Ethereum Ecosystem Monthly Summary: 25 Releases and Upgrades Implemented, Covering Scalability, Privacy, Payments, and Institutional Applications

Odaily Planet Daily News: Ethereum releases its monthly ecosystem summary, documenting 25 releases and upgrades covering multiple areas including L2 scaling, privacy payments, institutional finance, development tools, and governance infrastructure:

1. In terms of scaling and infrastructure, the Ronin Network has completed its migration to an Ethereum L2; the Arbitrum Foundation announced that LG Electronics' blockchain team is piloting on-chain advertising on its network; Base launched its first independent upgrade, "Azul," which reportedly boosts performance to approximately 5000 TPS and introduces several execution and consensus improvements.

2. In the payments and finance sector, Mastercard has expanded support for stablecoin settlement, covering assets such as USDC and PYUSD, and supports settlement on the Ethereum mainnet and L2 networks; Cash App has launched USDC functionality, enabling nearly 60 million users to send and receive funds directly on-chain; JPMorgan Chase has launched its second tokenized money market fund on Ethereum.

3. In the areas of privacy and security, the Clear Signing standard has officially launched, aimed at solving the "blind signing" problem; SEAL 911 and Wonderland have jointly introduced the DARC risk and compliance standard.

4. On the development and tools front, the stable version of Hardhat 3 has been released, supporting Solidity testing and multi-chain development; the ENS ecosystem launched ENS8004, transforming domain names into verifiable on-chain AI agents.

5. Multiple experimental and ecosystem projects are progressing concurrently, including the LIFI Intents execution framework and the Aragon on-chain governance formalization project.