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As the world bid 2025 goodbye, Ethereum quietly set a new daily transactions all time high. On December 29, the network processed 2,230,801 transactions, surpassing the previous record from January 2024. Ethereum is securely scaling, and 2026 is off to a strong start.

On your Etherscan address page, you can quickly track cross-chain activity and see your delegated address clearly labeled.

In this issue, we recap the 25 Etherscan features released in 2025. See what you might have missed.

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25 Etherscan Features in 2025

25 Etherscan Features in 2025

In 2025, the focus shifted to supporting a more interconnected, multichain ecosystem while keeping pace with rapid upgrades on Ethereum L1. Here's a recap of 25 features we shipped last year, including:

  • Cross-Chain Transactions
  • EIP-7702 Authorizations
  • Enhanced Address Analytics
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Cross-Chain Transactions

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Cross-Chain Transactions

Easily track your address's cross-chain activity through supported bridges.

EIP-7702 Delegated Address Label

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EIP-7702 Delegated Address Label

The delegated address appears as a label on the Address Page with status indicators.

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Building Truly Decentralized Applications

Ethereum made major progress in 2025, but the challenge now is building scalable, resilient apps that do not rely on centralized control.

x.com/VitalikButerin

Aave Faces Governance Tensions

A change in swap fee routing from the DAO treasury to Aave Labs escalated into a broader debate over what ownership means for the protocol.

21shares.com

Uniswap Successfully Executed Its UNIfication Proposal

These include enabling protocol fees, routing Unichain and protocol fees to UNI burns, turning off interface fees, and broader structural changes.

x.com/Uniswap

Pudgy Penguins Went Live on the Las Vegas Sphere

This activation applies only to their physical products, such as toys, animations, and merch, in line with Sphere's crypto policy.

x.com/pudgypenguins

The Museum of Modern Art Acquires 16 Onchain Artworks

MoMA has added 8 CryptoPunks and 8 Chromie Squiggles to its permanent collection, marking a major institutional recognition for onchain art.

artnews.com

Developers

Vibe Coding: A Practical Guide for Literally Everyone

This article covers key tools, techniques, and common mistakes in vibe coding, for both technical and non technical readers.

x.com/SuhailKakar

Security Frameworks by Security Alliance (SEAL)

A community-driven, open-source collection of modular security best practices to help builders secure Web3 projects across their lifecycle.

x.com/AzFlin

Community

Security Alliance's 2025 Financial Transparency Report

SEAL, a nonprofit serving the community, shares how its funds were used. Donations help support SEAL's ongoing operations.

radar.securityalliance.org

Devcon 8 is Coming to Mumbai

Ethereum community's annual global gathering for builders, will take place from 3-6 November 2026 at the JIO World Center in Mumbai, India.

blog.ethereum.org

Pick of the Month

Transaction: The First Confidential Stablecoin Transfer

The transfer amount and the user's cUSDT balance are encrypted, while the sender, receiver, and transaction itself remain visible onchain.

Address: The Longest ENS Name in History

It is 38,894 characters long and cost 20M gas to register in 2022, which is no longer possible with the transaction gas limit now at 16.7M.

Apps to Try

As the world goes onchain, here are some apps you can explore:

Base App
An everything app from Base that brings together social, trading, payments, app discovery, and earning into one place. It's now available to everyone in more than 140 countries.

World App
A mobile super app for humans from World that combines digital identity (World ID), wallet, mini apps, secure chat, and global payments. It's available in more than 100 countries.

Note: We're highlighting apps by the community, please do your own research before using them!

Pro Tip

Check whether an address has had any scam reports made against it
On the address page in Etherscan, open the Cards tab and look for Chainabuse Scam Reports. You can see if an address has been flagged and report scams with 1 click.

Jobs

Looking for a job in crypto? Check out these roles below:

Affiliate Partner Growth at Wixino Solutions | Remote

Lead Technical Support Engineer at Paradex

Senior Product / Systems Engineer at talentpair.com | Remote

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