https://cryptoeconomics.com/topics/protocol-economics/ Coverage filed to the Protocol economics desk. en © 2026 Cryptoeconomics Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://cryptoeconomics.com/news/ethereum-glamsterdam-scope-locked/ https://cryptoeconomics.com/news/ethereum-glamsterdam-scope-locked/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Ethereum client teams locked the devnet-0 specification for the Glamsterdam upgrade in June 2026, with enshrined proposer-builder separation (EIP-7732) and block-level access lists (EIP-7928) as the central changes. The bundle targets a 200 million gas limit floor, against roughly 60 million at present. Protocol economics Market design Governance ethereum.org: Glamsterdam roadmap https://cryptoeconomics.com/news/solana-alpenglow-consensus-test-activation/ https://cryptoeconomics.com/news/solana-alpenglow-consensus-test-activation/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Alpenglow, which replaces Solana's TowerBFT consensus with the Votor and Rotor components, activated on a community validator test cluster on 11 May 2026. The design targets finality of 100 to 150 milliseconds and removes on-chain vote transactions, which account for roughly three quarters of Solana transactions. Protocol economics Economic security Governance Solana Developer Forums: SIMD-0326: Proposal for the New Alpenglow Consensus Protocol https://cryptoeconomics.com/news/aave-cumulative-lending-volume-milestone/ https://cryptoeconomics.com/news/aave-cumulative-lending-volume-milestone/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Aave reported cumulative lending volume above $1tn in late February 2026, the first decentralised credit protocol to reach that figure. The protocol attributed part of the growth to institutional participation, including its Horizon market for real-world asset collateral. Decentralised finance Institutions Protocol economics Aave: governance forum https://cryptoeconomics.com/news/uniswap-fee-switch-activation/ https://cryptoeconomics.com/news/uniswap-fee-switch-activation/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Uniswap governance activated the protocol fee switch on Ethereum on 28 December 2025, redirecting a share of swap fees to protocol revenue used for UNI buybacks and burns, and extended it to layer-2 deployments in March and June 2026. Cumulative protocol revenue reached about $23.15m by late June 2026. Governance Protocol economics Decentralised finance Uniswap governance forum