EtherWorld Weekly — Edition 302

Ethereum World News

Kenya Prepares to Legalize Cryptocurrency Trading
- Kenya plans to legalize cryptocurrency trading by introducing regulatory frameworks to harness opportunities while addressing risks like fraud and money laundering.
Ripple Anticipates Approval of Spot XRP ETF
- Ripple President Monica Long predicts the approval of a Spot XRP ETF following Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, citing regulatory shifts and Ripple’s strategic plans for 2025.
Ripple and Chainlink Partner to Boost RLUSD Stablecoin in DeFi
- Ripple teams up with Chainlink to enhance RLUSD stablecoin's utility, integrating Chainlink’s price feed for secure, real-time transactions across Ethereum and XRP ledgers.
Vitalik Buterin Donates $916K in Meme Coin Proceeds to Charity
- Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sold meme coins worth $940K, donating $916K to his biotech charity, Kanro, causing NEIRO's price to drop 3%.

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Client News and Updates

Client News

AVS Allocation Strategies: EigenDA and ARPA Compared
- EigenLayer's restaking protocols, securing $19B in assets, face challenges in AVS allocation. This research proposes a framework for restakers to build balanced portfolios, analyzing ARPA Network and EigenDA AVS for risks, rewards, and sustainability.

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Ethereum Governance & Related Standards

Ethereum Standards:

EIP-7840: Add blob schedule to EL config files
EIP-7851: Deactivate/Reactivate a Delegated EOA's Key
EIP-2935: Serve historical block hashes from state
EIP-4788: Beacon block root in the EVM

ERCs and Their Current Status:(mention last call end date)

ERC-7777: Governance for Human Robot Societies
ERC-7751: Reached Last Call Status
- Last Call Deadline: 2025-01-22
ERC-7734: Decentralized Identity Verification (DID)
- Last Call Deadline: 2025-01-21
ERC-7820: Access Control Registry
- Last Call Deadline: 2025-01-21

Trending RIPs:

RIP-7560: Native Account Abstraction
RIP-7696: generic Double Scalar Multiplication (DSM) for all curves

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