The total number of validators on the Ethereum beacon chain exceeds 930,000
According to Dune data, the total number of Ethereum beacon chain validators has surpassed 930,000, reaching 930,816. The current total staked ETH is 29,786,115, accounting for 24.84% of its total supply. Among them, the staking share of the liquidity staking protocol Lido is 31.79%.
The total assets of global Ethereum ETFs are US$5.7 billion, 81% of which are European products
According to a report released by CoinGecko, there are currently 27 active Ethereum ETFs worldwide with a total asset size of $5.7 billion, with Europe leading the way with an 81% market share. Their total asset size is still smaller than that of Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE), which has a total asset size of $6.76 billion. The top 10 largest Ethereum ETFs have an asset size of up to $5.49 billion, accounting for 96.4% of total assets. The top two are XBT Ethereum Tracker One (COINETH) and XBT Ethereum Tracker Euro (COINETHE), with asset sizes of $3.34 billion and $510.93 million respectively. COINETH and COINETHE are both Ethereum futures ETFs traded in Europe.
The total amount of Ethereum beacon chain pledged exceeded 29.75 million ETH, and Lido’s pledge share reached 31.82%
According to Dune data, the total amount of Ethereum staked on the beacon chain has reached 29,756,922 ETH, accounting for 24.82% of its total supply. Among them, the staking share of the Lido liquidity staking protocol is 31.82%.
A certain address withdrew more than 739 ETH from Binance on February 1 and currently holds a total of approximately 1,112 ETH.
The address starting with 0x68d0 withdrew over 739 ETH from Binance on February 1st. Currently, the address holds approximately 1112 ETH.
Lumio
Bridging Worlds: Lumio's High-Performance Integration of Ethereum and Aptos Ecosystems
Integrated vs Modular: Solana vs Ethereum
In the rapidly evolving landscape of blockchain technology, two distinct approaches have emerged in the design and implementation of these distributed ledgers: integrated and modular blockchains. Since the origins of public, decentralised and permissionless blockchains, architectures were often built in an integrated way: Bitcoin came first then XRP, Ethereum and many others followed suit for over a decade. The scaling trilemma arose in debates that a blockchain can only have two out of three properties: security, decentralisation and speed. As such, Ethereum’s roadmap has evolved to encompass Layer 2s, a modular way to scale Ethereum. Understanding the differences between these approaches, exemplified by Solana (integrated) and Ethereum’s Layer 2 ecosystem (modular), provides insight into their respective architectures, roadmaps, and the impact on adoption and development.
Allowing validators to provide client information privately—a project by Nethermind Research and Nethermind Core
Understanding the distribution of Ethereum’s execution-layer and consensus-layer clients used by validators is vital to ensure a resilient and diverse network. Although there are currently methods to estimate the Beacon Chain’s client distribution among validators, the same cannot be said about execution client distribution. Also, there are no standard means of anonymously showcasing which EL and CL clients are being utilized by validators.
Ethereum options trading volume tops $19.9 billion in January
Data from The Block shows that the total trading volume of Ethereum options in January has soared to nearly $20 billion (currently $19.99 billion), of which about $15 billion in trading volume comes from Deribit derivatives trading platform. According to Deribit's data, most (about 74,548) of the outstanding Ethereum options contracts are call options with an exercise price of $2,500, which will expire on Friday, February 23.
Conducting the ETH Census
The Unexpected Challenge of Calculating Ethereum's Total Supply In many walks of life, especially crypto, success tends to go quiet and unnoticed, while failure rings out loud and unmistakingly. Steady gains in foundational technology rarely make headlines, but dramatic market crashes overflow our newsfeeds.
Liquidity staking platform Lido’s Ethereum pledge volume exceeds 9.4 million ETH
The Ethereum staking amount of the liquidity pledging platform Lido has exceeded 9.4 million ETH, reaching a value of over $21.69 billion.
Ethereum briefly fell below $2,300
According to OKX market information, Ethereum briefly dropped below $2,300 and is now priced at $2,300.13.
