The Ether: Thursday, July 30, 2026
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The day in review
Protocol
A quiet day here.
Apps
- Aave governance proposed retiring deployments on six low-revenue chains to focus operational resources on higher-value markets.
- Polygon Chain upgraded throughput to 5,000 payments per second for stablecoin settlement and prepared for prediction market surge during a major sporting event.
World
- Twenty-eight global banks including JPMorgan and UBS tested tokenized money for cross-border settlement in a BIS blockchain pilot.
ETH Daily:
Aave governance is weighing shutdowns on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos where deposit volumes have collapsed, freeing operational focus for higher-value markets.
More: CoinDesk
Polygon:
Polygon's throughput upgrade enables the network to compete with card networks on speed while maintaining low fees, supporting the Open Money Stack for global fund transfers.
Polygon:
Polygon raised throughput and locked finality to handle a billion users stress-testing onchain prediction markets during a major international event.
Polygon:
Polygon's unified API for wallets, ramps, and settlement lets developers move funds globally via stablecoins in seconds, plugging into legacy systems.
CoinDesk:
Twenty-eight global banks including JPMorgan and UBS conducted live trials of blockchain-based settlement for payments, advancing institutional adoption of tokenized financial infrastructure.