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title: "Key facts: Ethereum to Upgrade BPO-1; Leads Asset Tokenization Market"
description: "On January 7, 2026, Ethereum will upgrade to BPO-1, boosting blob capacity to 15 per block, reducing Layer 2 fees and enhancing solutions like Arbitrum and Optimism.1Ethereum leads the real-world asse"
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published_at: "2026-01-06T00:03:18.000Z"
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# Key facts: Ethereum to Upgrade BPO-1; Leads Asset Tokenization Market

> On January 7, 2026, Ethereum will upgrade to BPO-1, boosting blob capacity to 15 per block, reducing Layer 2 fees and enhancing solutions like Arbitrum and Optimism.1Ethereum leads the real-world asset tokenization market, holding about 65% of the on-chain value, roughly $19 billion. Including layer-2 and EVM networks, its share exceeds 70%.2Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin revealed that Ethereum has addressed the blockchain trilemma with Peer Data Availability Sampling (PeerDAS) now live on the mainnet and ZK-EVMs expected by 2026.3

-   On January 7, 2026, Ethereum will upgrade to BPO-1, boosting blob capacity to 15 per block, reducing Layer 2 fees and enhancing solutions like Arbitrum and Optimism.1
-   Ethereum leads the real-world asset tokenization market, holding about 65% of the on-chain value, roughly $19 billion. Including layer-2 and EVM networks, its share exceeds 70%.2
-   Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin revealed that Ethereum has addressed the blockchain trilemma with Peer Data Availability Sampling (PeerDAS) now live on the mainnet and ZK-EVMs expected by 2026.3

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