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Ethereum is the heart of the decentralized economy, powering DeFi, identity, and the future of the internet. From network upgrades to Layer 2s and institutional interest, we break down its evolution. As the most actively developed blockchain in the world, Ethereum keeps redefining what’s possible for crypto. Stay updated with Bankless.

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A Fresh Start for Tokenomics in 2026
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A Fresh Start for Tokenomics in 2026

Token design level-ups helping solve the 'good coins problem.'

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Ethereum in the New World Order
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Ethereum in the New World Order

What Ethereum represents in a world where global coordination is fragmenting rather than consolidating.

1 week ago Bitcoin Ethereum Brian Armstrong Jeremy Allaire
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Why Ethereum is Built Different
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Why Ethereum is Built Different

Crypto is closer than ever to mass adoption, but its founding values aren’t embedded in every blockchain.

2 weeks ago Ethereum Vitalik Buterin

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The Anti-Authoritarian Tech Stack
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The Anti-Authoritarian Tech Stack

Across the globe, new technologies are enabling oppressed peoples to circumvent government controls.

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The Ethereum Tech Solving the 'Blockchain Trilemma'
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The Ethereum Tech Solving the 'Blockchain Trilemma'

Vitalik Buterin argues Ethereum's latest upgrades enable scaling that doesn't compromise on decentralization or security. Let's take a closer look at the tech advances.

3 weeks ago Vitalik Buterin Ethereum Solana Bitcoin

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Why 2026 Will Get Weird
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Why 2026 Will Get Weird

Frontier tech is accelerating, and Ethereum is in the critical path.

1 month ago Ethereum

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Crypto's Yearly Candles
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Crypto's Yearly Candles

David Hoffman: 2025 was slightly red for ETH and BTC, and we should prep for another transitional year in 2026.

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Base's Relentless 2025
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Base's Relentless 2025

A challenging 2025 for Ethereum L2s didn’t slow Coinbase’s homegrown chain.

