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The next phase upgrade of Ethereum, Glamsterdam, was activated on the Sepolia testnet on October 6, completing block finality during the switch without any critical failures. This upgrade consists of the consensus layer Gloas and the execution layer Amsterdam, incorporating a total of 18 EIPs, designed with a gas limit of approximately 200 million, which is about 3.3 times the current mainnet limit of 60 million. The upgrade will not automatically raise the limit but will allow for larger blocks to be produced safely, with validators deciding whether to increase it.Key changes include EIP-7732, which embeds the separation of proposers and builders in the protocol, extending the time for most validators to check transactions from about 4 seconds to about 9 seconds; EIP-7928 requires blocks to include the touched state and updated values, facilitating client data prefetching and parallel validation; EIP-7954 raises the contract code limit from 24 KiB to 64 KiB; EIP-8037 increases the cost of creating new storage slots from 20,000 gas to 97,920 gas, while regular ETH transfers remain at 21,000 gas.The gas limit for the first relevant block on Sepolia was 60 million, reaching 200 million about 11 hours later and maintaining that level. Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter stated that the speed at which various clients handle gas units has improved compared to before the upgrade, with Geth's execution time for a 40 million gas block reduced from about 115 milliseconds to about 30 milliseconds. The Hoodi testnet is tentatively scheduled for deployment on October 27, with the mainnet target set for the fourth quarter of 2026;

According to the WeChat public account "Du Jia," ByteDance's AI assistant Doubao has added a utility payment feature. Users can initiate payment instructions for water, electricity, gas, and other services through voice or text in the Doubao app, with other life service scenarios also in development. Sources close to Doubao told "Du Jia" that Doubao is gradually building capabilities for handling tasks in life scenarios, including travel services and utility payments."Du Jia" claims to have tested that after issuing commands for paying electricity and water bills in the dialogue box, corresponding service cards pop up and redirect to the utility payment page. The interface is divided into electricity, water, and gas fees, with some regions showing that services are not yet available, while some cities have fully or partially opened them. The relevant framework has been established, and city coverage and service provider integration are still in progress, with actual payments requiring further permission to be granted.Currently, the dialogue only serves to invoke services; steps such as binding account numbers, confirmation, and payment will still be retained, and users will not be charged directly with a single command. Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen integrated utility payments earlier and can complete payments within the dialogue; Doubao at this stage redirects to handle tasks after invoking the card, and capabilities like food delivery have not yet been launched. The above content comes from "Du Jia" reports and tests, not an official announcement from Doubao.

Insiders revealed that, although the Russia-Ukraine conflict has not yet ended, the United States and Russia have begun discussions to restore natural gas supplies to Europe.

According to CoinDesk, the Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade was activated on the Sepolia testnet this Tuesday, increasing the block Gas limit from about 60 million to nearly 200 million, more than tripling the increase.A review of over 25 consecutive test blocks showed that the actual Gas usage was around 52 million to 92 million, accounting for only 26% to 46% of the available limit, with no instances of full capacity. The upgrade also adjusted the Gas consumption method for specific tasks and the costs of storing data, requiring developers to retest applications involving specific Gas cost assumptions. The next public testnet, Hoodi, is tentatively scheduled to launch on October 27, and the activation date for the Ethereum mainnet has yet to be determined.

On October 6, GasFree will launch a lucky money-drawing interactive experience at Token2049 in Singapore on October 7. Attendees can shake and draw on-site for a chance to win lucky draws, limited merchandise, and surprise rewards.You are welcome to visit the GasFree booth to check in, shake the lucky money-drawing machine, try your luck, and take home exclusive good fortune, limited merchandise, and surprise rewards.

Doosan Heavy Industries has delivered its first gas turbine to SpaceXAI, which will be used for an energy infrastructure construction project that SpaceXAI is undertaking in the United States.

