Ether FI

ETHGas is developing Institutional Blockspace, a service designed to let banks reserve Ethereum transaction capacity while remaining on the public network. The pitch comes with a key limitation: validators that miss commitments currently face no financial compensation requirement.

Ether.fi is preparing to remove its final structural connection to EigenLayer this quarter, leaving less than 1% of assets restaked. The shift underscores how declining yields, new slashing risk and wrapper vulnerabilities have forced liquid restaking protocols to rethink their business models.

A broad crypto consolidation is accelerating as more than 100 projects shut down, file for bankruptcy or go permanently dark in 2026. The pressure is hitting layer 2 networks, DeFi protocols, tooling startups and exchanges as token treasuries shrink and hacks become harder to survive.

Ethereum researchers have introduced EIP-8361, a draft proposal that would burn a rising share of newly issued validator rewards as more ETH is staked. The plan has triggered debate across developers, validators and DeFi participants because it could reshape staking economics and may not make the Hegotá upgrade timeline.