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BlockBeats News, December 28th, Uniswap announced that all interface fees for its app and API have been set to zero. Earlier reports indicated that the Uniswap "Fee Switch Activation Proposal" passed the final governance vote, and after a two-day timelock, the fee switch for Uniswap v2 and v3 will be activated on the Unichain mainnet, triggering the burning of UNI tokens. This proposal will burn 100 million UNI tokens from the Uniswap treasury and implement a protocol fee discount auction system to enhance liquidity provider returns.

Ethereum developers have finalized the name and timing for the second major upgrade in 2026 this month, naming it "Hegota," which is expected to launch at the end of 2026. "Hegota" will follow the "Glamsterdam" upgrade, which is anticipated to be released in the first half of 2026. Developers have adopted a new approach of releasing network updates more frequently, avoiding the concentration of numerous upgrades into a single annual version.

BlockBeats News, December 28, according to Coinbob Hot Address Monitoring, the whale labeled "pension-usdt.eth" has shifted its substantial profits accumulated on Hyperliquid to the yield market. Recently, this address withdrew approximately $10 million from Hyperliquid and immediately deposited it into AAVE for lending to earn stable compound interest. Currently, its total lending amount on AAVE has reached about $30 million. While transferring and redepositing funds, this address started building a short position in ETH at $2,918 since 1:00 yesterday, and has continued to increase its position. The current position size is about $88.33 million, with an average price of $2,928 and a liquidation price of $3,849, making it the largest ETH short on Hyperliquid. According to further monitoring, this whale has made profits of up to about $14.59 million on Hyperliquid in the past 30 days through swing trading. Its strategy mainly involves low leverage, short cycles (average holding period of about 23 hours), and focuses on BTC and ETH. Since October, its cumulative profit has exceeded $24.78 million.