Ethereum News
MrBeast's finance bet could become the new generation's Schwab, Robinhood, Tom Lee says
The BitMine chairman said at Hong Kong Consensus 2026 that MrBeast acquiring neobank Step could win over a new generation of investors to crypto.
Robinhood starts testing its own blockchain as crypto and tokenization push deepens
The Robinhood Chain, built on Ethereum-based Arbitrum, aims to become key plumbing for around-the-clock trading and plugging tokenized stocks into DeFi.
Vitalik Buterin outlines how Ethereum could play a key role in the future of AI
In a post on X revisiting ideas he first outlined two years ago, the co-founder of Ethereum argues that the push toward artificial general intelligence often resembles the kind of unchecked speed and scale the blockchain was created to challenge.
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.
