Welcome to Observer #12
This is a brief weekly roundup of Ethereum and wider industry news and headlines.
Find this week's link-list below, and comment if you'd like to join and help build this out!
Core Development (ACD) & L1
1/ @nixorokish Checkpoint Edition #1, ACD roundup on EF Blog
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2/ @nixorokish ACDE #208 TOMORROW
Ethereum's upcoming regular Thurs protocol development call: ACDE #20827 Mar 14:00 UTC
Hoodi Pectra update, mainnet timing, upgrade process improvements, history expiry timeline, Fusaka deadlines, eth/69 & EOF
EOF may be the contentious topic that dominates this call
3/ @ralexstokes ACDC #153 Roundup!
We discussed Pectra, PeerDAS, and Fusaka:
4/ @barnabemonnot NEW "Protocol research call" starting 02APR
Long-term, we hope that this can be a good venue for research, core devs and the community to discuss some of the many questions facing Ethereum.
5/ @abcoathup Fusaka Planning
* March 24: Proposed for Inclusion deadline
* March 31: client team scope preferences deadline
* April 10: Fusaka scope frozen
I added my two cents, you can add yours.
ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-7607-fusβ¦
6/ @abcoathup Scope Prefs
EIP-7607: Fusaka Meta EIP
Collection of Responses Client teams Nethermind https://x.com/m25marek/status/1896911082628727213 Reth Layer 2s Base Community
7/ @ladislaus0x EF Research Roundup
You can expect these updates from me going forward, continuing the flow from @barnabemonnot
8/ @ethresearchbot NEW EF Research β Decoupling throughput from local building
Decoupling throughput from local building
By:
- @barnabemonnot
- Alex Stokes
- Ansgar Dietrichs
- Carl Beekhuizen
- Caspar Schwarz-Schilling
- Dankrad Feist
- Data Always
- Drew van der Werff
- Eric Siu
- Francesco dβAmato
- Jihoon Song
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Ethereum Research
Civilized discussion furthering Ethereum research
9/ @unnawut Beam roadmap!
Now you can find everything about the Beam Chain (new name soon), track its progress, access learning resources, and find the brilliant minds & teams behind it - all in one place.
Explore now at beamroadmap.org
10/ @abcoathup Hoodi upgrade TODAY
11/ @terencechain More on Hoodi
Everything you need to get ready: hoodi.ethpandaops.io
12/ @etherscan Explorer Live
Hoodi testnet explorer is live!
13/ @christine_dkim Infinite Jungle 89 on Hoodi and More!
On #InfiniteJungle EP 89, @christine_dkim recaps the latest ACDC call, covering Pectra testing as it moves to Hoodi, the growing focus on history expiry, and early signs of heated debate around the scope of the upcoming Fusaka upgrade.
Ecosystem
14/ @sassal0x Latest @thedailygwei
Today's topics:
- Hoodi testnet now live
- Tornado Cash sanctions removed
- ETH is a triple point asset
- and much more
Watch
youtu.be/UJgLjc8K6s0
15/ @barnabemonnot and @ralexstokes on @laurashin
Some of the points we discussed:
- Scaling the blobs 2x with Pectra (soon!) and hopefully 8x more with PeerDAS in Fusaka
- Why opting for a market-driven rollup-centric roadmap instead of pursuing in-protocol
The @ethereumfndnβs Research co-leads @ralexstokes and @barnabemonnot explore whether Ethereum can stay ahead of the competition, detailing:
The Pectra and Fusaka Upgrades
How Ethereum can compete 
16/ @custodiabank Americaβs first bank-issued stablecoin on Ethereum
custodiabank.com/press/custodiaβ¦
17/ @matthuang @WSJ on @rstormsf
As I say in the article: βRoman is being unfairly prosecuted,β Huang told the Journal. βSoftware developers shouldnβt be threatened with criminal sanctions for building neutral infrastructure, which is what Tornado Cash was. You
18/ @BanklessHQ OFAC removed Tornado Cash contracts
19/ @Rue1776 Latest Ethereum Daily
March 25th, 2025
@Celo L2 Hardfork
1st US Bank-Issued Stablecoin, @custodiabank 
@worldlibertyfi brings T-Bills Backed Stablecoin, USD1
New "Checkpoint" ACD Blog Series & Protocol Research CallPlus Much More in the Thread Below
20/ @alignedlayer Latest Zk Newsflash
ZK-Newsflash! Here are the highlights of what happened in the ZK space from March 13th to 19th β presented by @BJ_Dyakov.
@Ingo_zk released ICICLE-Snark, offering enhanced performance for ZK applications. @eigen_da and @Mantle_Official announced partnership to
21/ @CoinbasePltfrm Coinbase Staking report β 11.4% of stake
This comprehensive report covers:
β Validator uptime at 99.75%
β Participation rate of validators at 99.75%
β Zero slashing or
L2
22/ @TheDeFinvestor @ZkSync and @Ethereum total 80% of RWA mcap
Ethereum still leads in tokenization.
23/ @Celo Officially an L2 on @Optimism stack!
@Ethereum, we're home!Following a successful "hard hard fork" led by core contributors at @cLabs & L1 validators, Celo is officially an Ethereum Layer 2
What does that mean for the diverse, global decentralized ecosystem? Keep reading to find out β
Events
24/ @EthPrague Unveils @VitalikButerin & @timberners_lee!
Beyond excited to announce a historic fireside chat between @timberners_lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, and @VitalikButerin, creator of Ethereum, at @EthPrague!The two brilliant minds will explore tech acceleration, open networks, and visions for Web3.0!
May 27-29
25/ @EFDevcon Devconnect Venue!
It will be our Schelling Point for the week.
Ethereum worldβs fair
coworking space
kickoff day on Nov 17All in a giant venue with a huge outdoor space, located in the beautiful neighborhood Palermo.
26/ @not_qz D/Acc Day and EthTaipei next week
This time at @EthTaipei, once again hosted by @VitalikButerin featuring speakers such as @hwwonx
Link below
27/ @NathanSexer 2025 Events, also on @Fileverse
And hosted on @fileverse: docs.fileverse.io/0x81fb962e2088β¦
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