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Written by David Hoffman • Today • 5 min read A Fresh Start for Tokenomics in 2026 Token design level-ups helping solve the 'good coins problem.'... Analysis 1 0 A Fresh Start for Tokenomics in 2026 Written by David Hoffman • 1 week ago • 3 min read Ethereum in the New World Order What Ethereum represents in a world where global coordination is fragmenting rather than consolidati... Opinion 4 0 Ethereum in the New World Order Written by Jack Inabinet • 2 weeks ago • 4 min read Why Ethereum is Built Different Crypto is closer than ever to mass adoption, but its founding values aren’t embedded in every bloc... Opinion 5 0 Why Ethereum is Built Different Written by David Hoffman • 2 weeks ago • 4 min read The Anti-Authoritarian Tech Stack Across the globe, new technologies are enabling oppressed peoples to circumvent government controls.... Article 3 0 The Anti-Authoritarian Tech Stack Written by Jack Inabinet • 3 weeks ago • 3 min read The Ethereum Tech Solving the 'Blockchain Trilemma' Vitalik Buterin argues Ethereum's latest upgrades enable scaling that doesn't compromise on decentra... Analysis 5 0 The Ethereum Tech Solving the 'Blockchain Trilemma' Written by David Hoffman • 1 month ago • 2 min read Why 2026 Will Get Weird Frontier tech is accelerating, and Ethereum is in the critical path.... Opinion 5 0 Why 2026 Will Get Weird Written by David Hoffman • 1 month ago • 3 min read Crypto's Yearly Candles David Hoffman: 2025 was slightly red for ETH and BTC, and we should prep for another transitional ye... Opinion 5 0 Crypto's Yearly Candles Written by David Christopher • 1 month ago • 8 min read Base's Relentless 2025 A challenging 2025 for Ethereum L2s didn’t slow Coinbase’s homegrown chain.... Analysis 5 0 Base's Relentless 2025 Written by David Hoffman • 2 months ago • 2 min read This Crypto Cycle Skipped ETH With this cycle firmly in its twilight, it feels like ETH never had its moment.... Opinion 6 0 This Crypto Cycle Skipped ETH Written by David Hoffman • 2 months ago • 3 min read The Return of the ICO Under a new regulatory regime, the industry is embracing ICOs again. Hell yeah.... Article 6 0 The Return of the ICO Written by David Christopher • 2 months ago • 5 min read Breaking Down Ethereum's Fusaka Upgrade The much-hyped protocol upgrade goes live tomorrow. Here's what it brings to Ethereum.... Analysis 5 0 Breaking Down Ethereum's Fusaka Upgrade Written by David Hoffman • 2 months ago • 4 min read Bitcoin's Quantum Threat Isn't ETH's Problem A quantum attack wouldn’t kill crypto — just Bitcoin.... Opinion 4 0 Bitcoin's Quantum Threat Isn't ETH's Problem Written by William M. Peaster • 3 months ago • 3 min read The Universal Protocol Is Already Here I saw the future. Ethereum was everywhere. ... Article 6 0 The Universal Protocol Is Already Here Written by Ryan Sean Adams • 3 months ago • 1 min read Uniswap Restores the Faith Ryan Sean Adams: Uniswap's long-awaited fee-switch proposal sends a message.... Opinion 6 0 Uniswap Restores the Faith Written by William M. Peaster • 3 months ago • 3 min read Ethereum Is Scaling From zk appchain breakthroughs to PeerDAS’s blob boost, Ethereum's path to 1M TPS is taking shape.... Opinion 5 0 Ethereum Is Scaling Written by David Hoffman • 3 months ago • 4 min read The Patagonian Frontier Musings on frontiers, those who explore them, and what's still left to uncover.... Opinion 8 1 The Patagonian Frontier Written by David Hoffman • 3 months ago • 4 min read x402 Is the Next Big Thing The internet’s missing payment layer is waking up with x402 linking AI and crypto.... Opinion 6 0 x402 Is the Next Big Thing Written by David Hoffman • 3 months ago • 5 min read The Bitcoin Knots vs. Core Civil War Why Bitcoin's community is warring over transaction type censorship and how Ethereum has already tak... Opinion 3 0 The Bitcoin Knots vs. Core Civil War Written by David Hoffman • 4 months ago • 4 min read On the Loss of Dankrad Tempo and the risks of corpo blockchain-driven brain drain.... Article 5 0 On the Loss of Dankrad Written by David Hoffman • 4 months ago • 2 min read The Proliferation of Privacy on Ethereum The Kohaku project is kicking off Ethereum's "privacy by default" era. ... Analysis 6 0 The Proliferation of Privacy on Ethereum Written by David Hoffman • 4 months ago • 3 min read The Other Side of Prediction Markets David Hoffman: Prices surface truth. Power suppresses it. The case for censorship-resistant truth ma... Opinion 7 1 The Other Side of Prediction Markets Written by David Hoffman • 4 months ago • 3 min read Why You Should Go to Devconnect in Buenos Aires Devconnect 2025 in Buenos Aires is Ethereum’s must-attend “World’s Fair."