Ethereum’s evolution has followed a trajectory many analysts predicted, from a high-growth utility asset powering decentralized applications, to a maturing store of value that institutions and long-term holders are beginning to recognize. How Ethereum Enters Traditional Finance Ethereum’s journey as a store of value has followed a predictable but powerful curve, and ETH’s rise has been less of a surprise than a confirmation of history. Analyst Cas_Abbe has highlighted on X that since the ETH launch in 2015, what began as an experiment among cypherpunks and developers slowly found its footing in ICOs, DAOs, and retail adoption. By 2020, ETH had taken on a far more serious role, serving as the core collateral layer of Defi, drawing in funds, family offices, and crypto-native VCs. Related Reading: Ethereum On-Chain Volume Soars To $13 Billion, Approaching Historic Records Then in 2022 was the year the conversation changed and ETH reached its milestone, of Macro funds, corporates, and eventually ETF issuers. The financial advisors also started to pay attention to ETH, recognizing that its role is extended far beyond utility. Presently, ETFs are live, and large institutions are building positions, pension funds, and global allocators are beginning to engage. According to Cas Abbe, this is the real inflection point, where finance runs on cycles, and history has shown a clear pattern that once pensions and institutions normalize an asset class, central banks are never too far behind. ETH is no longer a niche tech bet; it is evolving into a recognized monetary asset. The curve is slow at first, followed by early adopters, speculative capital, and then institutional adoption. However, the history shows that ETH is now firmly on that trajectory, and the final stages have accelerated rapidly. ETH Becoming The Era Of Tokenized Assets Crypto investor known as Ted on X has mentioned that Ethereum would power the next era of finance, and currently, trillions are flowing through its ecosystem. Institutions are building on it, and ETH has transformed into a yield-bearing reserve asset. Related Reading: Ethereum Is ‘The Biggest Macro Trade Over The Next 10–15 Years,’ Says Tom Lee The Ethereans have always known that ETH would scale, while rollups have turned congestion into capital, and reliability will matter as nearly a decade online without interruption has proven critical. Transactions are now cheap, measured in mere cents, not dollars, which is allowing value to move globally with efficiency. Everything is becoming tokenized: stablecoins, real-world assets, NFTs, corporate treasuries, it’s all on-chain. ETH is the foundation upon which companies from nimble startups to Fortune 500 giants are building as the default. Decentralization will be valued as a global neutral settlement layer for the world. ETH is no longer just a technological experiment, with companies buying and staking it. Institutions now recognize it as productive collateral. Ethereum is powering the future of finance, and what was once considered a bold prediction has become an inevitability. Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Shiba Inu’s blockchain platform, Shibarium, is reportedly stepping beyond its original role as a Layer 2 (L2) scaling solution. In a recent announcement, the development team revealed that Shibarium is now positioned as the core infrastructure for a decentralized, community-led future, highlighting its broader functionality and long-term vision for the evolving ecosystem. Shibarium Evolves Beyond Layer 2 Solution On August 4, the Shiba Inu team behind Shibarium clarified in an X social media post that the platform is more than just a Layer 2 scaling solution. They described it as a robust infrastructure designed to power a fully decentralized, community-driven ecosystem. This positioning marks a strategic expansion of Shibarium’s role in the broader blockchain space, emphasizing its importance as a foundational layer for both innovation and governance. Related Reading: Shiba Inu Team Unveils New Developer Hub Updates — Here’s The 411 Initially introduced as a Layer 2 built on the Ethereum blockchain to provide scalable and low-cost transactions, Shibarium’s evolution reflects a deliberate shift towards multifunctional utility. The team has outlined the platform’s capacity to support on-chain governance structures, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), and real-world applications. This indicates Shibarium’s readiness to serve as a multi-purpose blockchain ecosystem rather than a single-purpose scaling solution. Another key component highlighted by the Shiba Inu team is Shibarium’s ability to allow developers to build freely on the network while empowering communities to govern their protocols independently. This dual emphasis on infrastructure and self-governance aligns with the core principles of decentralization, giving Shibarium the potential to become a breeding ground for next-generation blockchain applications. Compared to other Layer 2 solutions that primarily focus on throughput and transaction fees, the Shiba Inu team notes that Shibarium integrates the above features within a framework geared toward long-term sustainability and utility. In doing so, the team presents Shibarium as a dynamic platform where resilience and innovation converge to support a decentralized future. WoofSwap Proposes Major Updates For Shibarium WoofSwap, a key community voice within the Shiba Inu ecosystem, released a set of reform proposals on X, aimed at enhancing Shibarium’s scalability, utility, and overall appeal. At the center of the suggestions is a potential revision to the 20 million BONE token allocation, with WoofSwap urging community input to fine-tune the distribution. Related Reading: Shiba Inu Bearish Reversal Setup Says Dump Below $0.000013 Is Coming Alongside tokenomics adjustments, the proposal targets technical improvements such as optimizing cross-chain speed to achieve a near one-minute transaction finality, positioning Shibarium as a faster and more competitive Layer 2 network. Other key technical refinements include streamlining smart contracts to lower Ethereum gas fees and expanding support for trendline cross-chain tokens. Beyond infrastructure, the proposal addresses governance and engagement for Shibarium. Decentralization also remains a priority, with a call to gradually open validator nodes while maintaining strict security standards. WoofSwap also urged influencers to be more cautious with their public roles, highlighting the need for credibility as Shibarium evolves. Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com
CurveDAO member phil_00Llama proposed preventing further extensions of the decentralized exchange to additional Ethereum scaling layers.
