Independent Ethereum educator, angel investor and advisor. 

Founder of /thedailygwei.

1/ Updates from the last couple of weeks in the Ethereum ecosystem, a thread by @sassal.eth.

There’s so much happening in the Ethereum ecosystem that keeping up with it all can feel overwhelming, but allow me to give you the highlights.

Let’s get into it 🧵👇

2/ @uniswap v4 has begun rolling out across the ecosystem!

v4 brings many new features to Uniswap including 'hooks' which bring modularity and customization to Uniswap that allow for features such as limit orders, custom oracles, dynamic fees and more!

v4 deployments will begin rolling out this week for builders to test hooks and integrations onchain

We expect all contracts to be deployed for a full launch next week

DeFi renaissance in progress, contract addresses will be shared soon

🦄🦄🦄🦄

Uniswap Labs 🦄

The largest onchain marketplace. Buy and sell crypto on Ethereum and 12+ other chains.

Ethereum is the world computer. The universal platform for cryptocurrencies, blockchain apps, stablecoins, and decentralized technologies.

2/ @uniswap v4 has begun rolling out across the ecosystem!

v4 brings many new features to Uniswap including 'hooks' which bring modularity and customization to Uniswap that allow for features such as limit orders, custom oracles, dynamic fees and more!

https://x.com/Uniswap/status/1881810167429501293

3/ Liquity Protocol v2 is now live on mainnet!

Post ETH, stETH or rETH as collateral, borrow BOLD and set your own interest rate.

Oh, and 100% of v2's revenue is shared with its users.

Liquity V2 is LIVE on Ethereum Mainnet! 🎉

- Borrow on your own terms with user-set interest rates
- Hold or deposit $BOLD , an immutable stablecoin with real yield
- Stake $LQTY to direct protocol incentivized liquidity
- Participate in the wider V2 friendly fork ecosystem… https://t.co/qB02DphmgQ

Liquity

3/ Liquity Protocol v2 is now live on mainnet!

Post ETH, stETH or rETH as collateral, borrow BOLD and set your own interest rate.

Oh, and 100% of v2's revenue is shared with its users.

https://x.com/LiquityProtocol/status/1882431900075376882

4/ You can now turn your existing web app into a frame in less than 10 minutes on @farcaster!

In this video demo, Uniswap was made into a frame for easy swapping on Farcaster.

make your existing web app into a frame in &lt;10 minutes https://t.co/JNE3uUmqYr

farcaster.eth

A sufficiently decentralized social network. farcaster.xyz

4/ You can now turn your existing web app into a frame in less than 10 minutes on @farcaster!

In this video demo, Uniswap was made into a frame for easy swapping on Farcaster.

https://x.com/farcaster_xyz/status/1885008458459865156

5/ Ethos Network launched an ‘InfoFi for Reputation’ platform that allows users to stake money on someone’s reputation.

While still a new primitive, the promise of reputation markets is better curation so people can instantly know who’s reputable & who’s not.

Today we’re excited to launch our second product built on the Ethos protocol - https://t.co/50mFdo2teB

Leveraging the power and data of Ethos as the foundation, we’ve enabled a new type of market that has never existed before- 

InfoFi for Reputation https://t.co/z8TC57e4SF

Ethos

5/ Ethos Network launched an ‘InfoFi for Reputation’ platform that allows users to stake money on someone’s reputation.

While still a new primitive, the promise of reputation markets is better curation so people can instantly know who’s reputable & who’s not.

https://x.com/ethos_network/status/1884672549352608244

6/ The MicroStrategy playbook for ETH? That's what Ethstrategy wants to build.

Fully onchain, as decentralized as possible, DeFi-native and open to everyone.

We’ve dedicated extensive effort to mastering the mechanics of a protocol like this, with years of experience.

To us, building in DeFi isn’t just about implementing the TradFi financial engineering—it’s about first principles thinking - re-inventing the mechanics in a DeFI…

ETH Strategy

6/ The MicroStrategy playbook for ETH? That's what Ethstrategy wants to build.

Fully onchain, as decentralized as possible, DeFi-native and open to everyone.

https://x.com/eth_strategy/status/1883683428815822926

7/ Fileverse, a decentralized and privacy-preserving file sharing service, received a host of new updates this week.

