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#977 - Gwei Name Service, OP Stack Predeploys, Spark Stablecoin FX Layer

Gwei Name Service announced, OP Stack predeploy contracts, and Spark launches FX Layer on Uniswap v4.

• News
• Defi
• Infrastructure

Spark Launches Stablecoin FX Layer On Uniswap V4

Spark launches a $150 million Uniswap v4 migration to build a programmable foreign exchange layer for stablecoins.

• Defi
• Stablecoins
• Uniswap

OP Stack Predeploy Upgrades

The L2ContractManager enables OP Stack chains to automatically upgrade predeploy contracts at the hardfork block.

• Infrastructure
• Scaling
• Optimism

Gwei.Domains Launches Ownerless Name Service

An ownerless, unruggable Ethereum Name Service (ENS) alternative built as a fork of the wei.domains protocol.

• Ens
• Domains
• Infrastructure

#976 - Base Halt, LI.FI Token Service, Sophon Shuts Down

Base recovers from a block production halt, the Beryl upgrade is rescheduled to Friday, Sophon migrates to Base, and LI.FI upgrades pricing.

• Base
• Scaling
• Interoperability

Base Delays B20 Token Activation

Deploying B20 native tokens is rescheduled for Friday at 6 PM UTC to ensure the Activation Registry is fully operational.

• Base
• Scaling
• Infrastructure

LI.FI Upgrades Core Pricing Engine

LI.FI's core pricing and discovery engine now uses CoinGecko's API as the primary data source for token prices.

• Interoperability
• Infrastructure
• Defi

Sophon Sunsets L2, Migrates To Base

Sophon is sunsetting its Layer 2 network built on ZKsync's Elastic Network, citing a lack of blockchain transaction growth.

• Scaling
• Base
• Zksync

Base Mainnet Experiences Block Production Halt

Base Mainnet suffered stalled block production after a consensus error caused an invalid block to be sequenced.

#975 - Uniswap Launches Auctions UI And Lubin Outlines Bridge-Less Composability

Joe Lubin outlines bridge-less composability, Uniswap Web App features a UI for launching auctions, and Taiko pledges full user compensation.

• News
• June2026
• 2026

JP Morgan Buys $102m BMNR Shares

J.P. Morgan acquired 1,974,144 shares of BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc. (BMNR), the world’s largest Ethereum treasury company.

• News
• 2025
• November2025

Succinct Announces $PROVE Airdrop

$PROVE is the native token of the Succinct Prover Network and will serve as payment for generating proofs, economic security through staking and slashing, and governance.

• News
• 2025
• July2025

EigenDA Launches On Holesky Testnet

Restakers, operators, rollup sequencers, and full nodes can now interact with EigenLayer on Holesky.

• News
• 2024

SharpLink Expands ETH Reserve

The company acquired 10,000 ETH in an over the counter transaction directly with the Ethereum Foundation.

• News
• 2025
• July2025

Introducing Ethereum Hoodi Testnet

A new long-lived Ethereum testnet featuring a similar configuration and validator count as Ethereum mainnet.

• News
• 2025
• March2025