Ethereum News

Ethereum (ETH) was launched in 2015 by Vitalik Buterin and a team of co-founders as the world's first programmable blockchain, enabling smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps) that extend far beyond simple peer-to-peer transactions. After transitioning from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake consensus through "The Merge" in 2022, Ethereum now processes transactions more efficiently while maintaining its position as the foundation for decentralized finance (DeFi) and Web3 innovation.

The Ethereum ecosystem encompasses thousands of decentralized applications, from DeFi protocols like Uniswap and Aave to NFT marketplaces, gaming platforms, and layer-2 scaling solutions like Arbitrum and Polygon. Developers, validators, and users interact within this programmable economy where ETH serves as both a digital currency and the fuel powering smart contract execution through gas fees.

CoinDesk covers all aspects of Etherum, from protocol upgrades and scaling developments to DeFi innovation and regulatory implications. Our reporters track everything from Ethereum's roadmap milestones and staking developments to the broader implications of programmable money and decentralized autonomous organizations.

DISCLOSURE: This text was written with the assistance of AI, then reviewed by a person.

Ethereum News

Finance

Pump.Fun Overtakes Ethereum With $2M in Daily Revenue to Take No. 1 Position

More than 11,500 tokens were created on Pump.fun on Monday.

By Oliver KnightJul 2, 2024

Pump.fun overtakes Ethereum in revenue (Fikri Rasyid/Unsplash)
Podcasts

Sui as a Global Coordination Layer for Intelligent Assets

By Margaux Nijkerk, Sam Kessler, Bradley KeounJun 28, 2024

The Protocol

Tech

Tezos, Smart-Contract Blockchain of ICO Fame, Reveals Roadmap to Rejuvenate

The decade-old blockchain's development plan, which goes out through 2026, calls for splitting off transaction execution into a separate "canonical rollup" that would support multiple programming languages.

By Bradley KeounJun 27, 2024

Tezos co-founder Arthur Breitman (Bradley Keoun)

Tech

Protocol Village: Algorand Foundation Positions New 'LiquidAuth' as Decentralized WalletConnect

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 20-26.

By Bradley KeounJun 26, 2024

Protocol Village is CoinDesk's living column chronicling blockchain tech project updates (CoinDesk)

Tech

ZKsync Developer's New 'Elastic Chain' Could Compete With Polygon's AggLayer

This Elastic Chain is composed of multiple chains in the ZKsync ecosystem, but users will feel like they are using a single chain.

By Margaux NijkerkJun 25, 2024

Projects competing to become the dominant "layer 2" network atop Ethereum are now competing to become networks of networks. (Unsplash)

Tech

Tether to Stop Minting Stablecoin USDT on Algorand and EOS

The circulating supply of the dollar-linked stablecoin on the two blockchains represents only about 0.1% of the total USDT supply.

By Bradley KeounJun 24, 2024

Tether cited "usage" and "community interest" as factors in its decision to discontinue support for the USDT stablecoin on the EOS and Algorand blockchains. (Creative Commons)

Markets

Ether Traders Buy $4K Calls In Anticipation of Record High

Call buyers are implicitly bullish on the market.

By Omkar GodboleJun 24, 2024

Trading charts. (Asa E-K/Unsplash)

Tech

Protocol Village: Arcana Announces 'Chain Abstraction Protocol' to Remove 'Complexities of Bridging'

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 13-19.

By Bradley KeounJun 19, 2024

Protocol Village is CoinDesk's living column chronicling blockchain tech project updates (CoinDesk)

Finance

Ether ETF's Lack of Staking Won't Dampen Strong Institutional Demand, 21Shares' Ophelia Snyder Says

Prospective providers of spot ether ETFs in the U.S. removed provision for staking from their applications to avoid potential regulatory roadblocks.

By Jamie CrawleyJun 18, 2024

Ophelia Snyder, Co-Founder, 21Shares, at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk, Austin, USA (CoinDesk)

Tech

Renzo Capitalizes on Restaking Frenzy to Raise $17M From Galaxy, Brevan Howard

Funds will be used towards expanding the project's restaking services, including adding support for ERC-20 tokens.

By Margaux NijkerkJun 18, 2024

Renzo Founding Contributor Lucas Kozinski (Renzo)
of 424

Latest Crypto News

Today
12:00 PM
Positive
AI agents are quietly rewriting prediction market trading
Valory co-founder David Minarsch says autonomous agents running on the Olas protocol are giving retail traders a 24/7, strategy-driven edge on platforms like Polymarket.
3:50 AM
Positive
Bitcoin sold off first when the U.S.-Iran war began. Two weeks later, it's outperforming nearly everything
Each escalation in the Iran conflict has been larger than the last, but each bitcoin drawdown has been getting smaller.
Yesterday
5:56 PM
Positive
BTC0.00%
Ethereum Foundation sells 5,000 ether to Tom Lee's BitMine in $10.2 million deal
The funds will support the EF's core operations, including protocol R&D and ecosystem grants, as part of a treasury strategy to balance ETH and fiat-like assets.

Newsletters

Newsletter thumbnail
CoinDesk Headlines
The biggest crypto news and ideas of the day.
Preview
By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to our terms & conditions and privacy policy.