22/05/2025
Ethereum is for shipping.
Hereâs 21 things the global ecosystem got done in the last few weeks:
1. The latest upgrade to Ethereum, Pectra, went live.
Pectra introduced smart account wallet features to improve UX, increased capacity for Ethereum L2s by 2x, and activated validator UX improvements.
Ethereum is for 0 downtime upgrades.
2. announced their stablecoin financial accounts. Now Stripe users in 101 countries can use Ethereum to hold, send, and receive stablecoins like USDC. Ethereum is for global financial freedom.
3. crossed $3T in all-time swap volume. Ethereum is for 24/7 decentralized markets.
4. deployed > $40,000 raised on Ethereum for the victims of the Myanmar earthquake, using the power of stablecoins to get funds directly to aid recipients. Ethereum is for helping those in need.
5. announced Opening Bell, enabling companies to issue public equity onto Ethereum. Ethereum is for public markets.
6. announced plans to bring ETH exposure into public markets. Ethereum is for ETH.
7. hit a new record of 24K unique traders, helping protect all of them from the hidden costs of MEV. Ethereum is for the average user.
8. announced their work with the ANT group to build a real world asset (RWA) marketplace on Ethereum. Ethereum is for tokenization.
9. launched a marketing collective for Ethereum, where anyone can submit content that pushes Ethereum culture forward and get rewarded based on performance. Ethereum is for internet culture.
10. announced that will be integrated directly into the wallet feed (early beta), which will enable millions of people to easily use decentralized social media built on Ethereum. Ethereum is for building better social media.
11. hit 1M downloads & 100K MAUs on , helping students earn rewards for staying focused on their studies. Ethereum is for onboarding.
12. on reached $1B TVL, The first DeFi protocol to cross this mark on the Base rollup. Ethereum is for DeFi.
13. now has over 12.5M verified humans on their Ethereum L2. Ethereum is for humans.
14. is now fully EVM equivalent, meaning devs can deploy existing Solidity contracts easily and use existing EVM tooling. Ethereum is for developers.
15. launched their public testnet, the next step towards a fully private L2 built on Ethereum. Ethereum is for privacy.
16. Wonder L2 went live, built on by , which was recently acquired by . Ethereum is for L2s.
17. and announced tech that can prove Ethereum blocks in under 12s, a 10x improvement since last year. This major advancement will accelerate Ethereumâs roadmap and scaling efforts to fully leverage ZK cryptography. Ethereum is for pushing the frontier forward.
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Ethereumâs L2 ecosystem is now stronger and more secure than ever before, thanks to the hard work of all these teams. Ethereum is for secure, decentralized L2s that grow the Ethereum ecosystem.
