Robinhood Chain has posted nearly $4 billion in cumulative DEX volume less than two weeks after its mainnet launch, putting the new network among the busiest chains by trading activity. Data cited by PANews shows the chain ranked second in 24-hour DEX volume behind Solana, while daily transactions, active addresses and Ethereum data availability usage climbed quickly enough to challenge or surpass Base on several metrics. Much of that momentum has come from meme coin trading, which accounted for 54.3% of on-chain volume on July 10, according to Dune. The boom has lifted ecosystem names including Uniswap, Morpho, Ethena, NOXA.fun, Arbitrum and Arcus. At the same time, risks are surfacing. Relay Protocol warned of honeypot scam tokens on the network, community users pointed to a suspected wallet compromise and trading manipulation tied to the meme token $1, and Bubblemaps flagged concentrated ownership in ArrowFinance’s ARROW token. The chain’s early growth is clear, but whether that traffic turns into durable users and capital remains an open question.

Ethereum developers have unveiled a proof-of-concept for Native Rollups, aiming to let Ethereum validate Layer 2 state transitions directly on the base layer via EIP-8079 and the EXECUTE precompile. The project is still in early exploration and not live yet.

Scroll users paid more than $50,000 in excess transaction fees over about four days after the team repeatedly raised L1 data fee multipliers. L2BEAT said roughly 139,000 transactions were affected, with bots bearing most of the added cost.

Scroll users paid over $50,000 in excess transaction fees across roughly four days after the team repeatedly raised L1 data fee multipliers by up to 1,280x, according to L2BEAT. The issue was tied to manual parameter changes, not sequencer failure or inaccurate L1 gas reporting.

Scroll users paid over $50,000 in excess fees across roughly 139,000 transactions after the team repeatedly increased L1 data cost multipliers. Analysts said the issue came from manual parameter changes, not sequencer failure, raising concerns over L2 pricing transparency.

Scroll L2 users overpaid $50K in transaction fees over four days after the team manually increased fee multipliers to 1,280x baseline. The surge coincided with Etherfi's migration to Optimism, raising subsidy strategy questions. Scroll's TVL has plunged 96%.

The Ethereum Foundation’s Q1 2026 grants focus on ZK research, cryptography, client optimization, validator security, and public-goods infrastructure, underscoring a long-term strategy centered on protocol engineering and scalable network security.

The Ethereum Foundation's Q1 2026 grant allocation focuses on zero-knowledge proofs, cryptography research, client optimization, and validator security, signaling long-term commitment to deep tech scaling and institutional readiness.