... Opinion 3 0 Why You Should Go to Devconnect in Buenos Aires Written by David Hoffman • 4 months ago • 5 min read Ethereum L1 Is Where the World Settles Up David Hoffman: L2s as authorization networks. L1 as settlement. And a new future for the state of De... Opinion 8 0 Ethereum L1 Is Where the World Settles Up Written by David Christopher • 5 months ago • 4 min read What Nethermind Builds Let's take a closer look at what the respected Ethereum R&D team has been building.... Article 4 0 What Nethermind Builds Written by David Christopher • 5 months ago • 4 min read A Faster Push for Fast Finality Stripe's contentious choice to build its own L1 has the Ethereum community talking about speed.... Article 5 0 A Faster Push for Fast Finality Written by Ryan Sean Adams • 5 months ago • 6 min read Ethereum is Winning the Real-World Assets War It's not even close.... Ethereum 5 0 Ethereum is Winning the Real-World Assets War Written by David Hoffman • 5 months ago • 2 min read Ethereum is *the* Project David Hoffman: Are you adding to the open future Ethereum enables or unbundling its impact?... Article 4 0 Ethereum is *the* Project Written by David Hoffman • 5 months ago • 4 min read ETH Embodies the Values of Crypto Ethereum is special.... Article 5 0 ETH Embodies the Values of Crypto Written by David Hoffman • 5 months ago • 5 min read Ethereum Monetizes Open Source David Hoffman: Ethereum brings the open source movement an economic foundation.... Article 7 0 Ethereum Monetizes Open Source Written by David Hoffman • 6 months ago • 3 min read The EVM is Wall Street's New Microsoft Excel David Hoffman: All roads lead back to value capture for ETH.... Article 4 0 The EVM is Wall Street's New Microsoft Excel Written by David Christopher • 6 months ago • 5 min read Keeping L2s Honest How L2Beat is providing clear frameworks to hold L2s accountable on decentralization commitments, an... Analysis 1 0 Keeping L2s Honest Written by Ryan Sean Adams • 6 months ago • 1 min read Ryan Sean Adams: The Intranet & The EVM A company ledger will never be the world ledger.... Article 4 0 Ryan Sean Adams: The Intranet & The EVM Written by Jack Inabinet • 6 months ago • 3 min read Vitalik Talks Ethereum Vision & Value on Bankless The Ethereum founder thoughtfully talks through the biggest issues and opportunities ahead for the n... Article 3 0 Vitalik Talks Ethereum Vision & Value on Bankless Written by David Hoffman • 6 months ago • 3 min read The SEC's 'Project Crypto' Is Uniquely Bullish Ethereum David Hoffman: Paul Atkins wants America's markets onchain. They're coming to Ethereum.... Article 6 0 The SEC's 'Project Crypto' Is Uniquely Bullish Ethereum Written by Jack Inabinet • 6 months ago • 6 min read 10 Years, 10 Charts: Ethereum's Decade of Dominance After 10 full years on mainnet, the Ethereum network has an awful lot to show for itself onchain.... Analysis 4 0 10 Years, 10 Charts: Ethereum's Decade of Dominance Written by Jack Inabinet • 6 months ago • 4 min read Ten Years of Improving Ethereum As Ethereum turns 10, we're feeling nostalgic. Here are some of the network's most pivotal EIPs.... Opinion 2 0 Ten Years of Improving Ethereum Written by Ryan Sean Adams • 7 months ago • 2 min read Ryan Sean Adams: The ETH Bet Is Simple ETH is the next institutional asset.... Article 2 0 Ryan Sean Adams: The ETH Bet Is Simple Written by David Christopher • 7 months ago • 3 min read Where Ethereum is Moving Next Tracking the network's next major upgrades with Forkcast.... EthereumHow Tos 2 0 Where Ethereum is Moving Next Written by David Hoffman • 7 months ago • 6 min read The Two Sides of ETH Ethereum is winning. ETH investors still aren't. Here's how we fix that.... Article 3 0 The Two Sides of ETH Written by Jack Inabinet • 7 months ago • 3 min read Robinhood is Here to Win Robinhood pounded the pavement at EthCC with crypto announcements on stock tokens, new financial pro... AnalysisEthereum 0 0 Robinhood is Here to Win Written by David Hoffman • 9 months ago • 13 min read Restoring ETH’s Product-Money Feedback Loop We had a good thing going. Here's how we get it back.... AnalysisEthereum 7 0 Restoring ETH’s Product-Money Feedback Loop Written by David Christopher • 9 months