The roadmap in place doesn't make as much sense because progress among layer-2s toward later stages of decentralization has been slower and more difficult, and Ethereum itself is now scaling directly on layer-1.

The launch marks one of the first times tokenized U.S. equities and ETFs have been made natively available through a major self-custodial wallet.

By several measures, activity on the network remains near peak levels, which has industry leaders plussed about the plunge in ether's price.

Ether's plunging price stands in stark contrast to surging blockchain activity, marking a contrast to prior bear markets, company Chairman Tom Lee said.

Earlier in January, the Ethereum Foundation formally elevated post-quantum security to a strategic priority, creating a dedicated Post-Quantum team.

stVaults let other teams plug into Lido’s staking system instead of building their own from scratch.

Ethereum’s co-founder said the $43 million withdrawal will support a broader “full-stack openness and verifiability” vision as the foundation tightens spending.

U.S.-listed spot bitcoin and ether ETFs saw one of their worst combined outflow days of 2026 as falling prices, rising volatility and macro uncertainty pushed investors to cut exposure.

The rollout of Aero, targeted for the second quarter of 2026, will take direct aim at incumbents like Uniswap and Curve, the team told CoinDesk.

According to the report, $13.5 million will be allocated to security grants distributed through DAO-style mechanisms