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Vitalik Buterin backs RISC-V, an open-source chip architecture, to future-proof smart contracts with greater decentralization, lower costs and long-term hardware independence. RISC-V, pronounced “risk five,” is a modern open-source instruction set architecture (ISA) based on reduced instruction set computer (RISC) principles. In simple terms, it’s like a blueprint that defines a set of instructions that a processor can execute. RISC-V is designed to be highly modular, efficient and flexible. Originally developed by the University of California in 2010, the open-source framework gives developers the flexibility to tailor its functionality and use cases, plus offers cost savings compared to proprietary ISAs like ARM or x86. This offers a wide range of uses, from supercomputers to smartphones and now blockchains like Ethereum. Read more

Veteran trader Peter Brandt said Ethereum price could "moonshot" to new highs if it can break out of a congestion pattern. Key Takeaways: Veteran trader Peter Brandt suggests a potential Ethereum rally to $3,800–$4,800 if ETH breaks above a rising wedge pattern. A short-term pullback may occur as the taker buy-sell ratio drops below one, signaling caution from futures traders. Read more

Ethereum’s bullish fractals, emerging altseason signals, and strength over SOL, XRP fuel $10,000 ETH price target speculation. Key takeaways: Ether has rebounded from key parabolic and triangle support levels, reviving the case for a $10,000 breakout. Historical fractals and RSI recovery mirror past pre-rally setups seen in 2016 and 2020. Read more

Growing risk appetite following US tariff deals and Pectra upgrade has improved the Ethereum market's upside outlook. Key takeaways: Ether is set for its best weekly gain since May 2021. Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade, mega-whale accumulation, and a major short squeeze fuel the rally. Read more

Ethereum price catches a bid as regulatory and investor sentiment shift in ETH’s favor. Key takeaways: ETH price rallied by 22% on May 8, but demand for spot ETH ETFs and derivatives remains muted.  President Trump’s reversal on certain altcoins aligns with ETH’s renewed outlook.  Read more

The increase in Ether’s staking cap from 32 to 2,048 ETH could make the feature more attractive to institutional participants. Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade doesn’t pose a threat to decentralization, according to Mallesh Pai, senior research director at blockchain software firm Consensys, describing the update as a cleanup of the behind-the-scenes “busy work” currently handled by validators. During a May 9 Cointelegraph X Space, Pai said a validator’s chances of proposing a block or earning rewards remain tied to how much ETH they hold, adding that larger validators don’t gain any new advantages under the upgrade: Pectra is Ethereum’s most extensive network upgrade since the Merge took place in September 2022. Pectra allows validators to stake as much as 2,048 ETH, up from the previous limit of 32 ETH. The new standard has raised community concerns about the risks of centralization on the network. Read more

Some $777 million worth of shorts have been smashed in the last day, with Ethereum doing the most damage as it rises alongside Bitcoin.

Crypto banking group Sygnum says it doesn’t expect Solana to beat Ethereum in the medium term, partly due to the blockchain’s revenues being too tied to memecoins. Solana has yet to show convincing signs that it could surpass Ethereum as the preferred blockchain for institutions, as its revenue, heavily reliant on memecoins, is considered unstable, according to crypto bank group Sygnum. In a May 8 blog post, Sygnum said that the current sentiment around Ethereum “remains poor,” with the market focused on Solana’s “transaction volumes and its recent dominance in fee generation.” However, Sygnum said “the medium-term outlook will primarily be shaped by traditional financial institutions’ platform choices to bring their product offerings,” not by sentiment. Read more

Has Ethereum been too complacent about fees? It no longer has the “luxury of being a peace-time research project,” said one conference panelist. Layer 2s have been a great blockchain success story. They’ve reduced congestion on the Ethereum mainnet, driving down gas fees while preserving security. But maybe they’ve become too successful, drawing chain activity and fee income from the parent that spawned them? At least that’s what some are suggesting lately, most recently at Cornell Tech’s blockchain conference in late April. Indeed, some think Ethereum should be a little greedier, or at least fight harder for a bigger part of the revenue pie, particularly sequencing fees.  Read more

Ethereum has gained 11% over the past 24 hours at the time of writing and has broken through $2,000 for the first time since March.

