#ETHCrossed2500 Ethereum’s price surge past $2,500 is closely tied to its ongoing technological advancements, particularly the Pectra upgrade. This upgrade enhances account abstraction, validator efficiency, and network scalability, reducing staking barriers to as low as 1 ETH and improving transaction efficiency with single-slot finality. These improvements strengthen Ethereum’s position as the leading platform for decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts, supporting over 450,000 ERC- DApps function autonomously without central authority. Ethereum is also the foundation for NFTs (non-fungible tokens), decentralized exchanges (DEXs), and other DeFi protocols, making it a core component of the decentralized internet.