The EF seeks proposals for a Pectra audit. Base introduces a global buildathon initiative. ZKsync Era goes live on the Aave front end. And Optimism approves a 3 million OP token grant for DeFi on Base. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/558

The Vitalik documentary is now streaming onchain. Basenames introduces support for Farcaster Frames. And Polygon ZKEVM schedules its Eggfruit network upgrade. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/557

Eth.link is reactivated under the eth.limo service. A judge sides with the SEC in a lawsuit from Consensys. And core developers agree to split Pectra into two forks. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/556

Everclear launches its clearing layer on mainnet beta. EspressoSys releases a spec for Decentralized Timeboost. Google Cloud launches an RPC service. And the Fed cuts interest rates by half a point. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/555

WalletConnect introduces the Wallet Connect token. EigenLayer plans to release programmatic incentives in October. Pectra Devnet 3 goes live. And congressmen send a letter to the SEC seeking clarity on airdrops. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/554

Claims go live for EIGEN Stakedrop 2. Optimism announces Retro Funding Round 6. RISC Zero introduces a verifiable compute layer. And Delta Prime suffers a $6 million exploit. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/553

Danny Ryan steps away from his role at the Ethereum Foundation. ZKsync onchain governance goes live. And the EF announces the winners of the 4844 Data Challenge. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/552

Core developers consider splitting Pectra into two forks. Coinbase launches cbBTC. ZKsync proposes for Treasure Chain to deploy on the ZK Stack. And Aragon introduces gasless onchain voting. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/551

Succinct Labs introduces OP Succinct. Optimism activates the Granite Network Upgrade. Aave governance proposes to onboard cbBTC. And Nethermind launches Nethermind Security. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/550

PayPal and Venmo now support ENS domains. ZeroDev introduces Magic Account. Eigen Labs introduces a new slashing security model. And Zora releases its mobile app for all users. Read more: https://ethdaily.io/549