According to CoinDesk, Ethereum developers released version 7.2.1 of the Prysm client on Monday evening, embedding a 200 million Gas limit to complete deployment ahead of the Sepolia testnet testing for the Glamsterdam upgrade on Tuesday.Glamsterdam is the next major upgrade for Ethereum, which will first be activated on the Sepolia testnet, where developers rehearse changes using tokens with no actual value. Part of Tuesday's testing involves raising the Gas limit on Sepolia from approximately 60 million to 200 million.Gas is the unit that measures how much computational workload a single block can accommodate on Ethereum. A higher limit means the network can handle more transactions and more complex activities simultaneously, but it also places higher demands on the computers running Ethereum. Prysm is the client software used by Ethereum validators, and its previous version had completed before this setting was added to the Sepolia configuration. Therefore, validators running the old version will still produce blocks with a 60 million Gas limit unless they manually modify the parameters, which undermines the effectiveness of this capacity test.Validators running the latest version will automatically start proposing blocks with a 200 million Gas limit when Glamsterdam activates on Sepolia at 13:53:36 UTC on October 6. Ethereum has been gradually increasing block capacity to test how far it can go before running validators becomes too demanding or expensive. The 200 million setting is only applicable to Sepolia, and Glamsterdam has not yet been activated on the Ethereum mainnet.

As Token2049 is in full swing in Singapore, GasFree has specially launched an online speed challenge, allowing users who cannot attend in person to join in on this interactive celebration.Participants only need to capture the moment when any moving icon perfectly enters the central framing box in the animated poster, follow @DeFi_JUST, and like and retweet the post. Then, they can participate by sending a successful screenshot, their favorite GasFree advantage and reason, #GasFreeToken2049, and tagging 3 friends in the comments.The event runs from October 5 to October 11, with 5 awards for the Best Heartfelt Contribution (super gift package) and 20 awards for the Fastest Sharpshooter (lucky peripheral gifts); users attending Token2049 in Singapore can also visit the GasFree event site for more offline interactions and rewards.

SpaceX (SPCX.O) plans to build a natural gas pipeline in Florida, USA.

Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas posted on platform X that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has just approved 3x long Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, silver, crude oil, and natural gas ETPs under the Securities Act of 1933.

On September 29, GasFree officially debuted at the Seoul GWDC 2026 KOREA event. As a tool focused on solving the pain points of on-chain transfer fees, GasFree allows users to complete transfers directly using USDT or USDD in their wallets without needing to hold TRX, eliminating the hassle of being unable to trade due to a lack of TRX to pay for gas fees.You are welcome to visit the event to learn more about how GasFree operates and to personally experience the convenience of completing on-chain transfers without needing to hold TRX.

The government of Kazakhstan is promoting the use of associated gas to power cryptocurrency mining, in order to restore the mining industry affected by power restrictions. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree in July requiring the establishment of mechanisms for enterprises to conduct digital mining using associated gas.Daniyar Mubarakov, head of the Blockchain and Digital Mining Association, stated that the total amount of associated gas in Kazakhstan can be converted into 1.2 to 1.3 terawatt-hours of electricity, sufficient to support medium or large data centers or Bitcoin mines in some oil fields. The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan estimates that there are up to 60 oil fields in the country producing associated gas. Oil companies can sell waste gas to miners, reducing disposal costs by millions of dollars, while miners can lock in electricity prices for years, reducing dependence on grid power.The government of Kazakhstan is developing a relevant legal framework to clarify the operational rules for enterprises and regulate the market. Gizzat Baitursynov, Deputy Minister of AI and Digital Development of Kazakhstan, stated that this mechanism will increase government tax revenue and improve the environment.

Binance Chinese posted on platform X that the Binance wallet now supports using USDT to pay for Gas fees, covering BNB Smart Chain, Ethereum, Solana, and Tron, with plans to support more public chain networks in the future.

