$70 billion. The future of finance is onchain.

0/ Autonomous agents are about to become Ethereum’s biggest power users. Guest thread from @kleffew94 and @MurrLincoln on how a long-forgotten HTTP status code, ‘402 Payment Required’ could unlock a new frontier for Ethereum: agentic commerce. 🧵

🚨 ALL TIME HIGH 🚨 2️⃣ 3️⃣, 0️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣, 0️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣, 0️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣⁣⁣ Over $23 BILLION of ETH + EIGEN securing the verifiable cloud. The biggest it’s EVER been. The infinite endgame.⁣⁣ 🎯

Paying rent with crypto. A story from our @EFDevcon host country, Argentina, on how Ethereum is used in everyday life: "I lived in Argentina for about a year total without a national ID - it made a lot of things difficult! I lived in airbnbs and bought pesos illegally from a flower stall. My life got a lot easier when I found a landlord who accepted USDC and found a p2p group who would send pesos via motorbike to my house when they received USDT on Arbitrum from me. And a softer benefit - being deep in crypto and having big crypto communities there meant I had built-in communities to join, so living in a new country felt lively and welcoming instead of being difficult."

After 10 years, Ethereum's vision is clearer than ever. 👓 It's not about being the world's fastest computer. It's about becoming the world's most trusted and reliable ledger. Our new, 45-page research report, in collab with @OnchainHQ, explores how we got here and where we are headed. 👇🏼Link to download further down. We cover: 🔸What shaped Ethereum: Key milestones that built the foundation 🔹A strong Layer 1: What makes Ethereum Mainnet special and why it's the most trusted ledger 🔸A thriving ecosystem: The rise of Layer 2s, their economics, and a deeper look into the cost differences between Layer 1s and Layer 2s on the example of @Celo 🔹The benefits of blockchain: Real-world adoption via stablecoins & tokenization 🔸What's ahead: A deep dive into the technical roadmap 🔎 Get the data, not the narrative. Read the full report:

Since moving to an @ethereum L2, @Celo’s been climbing the charts: ->3rd in active wallet addresses ->6th in total stablecoin supply ->5th in transaction count ->8th in on-chain profit $CELO

Preconfirmations Are Live on Taiko! 🥁 20–30x faster. Same Ethereum values. Taiko Alethia mainnet just leveled up. This massive upgrade boosts our network’s performance without compromising Ethereum’s core principles. The new era of Taiko begins today!

New week, new milestone 🎉 CoW Protocol just passed the 3 million trade mark. 🤯 That's a lot of Moooos 🐮 and a lot of sad MEV bots. 😭 Thank you to our amazing coMoooonity for helping us get to this historic number. 🙏 Here's to the next 3 million! 📈

EulerSwap hits $2B total volume. All in just 9 weeks. Billions more to come.

We’re excited to announce that Intercontinental Exchange (@ICE_Markets) and Chainlink are collaborating to allow Chainlink to now bring high-quality derived forex and precious metals data onchain. ICE is a global financial powerhouse that operates markets, clearing houses, and data services critical to the functioning of the world's economy, such as the New York Stock Exchange. Its FX rates and precious metals prices are relied on by world-leading banks, asset managers, and other institutions. The use of ICE’s Consolidated Feed data further enhances Chainlink’s data standard, delivering an onchain experience that meets the rigorous requirements of traditional capital markets and unlocks a new class of institutional-grade applications. ICE VP, Global Data Delivery Platforms, Maurisa Baumann on the collaboration: “With content from over 300 global exchanges and marketplaces, the ICE Consolidated Feed offers trusted, structured multi-asset class data to banks, asset managers and ISVs located around the world. We’re happy to work with Chainlink to securely and reliably provide data for onchain markets, which is an important step in growing the global blockchain economy.” This collaboration marks a new milestone on the pathway towards the mainstream adoption of onchain finance. With demand for tokenized real-world assets expected to reach $30.1 trillion, forward-looking institutions have the opportunity to establish leadership in the digital asset space and power the rapidly growing blockchain ecosystem. ICE serves as one of multiple high-quality data providers supporting Chainlink Data Streams, supplying established institutions and Web3 innovators with access to tamper-resistant data—paving the way towards the mainstream adoption of onchain finance.