Ethereum News. Nov 17, 2025
Privacy layer, Nillion announced Nillion 2.0 upgrade with a dedicated Ethereum L2 for staking and coordination, migrating NIL token to ERC-20 via public bridge in February 2026
Privacy L2, Aztec Network announced AZTEC token sale registration using Uniswap’s CCA mechanism at $350M FDV floor with 14.95% supply available, tokens locked minimum 90 days with governance-controlled unlock and 12-month backstop, public sale starts on December 2.
Reya partnered with EigenCloud to integrate EigenDA for its zk based trading rollup targeting 1ms execution and 200K TPS, using Ethereum validators for sequencing, zk prover network for order verification, and multi-sequencer architecture for dex.
Aave Labs’ Ireland subsidiary, Push, received MiCAR authorization from Central Bank of Ireland to offer zero-fee euro-to-stablecoin on/off-ramp across European Economic Area, supporting GHO and other stablecoins
Privacy Pool proposed integrating its protocol into EU’s European Blockchain Services Infrastructure blockchain with compliant privacy model where users withdraw assets only from Association Set Providers-approved association sets, treating core infrastructure as public goods governed by European Digital Identity Consortium institutions.
Multiplifi launched rwaUSD, a collateral layer for all tokenized assets
Uniswap launched Continuous Clearing Auction (CCA) protocol on v4 for permissionless, customizable token auctions with automatic liquidity bootstrapping, optional ZK Passport privacy, and block-by-block continuous clearing price discovery.
ENS plans to apply for .ens as a closed “.brand” gTLD in ICANN’s 2026 application round to protect its brand and gain formal ICANN status, while expanding DNS integration through partnerships with D3’s Doma protocol for domain tokenization.
Abstract announced AI accelerator Program to suppprt early AI-Crypto projects
The Graph co-founder announced Geo protocol, an independent protocol focused on decentralized knowledge curation and verification, separating from The Graph’s indexing infrastructure after three years of development
Self Protocol raised $9M seed round led by SoftBank, Greenfield Capital to build zk powered private identity verification covering 174+ country passports, integrated with Aave, Velodrome, and Google Cloud for anti-Sybil and compliance screening.
Fascinating. The MiCAR autorization for Aave Labs' Push and the Privacy Pool EBSI integration really stand out, showing real steps toward legitimate, compliant blockchain adoption within the EU. I'm always curious how these 'public goods' models will truly balance innovation with robust regulatory oversight in practice, especially with all the new L2s poping up.
The Nillion 2.0 upgrade with a dedicatd Ethereum L2 is intresting, especially the privacy layer aspect. The timing with Aztec's token sale shows how much momentum privacy solutions are gaining in the ecosystem. Seems like 2026 could be a pivitol year for privacy infrasructure on Ethereum.