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Solana’s Alpenglow protocol looks set to pass, with over 99% of cast votes in favor of the proposal that seeks to bring Solana’s transaction finality in line with Google search speeds.

Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade arrives in November 2025, quietly boosting scalability and network resilience without changing smart contracts

Eigen Labs CEO Sreeram Kannan told Cointelegraph that Eigenlayer’s upgrade allows decentralized services to have both Ethereum-grade security and scalability.

Fusaka hard fork’s next devnet will go live on Wednesday. The first public testnet is scheduled to launch in late September.

BNB Chain also teased that it’s working on infrastructure that will allow the network to support 20,000 transactions per second.

If activated, BIP-119 could boost Bitcoin layer 2s like the Lightning Network and Ark while offering end-users safer and easier self-custody solutions.

The Ethereum Foundation is preparing to bring zero-knowledge technology to Ethereum, with plans to launch a zkEVM on the layer-1 network within a year.

Vitalik Buterin proposes EIP-7983 to cap transaction gas at 16.77 million, aiming to boost Ethereum security, stability, and zkVM compatibility.

Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade introduces offchain wallet delegation via EIP-7702, allowing attackers to drain funds using just a signed message.

The Ethereum Foundation distributed $32.6 million in Q1 2025 grants to support education, ZK tech developer tools and the wider blockchain ecosystem.

Ambire and Trust Wallet are among the first wallets to support Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade (EIP-7702), enabling existing accounts to leverage account abstraction features.

Ethereum developers have activated the network's Pectra upgrade, bringing smart accounts, higher staking limits and improved scalability through key EIPs.

As Ethereum continues to evolve, key upgrades like Pectra, Fusaka and Glamsterdam are driving improvements in global usability, layer-2 synergy and long-term resilience.

Ethereum’s Fusaka hard fork is expected in late 2025, and Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko has ruled out the inclusion of the controversial EVM Object Format (EOF) upgrade.

Ethereum Foundation’s Nixo told Cointelegraph that unexpected issues on two testnets left developers under pressure and exhausted.