Ethereum News and Research

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Ethereum co-executive director Tomasz Kajetan Stańczak revealed that the Fusaka hard fork upgrade is planned to be implemented in the third or fourth quarter of 2025, with the exact timing yet to be finalized. Core developer Tim Beiko stated that the controversial EVM Object Format (EOF) upgrade has been removed from Fusaka due to technical uncertainties that may affect the upgrade schedule.The EOF was originally planned to comprehensively reform the way smart contracts are developed through 12 EIP proposals, including the introduction of the RJUMP instruction to replace the traditional JUMP and the adoption of structured bytecode containers as optimization solutions. Supporters believe this will enhance EVM efficiency, but opponents argue that it complicates the system excessively and requires synchronized updates to the development toolchain. A poll on the Ethereum voting platform ETHPulse shows that 39 addresses holding 17,745 ETH oppose the upgrade.

ChainCatcher news, according to Tim Beiko's summary, the 209th Ethereum Execution Layer Core Developers Meeting (ACDE) focused on the upcoming Pectra and Fusaka upgrades. The Pectra client is expected to be released on April 21, adding EIP-7702 for delegated state to JSON-RPC.Regarding Fusaka, it is confirmed to include EIP-7823 (limiting MODEXP complexity), EIP-7825 (transaction gas limit), and EIP-7907 (contract code size measurement and limit increase); EIP-7762 and EIP-7918 will be selectively adopted in the blob fee mechanism to balance resource utilization and market supply and demand.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim published a summary of the 152nd Ethereum Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call.This week, developers agreed on a new strategy for testing Pectra based on the progress of the Holesky and Sepolia upgrades; developers will continue to work on restoring Holesky to a stable state, which is expected to take about three weeks; additionally, developers will initiate a Holesky shadow fork, inheriting the exact same state and on-chain environment as the original public testnet.

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin stated, "The Ethereum community in Argentina is filled with outstanding builders who have contributed some of the most important software in the Ethereum ecosystem. The energy and determination to leverage Argentina's current momentum, utilizing cryptocurrency and other new technologies to build a prosperous 21st-century society, is real. Recent news should not be seen as a reason to give up, but rather as an example of why education is so important. I remain optimistic about Argentina and Latin America's contributions and role in this field."

ChainCatcher news, Vitalik stated that the claim about him holding 3 out of 5 seats on the board of the Ethereum Foundation (EF) is inaccurate. He clarified that since 2017, he has only held one seat on the three-member board.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Ethereum staking ratio has dropped to 27%, returning to levels seen since July 2024, and marking the first decline since the peak of 29% at the end of 2024. Currently, 33.5 million ETH have been staked, continuing to support the security of the Ethereum network.Despite the decline in the staking ratio, liquid staking derivatives (LSDs) still dominate the Ethereum ecosystem, with Lido controlling about 69% of the market share, and Binance staking ETH holding 15% market share.