Author: Michael Johnson
Ethereum ETF holdings hit an ATH as institutional inflows surge. SPX6900 cools after 230% rally, holds key $1.30 support level. XRP remains bullish despite the US SEC case delay to August 15. Ethereum, XRP, and SPX6900 are moving in different but equally significant directions this week, revealing major developments across the crypto market. The market is showing signs of rotation, and investor attention is quickly shifting among top altcoins as new narratives unfold. While institutional accumulation pushes Ethereum ETFs to an all-time high in on-chain holdings, SPX6900 takes a breather after a parabolic rally, and XRP sustains a bullish tone…
ETH holdings among the 1,000–10,000 wallet cohort now exceed 16 million. ETH-focused funds saw $583 million in inflows last week alone. Price remains in the $2,150–$3,600 range despite a 90% rally over two months. Ethereum has seen a dramatic surge in accumulation activity among its largest holders, with wallets holding between 1,000 and 10,000 ETH adding over 818,410 ETH—worth roughly $2.5 billion— on Sunday. This marks the sharpest one-day increase in holdings for this wallet cohort since 2018, according to on-chain data. The same addresses, typically linked to early adopters, crypto funds, and so-called “whales”, now control more than 16…
This is an update from the Next Billion Fellowship Program. Applications are rolling and open for cohort 6 beginning in October 2025. Individuals interacting with an application have a user experience. Collectives interacting with a protocol have a world experience. There are many worlds that the Ethereum protocol touches; places where organizations, communities, or institutions experience trust through coordination. The Next Billion Fellowship is a program to support individuals working on new use cases and improving trust experience within the world computer. The stories of a global protocol are as diverse and varied as the humans that use it. In…
Truth Social has filed for a Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF with the US SEC. The Truth Social Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF will offer combined exposure to BTC and ETH in one product. The move marks Truth Social’s bold entry into digital finance. Truth Social has officially entered the cryptocurrency investment space, pursuing a Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF. According to a tweet by Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart, the social media platform backed by US President Donald Trump on June 16, 2025, filed an S-1 registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a new cryptocurrency exchange-traded…
We’re thrilled to announce that internship applications are now open for the first-ever Ethereum Season of Internships! The Ethereum Season of Internships is a collection of paid, fully-remote summer internships offered across the Ethereum ecosystem. It is designed to help establish more paths for the next generation of contributors to connect with Ethereum projects and apply their skills – whether in development, research, design, marketing, operations, or more. Our long-term goal is to make Ethereum an even more welcoming place for new talents. Over the past few weeks, 18 teams from across the ecosystem have created over 30 internship opportunities.…
Ethereum price jumped above $2,800. ETH is seeing gains amid altcoin season chatter and as regulatory clarity inches closer. With market sentiment positive, ETH bulls could likely reclaim $3,000 as they eye a breakout. Ethereum (ETH) price has again moved above $2,800 after gaining more than 4% in the past 24 hours. The top altcoin reached an intraday high of $2,832 across major cryptocurrency exchanges, with these gains coming amid a robust spike for altcoins. Market sentiment was also positive after Securities and Exchange Commission chair Paul Atkins commented on crypto and decentralised finance. While Ethereum price hovered around $2,769…
It’s happening: Devconnect is coming to Buenos Aires, 17–22 November 2025. And we are bringing the first-ever Ethereum World’s Fair to the city. The Ethereum World’s Fair is for the Ethereum community and anyone curious about what Ethereum can do in the real world. We’re starting in Argentina, one of the most active crypto hubs, to show how Ethereum can bring a nation onchain with stablecoins, DeFi, decentralized identity, prediction markets, games, and more. Devconnect ARG will be different Main venue: We’re anchoring everything around La Rural, so the energy (and everyone) keeps flowing through the main hub. Ethereum World’s…
Bitcoin (BTC) trades near $110K (at $109.7K), challenging recent “summer stagnation” predictions after a 3.26% weekend surge. QCP Capital noted BTC was “stuck in a tight range,” with signs of fatigue like softening open interest and tapering ETF inflows. Bitcoin’s breakout coincides with US-China trade talks and a $22B US Treasury bond auction, injecting market uncertainty. Bitcoin (BTC) is currently trading just shy of the $110,000 mark, changing hands at around $109,700 as the Asian trading week continues. This upward momentum challenges a prevailing market narrative that had anticipated a period of summer stagnation, and it comes even as analysts…
Thank you to the EFers that provided valuable input and feedback to the draft document: Bastian Aue, Vitalik Buterin, Bogdan Popa, Tomasz Stańczak, Fredrik Svantes, Yoav Weiss, Dankrad Feist, Tim Beiko, Nicolas Consigny, Nixo, Alex Stokes, Ladislaus, and Joseph Schweitzer. Thank you to kpk, Steakhouse Financial, and pcaversaccio for providing valuable and insightful input and the final review of this document. The Ethereum Foundation (EF) exists to strengthen Ethereum’s ecosystem and uphold its long-standing non-negotiable objectives: enabling “applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud, or third-party interference”. EF Treasury supports EF’s long-term agency, sustainability,…
Ethereum’s weekly All Core Developer calls are a lot to keep up with, so this “Checkpoint” series aims for high-level updates roughly every 4-5 weeks, depending on what’s happening in core development. See the previous update here. tl;dr: Since the last Checkpoint, the Pectra upgrade shipped and core developers have maintained a heavy emphasis on keeping the next upgrade (Fusaka) lean to get PeerDAS, a scaling unlock, out the door. Fusaka testing is ongoing and developers are still optimistic about a 2025 release date. Proposals for the headlining feature of the upgrade following Fusaka (”Glamsterdam”, ~2026) are being solicited until…