1. Why Pectra Upgrade is a Turning Point for Ethereum Commercialization: New Products and Use Cases Worth Exploring

Pectra bundles 11 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) at Ethereum’s execution and consensus layers to address some of its most troubling pain points: clunky user experience, high data availability costs, and slow validator operations. But why is Pectra a “turning point”? Because it marks the tipping point for Ethereum’s cost-effectiveness: a critical threshold where products become more attractive due to changes in their cost structure relative to performance/value. Click to read

2. The bull market in the crypto market can last for 1-2 years

Recently, many KOLs are pessimistic about the crypto market. There are two main reasons: First, the increasing risk of a US recession will cause global demand to shrink; second, inflation resilience may restrict the Fed's policy space, resulting in a lower-than-expected rate cut. Although these concerns are not without reason, our view is just the opposite: Bitcoin is the "counter-attacker" of this cycle. Click to read

3.OP_RETURN: One of the most serious BTC disputes

Overnight and this morning, the Federal Reserve’s May interest rate meeting ended. After a short-term decline, BTC quickly rebounded and attacked, aiming at the resistance level of 99k. Recently, a proposal to remove the size limit of additional data carried by OP_RETURN in the Bitcoin Core client has caused an uproar in the industry. Typical promoters such as developer Peter Todd have repeatedly submitted PRs (Pull Requests), which seems to indicate that he will not give up until he achieves his goal.Click to read

4. Can ZK-based cross-chain project Union challenge LayerZero's dominance?

Recently, I have paid attention to a cross-chain interoperability project @union_build, a Layer-1 project with ZK interoperability as its core, which aims to subvert the current cross-chain market structure dominated by @LayerZero_Core. The question is, what is the difference between it and other cross-chain interoperability projects, and what are the highlights? Will it bring new opportunities to the ZK infra track? Let me talk about some of my observations. Click to read

5. A new chapter for Ethereum: The new leadership of the Foundation responds to the "coin selling" incident and explains the three core strategies

On May 7, Ethereum completed the Pectra network upgrade, opening a new chapter in the development of the ecosystem. Taking this opportunity, Tamas Stanczak and Shay Wong, the new co-executive directors of the Ethereum Foundation, were interviewed by Bankless to explain their ideas and determination to promote change. In the past, the community has criticized the Ethereum Foundation for its execution speed, communication methods, and continued selling of coins. In this interview, the two responded one by one. Click to read