Ethereum

The Ethereum blockchain was built to serve as a single source of truth backed by a public transaction database and to function as a platform for a variety of decentralized applications ranging from financial services to games. Ether is the native token for the Ethereum ecosystem.

The Ethereum blockchain is preparing a significant upgrade, called the Ethereum Merge, tentatively scheduled for Sept. 13-16, 2022.

The Merge reflects a shift in Ethereum’s protocol in which the blockchain will move from a “proof-of-work” to “proof-of-stake” system.

Miners validate transactions by solving complex calculations before a new block can be added to the chain. This is the mechanism that Bitcoin ($BTC) runs on.

Miners are replaced by “validators,” who stake the ETH they own to validate new blocks on the chain. Avalanche ($AVAX) and Solana ($SOL) are proof-of-stake.

The Ethereum Foundation reports that moving to a proof-of-stake model will reduce the blockchain’s energy consumption by more than 99%.

Ether ($ETH) is Ethereum’s native crypto asset, while Ethereum is the underlying blockchain. No disruptions to ETH are expected following the Merge.

Unlike Bitcoin, the founder of Ethereum is publicly known. Vitalik Buterin published Ethereum’s introductory paper in 2013 and launched the project in 2015.

The Ethereum blockchain was built to serve as a single source of truth backed by a public transaction database and to function as a platform for a variety of decentralized applications ranging from financial services to games.

The Ethereum Foundation

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Avalanche

Solana

Although activity rose, revenues declined and ETH, SOL and AVAX are all down over 50% when compared to a year ago.

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Bitcoin

Dogecoin

Bitcoin slipped below $65,000 on Monday as traders positioned ahead of Federal Reserve policy decision Wednesday. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $64,729.37 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $1,930.74 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $75.33 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $1.08 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.07159 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.055033 Notable Statistics: Coinglass data shows 118,449 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $437.94 million.

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Lido DAO

Lido has activated the largest upgrade to its Core Protocol since Lido V2, and it starts by moving more than 8 million ETH onto Ethereum's newer validator design, the company explained on Monday, in a note shared with Bitcoin.com News. That stake, worth roughly $16.5 billion, is about a fifth of all ETH currently staked.

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Macro investor Jordi Visser says the era of effortless gains in AI stocks is ending, which potentially creates room for Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and the broader crypto market to attract capital in 2026. AI Trade Is Over Speaking with Anthony Pompliano in a podcast on July 25, Visser noted AI remains a transformational investment theme, but the opportunity to generate seven- or eightfold returns from simply owning the sector's most obvious winners has likely passed.

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Bitmine Immersion Technologies added 9,946 ETH and retired 6.1 million shares last week, tightening its grip on ethereum's supply while signaling that management sees value in both the asset and its own stock. As of 7 p.m. EDT on July 26, Bitmine disclosed it held 5,787,414 ETH worth about $11.

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The company says it now holds 5.79 million ETH, equal to 4.8% of the cryptocurrency's circulating supply, while expanding its staking operations and share buyback program.

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Prominent crypto analyst Doctor Profit has flipped his portfolio to 60% Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and 40% Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), calling it the largest ETH bet of his career. Why Doctor Profit Made The Biggest ETH Bet Of His Career?

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Ethereum staking protocol Lido has begun consolidating more than 8 million ETH onto Ethereum's larger post-Pectra 0x02 validators.

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Ether jumped 4.5% to reach $1,980, closing in on the $2,000 mark and lifting its market cap to $237 billion. Short Liquidations and ETF Inflows On Monday, ether (ETH) closed in on the $2,000 threshold after jumping 4.5% amid rising exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows and staking activity.

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The company has repurchased 11.6 million shares of common stock as part of its $4 billion share repurchase program.

Bitmine adds nearly 10,000 ETH while repurchasing 6.1 million common shares

The liquid staking protocol is consolidating 8 million ETH and requiring its professional node operators to post bonds for the first time.

Lido begins moving $16.5 billion in staked ether to cut validator count by a third

U.S. spot crypto ETFs finished a volatile week with positive flows into bitcoin, ether, XRP and solana products. Ether led with $104 million in net inflows, while HYPE funds suffered a second consecutive week of withdrawals.

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The Ethereum treasury company added nearly 10,000 ETH while expanding its stock buyback, citing ether outperforming bitcoin is sending a bullish signal.

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CoinEx's Jeff Ko sees bitcoin staying range-bound near $65,000 while retreating oil, a 4.7% 10-year yield and a week of mega-cap earnings set the tone.

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Leading cryptocurrencies lifted late on Sunday alongside stock futures as investors weighed the pause in hostilities between the U.S. and Iran. Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:20 p.m.

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The US Senate moved closer to a key vote on the CLARITY Act, and crypto markets rallied as a result. Will the BTC and ETH rally continue for another week?

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Cardano

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has yet again accused Ethereum developers of adopting Cardano's Extended Unspent Transaction Output (EUTXO) architecture after an Ethereum Foundation researcher proposed a new native UTXO payment model recently.

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Traders on Polymarket and Kalshi are staking millions of dollars on where ethereum's price lands before the end of 2026, with the market split almost evenly on whether the token hits $1,000 or $3,000 first. Ethereum traded near $1,860 on Saturday, July 25, down from a recent high above $1,950 reached earlier in the week.

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Ether funds have drawn nearly as much capital as bitcoin ETFs over the past three weeks despite holding about one-eighth as much in net assets.

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Bitcoin held steady despite a sharp selloff in technology stocks triggered by weaker-than-expected corporate earnings. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $64,088.52 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $1,861.73 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $73.97 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $1.08 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.06902 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.054166 Notable Statistics: Coinglass data shows 83,203 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $301.33 million.

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U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $225.18 million in net outflows on Thursday, ending a seven-session inflow streak. Ether funds moved in the opposite direction, adding $26.32 million on the second anniversary of their market debut.

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Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson says the next phase of cryptocurrency adoption will be driven less by faster blockchains and more by safety, governance and consumer protections. Ethereum ‘Keeps Doing Things Wrong' In an interview with CoinDesk on July 23, Hoskinson, a co-founder of Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) before launching Cardano, was sharply critical of the network's governance model.

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Dogecoin dropped 4.5% and ether 2.5%, leading a broad but shallow retreat across the majors, though most remain higher on the week ahead of next week's Fed meeting.

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Leading cryptocurrencies dived alongside stocks on Thursday as elevated Middle East tensions trimmed investors' risk appetite. Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:20 p.m.

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