Bitmine plans to slow its Ethereum purchases as its holdings approach 5% of the cryptocurrency's supply, ending a year of rapid accumulation that made the company the network's largest corporate token holder. In his July Chairman message, Thomas Lee said Bitmine has amassed 5.7 million ETH, equal to about 4.
As the tokenization boom and a fundamental reassessment of the role of public blockchains go on, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley shared his "hot take" on the utility of Ethereum and Solana. Despite skepticism toward cryptocurrencies in the summer of 2026, the fund's chief mounted a forceful defense of the leading networks, calling doubts about the value of their native tokens a repetition of Wall Street's biggest historical mistakes.
Ethereum price has fallen as much as 3.5% to $1,820 on July 17 after its latest rally stalled below $2,000 and weak Democratic support for the CLARITY Act hurt sentiment across the crypto market. According to data from crypto.
Nansen launches ETH staking service with Lido V3 integration. Ethereum reaching $10,000 by December 31, 2026 at 1.9% YES.
Nansen launches non-custodial ETH staking through Lido's stVaults, removing the 32 ETH minimum and combining validator operations with on-chain analytics. Nansen launches ETH staking service powered by Lido Finance.
Ethereum risks falling toward $1,200 if $1,750 support fails, while a sustained recovery could reopen the path toward the $2,100 resistance zone.
Options positioning in major altcoins pointed to diverging near-term expectations on Thursday, with Ethereum (ETH) showing heavy downside hedging into expiry, Solana (SOL) retaining a comparatively constructive bias, and XRP (XRP) drawing short-term rebound interest despite a largely neutral open-interest mix. Data from Deribit, the largest crypto options exchange, showed that as of 02:40 ET on July 17 (06:40 UTC), same-day expiring open interest totaled 131,684 contracts for Ethereum (about $242.93 million), 20,935 contracts for Solana (about $15.
The mega trade aims to profit from a potential surge in ether price turbulence.
Ethereum experienced a brief surge past $1,930—marking its highest point in recent weeks—after the release of softer US inflation figures, only to slide back toward $1,850 as market participants secured gains and geopolitical concerns resurfaced.
DeFi infrastructure firm Enso has identified a new class of malicious liquidity pools called “toxic pools.” Unlike traditional exploits that steal funds directly, these pools manipulate transaction simulations.
Ethereum (ETH) futures are seeing a sharp tilt toward bullish positioning among top traders, with the share of USDT-margined accounts holding longs jumping more than 6 percentage points—one of the clearest sentiment shifts across major tokens tracked on Thursday. Data from CoinGlass, timestamped at 12:15 a.m.
After a 5-year career, Ethereum Foundation researcher Francesco D'Amato announced his departure from the organization. His exit aims to immediately join Ethlabs, a recently created organization dedicated exclusively to the research and development of blockchain infrastructure and scalability protocols.