According to Coinglass data, the total open position of ETH futures contracts on the entire network is 3.42 million ETH, equivalent to approximately 8.38 billion US dollars. Among them, Binance's open position for ETH contracts is 1.13 million ETH (equivalent to 2.77 billion US dollars), ranking first.

According to The Block data, the number of new addresses on Ethereum (7DMA) rose to 99,280 last week, the highest level since December 2022. Unlike the transaction peak caused by NFTs, the number of new addresses seems to have some sustained growth, hovering around 70,000 for most of 2023.

We are on the cusp of a significant evolution in the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem with the much-anticipated Dencun upgrade. This update marks a substantial advancement, bolstering Ethereum's capabilities by addressing some of the ecosystem's most pressing challenges, such as unlocking Layer-2 scalability and augmenting security for node operators and validators.

Bridges are generally insecure and economically inefficient. They exhibit an asymmetry between users and bridge operators, where users can easily lose funds. We propose a bridge design that is simple, modular, and utilizes multi-storage proofs and the native messaging system between Ethereum and Layer 2 networks (L2s) as a fallback mechanism.

Ethereum’s block size hasn’t been changed since EIP-1559.With a focus on the rollup-centric roadmap in the medium, or possible long term future one might argue that the way block space is used hasn’t been optimized for rollups yet. With the introduction of EIP-4844, we’re taking a big step towards making Ethereum more rollup-friendly. However, the capacity of Beacon blocks and the size of their individual parts have remained mostly unchanged.

According to L2BEAT data, the total value locked (TVL) for Ethereum Layer2 is currently 21.3 billion US dollars, with a 7-day decrease of 1.07%. The top five locked amounts are: Arbitrum One (10.67 billion US dollars, 7-day increase of 1.38%); OP Mainnet (5.21 billion US dollars, 7-day decrease of 2.31%); Manta Pacific (1.53 billion US dollars, 7-day decrease of 11.02%); Base (0.733 billion US dollars, 7-day increase of 2.77%); Metis (0.615 billion US dollars, 7-day decrease of 12.27%).

According to Dune data, the total number of Ethereum beacon chain validators has surpassed 930,000, reaching 930,816. The current total staked ETH is 29,786,115, accounting for 24.84% of its total supply. Among them, the staking share of the liquidity staking protocol Lido is 31.79%.

According to a report released by CoinGecko, there are currently 27 active Ethereum ETFs worldwide with a total asset size of $5.7 billion, with Europe leading the way with an 81% market share. Their total asset size is still smaller than that of Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE), which has a total asset size of $6.76 billion. The top 10 largest Ethereum ETFs have an asset size of up to $5.49 billion, accounting for 96.4% of total assets. The top two are XBT Ethereum Tracker One (COINETH) and XBT Ethereum Tracker Euro (COINETHE), with asset sizes of $3.34 billion and $510.93 million respectively. COINETH and COINETHE are both Ethereum futures ETFs traded in Europe.

According to Dune data, the total amount of Ethereum staked on the beacon chain has reached 29,756,922 ETH, accounting for 24.82% of its total supply. Among them, the staking share of the Lido liquidity staking protocol is 31.82%.

The address starting with 0x68d0 withdrew over 739 ETH from Binance on February 1st. Currently, the address holds approximately 1112 ETH.

Bridging Worlds: Lumio's High-Performance Integration of Ethereum and Aptos Ecosystems

In the rapidly evolving landscape of blockchain technology, two distinct approaches have emerged in the design and implementation of these distributed ledgers: integrated and modular blockchains. Since the origins of public, decentralised and permissionless blockchains, architectures were often built in an integrated way: Bitcoin came first then XRP, Ethereum and many others followed suit for over a decade. The scaling trilemma arose in debates that a blockchain can only have two out of three properties: security, decentralisation and speed. As such, Ethereum’s roadmap has evolved to encompass Layer 2s, a modular way to scale Ethereum. Understanding the differences between these approaches, exemplified by Solana (integrated) and Ethereum’s Layer 2 ecosystem (modular), provides insight into their respective architectures, roadmaps, and the impact on adoption and development.

Understanding the distribution of Ethereum’s execution-layer and consensus-layer clients used by validators is vital to ensure a resilient and diverse network. Although there are currently methods to estimate the Beacon Chain’s client distribution among validators, the same cannot be said about execution client distribution. Also, there are no standard means of anonymously showcasing which EL and CL clients are being utilized by validators.

Data from The Block shows that the total trading volume of Ethereum options in January has soared to nearly $20 billion (currently $19.99 billion), of which about $15 billion in trading volume comes from Deribit derivatives trading platform. According to Deribit's data, most (about 74,548) of the outstanding Ethereum options contracts are call options with an exercise price of $2,500, which will expire on Friday, February 23.

The Unexpected Challenge of Calculating Ethereum's Total Supply In many walks of life, especially crypto, success tends to go quiet and unnoticed, while failure rings out loud and unmistakingly. Steady gains in foundational technology rarely make headlines, but dramatic market crashes overflow our newsfeeds.

The Ethereum staking amount of the liquidity pledging platform Lido has exceeded 9.4 million ETH, reaching a value of over $21.69 billion.

According to OKX market information, Ethereum briefly dropped below $2,300 and is now priced at $2,300.13.

Dune Analytics data showed that the total amount of ETH staked on the Ethereum beacon chain reached 29,381,698, accounting for 24.5% of the total supply of ETH. Among them, the staked share of the liquidity staking protocol Lido reached 31.94%. In addition, there was a net inflow of 11,215,708 ETH since the Shanghai upgrade.

According to on-chain data, the price of CRV on Ethereum flash crashed to 0.00659 USDT before rebounding to 0.47 USDT. This was due to a large sell order and the LP pool size being small, while prices on other on-chain and centralized exchanges remained stable.

 On January 28th, Skyark's creation NFT Tian Shen has been sold for 36 hours, and the current income has exceeded 27,250 ETH, with more than 45,000 transactions received.