Ethereum News. March 24, 2026

The Ethereum Foundation says L1 will stay the core settlement and DeFi layer, while L2s evolve into specialized service layers.

joshrudolf.eth@rudolf6_

1/ How L1 and L2s can build the strongest possible Ethereum tldr: we should continue to lean into the unique capabilities of each layer, and make sure all users have a clear path to securely and seamlessly benefit from the core properties of Ethereum

5:54 PM · Mar 23, 2026 · 36.4K Views

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Aave DAO approved ARFC for deploying Aave V4 on Ethereum, with the process now advancing to an AIP vote before the final launch.

Aave@aave

Aave DAO has approved the ARFC to deploy Aave V4 on @ethereum. Next up is an AIP vote, then launch.

2:52 PM · Mar 23, 2026 · 51.2K Views

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Balancer Labs proposes to shut down and transition to a DAO model, ending BAL emissions and routing all fees to the DAO treasury

Balancer@Balancer

Two new governance proposals are now live on the Balancer forum. They cover tokenomics changes and protocol priorities. Read both: • forum.balancer.fi/t/bip-xxx-oper… • forum.balancer.fi/t/bip-xxx-bal-…

7:31 PM · Mar 23, 2026 · 74.3K Views

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Marcus | Balancer@Marcus_Balancer

https://t.co/o7PC60n8CG

7:45 PM · Mar 23, 2026 · 38.3K Views

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Bitmine added additional 65,341 ETH, and now holds 4,660,903 ETH.

CoinMarketCap@CoinMarketCap

LATEST: 💰 Tom Lee's Bitmine purchased an additional 65,341 Ether, bringing its total holdings to over 4.66 million ETH, worth roughly $10 billion.

7:59 PM · Mar 23, 2026 · 31.4K Views

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Katana acquired onchain perps, IDEX

Katana Perps@katanaperps

Katana Perps is live. @katana has acquired IDEX and launched a native perps DEX built on structural yield, not token emissions. Early access is open now, and Season 1 points are live. 👇🧵

12:57 PM · Mar 23, 2026 · 60.2K Views

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EthStaker opened 2026 staking landscape survey.

EthStaker 🦇🔊@ethStaker

Anonymized results data and analysis will be published and open sourced. See past EthStaker survey raw data: github.com/eth-educators/… And past analysis: 2024: paragraph.xyz/@ethstaker/sta… 2025:

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2025 Staking Survey Results

12:37 PM · Mar 23, 2026 · 275 Views

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Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade targets speed, scaling, and UX improvements.

ethereum.org Community@ethdotorg

Catch up with the latest on Ethereum's next network upgrade: Glamsterdam Planned for H1 2026, the upgrade will make Ethereum faster for everyone, support L1 scale, improve node sustainability, and more. Here’s what you need to know...

5:00 PM · Mar 23, 2026 · 3.02K Views

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Privacy Pools patched SDK bug and launched key migration.

Privacy Pools@0xprivacypools

https://t.co/kyAk0YMMpX

5:09 PM · Mar 23, 2026 · 2.52K Views

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ETH foundation’s Toni Wahrstätter said variable payload deadlines for ePBS offer minimal gains and may reduce propagation efficiency.

Toni Wahrstätter ⟠@nero_eth

Should ePBS use a variable payload deadline? I looked into it and came to the conclusion that we shouldn’t do it, at least not in its currently proposed form. TL;DR: The theoretical gain is ~6% gas limit headroom, and in practice it’s even less. The proposal anchors on

10:31 AM · Mar 23, 2026 · 1.8K Views

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OctantApp is hiring a Social Media Lead

mashal waqar@arlery

Hi. We’re hiring for a few roles at @OctantApp starting with Social Media Lead. This role is perfect for you IF you - live and breathe socials - consider yourself having “grown up on the internet” - love consuming and creating content - are obsessed with growth - use socials +

6:05 PM · Mar 23, 2026 · 22K Views

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Arbitrum Sepolia experienced a partial outage due to a Nitro-related issue that halted block production, but the network has now been restored and is operating normally again with no user funds at risk.

Arbitrum Developers@ArbitrumDevs

Hello! Arbitrum Sepolia is currently experiencing a partial outage. As a precaution, block production on Arbitrum Sepolia has been temporarily halted while the team investigates. We are investigating a potential root cause related to Nitro software causing a block divergence

6:48 PM · Mar 23, 2026 · 3.37K Views

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Arbitrum Developers@ArbitrumDevs

Arbitrum Sepolia block production has been restored. Developers: transactions and deployments on the Arbitrum Sepolia network should now be working as usual again. Node operators and infrastructure providers: as mentioned before, a new Nitro release will be published later -

10:48 PM · Mar 23, 2026 · 1.37K Views

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Conduit launched G3, a sequencer with up to 10,000 TPS and ~10 ms latency for real-time onchain applications.

Conduit@conduitxyz

Money is moving onchain, but blockchain infrastructure still falls short of what real financial systems require. So we built Conduit G3: A sequencer for real-time, global onchain finance 🧵

5:23 PM · Mar 23, 2026 · 25.5K Views

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