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Cointelegraph presents “The Fight for Ethereum’s Soul,” a documentary on the future of the smart contract blockchain protocol. Ethereum went live 10 years ago, bringing programmability and composability to a technological innovation sparked by the advent of Bitcoin in 2009. But what does the future of Ethereum hold? It’s a loaded question that is incredibly difficult to answer given the complexity and decentralized nature of the world’s pioneering smart-contract blockchain protocol. Cointelegraph recently traveled to EthCC in Cannes to speak to the brightest minds in the Ethereum community about its current state and the future of the protocol amid the rise of highly competitive next-generation layer-1 blockchains. These conversations formed the backbone of Cointelegraph’s latest mini-documentary: “The Fight for Ethereum’s Soul.” Read more

Bitcoin rose 0.5% to $119,000 and Ethereum gained more than 5% to $4,400 after July U.S. CPI showed a 0.2% month-over-month increase and a 2.7% annual rate, with core CPI up 0.3% on the month and 3.1% on the year. The release at 1:30 P.M. Eastern reflected a mixed profile. Headline CPI decelerated on the […] The post US core inflation jumps to 5 month high as Ethereum hits $4.4k appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum’s options market is gaining significant momentum, with open interest soaring to $13.75 billion, the highest level recorded in 2025, according to Glassnode data. The figure marks a notable increase and brings the market close to the $14.6 billion all-time high achieved in March of last year. The surge reflects a sharp rise in derivative […] The post Bullish bets push Ethereum options interest to $13.75B appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade arrives in November 2025, quietly boosting scalability and network resilience without changing smart contracts Ethereum’s upcoming Fusaka hard fork is slated for early November 2025, setting the stage for one of the most consequential Ethereum network upgrades in years.  Unlike Pectra, the May 2025 fork that delivered visible changes like account abstraction and higher staking limits, Fusaka operates behind the curtain. It bundles 11 Ethereum Improvement Proposals focused on scalability, node resilience and efficiency, leaving smart contracts untouched.  Read more

Ethereum bulls make a strong case for an ETH price rally toward $10,000 or above in the next six to eight months. Key takeaways: Ethereum is breaking out across multiple bullish setups on the price chart. Analysts see ETH rising to $6,000 soon, with $20,000 possible within a year. Read more

Altcoin traders can hardly contain themselves as the long-awaited breakout appears to have begun. ETH posted gains of over 20% the last seven days and smaller cap coins like SOL, DOGE, and BNB are close behind, with Chainlink’s LINK token up 30% in the same timeframe. Does this mean alt season finally here? A painful […] The post As Ethereum rips and smaller caps follow, is alt season finally here? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum (ETH) surged past the $4,000 mark on Aug. 8, hitting its highest level this year after a sustained market rally that saw it gain nearly 50% in the past month. Data from CryptoSlate shows the asset peaked at $4,047 during US trading hours. Notably, the last time ETH traded above $4,000 was in December […] The post Ethereum rallies above $4,000 following blistering 50% surge in a month appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Vitalik Buterin says public companies that buy and hold Ether broaden the token’s access to a wider range of investors, but cautioned on leveraging too heavily. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has thrown support behind so-called Ether treasury companies, but warned the trend could spiral into an “overleveraged game” if not handled responsibly. In an interview with the Bankless podcast released on Thursday, Buterin said the growing number of public companies buying and holding Ether (ETH) was valuable as they expose the token to a broader range of investors. “There’s definitely valuable services that are being provided there,” Buterin said. He added that companies buying into ETH treasury firms instead of holding the token directly gives people “more options,” especially those with “different financial circumstances.” Read more

SharpLink Gaming has raised $200 million from institutional investors in a direct stock offering to further fuel its Ethereum (ETH) buying spree and take its holdings beyond $2 billion. The funding round, expected to close Aug. 8, was priced at $19.50 per share and led by A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners. Societe Generale acted as co-placement agent, […] The post SharpLink raises another $200M to push Ethereum holdings beyond $2B appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum, SOL, and XRP have jumped on reports that President Trump will sign an executive order to allow crypto in 401(k)s.

The onchain value of all tokenized real-world assets has reached record levels, and Ethereum is the dominant force. 

