30x faster, enabling around 2-second block times, without compromising decentralization. Preconfirmations allow preconfirmers to give users a fast, economically backed commitment that their transactions will be included in the next block. Preconfirmers face slashing penalties if they fail to deliver. The upgrade improves user experience for dApps, DeFi, gaming, and more, compared to the previous 12-second confirmation times inherited from Ethereum’s block time. In the initial “Phase 1” rollout, only select partners are whitelisted as preconfirmers. A future “Phase 2” upgrade will enable permissionless preconfirmation and block-building.

SharpLink Gaming announced plans to raise $400 million through a registered direct offering priced at $21.76 per share, set to close around August 12, 2025. Proceeds will be used to expand its strategic ETH reserve. The company currently holds approximately 598,800 ETH, withan additional $200 million in undeployed capital, and expects its total ETH holdings to exceed $3 billion. Fundamental Global Inc also kicked off its ETH treasury with a purchase of 47,311 ETH, worth $202.8 million. FG Nexus made a symbolic purchase of 6,400 ETH on July 30, 2025, the 10-year anniversary of Ethereum, and has since fully deployed its $200 million private placement to grow its ETH holdings.

BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc. purchased approximately 317,000 ETH this week, increasing its treasury to 1.15 million ETH valued at about $4.96 billion. The purchase represents a nearly $2 billion increase from last week. The company launched its ETH reserve strategy on June 30, aiming to acquire 5% of all ETH in circulation. BMNR is also currently the 25th most liquid US stock, with an average daily trading volume of $2.2 billion.

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• ETH surpasses $4,000.

• Coinbase integrates DEX trading.

• Octant Streaming Quadratic Funding (SQF).

• Ethereum.org 2025 translatathon.

Coinbase integrated DEX trading directly within its mobile app, giving over 100 million users access to millions of tokens, up from just 300 previously listed. The initial rollout supports Base assets deployed from projects such as Virtuals AI Agents, Reserve Protocol DTFs, SoSo Value Indices, Auki Labs, and Super Champs. Additional Base tokens will be added in batches in the coming weeks. The integration allows new token launches to be tradable on Coinbase within minutes of creation. The integration leverages a DEX aggregator and includes a built-in self-custody wallet, sponsored network fees, and funding via Coinbase balances or USDC.

Public goods funding platform Octant introduced Streaming Quadratic Funding (SQF), a model that delivers continuous, adjustable funding streams, matched using quadratic funding. Unlike fixed-term, lump-sum quadratic funding rounds, SQF enables real-time funding, giving projects predictable and sustainable revenue. SQF was developed in collaboration with token streaming platforms Superfluid and Flow State. SQF is also powered by Octant v2, Octant’s latest funding framework that integrates Yield Donating Vaults. Users deposit assets into vaults, where the yield generated is directed to public goods. Combined with streaming, the solution enables passive funding.

Ethereum.org announced the return of its annual Translatathon program, a community-driven initiative to translate Ethereum educational content into more languages. Individuals and small teams are invited to participate, with translation contributors competing for prizes. Applications are now open, with the program running between August 25th and 31st, 2025. The 2024 Translatathon had 327 participants translate 2.1 million words across 70 target languages.

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• ePBS EIP-7732 SFI'd for Glamsterdam.

• Executive Order allows crypto in 401(k) plans.

• Chainlink launches the LINK reserve.

• FG Nexus is raising $5b for its ETH reserve.

Ethereum core developers have scheduled EIP-7732, a formal specification for Enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation (ePBS), for inclusion in the Glamsterdam upgrade. EIP-7732 is a consensus layer-only upgrade that decouples block proposal from block building by enshrining PBS directly into the consensus layer. PBS refers to the separation of block proposer and builder. ePBS will enable faster block propagation and protocol-enforced payments between builders and proposers. ePBS marks the first headliner EIP for Glamsterdam, which is the next upgrade after Fusaka. Developers also moved Fork-choice enforced Inclusion Lists (FOCIL) EIP-7805 to considered for inclusion.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order expanding the types of investments allowed in 401(k) retirement savings plans to include crypto assets, along with private equity, real estate, commodities, and infrastructure projects. The order provides clearer guidelines for fiduciaries, helping them weigh the potential long-term benefits of alternative assets. The move eases previous regulatory restrictions on plan sponsors, enabling broader access to crypto options within retirement plans. Crypto assets can now access the 401(k) retirement market in the United States, which currently has an estimated $9 trillion in assets.

Decentralized oracle provider Chainlink launched the Chainlink Reserve, an onchain smart contract that holds a strategic supply of LINK tokens sourced from both onchain service fees and offchain enterprise revenue. The reserve is launching with an initial $1 million worth of LINK, aiming to support long-term network growth and sustainability The Chainlink Reserve operates as an extension of Payment Abstraction, a mechanism that allows users to pay for Chainlink services in any asset, with payments automatically converted into LINK via Chainlink’s CCIP, Automation, Price Feeds, and Uniswap V3.  Chainlink is also allocating 50% of revenue from Chainlink’s Smart Value Recapture (SVR) service into the Reserve.

Fundamental Global Inc. is the latest company to launch a new Ethereum treasury strategy, funded initially by a $200 million PIPE offering, with plans to use proceeds to acquire ETH and pursue staking, restaking, liquid staking, and DeFi activities to grow ETH per share. The company filed a $5 billion shelf registration with the SEC, with proceeds available to purchase ETH for its treasury.

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