Our first 2025 ddocs update💛
Powered by ur feedback 👷‍♀️

-Export/Print: get ur docs &amp; .md as well-formatted PDFs
- dDocs &amp; browser: just type in the title directly from your browser navbar
-Page breaks: type "/" or "===" to break down your docs into custom sections 
-Zoom zooom:… https://t.co/Tt8GXuL1mX

Fileverse

7/ Fileverse, a decentralized and privacy-preserving file sharing service, received a host of new updates this week.

https://x.com/fileverse/status/1882811446280495412

8/ Abstract Chain, a new L2 on Ethereum, launched their mainnet with the aim of making it as simple as possible for people to get onchain.

They’ve placed an emphasis on attracting the best & brightest from the creator economy & rewarding them onchain!

Abstract Mainnet is now live.

Enter a new era of consumer crypto at https://t.co/48gTviHsmX https://t.co/yZPY1nxl2g

Abstract

8/ Abstract Chain, a new L2 on Ethereum, launched their mainnet with the aim of making it as simple as possible for people to get onchain.

They’ve placed an emphasis on attracting the best & brightest from the creator economy & rewarding them onchain!

https://x.com/AbstractChain/status/1883939915169423777

9/ @inkonchain surprised everyone this week by announcing that they are already a stage 1 rollup.

For those unaware, Ink only launched a few weeks ago - they are truly embodying the eth/acc spirit!

that stage 1, it feels too good. 

big step in our push to decentralization. other L2s will follow fast and we should all hold each other accountable to stay true to the ethos we all know and love

twitter spaces to discuss this on Thursday! https://t.co/77NIu1BB2k

nightelf

Ink the future ✍️. Unleashed by Kraken. Built on the Superchain.

9/ @inkonchain surprised everyone this week by announcing that they are already a stage 1 rollup.

For those unaware, Ink only launched a few weeks ago - they are truly embodying the eth/acc spirit!

https://x.com/ak47ink/status/1882228296626458970

10/ Ethereum and ETH now have an advocacy arm that's directly targeting the traditional finance ecosystem + Wall Street - it's called Etherealize and they exited stealth just this week!

INTRODUCING ETHEREALIZE

An institutional marketing and product arm for the @ethereum ecosystem

Our goal? To accelerate adoption by bringing institutions to Ethereum: the digital economy of tomorrow

All roads flow through ETH. We’ll show the world why

Here’s our plan:

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Etherealize

10/ Ethereum and ETH now have an advocacy arm that's directly targeting the traditional finance ecosystem + Wall Street - it's called Etherealize and they exited stealth just this week!

https://x.com/Etherealize_io/status/1882213980858642599

11/ Pectra, Ethereum's next network upgrade, got a timeline and is tentatively scheduled to go live on mainnet in just 6 weeks!

Yours truly gave a detailed breakdown of what features are coming in Pectra and what they mean for the ecosystem!

1/ Ethereum's next major upgrade, Pectra, is tentatively scheduled to go live in mid-March!

This will be Ethereum's largest upgrade in history (as measured by number of EIPs/features included).

Here's a breakdown of what's coming in Pectra 🧵👇

sassal.eth/acc 🦇🔊

12/ Want to keep up with all of the r&d efforts at the @ethereumfndn? @nixo has you covered with this breakdown of all the teams & people involved.

Stay up to date on things like account abstraction, Ethereum core dev, protocol security + more!

13/ The 'L2Beat of zkVMs' is live with ethproofs.

ZK is the endgame for Ethereum & we want to prove mainnet EVM blocks in <12 seconds and do it as cheaply as possible.

We're not there yet, but you can track the progress at https://ethproofs.org/

https://x.com/eth_proofs/status/1883907113220739102

12/ Want to keep up with all of the r&d efforts at the @ethereumfndn? @nixo has you covered with this breakdown of all the teams & people involved.

Stay up to date on things like account abstraction, Ethereum core dev, protocol security + more!

https://x.com/nixorokish/status/1881877792515911845

11/ Pectra, Ethereum's next network upgrade, got a timeline and is tentatively scheduled to go live on mainnet in just 6 weeks!

Yours truly gave a detailed breakdown of what features are coming in Pectra and what they mean for the ecosystem!

https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1882774548409659850