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Ethereum leads blockchain development in 2025 with 16,181 new developers, reflecting the rise of scalable, multi-chain ecosystems.
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Tokenized Gold hits a record $3.28B market cap as investors seek stability through blockchain-backed real assets.
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Chainlink and MegaETH launch the first real-time oracle, enabling sub-millisecond DeFi data and high-speed financial applications.
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Ethereum Remains Developers’ Top Choice
According to Electric Capital data, from January to September 2025, Ethereum ranked first globally with 16,181 new developers, far ahead of other projects. Solana, with 11,534 developers, ranked second, showing rapid growth and strong community expansion, while Bitcoin ranked third with 7,494 developers, maintaining steady activity. Overall, developers continue to gather around ecosystems with high compatibility and scalability, reflecting the growing benefits of Layer 2 and multi-chain collaboration. With a mature toolchain and strong funding ecosystem, Ethereum remains the core hub for Web3 developers.
In the mid-tier group, Polygon, Stacks, Sui, and Aptos form a diversified landscape, showing the accelerating divergence of Web3 technology directions. New chains like Sui and Aptos, though late entrants, attract developers through the Move language and high-performance architectures. Meanwhile, established ecosystems such as BNB Chain and Stellar focus on stable business adoption and cross-border payment solutions. Overall, by 2025, the Web3 developer landscape has shifted from single-chain competition to multi-polar competition driven by technology, funding, and application potential.
Tokenized Gold Market Hits Record High
The Tokenized Gold market has reached a new all-time high, with a total market cap of $3.28 billion. This growth is driven by both macroeconomic hedging demand and a structural shift in crypto markets, as investors move funds from volatile digital assets toward stable, asset-backed tokens. Leading projects such as PAXG and Tether Gold (XAUT) recorded strong gains, pushing the total market upward.
With inflation and geopolitical risks remaining elevated, Tokenized Gold has become more attractive. It combines the stability of traditional gold with the programmability of blockchain, becoming a key hedging asset for institutions and crypto users. As Ethereum and emerging chains improve interoperability, and DeFi platforms begin to support gold-backed collateral and yield products, the liquidity and utility of on-chain gold are expanding. Tokenized Gold is expected to become a bridge between traditional finance and Web3, driving the digital asset market into a new phase.
Chainlink Partners with MegaETH to Launch First Native Real-Time Oracle
The decentralized oracle network Chainlink announced the launch of the first native Real-Time Oracle on the high-speed Ethereum Layer 2 MegaETH. This integrates Chainlink Data Streams directly into MegaETH’s execution layer, allowing smart contracts to access market data in real time with sub-millisecond latency. It dramatically reduces oracle delay and redundant updates, providing the infrastructure for latency-sensitive DeFi use cases such as perpetual contracts, prediction markets, and stablecoins.
This marks a step toward high-performance, low-latency real-time DeFi. MegaETH, designed for extreme throughput, targets 100,000 transactions per second (TPS) and is becoming the ideal environment for low-latency financial protocols.
