Ethereum is for shipping. Here are 29 things the Ethereum ecosystem launched, upgraded, and announced over the past month. 0/ Fusaka, Ethereum’s latest upgrade, went live on December 3rd. Fusaka included 13 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) that boost blob capacity, improve user experience, and introduce data availability sampling to securely scale the network and set the stage for future L1 upgrades. Ethereum is securely scaling. 1/ @aave introduced the new Aave App, a smarter interface for saving and interacting with the protocol. Better UX and clearer pathways into DeFi help bring more users onchain and strengthen the financial layer built on Ethereum. 2/ Devconnect (@EFDevcon), the largest Ethereum gathering of the year, occurred in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It marked the ‘First Ethereum World’s Fair’ with 75+ projects demoing on site and 20k+ registrants, making it the largest Devconnect ever. 3/ @Amundi_ENG, Europe’s largest asset manager, launched the first tokenized share class of an existing euro-denominated money market fund on Ethereum. 4/ @AbstractChain announced that @Disney coming to @Cryptoys, bringing iconic brands and their millions of fans onchain. 5/ @jpmorgan's USD deposit token JPMD is now live on @base. Institutional settlement on Ethereum L2s demonstrates real-world adoption and builds bridges between traditional finance and public infrastructure. 6/ @ElizaEcoFund, an open-source framework for deploying AI agents, migrated its native $ELIZAOS token to Ethereum. Teams choosing Ethereum for AI-agent infrastructure highlights Ethereum’s strength as a programmable base layer. 7/ The @EthereumFndn @EFDevcon team announced that Devcon 2026 will be hosted in Mumbai, India. 8/ The Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance launched as a coordinated policy effort by @aave, @AragonProject, @CurveFinance, @LidoFinance, @sparkdotfi, @graphprotocol, & @UniswapFND. The Alliance aims to protect Ethereum’s neutrality and ensure global regulation supports open, permissionless innovation. 9/ @Starknet activated S-two, a high-speed prover now securing every Starknet block. Faster proofs strengthen the rollup ecosystem and advance Ethereum’s ZK future. 10/ @aztecnetwork released Ignition, a fully decentralized L2 consensus layer that advances private, programmable onchain activity on Ethereum. 11/ The @ethereumfndn introduced the Ethereum Interop Layer (EIL). EIL aims to make Ethereum’s L2 ecosystem feel like one unified chain, without new trust assumptions. 12/ @usxcapital, a privacy-preserving stablecoin on Scroll and LayerZero, went live. It brings gasless, private transfers and new stablecoin rails to Ethereum L2s. 13/ @aplus introduced a turnkey solution for banks to issue GENIUS-compliant stablecoins on Ethereum. This makes it easier for smaller institutions to issue stablecoins and compete collectively with larger players in the market. 14/ @nillion is extending its Blind Computer infrastructure to Ethereum, unlocking new possibilities for decentralized computation without revealing underlying data. As Ethereum becomes an ecosystem of many chains that settle on the L1, Nillion provides shared, decentralized, private computation compatible with both L1 and every L2. 15/ @StartaleGroup released the Startale App, a SuperApp for @soneium's rapidly growing network on Ethereum. With 10M+ weekly transactions and 90K+ daily users, it offers a clean, secure way to explore the ecosystem. 16/ wARS, a new Argentine peso–pegged stablecoin, launched on Ethereum, @Base, and @world_chain_, making it easier to move local value in Argentina and latAm to the blockchain. 17/ @1inch launched 1inch Aqua, a new liquidity protocol designed to defragment liquidity for market makers and improve execution across the DeFi ecosystem. 18/ @renegade_fi went live on @arbitrum. Renegade aims to make DeFi more private. Trade privately with dark pools, zero MEV, slippage, or price impact. 19/ @RobinhoodApp_EU tokenized nearly 1,000 stocks on @Arbitrum, for their EU app. 20/ Japan's largest idol & fashion festival @idolrunwaycolle is going onchain via IRC APP—developed by @YOAKEofficialEN, powered by @record_protocol on @soneium. 21/ Ethereum hit 34,000+ TPS, a new all-time high, showing that rollups are scaling Ethereum in practice and proving the network can support global, real-world demand. 22/ The @sharedotxyz app launched on @base and Ethereum. It’s an easy way to share transactions, follow any wallet, and earn rewards for trades. 23/ @eigencloud launched EigenZero with @LayerZero_Labs, bringing a decentralized verifier network backed by cryptoeconomic guarantees. 24/ @Celo and @ensdomains introduced Celonames: human-readable identities make it easier for everyday users to engage with Ethereum applications on Celo. 25/ @Uniswap launched Continuous Clearing Auctions, enabling permissionless token auctions with automatic liquidity bootstrapping, designed to curb unfair launches. 26/ @Spire_Labs launched Full Send, a free RPC with MEV protection and safe inclusion guarantees. Better user protection improves trust and reduces hidden costs for Ethereum users. 27/ @graphprotocol announced Amp, a blockchain-native database for building and remixing smart-contract datasets locally. This improves data access for developers and expands Ethereum’s data tooling ecosystem. 28/ @DefiLlama shipped LlamaAI, enabling prompts to generate charts, analysis, and insights. Better analytics deepen transparency and understanding of onchain financial activity.

Name & Symbol: elizaOS ($ELIZAOS)
Address: 0xea17df5cf6d172224892b5477a16acb111182478

I remember getting asked a lot in 2021 if zk rollups would "obsolete" optimistic rollups (ORU's). My answer back then was that what matters above all else is building a sustainable ecosystem - which optimistic rollups like Arbitrum One and Base have done - and then later on these ORU's can simply upgrade to become ZKR's. It's very nice to see that my 4+ year old prediction is playing out with this partnership between Succinct and Arbitrum! ZK has always been the endgame for Ethereum.

Name & Symbol: Succinct ($PROVE)
Address: 0x7ddf164cecfddd0f992299d033b5a11279a15929

Introducing Catalyst: Based rollups, now 20-30x faster. A @taikoxyz stack preconfirmation solution built by Nethermind in collaboration with Taiko, Catalyst delivers ~2-second transaction preconfirmations, with a roadmap that keeps decentralization front and center. https://t.co/dejr27aIFp

Name & Symbol: Taiko Token ($TAIKO)
Address: 0x30c60b20c25b2810ca524810467a0c342294fc61

Taiko mainnet started preconf-ing blocks about an hour ago, after fixing some minor issues and now our based rollup seem fully functional, with 2-3 second block time. @VitalikButerin @drakefjustin More to come in the next 6 months. https://t.co/kvae3EowRx

Name & Symbol: Taiko Token ($TAIKO)
Address: 0x30c60b20c25b2810ca524810467a0c342294fc61