Ethereum News

MegaETH debuts mainnet as Ethereum scaling debate heats up
The project, which had pitched itself as a layer-2 “real-time blockchain" targeting more than 100,000 transactions per second, would make onchain interactions feel closer to traditional web apps than today’s crypto networks.

Tom Lee’s Bitmine Immersion added 40,613 ether last week as prices crashed
The firm's total ETH holdings top 4.3 million tokens worth about $8.7 billion at the current price just above $2,000.

Tom Lee's Bitmine now $8 billion underwater as ether tumbles below $2,000
Despite its mounting losses and plunging share price, the ether treasury firm says it's under no pressure to sell its holdings.

Bitcoin crashes below $70K, what's next?
Bitcoin has tumbled below $70,000, pushing market sentiment into "extreme fear." But the pain might not be over: Stifel analysts are predicting a potential crash all the way to $38,000, citing a "Benjamin Button" reversal in Bitcoin's relationship with the dollar. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

Ethereum's ENS identity system scraps planned rollup amid Vitalik's warning about layer-2 networks
Instead of launching its own rollup, ENS will now deploy its long-awaited ENSv2 upgrade exclusively on the Ethereum mainnet, citing dramatically lower gas costs and a broader change in Ethereum’s scaling philosophy.

Ether treasury ETHZilla pivots to real estate tokenization with a $4.7 million housing loan deal
ETHZilla’s shift toward tokenization comes after a sharp downturn in its core crypto holdings.

From 'Ethereum’s sidekick' to standalone stars: How Vitalik Buterin’s latest pivot is forcing Layer 2s to grow up
Leaders across the layer-2 space don't see this moment as an existential threat, but rather that Ethereum’s progress is forcing them to clarify their purpose.

The Protocol: Vitalik Buterin’s stark warning on layer-2 roadmap
Also: Open-source alternative for bitcoin miners, EF’s quantum-computing team and a new lending protocol for XRP

'You are not scaling Ethereum': Vitalik Buterin issues a blunt reality check to the biggest crypto networks
The roadmap in place doesn't make as much sense because progress among layer-2s toward later stages of decentralization has been slower and more difficult, and Ethereum itself is now scaling directly on layer-1.

MetaMask integrates Ondo to offer 200+ tokenized U.S. stocks inside crypto wallet
The launch marks one of the first times tokenized U.S. equities and ETFs have been made natively available through a major self-custodial wallet.