Galaxy head of research Alex Thorn criticized the business model of many Ethereum (ETH) layer-2 (L2) blockchains as “ETH extractive.” In an Aug. 6 social media post, Thorn argued that L2 networks retain most of the fee revenue while contributing relatively little back to the Ethereum L1.  Thorn added that most L2s are controlled by single […] The post Galaxy’s Alex Thorn calls Ethereum L2s ‘ETH extractive’ amid fee retention concerns appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Transactions on the Ethereum network have hit yearly highs as the SEC deliberates on how to classify liquid staking protocols. Transactions on the Ethereum network have reached a one-year high as the US Securities and Exchange Commission issues new guidance on staking. This comes amid historical highs in Ether staked on the network; according to Dune Analytics, over 36 million Ether (ETH) is now staked on Ethereum, representing nearly 30% of the total token supply.  A large number of tokens locked into smart contracts indicates that Ether holders are hunkering down, preferring to render their ETH unsellable for the time being in exchange for staking rewards. Read more

The move follows significant gas fee reductions after the Dencun upgrade, and comes amid intensifying competition across blockchains. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and developer Anders Elowsson have introduced EIP-7999, a proposal to streamline Ethereum's transaction fee structure.  Released on Tuesday, the proposal seeks to establish a unified multidimensional fee market, allowing users to specify a single aggregate maximum fee for multiple resources.  The proposal, if adopted, would eliminate the need to estimate and manage multiple fee components when submitting transactions and let users specify one all-encompassing maximum fee, making paying for transactions simpler and more predictable.  Read more

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov said the Chainlink Runtime Environment could be as transformative as the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov said the recently launched Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) may have a transformative effect on the blockchain industry like that of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). In a YouTube video published on Monday by Chainlink, Nazarov said the CRE “can have the same impact that the EVM had on the blockchain industry.” The EVM, introduced by Ethereum, enabled Turing-complete smart contracts, which reduced development time to weeks from months by allowing developers to use loops and state-based operations, capabilities unavailable in Bitcoin Script. Nazarov said the smart contract development ecosystem is complex and has become a web of interconnected on- and offchain systems. Chainlink’s CRE, he said, adds a layer of abstraction that makes managing this complexity easier for developers. Read more

Crypto markets are roaring after a rough weekend: Bitcoin is bouncing, but the charts for XRP and Ethereum are showing even stronger signs.

RISC-V could offer Ethereum faster zk-rollup proofs, but migration challenges include smart contract rewrites and security resets.

The following is a guest post and opinion of Rostyslav Bortman, Founder of Ethereum Ukraine. Even in wartime Kyiv, innovation doesn’t pause. At ETHKyiv 2025, more than 100 hackers proved it—shipping privacy-first dApps, competing for grants, and showing what’s possible when the world’s toughest challenges meet Web3 grit. But the real shockwaves came from the […] The post 400 TPS and “Ethereum on your phone”: Vitalik Buterin & Tomasz K. Stańczak dropped big news at ETHKyiv 2025 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum’s 10th anniversary celebration was marked by an uptick in institutional demand for Ether as an alternative treasury reserve asset, prompting Wall Street to look past Bitcoin. Ethereum’s 10th anniversary was marked by a significant milestone in terms of institutional crypto adoption, as cryptocurrency treasury firms surpassed $100 billion in collective investments on Thursday. Ethereum’s 10th birthday brought renewed corporate interest in Ether (ETH), which saw the 10 largest corporate crypto treasury firms amass over 1% of the total Ether supply since the beginning of June, according to a Tuesday report by Standard Chartered. The bank predicted that corporations will eventually hold 10% of the total Ether supply, which may see the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency surpass the bank’s year-end target price of $4,000 per Ether. Read more

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a new approach to improve the network’s speed and scalability by rethinking how block finality is structured. In an August 1 blog post, Buterin proposed separating Ethereum’s fork choice mechanism from its finality process, which he believes could simplify the protocol and enable faster block confirmations. Ethereum’s consensus currently […] The post Vitalik Buterin unveils plan to boost Ethereum speed and scalability appeared first on CryptoSlate.