Blockchains

ETH and USDG swaps use NEAR Intents to handle cross-chain routing, while bridge infrastructure still moves assets between networks.

Wallets, DEXs and lending protocols need integration changes to handle the assets, whose issuer-selected rules can permit freezes and forced transfers.

The Stacks Labs chief also promised a two-year roadmap covering Bitcoin privacy and post-quantum technology, plus a public holder call within 30 days.

Users can withdraw through the Migration Hub or native bridge, while the team plans to help apps move to other chains.

Pectra lets operators combine validator balances, reducing network overhead without requiring them to withdraw their ETH.

The first two upgraded epochs finalized, while early blocks began a gradual gas-limit climb from 60 million toward a 200 million client target.

Nearly 1.44 million ETH is waiting to begin staking, down 31% from Sept. 1 but still facing a roughly 25-day delay.

About $63.5 million remains in Blast’s canonical bridge. Users have until Oct. 26 to withdraw through the normal interface, with contract-based withdrawals continuing afterward.

The authors plan a separate issuance-policy process, naming Lido among those offering to help after objections over validator economics and how the change was being considered.

The year's third Base upgrade lets traders submit transactions that stay dormant until price or block conditions are met, and adds three changes to the B20 token standard behind Coinbase's tokenized stocks. Base's documentation for the new transaction method lists it as running on test networks.