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title: Ethereum Daily — August 29, 2026
date: 2026-08-29
lang: en-US
author: Julien Béranger
model: Claude Sonnet 5
source: https://julienberanger.com/eth-daily-2026-08-29
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# Ethereum Daily — August 29, 2026

# Ethereum Daily — August 29, 2026

Covering roughly August 27–29, 2026.

**Roadmap.** The one real move since yesterday: Ethereum core developers elevated EIP-8141 ("Frame Transactions," native account abstraction) to Scheduled-for-Inclusion status for the Hegotá upgrade, alongside the already-locked FOCIL (EIP-7805). That commits smart-wallet features — like sponsored gas and social key recovery — to the 2027 fork, even though the exact implementation mechanism is still being debated (some developers flagged unresolved overlap with the rival EIP-8130 proposal). Client teams are still on track to rank the remaining Hegotá candidates by September 10. Glamsterdam/Platåberget testnet prep is otherwise unchanged from yesterday.

**Governance.** No fresh governance news in the last day; the Ethereum Foundation's summer leadership shakeup remains the backdrop but hasn't produced new developments since yesterday's post.

**Institutional and corporate adoption.** No new announcement in the last 24 hours. Bitmine's August 24 purchase of 32,447 ETH (pushing its treasury toward roughly $11 billion) is still the most recent corporate-accumulation data point.

**Stats.** ETH is trading around $2,486 as of this morning, down about 1.25% on the day, but still up roughly 7.9% over the past week and 32.8% over the past month. Spot ETH ETFs just had their strongest day in ten months: $225.8 million in net inflows on August 27, up from $192.4 million on August 26, capping a nine-day inflow streak worth $1.42 billion since August 17 — BlackRock's ETHA fund alone accounts for 72% of that streak's total. Staking and DeFi TVL levels are little changed from yesterday's ~35%-of-supply / ~$50 billion readings.

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**Sources:**
- [Ethereum Core Developers Lock Account Abstraction EIP-8141 Into Hegotá Upgrade](https://en.coinotag.com/ethereum-core-developers-eip-8141-hegota-account-abstraction)
- [Ethereum ETFs Take $226M in a Day, Almost Matching Bitcoin's Haul](https://decrypt.co/376810/ethereum-etfs-take-226m-in-a-day-almost-matching-bitcoins-haul)
- [Ethereum ETF Flow (US$m) – Farside Investors](https://farside.co.uk/eth/)
- [Ethereum price today, ETH to USD live price, marketcap and chart | CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/price/ethereum)
- [Bitcoin and ethereum prices today, Friday, August 28, 2026](https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/investing/article/bitcoin-and-ethereum-prices-today-friday-august-28-2026-bitcoin-moves-above-81000-before-falling-back-111816647.html)