Ethereum’s Institutional Era Has Arrived @Sharplink CEO @joechalom joins @gazza_jenks at Consensus to explain why SharpLink has taken an institutional-first approach to Ethereum treasury management, and why he believes ETH is uniquely positioned for the next phase of tokenization and onchain finance. OUTLINE 00:00 - Introduction 00:51 - Ethereum Treasury Companies 02:25 - SharpLink vs BitMine 04:25 - Ethereum vs Bitcoin 06:14 - Managing Volatility 07:55 - BlackRock and Tokenization 10:00 - The Future of Finance 10:59 - Geopolitical Risk 12:08 - Ethereum’s Long-Term Value 13:09 - Closing Thoughts

Ethereum security is not a solo mission 🤝 Huge respect to every team helping direct more support toward the projects protecting the ecosystem. Final hours to join the push 👇

Ethereum is for shipping. Here are 22 things the Ethereum ecosystem launched, upgraded, and announced over the past month. 0/ Ethereum hit a new all-time high of 72.8 Million monthly transactions, the highest in network history. 1/ @ethereumfndn, @chainlink, and @Nethermind launched a $1M audit subsidy program to help Ethereum builders access high-quality security reviews. 2/ South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit, announced plans for GIWA Chain, an Ethereum L2 built on @Optimism. 3/ @AragonProject introduced Permissions Audits to help protocols secure roles, multisigs, and admin systems. 4/ @fileverse shipped Comments v2, improving the collaboration experience, with privacy by default. 5/ The Ethereum Applications Guild (@EthAppsGuild) launched to support Ethereum-native apps and real-world adoption. 6/ Privacy went live on @Optimism with confidential computing support on OP Mainnet. 7/ @StarkWareLtd brought native proof verification to Starknet mainnet with Shinobi, enabling private trading flows and OTC settlement. 8/ @worldcoin launched World ID 4.0, expanding proof of human credentials across apps, enterprises, and AI agents. 9/ Applications on Ethereum hit ~$310B in user deposits. 10/ @l2beat released a new interactive interoperability map showing how value moves across Ethereum’s expanding ecosystem. 11/ @AlchemixFi launched V3, the latest version of its self-repaying, non-liquidating loan product, with higher capital efficiency and improved peg mechanics. 12/ @OfficialMoonDAO raised $172k + from 157 contributors to send the man who coined the “overview effect” to space. 13/ @ethereumfndn announced the Road to @EFDevcon 8 Academic Program, supporting regional research and academic events ahead of Devcon. 14/ Ethereum core contributors gathered in Svalbard for Soldøgn Interop, a week-long event focused on hardening Glamsterdam implementations to help scale Ethereum securely. 15/ @basepaint_xyz hit 1,000 straight days of onchain art creation, with 121M+ pixels painted and $1.5M + distributed to 4,000+ artists. 16/ New Ethereum community hubs launched in Hong Kong and Floripa, growing local coordination and ecosystem activity across Asia and Latin America. 17/ The EF’s ETH Rangers public goods security program wrapped after helping recover or freeze $5.8M, reporting 785+ vulnerabilities, and identifying ~100 North Korean IT workers targeting Web3 teams. 18/ @centrifuge launched a tokenized S&P 500 fund on @base, bringing 24/7 onchain index exposure to non-U.S. users. 19/ @0xcatalysis launched Covered Vaults on Ethereum, DeFi vaults with built-in onchain risk coverage backed by delegated capital. 20/ @Uniswap processed $3T in all-time volume on Ethereum mainnet. 21/ @RAILGUN_Project hit $5 billion of total all time private volume.

ethereum got flooded by fucking mercenaries pretending to be revolutionaries. everyone talks about decentralisation until there's money on the table, then suddenly compliance, surveillance, business opportunities, and extraction become pragmatic. most of this ecosystem does not give a shit about freedom. they care about pumps, fees, and turning users into fucking exit liquidity. cypherpunk was never about making founders rich. it was about making tyranny obsolete. the grifters will cash out. the cowards will comply. cypherpunks will outlast all of them. principles compound harder than capital. you don't have to believe me. you won't. because you'll be gone while i'm still here.

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Ethereum is turning privacy into a first-class primitive. Frame transactions (EIP-8141) + 2D nonces remove the need for intermediaries: fees can be paid from the withdrawal itself, no third party relayer or doxxed account needed anymore. Next steps include: - cheaper deposits/withdrawals (more throughput, cheaper proving) - enshrined privacy at L1 More details in the ethresearch post:

Ethereum isn't just scaling for humans, but AI agents that know a user's preferences and goals and execute autonomously. Retail investors are about to get financial access and outcomes previously reserved just for institutions.  "Once investors see what they're missing, I think it's going to be hard to go back.” Thanks @ninabambysheva for the conversation about the coming age of agentic finance in @ForbesCrypto.