OKB breaks through the $100 mark

[Ethereum Mainnet Peak TPS Reaches 32,950, Lighter Accounts for 90% Share] According to GrowThePie data, the Ethereum mainnet set a historical record for throughput in November 2025, with peak TPS (transactions per second) reaching 32,950. Among them, the Ethereum L2 solution Lighter accounts for approximately 90% of the daily TPS share, while only paying about $685 in daily on-chain costs to the Ethereum mainnet.

[Japan Launches 'Government Efficiency Department,' Cabinet Responds to Central Bank Rate Hike Hint] On December 2, the Japanese government launched its domestic version of the 'Government Efficiency Department' (DOGE). During its first meeting, a plan was formulated to identify and eliminate inefficient tax measures and subsidies. Finance Minister Katsuyuki Katayama stated that efforts will be made nationwide to eliminate waste and redirect funds to areas that truly need them, in order to maintain trust in the nation, its currency, and its markets. Katayama also mentioned that after Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda hinted at a possible rate hike, there is no disagreement between the government and the central bank regarding economic assessments. Economic Growth Strategy Minister Minoru Kounai reiterated related remarks, indicating that the Cabinet holds a unified stance on the matter.

[Polymarket Predicts an 81% Probability of the Bank of Japan Raising Rates by 25 Basis Points in December] On December 2, influenced by the hawkish remarks of the Bank of Japan's governor and the movement of related assets, the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike by the Bank of Japan in December on Polymarket has risen to 81%, while the probability of rates remaining unchanged stands at 17%. The Bank of Japan plans to announce its rate decision on December 19.

The Vanguard Group, which manages a scale of $10 trillion, stated that Bitcoin has withstood the test of market volatility and has matured. （The Bitcoin Historian）

Research shows that most Ethereum scaling schemes use single threaded EVMs, where all transactions compete for a global queue and cannot be executed in parallel. Eclipse introduces Solana virtual machine into Ethereum, avoiding slow network caused by busy applications by separating transaction channels, and adopting a localized fee mechanism to reduce fee fluctuations. In addition, the system combines SVM parallelism with Ethereum settlement and uses ZK fraud proof to replace the multi round dispute mechanism. （Cointelegraph）