ago • 4 min read Your Ethereum Pectra Upgrade Cheat Sheet Ethereum's next major hard fork went live this morning. Here's how its 11 included EIPs will push th... Ethereum 3 0 Your Ethereum Pectra Upgrade Cheat Sheet Written by David Christopher • 9 months ago • 5 min read What Vitalik Wants for Ethereum's Base Layer The Ethereum community is clamoring for network improvements. Vitalik has ideas.... AnalysisEthereum 3 0 What Vitalik Wants for Ethereum's Base Layer Written by David Christopher • 9 months ago • 7 min read The Ethereum Foundation’s New Exec Directors Talk Vision and Action Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz Stanczak have big plans for Ethereum. In an interview with Bankless, they ... Ethereum 4 0 The Ethereum Foundation’s New Exec Directors Talk Vision and Action Written by Ryan Sean Adams • 9 months ago • 3 min read The Blue-Money Gospel In order to win Ethereum has to embrace the Blue-Money Gospel.... Ethereum 1 0 The Blue-Money Gospel Written by Jack Inabinet • 10 months ago • 3 min read Vitalik's Virtual Machine Proposal Vitalik Buterin's 'long-term' proposal to abandon the EVM has stoked excitement and concern in the E... AnalysisEthereum 4 0 Vitalik's Virtual Machine Proposal Written by David Hoffman • 10 months ago • 5 min read Ethereum’s Strategic Pivot The ship is slowly turning itself around.... AnalysisEthereum 9 0 Ethereum’s Strategic Pivot Written by David Christopher • 10 months ago • 5 min read How Etherealize Plans to Sell Institutions on Ethereum As Wall Street and Washington prepare to go all-in on crypto, the team at Etherealize is here to onb... AnalysisEthereum 3 0 How Etherealize Plans to Sell Institutions on Ethereum Written by David Christopher • 10 months ago • 7 min read What Fusaka & Pectra Will Bring Ethereum Here's what Ethereum's next two major upgrades spell for the network's future. ... AnalysisEthereum 4 0 What Fusaka & Pectra Will Bring Ethereum Written by David Christopher • 11 months ago • 5 min read What Are Native Rollups? Has the endgame for Ethereum scaling finally arrived?... AnalysisEthereum 2 0 What Are Native Rollups? Written by Nick Shaheen • 11 months ago • 4 min read The Good, Bad and Ugly of ETH Denver Nick's takes on the vibes and substance of Ethereum's big stateside conference.... EthereumOpinion 4 0 The Good, Bad and Ugly of ETH Denver Written by Kazu Umemoto • 1 year ago • 4 min read Ethereum Upgrades to Watch in 2025 EIPs and ERCs that are set to push Ethereum forward.... EthereumOpinion 4 0 Ethereum Upgrades to Watch in 2025 Written by Kazu Umemoto • 1 year ago • 4 min read How ETH and SOL Pushed Crypto Forward in 2024 Ethereum and Solana's communities blazed new trails for the crypto industry this year.... EthereumOpinion 5 0 How ETH and SOL Pushed Crypto Forward in 2024 Written by Guest Author • 1 year ago • 10 min read What is Ethereum's GDP? Guest Post: NFT Price Floor's co-founder Diario offers a framework to analyze a Network State econom... EthereumOpinion 8 0 What is Ethereum's GDP? Written by Jack Inabinet • 1 year ago • 3 min read Meet the Ethereum Beam Chain EF Researcher Justin Drake's proposed consensus layer upgrade has massive implications.... AnalysisEthereum 15 0 Meet the Ethereum Beam Chain Written by David Christopher • 1 year ago • 5 min read The Ethereum Roadmap Cheat Sheet The Ethereum roadmap is based on 6 major upgrade sequences. Here's everything you need to know about... AnalysisEthereum 13 1 The Ethereum Roadmap Cheat Sheet Written by Jonah Roberts • 1 year ago • 4 min read The Superchain Won Optimism's OP Stack has dominated from the start. Recent announcements show that dominance will like... EthereumOpinion 17 1 The Superchain Won Written by Kazu Umemoto • 1 year ago • 4 min read Unpacking Kraken's New Superchain L2 'Ink' Kraken is stepping into the L2 fray. Can 'Ink' stand out among the competition?... AnalysisEthereum 8 0 Unpacking Kraken's New Superchain L2 'Ink' Written by Jack Inabinet • 1 year ago • 5 min read When Do Appchains Actually Make Sense? Everyone has an opinion on the Unichain, but are appchains here to stay?... DeFiAnalysisEthereum 4 0 When Do Appchains Actually Make Sense? Written by Jun • 1 year ago • 5 min read 4 Buzzy Projects Accelerating the Ethereum Virtual Machine What Monad, MegaETH, Berachain & Sei are bringing to the EVM.... AnalysisEthereum 3 0 4 Buzzy Projects Accelerating the Ethereum Virtual Machine
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