increased by 4.46% over the past 24 hours, closing at $2,111.86, with market sentiment turning optimistic. Behind this positive price reaction, a deeper structural transformation is quietly unfolding within the Ethereum ecosystem. This change is not about short-term speculative narratives but about the core principles of blockchain—privacy and sovereignty. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has repeatedly emphasized that 2026 will be a pivotal year for systemic repair, addressing regressions in privacy and decentralization. At the official level, the Ethereum Foundation has reorganized its "Privacy and Scalability Exploration" team into the "Ethereum Privacy Guardians," marking privacy