{"id":41241,"date":"2021-04-22T15:40:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T12:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=41241"},"modified":"2025-08-30T17:54:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:54:48","slug":"ethereum-price-breaks-above-2600","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/ethereum-price-breaks-above-2600\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum price breaks above $2,600"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 22, Ethereum prices rose above the $2,600 mark, setting a new all-time high.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jwe9b-1024x307.png\" alt=\"Ethereum price breaks above $2,600 level\" class=\"wp-image-132688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jwe9b-1024x307.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jwe9b-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jwe9b-768x230.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jwe9b-1536x461.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jwe9b.png 1560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>ETH\/USD price chart on Bitstamp. Data: TradingView.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/ethereum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CoinGecko<\/a>, at the time of writing the record for the cryptocurrency stood at $2,604.27, and the asset&#8217;s market capitalization surpassed $300 billion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"921\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoinGecko.jpg\" alt=\"Ethereum price breaks above $2,600 level\" class=\"wp-image-132689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoinGecko.jpg 921w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoinGecko-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoinGecko-768x212.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><figcaption>Data: CoinGecko.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Against the backdrop of the price rise, Grayscale Ethereum Trust shares again began trading at a premium.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Graysclale\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETHE&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETHE<\/a> trust flips back to premium. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v8A1Z0PMDC\">pic.twitter.com\/v8A1Z0PMDC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 unfolded. (@cryptounfolded) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptounfolded\/status\/1385213130826043397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The day before the Ethereum network recorded a daily record for the number of transactions \u2014 1.56 million transfers. The metric was reached after miners increased the gas limit (block capacity growth) \u2014 from 12.5 million to 13.95 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2021-04-22_08-53-47-1024x418.jpg\" alt=\"Ethereum price breaks above $2,600 level\" class=\"wp-image-132653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2021-04-22_08-53-47-1024x418.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2021-04-22_08-53-47-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2021-04-22_08-53-47-768x313.jpg 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2021-04-22_08-53-47.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Data: Etherscan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday, April 20, trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/toronto-stock-exchange-begins-trading-ethereum-based-etfs\">started trading<\/a> for the first three Ethereum-based ETFs, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/canada-approves-worlds-first-ethereum-based-etfs\">approved by Canadian regulators<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On April 15, in the cryptocurrency&#8217;s mainnet <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/berlin-hard-fork-completed-on-ethereum-network-reports-fault\">the Berlin hard fork<\/a> took place, after which the blockchain experienced a disruption.<\/p>\n<p>According to the well-known crypto trader and host of The Wolf Of All Streets, Scott Melker, Ethereum <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/opinion-ethereum-could-reach-10000-by-year-end\">could reach $10,000<\/a> by the end of 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 22, Ethereum prices rose above the $2,600 mark, setting a new all-time high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-41241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ethereum"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"17","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41243,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41241\/revisions\/41243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}