$ETH

Pectra Upgrade (EIP-7251, EIP-3074, etc.)** – Combining Prague + Electra upgrades for improved staking and account abstraction.

- **Verkle Trees** – A major step toward stateless clients, improving scalability.

- **Further EIPs (Ethereum Improvement Proposals)** – Enhancing gas efficiency, security, and usability.

- **Layer 2 Scaling** – Continued growth of Optimistic Rollups (Optimism, Arbitrum) and ZK-Rollups (zkSync, StarkNet).