The Ethereum network experienced two performance issues in the past 24 hours, causing blocks to not be finalized. However, the network has since recovered and is finalizing blocks again. Clients are releasing updates to address the issue, but there are concerns about the network's reliability and credibility. Despite this, Ethereum remains an integral part of the blockchain ecosystem, hosting multi-billion-dollar networks of financial infrastructure and other applications. The native token ETH is currently trading at around $1,800, up by 2.0% over the past day but down by almost 7% over the past week.