Ethereum’s pledge rate has reached 24.5%, and Lido’s market share has reached 31.94%
Dune Analytics data showed that the total amount of ETH staked on the Ethereum beacon chain reached 29,381,698, accounting for 24.5% of the total supply of ETH. Among them, the staked share of the liquidity staking protocol Lido reached 31.94%. In addition, there was a net inflow of 11,215,708 ETH since the Shanghai upgrade.
CRV price on Ethereum flashed to 0.00659 USDT and then recovered to 0.47 USDT
According to on-chain data, the price of CRV on Ethereum flash crashed to 0.00659 USDT before rebounding to 0.47 USDT. This was due to a large sell order and the LP pool size being small, while prices on other on-chain and centralized exchanges remained stable.
Skyark created the NFT God, which has been on sale for 36 hours, and has already earned more than 27,000 ETH.
On January 28th, Skyark's creation NFT Tian Shen has been sold for 36 hours, and the current income has exceeded 27,250 ETH, with more than 45,000 transactions received.
The total amount of Ethereum beacon chain pledged is close to 29.4 million ETH, and Lido’s pledge share reaches 31.85%
According to Dune data, the total amount of Ethereum staked on the beacon chain has reached 29,396,490 ETH, accounting for 24.51% of its total supply. Among them, the staked share of the liquidity staking protocol Lido has reached 31.85%.
Binance’s ETH pledged amount exceeds 1.1 million, surpassing Figment
According to data from btc.com, the ETH staking amount on Binance's Ethereum staking platform has exceeded 1.1 million, reaching 1,162,816 at the time of writing. This surpasses Figment and ranks after Lido (9,342,683 ETH) and Coinbase (4,374,081 ETH). Historical data shows that Figment's ETH staking amount surpassed Binance and became the third largest ETH staking platform in December last year, but the platform's ETH staking amount has now decreased to 934,592.
Strike CEO: ETH is more like stocks, while Bitcoin solves “the biggest financial problem of our time”
Jack Mallers, CEO and Co-Founder of Bitcoin payment company Strike, believes that Bitcoin has the potential to solve "the biggest financial problem in history," which is the central bank and global debt crisis. Mallers pointed out that other cryptocurrencies such as "Ethereum, Solana, and Dogecoin" should not be classified together because they cannot solve the fundamental financial problems that Bitcoin can solve. Ethereum can be seen as a "technical game," indicating that its value and utility are more in line with technical innovation and adoption, rather than as a stable financial tool, so it is more like a stock. Investing in it is like investing in stocks like Tesla, while Bitcoin is more autonomous and independent of the mainstream financial system.
Illuminating Ethereum's Order Flow Landscape
We live in a world where decentralized finance ("defi") market structure and transaction execution is constantly changing, and poorly understood by most. Among this complexity, it is easy to forget that defi's market structure today is meaningfully different from the current state of traditional finance ("tradfi"). From the roots of a permissionless, global, decentralized genesis, defi is already well along the path to addressing a number of the criticisms levied at tradfi execution, by market participants and regulators alike.
Sepolia & Holesky Dencun Announcement
Goerli blobs are here: Dencun went live on Goerli at 6:32 UTC on January 17, 2024. You can now use blobs there! Sepolia and Holesky will upgrade over the next two weeks. Dencun will activate on Sepolia at epoch 132608 (January 30th, 22:51 UTC), and on Holesky at epoch 29696 (February 7th, 11:35 UTC). Client releases in this announcement are suitable for both testnet upgrades.
Go Ethereum releases Geth v1.13.11, enables Cancun and related changes in Sepolia and Holesky
Go Ethereum, the Go language client for Ethereum, announced the release of Geth v1.13.11. Sepolia will be upgraded on January 31st and Holesky will be upgraded on February 7th. This version fixes some errors and enables the Cancun upgrade for the Sepolia and Holesky networks. Additionally, it upgrades support for EIP-4844 transactions in API methods.
