According to Cointelegraph, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed the creation of an onchain futures market for gas fees, aiming to provide users with certainty over transaction costs as the network's adoption grows. In a post on X, Buterin emphasized the need for a "good trustless onchain gas futures market," responding to inquiries about the reliability of low gas fees through current price reduction strategies in Ethereum's roadmap. Buterin suggested that one solution to address fee uncertainty is to allow users to lock in prices for specific future periods. He highlighted the potential for a market focused on Ethereum Base fees, which are integral to overall gas fees. In traditional futures markets, contracts are offered to buy or sell assets at a predetermined future price, enabling speculation on price changes and risk hedging. Similarly, an Ethereum gas futures market would offer set prices for future time windows, potentially allowing network users to save on future price spikes. A well-established futures market could serve as a crucial metric for the ecosystem, facilitating speculation, planning, and development. "An onchain gas futures market would help solve this: people would get a clear signal of people’s expectations of future gas fees, and would even be able to hedge against future gas prices, effectively prepaying for any specific quantity of gas in a specific time interval," Buterin stated. Such a prediction market would be invaluable for users with high network volume, including traders, builders, applications, and institutions, who need certainty in projecting operational costs. The proposal comes amid declining Ethereum gas fees throughout 2025. Currently, average gas fees for basic transactions are approximately 0.474 gwei, or $0.01, according to Etherscan data. However, more complex transactions like token swaps, NFT sales, and asset bridging have average costs of around $0.16, $0.27, and $0.05, respectively. Despite the overall decline in Ethereum transaction fees in 2025, average costs have experienced significant fluctuations, with spikes and crashes. Data from Ycharts indicates that the average fee began the year at $1, dropping to $0.30, with surges up to $2.60 and dips as low as $0.18.

Vitalik Buterin has proposed something akin to prediction markets but for gas fees to give Ethereum users a way to guard against future network fee volatility. source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-buterin-floats-futures-market-allowing-users-prepay-gas-fees?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

According to ChainCatcher, Securitize co-founder and CEO Carlos Domingo has highlighted that accessibility is not the sole driver behind the wave of asset tokenization. Contrary to the belief that tokenization could enhance the liquidity of traditionally illiquid assets, Domingo points out that digital assets, whether they represent equity in apartment buildings or tokenized Pokémon cards, inherit the liquidity limitations of their physical counterparts. This implies that selling these assets quickly without incurring significant losses may be challenging. Domingo further noted that as tokenization technology evolves, this dynamic might eventually change. However, the current focus remains on assets that can enhance existing liquidity, such as cash and U.S. Treasury bonds. The trend is moving away from illiquid markets, with the most successful tokenized assets being those like the U.S. dollar, as evidenced by the growth of stablecoins.

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Matter Labs will wind down an early version of ZK rollup next year as it steers steering users to newer systems. source: https://decrypt.co/351386/zksync-retire-original-ethereum-rollup-next-year

Robinhood Markets has announced plans to acquire Indonesian brokerage PT Buana Capital Sekuritas and licensed digital asset trader PT Pedagang Aset Kripto, signaling its entry into Southeast Asia’s largest and fastest-growing crypto market. The acquisitions position Robinhood to serve more than 19 million capital market investors and 17 million crypto traders in Indonesia. These deals are subject to approval by Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority, with completion expected in the first half of 2026. Strategic Entry into a High-Growth Market Robinhood, based in California, is targeting Indonesia for its young, tech-savvy population and favorable regulatory climate source: https://beincrypto.com/robinhood-indonesia-crypto-brokerage-acquisition/

로빈후드 마켓츠는 PT 부아나 캐피탈 세쿠리타스와 PT 페다가 앗셋 크립토를 인수할 계획을 발표했습니다. 이로써 동남아시아에서 가장 크고 빠르게 성장하는 암호화폐 시장에 진입하게 됩니다. 이번 인수를 통해 로빈후드는 인도네시아의 1,900만 명 이상의 자본 시장 투자자와 1,700만 명의 암호화폐 거래자에게 서비스를 제공할 수 있게 됩니다. 이 거래는 인도네시아 금융감독청의 승인을 받아야 하며, 2026년 상반기에 완료될 것으로 예상됩니다 source: https://kr.beincrypto.com/robinhood-indonesia-crypto-brokerage-acquisition/

SEC Chair Paul Atkins outlines tokenization shift within couple of years in U. S. markets. source: https://coincu.com/news/sec-market-tokenization-shift/

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