Ethereum

The Ethereum blockchain was built to serve as a single source of truth backed by a public transaction database and to function as a platform for a variety of decentralized applications ranging from financial services to games. Ether is the native token for the Ethereum ecosystem.

The Ethereum blockchain is preparing a significant upgrade, called the Ethereum Merge, tentatively scheduled for Sept. 13-16, 2022.

The Merge reflects a shift in Ethereum’s protocol in which the blockchain will move from a “proof-of-work” to “proof-of-stake” system.

Miners validate transactions by solving complex calculations before a new block can be added to the chain. This is the mechanism that Bitcoin ($BTC) runs on.

Miners are replaced by “validators,” who stake the ETH they own to validate new blocks on the chain. Avalanche ($AVAX) and Solana ($SOL) are proof-of-stake.

The Ethereum Foundation reports that moving to a proof-of-stake model will reduce the blockchain’s energy consumption by more than 99%.

Ether ($ETH) is Ethereum’s native crypto asset, while Ethereum is the underlying blockchain. No disruptions to ETH are expected following the Merge.

Unlike Bitcoin, the founder of Ethereum is publicly known. Vitalik Buterin published Ethereum’s introductory paper in 2013 and launched the project in 2015.

The Ethereum blockchain was built to serve as a single source of truth backed by a public transaction database and to function as a platform for a variety of decentralized applications ranging from financial services to games.

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Bitcoin

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Bitcoinis trading around $87,000 on Tuesday morning, with jitters in the stock market on Monday sending cryptocurrencies into a tailspin. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $87,232 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $2,958 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $128.67 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $1.92 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.1317 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.

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Monday once again emerges as a pressure point for bitcoin, aligning ETF outflows with recurring bitcoin lows.

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Bitcoin and ether extended losses alongside weak equities, while oversold signals offered a tentative glimmer of hope for battered altcoins.

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JPMorgan Asset Management has launched its first tokenized money market fund on Ethereum, offering qualified investors on-chain access to U.S. dollar yields backed by Treasuries. The move signals growing institutional confidence in public blockchain infrastructure.

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Wall Street analyst Tom Lee predicted on Monday a bearish first half for financial markets in 2026, but expects it to “come back in force” eventually. Lee Expects Market To ‘Come Back In Force' In 2026 Lee, who chairs BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NYSE:BMNR ), said that 2026 could mirror 2025, a year marked by an early bear market shifting to a bull run later on.

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Bitcoin dropped 4.4% in the past 24 hours to $85,617 on Monday evening, and Ethereum slipped 6.5% to $2,915.

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Global markets mirrored this trend, with Asian equities and U.S. equity futures softening, while the dollar hovered near two-month lows.

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Leading cryptocurrencies fell alongside stocks on Monday, as investors prepare to analyze critical employment data. Cryptocurrency Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 8:25 p.m.

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Crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) regained momentum during the second week of December, with bitcoin and ether snapping recent volatility to post solid weekly inflows. Solana and XRP extended their streaks, underscoring selective but resilient investor demand.

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BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NYSE:BMNR) purchased another 102,259 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) as Chairman Tom Lee argues that seemingly extreme AI valuations can still deliver long-term returns. BitMine Pushes Closer To 5% Ethereum Ownership Goal As of Dec. 14, BitMine holds approximately 3.97 million ETH, valued near $12.2 billion at prevailing prices.

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The following article is adapted from The Block's newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.

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To support the growth of its RLUSD stablecoin, Ripple said the token is expanding next year to layer-2 networks on Ethereum.

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Bitmine Immersion Technologies said its ethereum holdings climbed to nearly 4 million tokens as the company's stock trades close to its underlying net asset value following recent accumulation activity. Bitmine ETH Accumulation Continues While Stock Pulls Back Bitmine disclosed on Monday that it held 3,967,210 ether as of Dec. 14, valued at roughly $12.

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JPMorgan Chase is rolling out a tokenized money market fund powered by Ethereum. The fund, which is called My OnChain Net Yield Fund or MONY, launches today. The fund targets qualified investors, offering U.S. dollar yields. MONY invests solely in U.S. Treasury securities and repurchase agreements backed by them.

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Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies added to its balance sheet last week, acquiring around $320 million in ETH.

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JPMorgan Chase will begin offering an Ethereum-based, tokenized money-market fund called "MONY" to qualified investors on Tuesday.

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