Ethereum News. Jan 23, 2026

Jan 23, 2026

AZTEC announced TGE proposal, submitted by BlackNodesHQ, is now live, If approved, it would unlock token allocations, make staking rewards claimable, and launch trading on Uniswap v4

Aztec@aztecnetwork

The $AZTEC token sale was conducted entirely onchain to ensure that you have control over your tokens from day one. The TGE proposal submitted by @BlackNodesHQ is now live and sequencers have started signaling to bring the proposal to a vote. aztec.network/blog/the-aztec…

3:18 PM · Jan 22, 2026 · 18.7K Views

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Optimism Foundation governance vote on a proposal to allocate 50% of incoming Superchain revenue toward OP token buybacks is live

Optimism@Optimism

The governance vote for OP token buybacks is now live. Let's go.

Optimist Prime @jinglejamOP

Two weeks ago I shared our proposal to align the OP token with Superchain growth. The governance vote is now live. Let's go!!!

9:05 PM · Jan 22, 2026 · 15.2K Views

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JPMorgan launched its tokenized money market fund, My OnChain Net Yield Fund (MONY), on Ethereum mainnet

RWA.xyz@RWA_xyz

BREAKING: J.P. Morgan, the world's largest bank, is now live on Ethereum View their tokenized fund on @RWA_xyz

7:13 PM · Jan 21, 2026 · 151K Views

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Ether Machine (ETHM)@TheEtherMachine

.@jpmorgan's tokenized money market fund is now live on Ethereum and already holding $100M+ in US Treasuries. The product looks like TradFi but the rails are onchain: institutional-scale finance running on the most credible global infrastructure @ethereum. This is how

3:20 PM · Jan 22, 2026 · 3.19K Views

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Ben Edgington, former Ethereum client developer and ex-lead at OP Labs, has joined the Ethereum Foundation, where he will work on implementing fast finality for Ethereum.

Ben Edgington@benjaminion_xyz

I left paid work almost a year ago saying that only something spectacular would drag me out of retirement. Well, it happened - I am now with @ethereumfndn helping to shepherd fast finality to Mainnet. It's going to be quite the journey, but I am very excited! 🚀

4:49 PM · Jan 22, 2026 · 54.5K Views

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Privacy Pools is now live on Starknet, allowing users to deposit ETH, USDC, or STRK, withdraw to a fresh address, and interact with any app on Starknet privately, without exposing their on-chain history or public identity.

Privacy Pools@0xprivacypools

privacy pools is now live on @Starknet deposit ETH, USDC, or STRK, withdraw to a fresh address, and use any app on starknet privately without revealing your onchain history or public identity starknet is the place for privacy

4:14 PM · Jan 22, 2026 · 29.3K Views

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ENS states that its naming infrastructure provides a neutral, portable, and human-readable identity layer that can support autonomous AI agents across blockchains and applications.

ens.eth@ensdomains

AI agents aren’t just chatbots anymore. They can execute transactions, call APIs, and interact across wallets, apps, and chains. As agentic commerce emerges, one problem stands out: establishing a reliable, verifiable agent identity.

5:33 PM · Jan 22, 2026 · 204K Views

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EthResearch, published a research on how reducing Ethereum’s slot time from 12 seconds to 1 second could increase CEX-DEX arbitrage transactions by 535% and trading volume by 203%.

ethresearchbot@ethresearchbot

New post on EthResear.ch! Second Thoughts: How 1-second subslots transform CEX-DEX Arbitrage on Ethereum By: - nuconstruct - AnteroE 🔗 ethresear.ch/t/23923 Highlights: - Reducing Ethereum's slot time from 12 seconds to 1 second increases CEX-DEX arbitrage

12:34 PM · Jan 22, 2026 · 1.51K Views

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Coinbase Launched Independent Advisory Board for Quantum Computing and Blockchain