{"id":26508,"date":"2024-02-21T04:54:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T04:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/ethereum-hits-two-year-high-surpassing-3000\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T04:54:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T04:54:28","slug":"ethereum-hits-two-year-high-surpassing-3000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/ethereum-hits-two-year-high-surpassing-3000\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Hits Two-Year High Surpassing $3,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On Tuesday, February 20, 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/cryptocurrencies\/ethereum-alternative-coin\/\">ethereum<\/a> experienced a notable surge in value, reaching a two-year high by crossing the $3,000 threshold. The crypto asset\u2019s price peaked at $3,014 in the morning before slightly retracting to $3,003 at time of writing. This recent upswing has propelled ethereum\u2019s market capitalization to $360.20 billion, making it the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. Over the past week, ethereum has enjoyed a 14% increase in value against the U.S. dollar according to CoinMarketCap data.<\/p>\n<p>The entire crypto economy is currently valued at $1.98 trillion, with ethereum\u2019s market cap representing 18.2% of this total. Ethereum\u2019s strong performance can be attributed to the anticipation of two major developments: the potential approval of a spot ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) and the upcoming Dencun upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>The crypto community is hopeful that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which has already approved several spot BTC ETFs, will also approve an ethereum-based ETF. However, the SEC has not yet officially commented on ethereum\u2019s status as a security.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled for mid-March at slot 8626176, the Dencun upgrade is expected to bring substantial improvements to the Ethereum network. This includes the introduction of proto-danksharding and fee reductions, which are aimed at enhancing network performance, reducing transaction costs, and improving interoperability within Ethereum\u2019s multi-layered ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, widely followed crypto analyst, Micha\u00ebl van de Poppe had said to believe that <em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/crypto\/crypto-analyst-sees-opportunities-for-ethereum-and-altcoins-when-bitcoin-corrects\/\">t<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/crypto\/crypto-analyst-sees-opportunities-for-ethereum-and-altcoins-when-bitcoin-corrects\/\">he momentum is going to switch toward Ether.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"main-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-items box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"box-100 space-org-3-item relative border-tb mt-1 \">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms-ins box-100 text-center relative\"> <strong><strong>250% Extra + $125 Free Chip!<\/strong><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>New players only. 250% on 1st Deposit + $125 Free Chip<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ethereum\u2019s NFT market is also on an upward trajectory, having recently set a <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/crypto\/ethereums-nft-market-sets-new-record-as-it-trades-at-42-8-million\/\">sales record<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/crypto\/ethereum-hits-two-year-high-surpassing-3000-but-what-drives-this\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org ) On Tuesday, February 20, 2024, ethereum experienced a notable surge in value, reaching a two-year high by crossing the $3,000 threshold. The crypto asset\u2019s price peaked at $3,014 in the morning before slightly retracting to $3,003 at time of writing. This recent upswing has propelled ethereum\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":26509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}