# Ethereal news weekly #4 > Uniswap voted for UNIfication, Devcon 8 November 3 - 6 at JIO World Center, Punks & Squiggles donated to MoMA Date: 2025-12-26 Source: https://ethereal.news/ethereal-news-weekly-4/ Editor: Andrew B Coathup Uniswap voted for UNIfication, Devcon 8 November 3 \- 6 at JIO World Center, Punks & Squiggles donated to MoMA ### Ecosystem * [Devcon 8](https://blog.ethereum.org/2025/12/23/devcon-mumbai): November 3 \- 6 at JIO World Center in Mumbai, India * Walletbeat: [wallets & local nodes](https://x.com/walletbeat/status/2002818293741301777), tested using only configured RPC endpoint * Etherscan [address page filters](https://x.com/etherscan/status/2001970530073911679), beta * US SEC: [group chats used as gateway](https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/general-resources/news-alerts/alerts-bulletins/investor-alerts/gateway-to-investment-scams) to investment scams * ETH metrics: * [Gas](https://ultrasound.money/#gas) (gwei): 0.02 \- 2.3 (12.2 for zero net issuance) * [ETHUSD](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum): $2,901 \- $3,060 (all time high $4,946, August 24, 2025\) * [ETH ETFs](https://dune.com/hildobby/eth-etfs): 5% of ETH supply * [ETHBTC](https://ratiogang.com/): 0.033 (0.165 for the Flippening) --- ### Sponsor: [Consensys](https://consensys.io) 2025 was a breakout year for crypto and for Ethereum. From regulatory shifts to digital asset treasuries and wide institutional adoption, Ethereum is reshaping global financial markets. 2026 will be even bigger as more organizations build on Ethereum. Linea will focus on becoming a self-sustaining chain, and MetaMask will expand into more onchain assets and unlock broader real-world use. [How Consensys and Ethereum made 2025 crypto’s most important year](https://consensys.io/blog/how-consensys-and-ethereum-made-2025-cryptos-most-important-year). --- ### Applications * DAOs & Labs: * Uniswap voted for [UNIfication](https://vote.uniswapfoundation.org/proposals/93): turn on fee switch, burn fees including Unichain sequencer fees, 100M UNI retroactive burn and Labs turn off front end fees * Aave voted against [DAO controlling brand assets](https://snapshot.org/#/s:aavedao.eth/proposal/0xbc606159ddeae0184c2086055637d3f357351ec0adc4c9f4150751bc41918eba), 41% abstained * Farcaster [USDC lending](https://x.com/farcaster_xyz/status/2002129878385402344) powered by Morpho x Steakhouse * Fileverse [dDocs & dSheets](https://x.com/fileverse/status/2003142985471386108) adds social recovery for accounts * NFTs: * 8 Punks & 8 Squiggles [donated to MoMA](https://x.com/1OF1_art/status/2002182475611594989) (Museum of Modern Art) * [Pudgy Penguins](https://x.com/pudgypenguins/status/2003870406340760026) promotion on Las Vegas Sphere * POAP [airport rally](https://x.com/poapxyz/status/2002078158242406600) starts January 1, mint location based POAPs at 100+ airports ### Developers * Solidity [v0.8.33](https://www.soliditylang.org/blog/2025/12/18/solidity-0.8.32-0.8.33-release-announcement/) (language): hot fix for internal compiler error in v0.8.32 for code that referenced/called getters generated for constant state variables * Remix [v1.5](https://ethereumremix.substack.com/p/remix-release-v15) (dev framework): seeks donations, matched by Ethereum Foundation * Application layer standards (ERCs): * [ERC8109](https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1417/files): Diamonds simplified * [ERC8110](https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1418/files): Domain-centric architecture for Diamonds * [ERC8111](https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1427/files): Bound signatures * [ERC8112](https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1428/files): Token transfer with signature * [ERC8113](https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1429/files): Series accounting for incentivized vaults * [ERC8114](https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/pull/1430/files): NFT transfer with signature ### Layer 1 * [Hegotá](https://forkcast.org/upgrade/hegota/) upgrade: * [Scoping timeline](https://blog.ethereum.org/2025/12/22/hegota-timeline): * Fork focus & headliner proposals: January 8 \- February 4 * Headliner selection: February 5 \- 26 * Non-headliner EIP proposals: 30 day window * [EIP7805 FOCIL readiness](https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/focil-readiness-for-hegota/27245): proposed headliner, specs reviewed & 8 clients have prototypes * Julian Ma: [in-protocol gas futures](https://ethresear.ch/t/on-in-protocol-gas-futures/23698), temperature check on changing transaction fees from EIP1559 to a gas futures market * Potuz: [history of justification withholding attack](https://www.potuz.net/posts/how-i-got-into-ethereum/) * Ethereum improvement proposals (EIPs): * [EIP8108](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/10960/files): Stateless block witnesses with Verkle proofs ### Research * SoK: [evolution of fast finality](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20715), 3-slot finality reduces finality & slot times without bandwidth requirements of single slot finality ### Staking * [Client diversity](https://clientdiversity.org/#distribution): * Consensus layer: * ⚠️ Lighthouse \~52% (data may not be 100% accurate) * Execution layer: Geth \~41%, Nethermind \~38% (estimated from self reports) * [Staking marketshare](https://dune.com/hildobby/eth2-staking): Lido 24.3% \[Note: [dual governance](https://dg.lido.fi/)\] ### Layer 2 * L2Beat: * Proposal to [narrow stage 1](https://forum.l2beat.com/t/stage-1-requirements-update-security-council-walkaway-test/412) by adding security council walkaway test * [Ethereum Interoperability Layer explainer](https://x.com/l2beat/status/2003106444371972576): users self execute transactions on source & destination, with cross chain liquidity providers paying gas & funds at destination and then reclaim at source * zkSync Era [Etherscan explorer deprecated](https://github.com/zkSync-Community-Hub/zksync-developers/discussions/1133) January 8, [download](https://info.etherscan.com/discontinuation-of-a-block-explorer/) private name tags & contract verifications * Zero Network (ZK Stack) [paused](https://x.com/zerodotnetwork/status/2003158359051239683) ### Regulation * US SEC: * [Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang & Nishad Singh](https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26450) (former FTX/Alameda executives) final consent judgments * [trading platforms & investment clubs charged](https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025-144-sec-charges-three-purported-crypto-asset-trading-platforms-four-investment-clubs-scheme-targeted) for allegedly defrauding retail investors of $14M via fake trading & offerings * Brooklyn DA: [man charged](https://www.brooklynda.org/2025/12/19/brooklyn-man-charged-with-stealing-nearly-16-million-by-presenting-himself-as-cryptocurrency-exchange-rep-and-scamming-users/) for allegedly stealing $16M by purporting to be a Coinbase representative; ZachXBT [investigation](https://x.com/zachxbt/status/2000540219427135893) ### General * [Trust Wallet browser extension](https://x.com/TrustWallet/status/2004475085168795941) \~$7M stolen, don’t open, disable v2.68 & upgrade, users to be refunded * [Gnosis Chain hard fork](https://x.com/gnosischain/status/2003410653185474630) recovered \~$9M in funds from November Balancer exploit * [gov/acc](https://medium.com/@eugene.leventhal/gov-acc-accelerating-governance-innovation-in-web3-31309f06ab63) (governance acceleration): project coordinating research, experimentation, implementation & knowledge-building by Devcon 2026 --- *Editor: [@abcoathup](https://x.com/abcoathup)* *Permalink: 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