[Ethereum Weekly] July 1, 2025 — Protocol Upgrades, EIPs, Layer 2, and More

Your quick weekly roundup of the top Ethereum ecosystem news (July 1, 2025). Full post:

🔧 Protocol Upgrades

• ACDC Call #159 covers Fusaka Devnet 2 launch and Glamsterdam fork planning
• EIP-7782 proposes 2x shorter slot times for faster block production

⚡ Layer 2 & Scaling

• Jumper Exchange integrates Etherlink for Tezos L2 access
• Katana launches mainnet with $200M TVL in DeFi

📜 EIPs & Standards

• ERC-7982 proposes decentralized gateway URLs (for ERC-3668)
• ERC-7812 ZK Identity Registry moves to review

🔬 Research

• Unpredictable RANDAO: a new concept to improve Ethereum randomness

🛡️ Security

• Stylus Contracts Library v0.2.0 audited

⚖️ Regulation

• SEC extends compliance deadline for broker-dealer customer protection rule

🔨 Infra & Dev Tools

• EigenCloud pushes for verifiable decentralized cloud infra
• Defender sunset FAQ published