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Ethereum, in context.

A network for shared application state and smart contracts. Separate changes to Ethereum itself from changes to individual applications.

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What is changing across crypto

Scheduled updates

Official project announcements, software releases and crypto-related US regulatory documents. Browse 13 topics, updated automatically with links to the original sources.

Across all tracked sources

596Records · 180 days
42Records · last 7 days
5US regulatory documents
29/29Sources with a successful fetch

Latest successful source check: 31 Oct 2026, 21:23 UTC. Individual source status is shown below.

Browse the latest records

Topic counts use your project, record type and time window. Topics are inferred from headlines, not verified event outcomes. A record may have several topics. Zero means no matching record in our monitored sample.

15 matching records · Page 1 of 1

Ethereum / Source publication

Not All ETH ETPs Are Equal

Lido blog published this announcement. The date shown is its publication date; consult the source for event timing, eligibility and any subsequent changes.

Other

Lido blog · View source · Observed 31 Oct 2026 21:23 UTC

Ethereum / Source publication

Glamsterdam on Hoodi Postponed

Ethereum Foundation blog published this announcement. The date shown is its publication date; consult the source for event timing, eligibility and any subsequent changes.

Other

Ethereum Foundation blog · View source · Observed 24 Oct 2026 21:09 UTC

Ethereum / Source publication

Glamsterdam Hoodi Testnet Announcement

Ethereum Foundation blog published this announcement. The date shown is its publication date; consult the source for event timing, eligibility and any subsequent changes.

Other

Ethereum Foundation blog · View source · Observed 24 Oct 2026 21:09 UTC

Ethereum / Source publication

Introducing zkAPI: private usage credits for any API

Ethereum Foundation blog published this announcement. The date shown is its publication date; consult the source for event timing, eligibility and any subsequent changes.

Other

Ethereum Foundation blog · View source · Observed 24 Oct 2026 21:09 UTC

Ethereum / Source publication

Glamsterdam Testnet Announcement

Ethereum Foundation blog published this announcement. The date shown is its publication date; consult the source for event timing, eligibility and any subsequent changes.

Other

Ethereum Foundation blog · View source · Observed 24 Oct 2026 21:09 UTC

Ethereum / Source publication

EF Protocol: The Hegotá EIP Opinion Post and Tier List

Ethereum Foundation blog published this announcement. The date shown is its publication date; consult the source for event timing, eligibility and any subsequent changes.

Other

Ethereum Foundation blog · View source · Observed 24 Oct 2026 21:09 UTC

Ethereum / Source publication

Glamsterdam Repricing Impact for Smart Contract Developers

Ethereum Foundation blog published this announcement. The date shown is its publication date; consult the source for event timing, eligibility and any subsequent changes.

Other

Ethereum Foundation blog · View source · Observed 24 Oct 2026 21:09 UTC

Ethereum / Source publication

Allocation Update - Q2 2026

Ethereum Foundation blog published this announcement. The date shown is its publication date; consult the source for event timing, eligibility and any subsequent changes.

Other

Ethereum Foundation blog · View source · Observed 24 Oct 2026 21:09 UTC

Ethereum / Source publication

Announcing the Platåberget Testnet

Ethereum Foundation blog published this announcement. The date shown is its publication date; consult the source for event timing, eligibility and any subsequent changes.

Other

Ethereum Foundation blog · View source · Observed 24 Oct 2026 21:09 UTC

Ethereum / Source publication

Announcing a Trillion Dollar Security grant for WEBCAT

Ethereum Foundation blog published this announcement. The date shown is its publication date; consult the source for event timing, eligibility and any subsequent changes.

Other

Ethereum Foundation blog · View source · Observed 24 Oct 2026 21:09 UTC

Sources, update status and coverage

Up to 100 recent entries per source are checked each cycle; some publisher feeds provide fewer. Announcement topics are assigned automatically from explicit headline terms, not confirmed event outcomes. Dates on record cards are publication dates, not event dates. Releases marked as drafts or prereleases are excluded. Regulatory results require a crypto-related headline. Coverage is selective and bounded, not a complete record of network changes.

SourceLast successful check (UTC)Status
Java-Tron31 Oct 18:00Current
Bitcoin Core31 Oct 18:08Current
Geth31 Oct 18:30Current · 100-entry sample
Erigon31 Oct 17:38Current · 100-entry sample
Nethermind31 Oct 17:53Current · 100-entry sample
Lighthouse31 Oct 17:53Current · 100-entry sample
Prysm31 Oct 17:23Current · 100-entry sample
Agave31 Oct 17:23Current · 100-entry sample
AvalancheGo31 Oct 17:23Current · 100-entry sample
Chainlink31 Oct 17:23Current · 100-entry sample
Cosmos SDK31 Oct 17:38Current · 100-entry sample
BSC31 Oct 17:38Current · 100-entry sample
Optimism31 Oct 17:38Current · 100-entry sample
Nitro31 Oct 17:45Current · 100-entry sample
Sui31 Oct 17:45Current · 100-entry sample
Aptos Core31 Oct 17:45Current · 100-entry sample
Cardano Node31 Oct 17:45Current · 100-entry sample
Polkadot SDK31 Oct 17:53Current · 100-entry sample
Stellar Core31 Oct 18:00Current · 100-entry sample
rippled31 Oct 18:00Current · 100-entry sample
nearcore31 Oct 18:00Current · 100-entry sample
Federal Register31 Oct 17:53Current
Lido blog31 Oct 21:23Current
Ethereum Foundation blog31 Oct 18:08Current · 100-entry sample
Arbitrum blog31 Oct 18:08Current
Sui blog31 Oct 18:08Current · 100-entry sample
Stellar blog31 Oct 18:15Current
Celestia blog31 Oct 18:15Current
Bybit announcements31 Oct 18:15Current · 100-entry sample

Releases and publisher feeds are checked approximately every six hours and US regulatory documents every twelve hours. The worker processes up to four due sources every fifteen minutes, so a full queue can add around two hours. Limits or outages delay updates; the last successful records remain visible. Source removal cannot be inferred from absence in a recent sample. No CoinMarketCal records are used here.

The essentials

What the network does

Ethereum lets users submit transactions that transfer assets or execute smart-contract code. The Ethereum Virtual Machine defines how that code changes shared state. ETH pays for computation and supports the network's proof-of-stake security. An application's activity and a protocol change answer different questions about the ecosystem.

Ethereum.org: technical introduction · Source checked 2026-09-16

Native asset
ETH
Core mechanism
Proof of stake
Execution environment
Ethereum Virtual Machine

A reader’s checklist

Three questions to ask of the next headline

  1. Which part of the stack is changing: the protocol, a scaling network, or an application?
  2. Does the source describe a proposal, a test, or an actual deployment?
  3. Are claimed benefits measured after deployment or estimated in advance?

Our reading approach: follow an announcement from its technical scope to its evidence. A conference presentation can explain a design, but the presentation date alone does not establish when software will be deployed.

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How we put this together

The activity monitor publishes validated source metadata automatically using factual templates, without an AI API. The project guides below combine original explanations with linked primary sources. The first edition was researched and drafted with AI assistance, including source checks; it is not presented as an independently human-reviewed report. The monitor distinguishes a published software release from a protocol activation and a regulatory document from a rule already in force.

The monitor displays source checks, publication dates and coverage limits. Past deadlines leave the upcoming section automatically. Project explainers are dated reference material, separate from the automatically refreshed records. Report a correction.

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