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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released the plan for "The Computer of the Crypto World," stating that the Hegota fork scheduled for next year may be Ethereum's last "regular" fork, with subsequent upgrades introducing recursive STARK, automated formal verification, optimized consensus, and quantum security capabilities.He indicated that Ethereum will transition from a blockchain to a hybrid architecture that integrates modern cryptography. This roadmap aims to shorten transaction finality to 8 to 32 seconds, significantly reduced from the current approximately 200 seconds with 12 confirmations, and will adjust verification, consensus, and block construction mechanisms through PeerDAS, SNARK, and FOCIL.

Binance Chinese posted on platform X that the Binance wallet now supports using USDT to pay for Gas fees, covering BNB Smart Chain, Ethereum, Solana, and Tron, with plans to support more public chain networks in the future.

According to SoSoValue data, last week's trading day saw a net inflow of $690 million into Ethereum spot ETFs. The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net inflow last week was Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a weekly net inflow of $326 million, bringing ETHA's historical total net inflow to $13.28 billion.Following that was Fidelity ETF FETH, with a weekly net inflow of $174 million, and FETH's historical total net inflow currently stands at $2.42 billion. As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $17.78 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (the market value as a percentage of Ethereum's total market value) reaching 5.42%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $13.94 billion.

Reuters quoted The Information's report stating that the Chinese government has signaled that it may allow some domestic companies, such as ByteDance and Alibaba, to purchase chips from Nvidia designed for high-end professional computers. The Information cited two informed sources saying that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently requested companies, including ByteDance and Alibaba, to report their plans to purchase Nvidia RTX PRO 5500 chips and informed some companies that the government intends to approve these purchases.Some industry executives expect that the RTX PRO 5500 could bypass U.S. export restrictions. Reuters stated that it could not immediately verify the above report. A spokesperson for Nvidia responded that U.S. companies are still subject to outdated U.S. export controls as well as China's import restrictions on the U.S., with the relevant export controls covering gaming products released nearly five years ago. Alibaba and ByteDance did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and Reuters was also unable to reach the Chinese government for comment.

According to CoinDesk, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has released a long-term roadmap, referred to as Streamlining Ethereum. The vision proposes that by 2030, Ethereum will surpass a mere blockchain ledger and plans to completely restructure the protocol in the next three to four years.The transformation includes expanding transaction throughput by approximately 1000 times, introducing zero-knowledge proofs to enhance privacy and combat quantum computing threats. By 2030, the network is expected to accommodate 2TB of traditional dynamic state data, along with an additional 100TB of new scalable storage, to achieve underlying state separation and optimization. The vision also aims to establish Ethereum as an infrastructure driven by cryptographic validation, with applications extending from finance to social systems. Most developers support this plan, although some voices believe the implementation timeline is somewhat delayed.

Vitalik posted on the X platform, stating that he attempted to briefly explain the true meaning of the plans for Ethereum that forked after Hegota. Ethereum is no longer just a blockchain; it is a hybrid architecture that combines blockchain with modern cryptography, enabling more powerful features.Related plans include FOCIL, EIP-8288, streamlined consensus, state management, formal verification, memory pool improvements with privacy features, and long-term obfuscation techniques.

According to the French newspaper Le Monde, a 45-year-old woman born in Russia and naturalized in France in 2017, Svetlana A., has recently been placed under investigation and detained by a Paris investigating judge on charges of organized fraud, serious money laundering, and participation in a criminal gang. The French National Financial Prosecutor's Office stated that she and her British partner Robert H. are suspected of committing organized fraud by manipulating cryptocurrency prices, with the related funds suspected to be used for purchasing properties in Dubai.Reports indicate that Svetlana A. invested over 50 million euros in 2022 alone, acquiring about 100 apartments and 3 luxury villas in Dubai, with total rental income from 2022 to 2025 expected to be at least 4 million euros; she also purchased an entire building containing 73 apartments for 68 million dirhams (approximately 17.4 million euros). The cryptocurrency mentioned in the report is Verasity (VRA), launched by her partner in 2018. The price of VRA surged 65 times over a two-and-a-half-month period in the spring of 2021, followed by a significant decline, currently down approximately 99.98% from its historical peak. The lawyer for the parties involved stated that the sources of the related wealth are documented and legal, and they deny any wrongdoing. The case is still under investigation.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated that PeerDAS has been running stably for nearly a year with virtually no issues, which is an "underappreciated achievement" by Ethereum client developers.Vitalik mentioned that PeerDAS is a complex task and is the first large-scale blockchain system case to achieve "consensus on data availability without any single node downloading the complete block," realizing decentralized consensus without the need for complete data replication.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time September 25), the total net inflow of Ethereum spot ETFs was $86.9469 million.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net inflow yesterday was Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a net inflow of $50.3701 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of ETHA has reached $13.284 billion.Following that was Blackrock Staked ETH ETF ETHB, with a net inflow of $31.8845 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of ETHB has reached $885 million.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $17.779 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (market value as a percentage of Ethereum's total market value) is 5.42%. The historical cumulative net inflow has reached $13.940 billion.

