Overview

• Ethereum’s roadmap—Surge, Scourge, Verge, Purge and Splurge—lays out data sharding, node simplification and enhanced transaction finality.
• New U.S. stablecoin regulations and Circle’s June IPO have bolstered institutional confidence in building on Ethereum.
• The 2022 Merge transition to proof-of-stake reduced the network’s energy use by over 99%, positioning Ethereum as a sustainable blockchain.
• Layer 2 solutions now handle roughly 250 transactions per second, accounting for most dApp activity and cutting fees to under $0.20.
• Stablecoins and DeFi protocols on Ethereum secure more than $200 billion in assets, contributing to a $387 billion ecosystem valuation.