Ethereum news today

Updated April 9, 2026 · 10:25 AM UTC

The latest Ethereum news today — live ETH price updates, staking and validator activity, Layer-2 growth, DeFi ecosystem trends, EIP upgrades, and ETF flow headlines. CryptoSlate’s editorial team covers Ethereum around the clock, from on-chain data and gas fee trends to governance and regulation, with breaking stories added throughout the day.

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Merge

Over 4,000 ETH burned hours after EIP-1559 upgrade

The Ethereum network underwent one of its most crucial upgrades last night. And things are going as planned so far.

5 years ago

Payments

Fashion designer with 2.5 million followers is now accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, and other cryptos

Luxury fashion and crypto collide to make adoption happen.

5 years ago

Analysis

Ethereum (ETH) jumps, then dumps, ahead of crucial EIP-1559 upgrade

Prices of the asset powering the world’s most used blockchain bumped ahead of a major update.

5 years ago

DeFi

Pantera boss: Upcoming Ethereum catalyst could cause ETH to outperform Bitcoin

Ethereum’s coming upgrade will help the coin to outperform Bitcoin in the future.

5 years ago

Trading

Ethereum one-upped Bitcoin to close 13 consecutive daily green candles. Here’s what it means

The number two crypto by market cap beats Bitcoin's 10-day green run off the back of the up and coming London hard fork.

5 years ago

Trading

Polkadot (DOT), Dogecoin (DOGE) dump 5% as crypto markets correct

The crypto market saw a sudden correction last night after days of consecutive green candles.

5 years ago

NFTs

CryptoPunk NFT mania drives average punk price up to $135,000

Buoyant demand for CryptoPunks shows revival of interest in NFTs.

5 years ago

DeFi

This protocol protects DeFi traders from being ‘front run’ on Ethereum

A new non-consensus breaking transaction ordering protocol designed to minimize MEV is launching on Ethereum.

5 years ago

Investments

These crypto analysts say Ethereum could reach $4,500 by 2022. Here’s why

Ethereum, the world’s most used blockchain, has a host of upgrades and improvements scheduled for the year ahead. And these could do wonders for its price.

5 years ago