Ethereum Gas Fee Continues to Drop, Now at 0.352 Gwei

June 22, NEAR officially announced its next major protocol upgrade: the SPICE (Separation of Consensus and Execution) proposal, a critical milestone toward Nightshade 3.0. Once fully rolled out, NEAR will cut its block time from 600 milliseconds to 200 milliseconds — a roughly 3x speed improvement, approaching the upper speed limit allowed by physical constraints. At the heart of SPICE is the decoupling of the consensus layer from the execution layer. This lets validators finalize block consensus without waiting for transaction execution, reducing latency and enabling support for more complex, time-intensive transactions. NEAR noted this upgrade will be the largest underlying architecture overhaul since Stateless Validation launched in 2024. Post-implementation, transaction experiences for apps like NEAR Intents and near.com will see notable improvements. Alex Shevchenko, CEO of Defuse Labs, added that NEAR’s final confirmation time is expected to drop to roughly 0.4 seconds — faster

On June 22, Swiss Web3 development platform Enso rolled out its real-world asset (RWA) application and opened trading for over 500 tokenized assets, including U.S. stocks, ETFs, U.S. Treasuries, commodities, stablecoins, and more. The platform integrates services from xStocks, Ondo Finance, and Porto by Anchorage Digital to provide users with a unified layer for asset distribution and execution. Among the tradable assets are shares of major U.S. tech companies such as Apple, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Tesla, and SpaceX. Connor Howe, co-founder and CEO of Enso, stated that European investors’ exposure to U.S. markets and demand for 24/7 trading continue to grow. Meanwhile, data from RWA.xyz shows the number of on-chain tokenized asset holders rose 13.4% over the past 30 days, reaching roughly 930,000 people. By market size, tokenized U.S. Treasuries lead with a total value of $15 billion, followed by tokenized commodities at $4.6 billion, and tokenized stocks at around

June 22nd — On-chain analytics firm LookOnChain reports that the crypto whale address bc1qhx purchased 2,500 BTC one month ago at a price of $80,936 per coin, totaling approximately $202 million. The whale has now moved its remaining 2,480 BTC (valued at around $161 million) to Binance, resulting in a paper loss of over $39 million.

June 22: According to Bitget market data, Micron Technology opened higher and continued its rally. In early trade, the stock surged more than 6%, briefly topping $1,203 to reach a new all-time high. It is currently trading at $1,180, carrying a total market capitalization of $1.33 trillion.

On June 22, monitoring by EmberCN reveals that the so-called "Top Whale" address— which purchased 1.03 quadrillion SHIB (17.4% of the total supply) back in 2020 for only 37.8 ETH (around $1.37)— has sold 380 trillion SHIB (approximately $20.73 million) over the past month amid a 14.5% drop in SHIB’s price. At its 2021 peak, that 1.03 quadrillion SHIB holding was worth $9.1 billion. Currently, the address still holds 962.7 trillion SHIB, representing 16.3% of the total supply, and valued at $457 million.

June 22 – According to Bitget market data, Intel (INTC.O) shares opened 3.3% higher, after rallying more than 10% in the prior trading session.