Two major decentralized autonomous organizations ceased to exist last month, raising existential questions about the DAO model of governance.
ACX plunged over 10% amid allegations of DAO manipulation and insider trading involving a Binance listing and the Across Protocol team.
A new proposal from HOT Protocol, a decentralized group operating on the NEAR Protocol, has called for a significant reduction in the AI crypto project‘s token inflation rate. On June 24, the decentralized organization submitted a plan to slash NEAR’s annual inflation rate from 5% to 2.5%. The proposal aims to enhance the long-term sustainability […]
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Jupiter DAO, which governs the Solana-based DEX aggregator Jupiter Exchange, has paused all governance votes until early 2026.
Solana’s largest decentralized exchange aggregator, Jupiter, has decided to halt all community voting through next year and keep its governance Treasury sealed until 2027, citing community burnout and a need to prioritize building new products. The move temporarily disables one of the main utilities for Jupiter’s native token, JUP, which powers governance proposals and decisions […]
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The XRP Ledger has entered a new phase of community participation with the upcoming launch of XAO DAO, marking the network’s first decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). This launch signals a shift toward deeper decentralized governance in XRPL’s future, offering users a structured way to engage in critical decisions, fund initiatives, and support real-world blockchain adoption. […]
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Yuga Labs has proposed dissolving the ApeCoin DAO and replacing it with a new governing body, ApeCo. This would mark a decisive shift in the management structure of one of Web3’s most recognizable token communities. Filed as an AIP proposal on June 5, the plan would sunset the DAO and transfer all major assets, including […]
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The proposal from CEO Greg Solano would dissolve ApeCoin’s DAO, transfer its multibillion-token treasury to a new Yuga Labs-controlled vehicle and double down on ApeChain, Bored Apes and Otherside.
Bitcoin-native DeFi protocol Liquidium has passed a major governance proposal introducing a new staking model tied to the platform revenue. The protocol’s native token LIQ has climbed over 73.3% since the proposal was approved earlier this week. It was trading at roughly $0.25 as of press time, based on CoinGecko data. Liquidium introduces staking On […]
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The Trump family’s World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has approved a community proposal to airdrop its USD1 stablecoin to eligible token holders, according to a May 15 statement. The governance vote, which ran from May 6 to May 13, received near-unanimous support, with 99.96% of participants backing the initiative. In total, around 7 billion tokens were […]
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Lido’s governance community is reviewing a new proposal to give staked Ethereum (stETH) holders more influence in protocol decisions. The May 8 proposal, dubbed Lido Improvement Proposal 28 (LIP-28), introduces a Dual Governance framework. Presently, only LDO token holders can vote on changes to the Lido protocol. This gives them complete control over decisions that […]
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Around $11.6 million of Arbitrum's treasury will now be allocated to Franklin Templeton's FOBXX, Spiko's USTBL, and WisdomTree's WTGXX.
World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the DeFi project partly owned by the Donald Trump family, has opened a community vote to decide whether to proceed with an airdrop of its new stablecoin, USD1. As of press time, 99.98% of voters backed the proposal, representing roughly 4 billion WLFI tokens. Only a small fraction, equating to 0.02% […]
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A recent vote-buying incident within Arbitrum DAO has raised concerns about the viability of decentralized governance as investors exploit on-chain mechanisms to acquire influence through borrowed voting power. According to an April 8 report by crypto analyst Ignas, a user identified as hitmonlee.eth spent 5 Ethereum (ETH), approximately $10,000, to obtain 19.3 million ARB tokens’ […]
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Venus Labs requested $1.7 million paid in BTC, BNB, ETH and USDT for work it did in the last two quarters of 2025.
Uniswap DAO has voted to continue its “treasury delegation program” in a preliminary decision that will now move onchain.
Curetopia has secured $1.77 million in funding to expedite treatments for rare diseases through a decentralized biotech model leveraging Solana. The fundraising effort, supported by more than 1,000 individual contributors, highlights growing momentum in the decentralized science (DeSci) sector, particularly amid a sustained US freeze on traditional funding sources like the National Institutes of Health […]
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The proposal hinted at a potential 15% token allocation to Aave DAO, raising concerns about diluting the existing AAVE token’s value.
The deal, proposed by Gauntlet, has drawn some criticism for essentially sidelining Compound and potential conflicts of interest.
Gnosis, the crypto ecosystem behind some of crypto’s most used and most foundational tools, could help launch a VPN within two years.
Ava Labs’ bid to bring the automated market maker Balancer onto Avalanche appears set to go through, according to a vote snapshot on Monday.
Jito's Andrew Thurman proposes using protocol fees to potentially pay for JTO token buybacks that have been "bartered" with other DAOs.
The move comes amid a series of proposals part of Aave’s “GHO cross-chain strategy" aimed at driving the stablecoin's adoption.
The program, instituted last year, will pay approved delegates based on their voting participation rates and community engagement.
The proposal builds on a temp check, approved in August 2024, to adopt a fee switch to return some of the platform's excess revenue to users.