Overview
- ETH has fallen about 36% in 2026 and trades near $2,000, roughly 60% below its 2025 peak, with six consecutive monthly losses and February DEX volume down to $56.5 billion versus Solana’s $95.5 billion.
- JP Morgan Asset Management, Citi, Deutsche Bank, and BlackRock have recently rolled out Ethereum-based initiatives ranging from tokenized funds to bank-issued stablecoins.
- ETH exchange-traded funds recorded about $80.5 million in weekly inflows even as BlackRock sold roughly $41.8 million worth of ETH during the same period.
- Ethereum retains the deepest capital base with about 57% of TVL across chains, rising to roughly 65% when layer‑2s are included, and it holds around 68% of tokenized real‑world assets.
- Vitalik Buterin is advancing base‑layer upgrades such as parallel block verification and a ZK‑EVM, and he says AI could speed development and bolster security testing.