Ether price breaks out due to strengthening network activity and an increasing TVL, as the technical setup points to a further upside. Key takeaways: Ether breaks multimonth downtrend as traders target $3,000 ETH price. Ethereum TVL surges 41% to $52.8 billion in 30 days, with a 22% rise in daily transactions to 1.34 million, signaling strong network recovery. Read more

Ethereum developers have activated the network's Pectra upgrade, bringing smart accounts, higher staking limits and improved scalability through key EIPs. Ethereum — the network that unleashed smart contracts on the world — moves on to the next chapter with today’s Pectra upgrade, but what does it mean? Pectra went live on the Ethereum mainnet at the start of epoch 364032, May 7, 2025, at about 10:00 am UTC. The three main Ethereum improvement proposals (EIPs) included are EIP-7702, EIP-7251 and EIP-7691. EIP-7702 allows externally owned accounts to act as smart contracts and cover gas expenses (transaction fees) and payments in tokens that are not Ether (ETH). EIP-7251 increases the validator staking limit from 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH, which makes operations for large stakers easier and simpler. Read more

Despite all signs pointing to success, 100 devs will anxiously scan the Ethereum network for problems after the Pectra fork goes live tomorrow Ethereum developers will be holding their breath for the 12 minutes it takes to work out if Ethereums Pectra hard fork has finalized properly after its deployed tomorrow. During every Ethereum hard fork, there is roughly a 12-minute period the time it takes for two epochs where over a hundred tireless Ethereum developers vigilantly monitor the state of the network for signs of problems, wondering, Did we do enough? Every time Ethereum goes through a major hard fork which is like replacing components of an airplane in mid-flight theres a niggling chance that something could go horribly wrong.  Read more

Converging trend lines in this ETH chart technical analysis indicate grounds for a bullish break to the north. That's a potential opportunity, as Vitalik Buterin outlines the 2025 roadmap for Ethereum.

The following is a guest post and opinion from Hart Lambur, Co-Founder of RIsk Labs (UMA and Across). Solana’s recent growth didn’t come at Ethereum’s expense. It expanded the total crypto user base. Instead of pulling users away from Ethereum, Solana served as a gateway for new entrants into web3. With fast transactions and low fees, […] The post Solana’s moment is good for Ethereum and Web3 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes that the blockchain’s long-term resilience and scalability hinge on making it simple, like Bitcoin. In a blog post on May 3, he described how “Ethereum 5 years from now can become close to as simple as Bitcoin.” Buterin wrote: “One of the best things about Bitcoin is how beautifully simple […] The post Vitalik Buterin wants to make Ethereum ‘as simple as Bitcoin’ by 2030 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The current ETH price setup versus Bitcoin closely mirrors 2019, with an oversold RSI and prolonged weakness below key moving averages after a multiyear decline. Ethereum’s Ether (ETH) token is approaching a critical price zone against Bitcoin (BTC), which historically marked the beginning of a massive rebound. The ETH/BTC pair, currently trading near 0.019 BTC, is edging closer to 0.016 BTC — the exact level it reached in September 2019 before rallying nearly 450% over the following year. The current ETH/BTC setup resembles 2019, with both periods marked by oversold relative strength index (RSI), long stretches below key moving averages, and multiyear declines. Read more

Vitalik Buterin proposed new architecture and protocol-wide standards to make Ethereum simpler, faster and easier to maintain. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin called for simplifying Ethereum’s base protocol, aiming to make the network more efficient, secure and accessible, drawing inspiration from Bitcoin’s minimalist design. In a blog post titled “Simplifying the L1,” published on May 3, Buterin laid out a vision to restructure Ethereum’s architecture across consensus, execution and shared components. “This post will describe how Ethereum 5 years from now can become close to as simple as Bitcoin,” Buterin wrote, arguing that simplicity is key to Ethereum’s resilience and long-term scalability. Read more

Algorithmic trading firm Two Prime formally dropped its exposure to Ethereum (ETH), stating that ETH now trades as a memecoin rather than a predictable asset. According to CEO Alexander Blume, the firm will now exclusively manage and lend against Bitcoin (BTC). He added that the firm believes that Bitcoin is the only digital asset that […] The post Two Prime drops Ethereum, labeling it a memecoin amid waning institutional interest appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The introduction of Ethereum R1 deviates from traditional layer-2 developments that have come to characterize Ethereum's scaling networks. A group of developers within the Ethereum ecosystem, operating independently of the Ethereum Foundation, have announced Ethereum R1 — a layer-2 (L2) scaling solution for the Ethereum network that does not include a native token. According to the announcement, the project relies entirely on donations, does not have venture funding, and does not have any pre-mined token allocations or a governance token. The project's team wrote in a May 1 X post: “Most L2s today are acting more like new L1s than an Ethereum scaling solution — private allocations, opaque governance, and centralized control,” the developers continued. Read more