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.

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Bitcoin

U.S. bitcoin ETFs returned to positive territory Tuesday with $118.86 million in net inflows, led almost entirely by Blackrock's IBIT. Ether funds suffered a sixth consecutive day of withdrawals, while XRP and HYPE attracted modest buying. Bitcoin ETFs Flip Positive With $119M Inflow Institutional positioning split sharply across the crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) market Tuesday.

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Pudgy Penguins

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Dogecoin

Leading cryptocurrencies failed to break out on Tuesday as investors curtailed risk appetite ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve's September meeting minutes. Cryptocurrency 24-Hour Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:24 p.m.

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Abstract will shut down Dec. 15, saying a chain focused solely on consumer crypto proved unsustainable, and is urging users to bridge their assets off before then.

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Hyperliquid

While bitcoin and ether prices have been consolidating, two massive Hyperliquid wallets carry a combined net short exposure of roughly $1.58 billion against an array of top assets—with BTC and ETH topping the list.

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) liquidity across major centralized exchanges surged nearly 50% in 2026, widening its lead over Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) . XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) stood out with substantially more capital sitting on the bid side of its order books and Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) remained the least liquid, according to a CoinGecko report published Tuesday.

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One of Ethereum's main validator clients updated its software hours before a Sepolia test that will raise the amount of work each block can hold to 200 million gas.

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Major cryptocurrencies reversed course on Monday following their Sunday gains, as investors weighed the latest U.S. manufacturing data and the likelihood of a rate hike.

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Bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies traded largely sideways on Monday as the dollar surged to an 18-month high, while expectations for eventual global debt monetization kept the longer-term liquidity outlook in focus.

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Solana

Real Vision founder Raoul Pal remains bullish on crypto's long-term trajectory, arguing that improving liquidity could lift Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), Sui (CRYPTO: SUI) and other digital assets. Pal argues Wall Street's tokenization push and AI adoption strengthen the sector's underlying growth story.

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Publicly traded ether treasury firm Bitmine Immersion Technologies announced Monday that it has edged closer to its stated goal of obtaining 5% of the circulating ETH supply, adding about $41 million worth of the cryptocurrency to its holdings over the last week.

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The purchase lifts Bitmine's stash past 6 million ETH—4.9% of supply and 99% of the way to its "Alchemy of 5%" goal—as chairman Tom Lee says Ethereum is "dwarfing" other macro assets.

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