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Ethereum

ETH
Rank #2

$2,579.67

6.55%
(24H)

Fundamentals

Today's Low
2,393.31
$2,579.67
Today's High
2,581.65

Price & Market Stats

Ethereum Price$2,579.67
24h High / 24h Low$2,393.31 / $2,581.65
Trading Volume$19,501,529,026.00
Price Change (24h)$158.65
Price Change Percentage (24h)6.553%
Market Cap Rank#2
Market Cap$311,140,143,524.00
Market Cap Change (24h)$19,345,093,614.00
Market Cap Change Percentage (24h)6.63%
Volume / Market Cap0.0627
All-Time High
$4,878.26
All-Time Low
$0.43

About Ethereum

What Is Ethereum?

Ethereum (ETH) is the world’s premier smart-contract platform enabling dApps, DeFi, NFTs, and DAOs. It launched in 2015 and transitioned to Proof-of-Stake in 2022.

Who Are the Founders of Ethereum?

Ethereum was co-founded by Vitalik Buterin, along with Gavin Wood, Joseph Lubin, Anthony Di Iorio, Charles Hoskinson, and Mihai Alisie in 2015.

What Makes Ethereum Unique?

Ethereum’s Turing-complete EVM, strong developer community, and robust DeFi/NFT ecosystems make it unique.

How Is the Ethereum Network Secured?

After “The Merge,” Ethereum runs on Proof-of-Stake, where ETH stakers lock funds in the Beacon Chain to validate blocks. This PoS security model is backed by hundreds of thousands of validators worldwide.

What Is Ethereum’s Role in the Crypto Ecosystem?

Ethereum serves as both gas for transaction fees and the core collateral asset for DeFi protocols, NFTs, and token launches. Its role as a settlement token underpins everything from lending platforms to decentralized exchanges, making it the backbone of modern crypto finance.

How Is Ethereum’s Technology Upgraded?

Via Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) and network-wide hard forks.

Who Are the Largest Corporate Holders of Ethereum?

Prominent corporate holders include Consensys, institutional staking pools like Lido and Coinbase, and enterprise consortia using Ethereum for pilot projects.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Ethereum is legally recognized in most jurisdictions as a blockchain platform, though regulatory scrutiny around tokenized assets and DeFi continues.
The core protocol is robust, but smart-contract vulnerabilities and oracle exploits are the primary attack vectors, so users should rely on audited contracts.
Yes. Ethereum is accepted by payment gateways (e.g., PayPal) and is widely used to pay gas fees, making it one of the most spendable cryptocurrencies.

Tokenomics

Explore the economic structure behind Ethereum. Understand the distribution of tokens, supply dynamics, and key economic indicators shaping market performance: Analyzing these elements helps investors understand Ethereum's long-term sustainability, potential scarcity, and economic incentives driving its value. Review the chart above for detailed token metrics and distribution insights.

Team

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Vitalik Buterin
Founder
Vitaly Dmitriyevich "Vitalik" Buterin (Russian: Виталий Дмитриевич Бутерин; born January 31, 1994) is a Russian-Canadian programmer and writer primarily known as a co-founder of Ethereum and as a co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine.
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Anthony Di Iorio
Co-founder
Anthony Di Iorio is a Canadian entrepreneur primarily known as a co-founder of Ethereum and an early investor in Bitcoin.As one of the early Ethereum co-founders, Di Iorio played an instrumental role in the network's marketing and branding operations.
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Charles Hoskinson
Co-founder
Charles Hoskinson is an American entrepreneur who is a co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain platform. He is also a co-founder of the blockchain engineering company Input Output Global, Inc. (formerly IOHK), and the Cardano blockchain platform.
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Mihai Alisie
Co-founder
Mihai Alisie is the romanian co-founder of Ethereum , joining Vitalik Buterin in 2013 in Ethereum project.He has been actively involved in the blockchain technology space since 2011 when he created with Vitalik Buterin the world’s first Bitcoin Magazine. He served as Editor-in-Chief for the magazine until late 2013.
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Amir Chetrit
Co-founder
Amir Chetrit joined as a co-founder of the Ethereum project in 2013, and he resignated in 2015.
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