Ethereum (ETH) is trading at $2,252.39, up 0.86% over 24 hours, with a market capitalisation of $275B.
| Price | $2,252.39 |
|---|---|
| 24h change | 0.86% |
| Market cap | $275B |
| Rank | #2 |
| Maximum supply | No fixed cap |
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Ethereum is a programmable blockchain launched in July 2015. Rather than only recording transfers, it runs smart contracts — code that executes exactly as written — which makes it the base layer for most decentralised finance, NFTs and layer-2 networks.
| Launched | July 2015 |
|---|---|
| Created by | Vitalik Buterin and co-founders |
| Consensus | Proof of Stake |
| Supply | No fixed cap |
Validators lock ETH as collateral and are selected to propose and attest to blocks. Every transaction pays gas, priced in ETH; a base portion of that fee is burned rather than paid out. Smart contracts run in the Ethereum Virtual Machine, so any node can independently verify that a contract executed correctly.
Ethereum developers merged a fix on October 26 for a Glamsterdam upgrade bug that could have sent staker deposits to block builder accounts, resolving a flaw first reported two weeks earlier.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warned that AI-driven mathematical breakthroughs could weaken lattice-based cryptography within two years and threaten the ECDSA signatures securing Bitcoin and Ethereum wallets sooner than expected.
MetaMask began exiting Ethereum validators after a security incident diverted staking rewards. Lido says affected validators could miss payouts for up to 45 days, with no user funds at risk.
US Ethereum ETFs posted a third straight day of inflows on September 22 as BlackRock's ETHA led buying and BitMine added 27,562 ETH to its treasury, against the backdrop of a Bitcoin short squeeze.
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It is the base layer for programmable finance. Lending protocols, decentralised exchanges, most major stablecoins and the majority of layer-2 networks run on or settle to Ethereum, which is why demand for ETH is closely tied to activity across that ecosystem.
Bitcoin is designed to move and store value; Ethereum is designed to run programs. Bitcoin uses proof-of-work with a fixed 21 million supply, while Ethereum uses proof-of-stake with no hard cap but an ongoing fee burn that can make supply deflationary during periods of heavy use.
Layer-2s process transactions off the main chain and post compressed proofs back to it. Users get much lower fees while still inheriting Ethereum's security. Arbitrum, Optimism and Base are the largest by activity.