Vitalik posted on the X platform stating that synchronizing an Ethereum node now takes only half a day at the fastest, with aggressive settings allowing disk space usage to be below 0.5 TB.EIP-4444 and the client teams' optimizations for snapshot synchronization have significantly improved the synchronization situation. Glamsterdam will further enhance node synchronization, for example, the new synchronization protocol of Nimbus will adopt relevant improvements.

Cosmos Labs disclosed that on September 22, Neutron encountered a governance attack that led to the theft of liquidity from protocols such as Astroport, with approximately 1.73 million ATOM subsequently transferred by the attacker to Cosmos Hub. The Cosmos Hub itself was not attacked, and user funds were not affected. To prevent the stolen ATOM from being transferred out, Hub validators temporarily paused the network for about 24.5 hours and resumed block production on September 23 based on the patched Gaia v28.3.0.Cosmos Labs stated that during the pause, 1.227 million ATOM remained in the attacker's Hub address. When the network was restored, these were transferred to a 4/6 multi-signature address composed of Nansen, Keplr, Enigma, Silknodes, Kiln, and Polkachu through a one-time change. Previously, about 500,000 ATOM had been exchanged for ETH via THORChain and could not be recovered; another 169,000 ATOM entered the attacker's address after the network was restored due to THORChain refunds and were sold after being transferred to Osmosis. The current multi-signature address holds approximately 1.227 million ATOM, which can only be returned after authorization from a Cosmos Hub governance proposal. The related funds will not be staked, lent, or traded. The Neutron team expects to submit a recovery plan and related governance proposals next week.

According to Bitcoin.com, Hive Digital Technologies has filed a complaint with the European Commission regarding the Swedish VAT dispute. The Swedish Tax Agency reclassified the data center services of its two Swedish subsidiaries as self-mining and retroactively applied this classification to relevant operations since 2022.This classification excludes the relevant operations from VAT collection, and the input VAT that the subsidiaries have received may need to be returned. Hive believes that its subsidiaries provide computing power services to specific clients under contract, which should be considered taxable operations. The Swedish court refused to submit the issue to the Court of Justice of the European Union. Hive stated that the court did not provide a reason for the refusal and has submitted the dispute to the European Commission.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time September 24) the total net inflow of Ethereum spot ETFs was $66.0113 million.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net inflow yesterday was Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a net inflow of $26.8060 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of ETHA has reached $13.233 billion.Following that was Fidelity ETF FETH, with a net inflow of $21.4535 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of FETH has reached $2.416 billion.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $17.695 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to the total market value of Ethereum) of 5.39%. The historical cumulative net inflow has reached $13.853 billion.

Tom Lee, the chairman of the Ethereum treasury company BitMine, stated that cryptocurrency concept stocks have led the way in the third quarter, viewing this as a signal for the start of a bull market. This cycle is different from the past ones driven by ICOs, NFTs, meme coins, and stablecoins, as it now includes tokenization, AI, and a more favorable regulatory environment, with broader participation in funding.After years of consolidation, the market may welcome a clearer breakthrough, with upward potential possibly exceeding previous cycles. Tom Lee also expressed optimism for Ethereum, believing it will strengthen due to Wall Street's tokenization implementation, and thinks ETH has a chance to challenge its previous high within the year.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Ethereum September Price Prediction" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Below $2,600" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 72.5% an hour ago to the current 88% (a fluctuation of 15.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) calls for the inclusion of crypto lending in the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework. In response to the European Commission's targeted consultation on MiCA, the EBA stated that lending activities involving crypto assets should be regulated, including situations where crypto asset service providers offer users access to decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocols.The EBA recommends that the European Commission conduct a cost-benefit analysis for legislative amendments, considering the inclusion of intermediary crypto lending in the MiCA regulatory service list, and potentially adding specific compliance requirements and supervisory activities. The agency also suggested that corresponding requirements should be set for crypto companies providing customers access to DeFi lending protocols.Potential measures listed by the EBA include user suitability testing, leverage limits, and additional information disclosure requirements. The regulatory body also proposed that access to lending involving assets that require MiCA authorization, such as reference tokens or electronic money tokens, may be restricted, and a certification system should be introduced for DeFi lending protocols. The EBA noted that crypto lending is continuously growing within the EU, with previous studies showing lending activities in at least 16 member states; easier access to DeFi through crypto companies and artificial intelligence tools is increasingly blurring the lines between centralized and decentralized finance. The above recommendations are part of the EBA's overall opinion on the European Commission's review of MiCA, which also covers stablecoin rules, crypto asset classification, and reporting requirements.

The bond sell-off in the Eurozone has re-emerged, pushing yields to multi-year highs. Rising oil prices and strong economic data have reinforced market expectations for the European Central Bank to further tighten monetary policy. The yield on Germany's 10-year government bonds rose to 3.575%, marking a new high in over 17 years. Brent crude oil prices have returned above $106 per barrel.

The spokesperson for the European Commission, Olof Gill, stated that the European Union is concerned about the news of the United States planning to ban diesel exports, saying that such supply disruptions could have a negative impact on both markets. Gill emphasized that high-level contacts between the European Union and the U.S. government are ongoing, hoping to consult with each other before taking measures that affect the common market.