0xResearch Newsletter

Turns out that owning the end-user via a crypto wallet is quite a prosperous business

As EIP-4844 “blobs” transform the economics of Ethereum layer-2s, a growing debate pits long-term scalability against immediate ETH value

From hackathons to trading tools and DAO governance, AI agents are redefining how we build and innovate

Martin Köppelmann outlines a proposal for Ethereum-native rollups, emphasizing security, scalability, and a stronger connection to the Ethereum ecosystem

Some of Ethereum’s top minds shared a kumbaya moment at Devcon around uniting Ethereum’s fragmented ecosystem

Tracing centralized missteps to the industry’s push for transparency and stability

As part of SIP-411, KWENTA tokens will be redeemable for SNX and subsequently deprecated

Ethereum’s 200th ACD call brought updates on the Pectra upgrade and the new Mekong testnet — just in time for Devcon in Thailand

CEO Vijay Chetty said Eclipse is “uniquely positioned as the first solution to bridge the gap between Solana and Ethereum”

Polymarket’s underlying blockchain chugged along more or less smoothly, processing 2,921,668 transactions on election day

Blue Sheets Simple-Earn offers a new route to fixed-rate lending on EVM chains

OpenSea co-founder Devin Finzer claims the new OpenSea is being rebuilt “from the ground up”

A pilot project from Swift, UBS and Chainlink demonstrates how tokenized funds can bridge traditional and crypto rails

Platforms like Polymarket and Drift’s BET show higher probabilities for a Trump victory, reflecting current market sentiments

While DAOs promote transparency and community involvement, underlying centralized mechanisms reveal the challenges in achieving full decentralization

Plus, fresh testnets are rolling out to advance zk-verifiable data delivery

Optimistic rollups like Optimism, Arbitrum and Base are seeing rapid adoption relative to zk rollups

The upgrade strengthens Stacks’ alignment with Bitcoin’s security, paving the way for sBTC and new bitcoin DeFi possibilities

NFT markets may be down, but their use cases are flourishing

Ethereum’s major oracle provider is making moves in the growing ecosystem of BTCFi

The integration of Across’s intent-based bridging allows traders to easily bridge and perform cross-chain swaps all within Uniswap

Maker co-founder Rune Christensen says the team will have three voting options on Oct. 28

Plus, Scroll transactions are on the up

Plus, Solana’s memecoin frenzy