$ETH Ethereum (ETH)
Market Cap: $282.47 billion
7-Day Change: 7.24%
Price News:
Ethereum, or 1 Ethereum, traded at $2,340.43, as of 8:32 a.m. ET. The highest intraday price that Ethereum reached in the past year was $4,953.73 on August 24, 2025.
Ethereum:
Ethereum harnesses a powerful blockchain platform for building decentralized applications, known as DApps. This crypto was the brainchild of Vitalik Buterin, created to apply blockchain technology to programmability.
So, how is Ethereum used in the programming world? Well, developers use Ethereum for smart contracts. These are self-executing agreements coded directly onto the blockchain. There are many use cases for DApps, as they can be applied to finance, supply chain management and more.
Ether is the native coin on the network. Developers use ETH to pay “gas” fees. These fees compensate network validators for their computational work in completing transactions and smart contracts. From $2.83 in August 2015 to about $2,340.43 as of April 16, 2026, ETH has grown by 82,554%.
Pros.
Large developer ecosystem.A vast array of tokens and services use the Ethereum network.
Cons:
Scaling challenges (a.k.a. large volumes of traffic can cause bottlenecks).High gas fees.
Market Dominance: 11.15%
