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Price · USD$2,325.90
Market cap$284.13B
Volume · 24h$9.35B
Change · 24h-1.78%

ETH / USD

Price history

Updated 25 Oct, 12:33 UTC

18 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2026

Token supply
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122,161,275 ETH
Newsroom · last 7 days4Published in this category
Newsroom archive45All dates · unprotected stories
Tracked releases · 180 days53Selected public repositories only
Latest newsroom story22 Oct 2026Publication date · UTC

THE BRIEFING

Ethereum, at a glance.

Observed block26,269,625Observed · 25 Oct 2026, 12:15 UTC
Pending transactions34Observed · 25 Oct 2026, 12:15 UTC
High gas estimate3.35 GweiObserved · 25 Oct 2026, 12:15 UTC

THE DEFI FOOTPRINT

Capital tracked on Ethereum

$48.68BTotal value locked · USD
$54.13BDaily observations · USD
25 SepRange low: $49.02B24 Oct

TVL is separate from token price and market capitalization. Observed · 25 Oct 2026, 11:45 UTC.

THE CHRONOLOGY

What happened. What came next.

267 matching entries · Page 13 of 14

Newsroom01:15 UTC · Published

Solana Developer Growth Challenges Ethereum as Usage Surges

According to a Syndica report, Solana is drawing more new developers than Ethereum and has expanded its share of active builders from 6% in 2020 to 23% by 2026. The shift comes alongside surge-level network usage on Solana, which processed 25.3 billion…

Newsroom14:06 UTC · Published

Vitalik Buterin Turns Prediction-Market Bias Into a 16% Gain

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin used a January 2026 interview to describe how a contrarian prediction-market trade turned a $440,000 stake into roughly $70,000 in profit, a reported 16% return. More than a trading anecdote, the example became a critique of how narrative-driven…

Newsroom14:34 UTC · Published

Vitalik Buterin Sold 700+ ETH as Part of Strategic Funding

Vitalik Buterin’s latest wallet activity has been read by observers as a deliberate capital allocation move, not a loss of conviction in Ethereum. Taken together, the transfers look like planned funding for specific mandates rather than a broad exit from ETH exposure.…

Newsroom14:44 UTC · Published

Ethereum Validator Exit Queue Hits Zero as Staking Demand Surges

Ethereum’s validator exit queue dropped to zero on January 19, easing a notable source of short‑term sell‑side pressure on ETH. Meanwhile, an estimated 2.5 to 2.6 million ETH remained in the entry queue awaiting activation, indicating a continued buildup in staking demand…

Newsroom13:21 UTC · Published

Why Ethereum Could Be Ready to Outperform Bitcoin in 2026

Ethereum’s structural upgrades and lower energy intensity since The Merge are increasingly being treated as a core pillar of bullish 2026 positioning. The thesis is straightforward: better scalability and a cleaner operating profile could support a meaningful re-rating versus Bitcoin. Analysts and…

Newsroom13:34 UTC · Published

Ethereum Must Pass ‘Walkaway Test’ to Endure for 100 years: Buterin

Vitalik Buterin published a proposal introducing a long-term survivability benchmark he calls the “walkaway test.” Our takeaway is that he’s pushing Ethereum toward a “set-and-stay-safe” posture—secure, useful, and predictable for a century even if core developers stop intervening. He frames this as…

All published, unprotected stories in this project’s category are available through these pages. Official publications cover the last 180 days of our tracked sources. Publication entries use publication dates. Market entries use the source observation time, with one record per UTC day.

BENEATH THE HEADLINES

The observations, in context.

Observed block26,269,625Observed · 25 Oct 2026, 12:15 UTC
Pending transactions34Observed · 25 Oct 2026, 12:15 UTC
High gas estimate3.35 GweiObserved · 25 Oct 2026, 12:15 UTC

Node observations have limited scope: queued or pending transactions are not network-wide totals. A block’s transactions are not daily activity. Fee estimates and resource prices are distinct from the total cost of a transaction. Protocol fees and revenue describe the named protocol version, not the token’s price or an investor’s return; versions are not summed.

DeFi total value locked

$48.68B
$54.13BDaily observations · USD
25 SepRange low: $49.02B24 Oct

Observed · 24 Oct 2026, 14:30 UTC. Price and protocol coverage can affect USD totals.

BUILD & SHIP

Published project updates.

Software publications from the repositories we track. Release counts do not measure developer numbers, commit activity or project quality. Publication dates are not activation dates.

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READ THE CONTEXT

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Ethereum · ETH

This dossier follows the project through our published coverage and the observations available for its verified identity. It updates as new information enters our collections.

Assets, networks and protocols are different entities. We do not assign a host network’s activity to every token issued on it.

Last observed in the daily selection: 25 Oct 2026 00:07 UTC. Leaving the top 50 does not remove this dossier or its news archive.

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Identity references supplied by CoinMarketCap · checked 24 Oct 2026. Repository publications cover only our selected sources.

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