Ethereum News Today: PeerDAS by Ethereum: A Scalability Booster Set to Rival Solana
- Ethereum developers set Fusaka upgrade for Dec 3, 2025, after successful testnet phases, introducing PeerDAS to boost scalability by 400%. - PeerDAS enables layer-2 cost reduction by verifying data samples, aiming to support 2.4M daily transactions and challenge high-throughput blockchains. - Testnets on Holesky/Sepolia/Hoodi confirmed readiness; delayed from Pectra upgrade to ensure stability, with 2026's Glamsterdam targeting faster block times. - Market reactions mixed: ETH price rose 7.5% to $4,229,
Ethereum’s development team has officially set December 3, 2025, as the launch date for the Fusaka upgrade, following the successful completion of its third and last testnet stage, according to
Fusaka builds upon the Dencun upgrade from 2024, which brought temporary blob storage to help reduce layer-2 gas fees. With PeerDAS (Peer Data Availability Sampling), validators can check data from layer-2 networks without needing to download the full datasets, greatly lowering bandwidth needs, according to
Testnet rollouts for the upgrade on Holesky, Sepolia, and Hoodi finished smoothly, with Hoodi’s activation on October 28 confirming mainnet readiness, as outlined in
Reactions from the market have been mixed. Although Ethereum’s native coin, ETH, recently saw $555 million withdrawn from ETFs over two weeks, according to
Prediction markets show optimism, with 61% of Myriad users expecting ETH to rise above $4,500 rather than drop below $3,100, as reported by Decrypt. Still, ETH’s 2.3% weekly dip to $3,760 points to ongoing volatility, also covered by Decrypt. After Fusaka, Ethereum’s roadmap features the 2026 Glamsterdam upgrade, which seeks to further cut block times and introduce enshrined proposer-builder separation, according to earlier Coinotag coverage.
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