According to Euronews, Kazakhstan is promoting cryptocurrency mining companies to utilize the remaining associated gas from oil fields to build their own power stations, in order to reduce natural gas flaring, alleviate pressure on the national power grid, and increase oil production.Data shows that the country will flare about 300 to 340 million cubic meters of associated gas in 2024, which, if used for power generation, is expected to produce 1.2 to 1.3 terawatt-hours of electricity. Currently, the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan and other departments are formulating the relevant legal framework.

According to a report released by Spartan Capital, Robinhood Chain will launch its mainnet on July 1, 2026. By the end of August, the on-chain DEX trading volume had risen to $1.5 billion, with a TVL increasing to $711 million, and on-chain gas revenue in August reached $6.6 million.The report shows that most of the trading volume in August came from Uniswap, with a single-day on-chain fee reaching $2.1 million on August 31. Robinhood is responsible for running the sequencer and receives about 90% of the on-chain fees. After deducting Ethereum settlement costs and the 10% licensing fee paid to Arbitrum DAO, the net income for August was approximately $6 million. Regarding Robinhood Earn, users deposit USDG and borrow through Morpho, with the deposit scale increasing from $9.5 million on July 1 to $456 million on August 31, accounting for 68% of Robinhood Chain's TVL at the end of the month. Users can earn an estimated annualized yield of about 7%, while the yield on the loan side was approximately 3.7% at the end of August, with the difference subsidized by reward funds provided by Morpho and its lending partners.Meanwhile, the Meme ecosystem of Robinhood Chain is growing rapidly. By the end of August, over 340,000 tokens had been issued on-chain, with application layer transaction fees reaching $114 million in August. The report states that the trading volume of Meme and tokenized stock trading pairs is also growing rapidly, with the trading volume of Meme tokens paired with Robinhood Stock Tokens reaching $518 million in August. The report points out that the current trading activity on Robinhood Chain is still mainly driven by crypto-native users, and Robinhood's own 27 million funded accounts have not yet been migrated to the chain on a large scale. The gas subsidies in the Robinhood wallet will continue until September 29, and the Earn yield is also planned to be gradually reduced.

The Binance Wallet's stablecoin fee payment feature now supports transfers on the TRON network, allowing users to not hold TRX.Starting today, when users transfer USDT and other TRC-20 tokens on the TRON network through Binance Wallet, they can directly select USDT as the network fee payer, without needing to hold TRX as Gas.For example, to send JST, users only need to open the Binance Wallet, click "Send" → "Select Token" → "Network Fee Payer" → "USDT," to complete the setup and have the network fee covered by USDT. This feature further simplifies the asset transfer process on the TRON network, lowering the threshold for users to hold native tokens, making cross-asset transfers easier and more convenient.

On September 16, the TokenPocket × USDD Gas Boost Season has officially begun, with the event running from September 15 to September 28. During the event, users can directly use USDD to pay Gas fees when transferring USDD on the TRON network through TokenPocket, and enjoy a 50% Gas subsidy.In addition, users who complete designated on-chain tasks can also participate in the event leaderboard to share a total reward of 5000 USDD and have a chance to win a KeyPal hardware wallet. This event is jointly launched by USDD, TokenPocket, and KeyPal, further expanding the application scenarios of USDD for Gas payments and stablecoin transfers on the TRON chain.

According to the official announcement, Gate announced that it will fully integrate with the Arc public chain on September 16, covering core Web3 scenarios such as Trenches, Gate Wallet, and on-chain market data. Gate's Trenches will exclusively offer 0 Gas transactions, allowing users to view popular and newly issued tokens on the Arc chain, access market data, and participate in trading directly without incurring additional Gas fees. Currently, Trenches supports limited-time Gas-free transactions for on-chain assets on Robinhood Chain, and with the addition of Arc, the 0 Gas coverage scenarios will further expand.Arc is an open Layer 1 network created by Circle for the financial market. This integration allows Gate users to access related assets and liquidity through Web3, wallets, and on-chain trading products, expanding coverage of emerging public chains.