The Dencun hard fork has been completed on the Goerli, Sepolia and Holesky testnets, and the mainnet will be launched on Epoch 269568 (approximately March 13, 2024).

Vitalik released the EIP-7706 proposal, proposing a supplement to the existing Gas model, separating the gas calculation of calldata and customizing a base fee pricing mechanism similar to Blob gas to further reduce the operating cost of L2.

Blast is an Ethereum Layer 2 network launched by Pacman (Tieshun Roquerre, aka. Tieshun), the founder of Blur. It launched the mainnet on February 29. Currently, approximately 19,500 ETH and 640,000 stETH are pledged on the Blast mainnet.

Grayscale and BlackRock refine their Ethereum ETF proposals, facing regulatory delays and low approval expectations, with decisions expected in May.

An Ethereum futures ETF is an investment fund that tracks Ethereum futures contracts rather than Ethereum itself.

Hong Kong includes Bosera HashKey, Huaxia, and Jiashi Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs as qualified securities for the Central Clearing System's multi-counter.

Optimism is an Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 project that hopes to solve Ethereum’s scalability issues while functioning similarly to the Ethereum blockchain.

Vitalik Buterin anticipates Ethereum's Verkle trees for reduced staking node disk space and faster syncing. Community enthusiastic despite delayed Dencun upgrade.

Andreessen Horowitz invests $100 million in EigenLayer, pioneering "restaking" in the crypto industry to enhance Ethereum's security and accelerate blockchain innovation amid sector skepticism.

The value cornerstone of Restaking is EigenLayer's AVS.