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Ross Ulbricht receives a full pardon, Alexey Pertsev is released on house arrest—major legal developments have the crypto community celebrating!

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In this issue, we explore how the Pectra upgrade improves Ethereum staking. Answer the quiz to test your knowledge on these staking improvements and stand a chance to win $10 in ETH.

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How Pectra Shapes the Future of Ethereum Staking

How Pectra Shapes the Future of Ethereum Staking

Slated for early April 2025, Pectra is Ethereum's largest upgrade to date. We explore how Pectra transforms Ethereum staking, including:

  • Increasing Validator Effective Balances
  • Reducing Validator Activation Times
  • Improving Withdrawal Flexibility
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Ethereum Foundation Launches New X Account

This account will be used to share updates from the EF, whereas the @ethereum account is used more actively to share ecosystem updates.

x.com/ethereumfndn

US Court Overturns Tornado Cash Sanctions

The US OFAC sanctioned Tornado Cash in August 2022, leading to the arrest of its developer, Alexey Pertsev, who is now under house arrest.

cointelegraph.com

Uniswap v4 is Live

It introduces major gas fee reductions and hooks - contracts that allow anyone to customize how pools, swaps, fees, and LP positions interact.

x.com/Uniswap

Ethereum Gas Limit Increased to 36M

It was Ethereum's first gas limit increase since migrating to PoS, improving transaction capacity without a hard fork, and backed by >50% validators.

theblock.co

Aave Processed $200M in Liquidations

Despite market volatility, Aave saw millions in liquidations with no new bad debt, showcasing its risk controls and liquidation efficiency.

coindesk.com

Developers

Web3.js is Sunsetting on March 4th

The team will provide transitional support over the next 3 months to ensure developers have the necessary resources to adapt.

x.com/web3_js

Soft Guideline to Participate in Ethereum's Upgrade

An unofficial process for Ethereum app developers to surface issues and get their improvement proposal into a network upgrade.

mirror.xyz/nixo.eth

Community

Local Ethereum Newsletter Launch

It covers the geographic story of Ethereum across local communities, universities, developers, startups, policies, user adoption and beyond.

x.com/Geodework

EIC04 Winter 2025 Edition of Ethereum Magazine

The 4th issue features Tim Beiko, protocol support at EF, on "What's Next for Ethereum?" & explores Ethereum's social layer.

ethinvestorsclub.com

Pick of the Month

Transaction: 50,000 ETH Transferred to EF DeFi Multisig

The Ethereum Foundation set up a new 3-of-5 multisig wallet to engage with the DeFi ecosystem, following community suggestions.

Address: Ledger Co-Founder Kidnappers

The kidnappers fail 29 times to withdraw their USDT ransom after it had been frozen by Tether as part of a coordinated rescue operation.

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How to bypass L2 sequencer censorship?
A demonstration by donnoh.eth on forcing a token buy through Etherscan, following Soneium's blocking of contract activities on their "Suspected of IP Infringement" list. Read more.

How can I sort my private name tags by category?
You can easily organize your private name tags by creating groups. Just go to etherscan.io/mynotes_adress, create a group, and add private name tags to it for easy viewing later. Read more.

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