$ETH Currently (June 13, 2025), Ethereum (ETH) is positioned around $2,550, reflecting a slight daily decline but with strong weekly recovery. Institutional interest is growing, driven by stablecoins — almost half of them are issued on the Ethereum network — and potential regulatory resolutions in the US. Recently, the blockchain underwent the "Pectra" upgrade, which accelerated transactions, reduced fees, and expanded staking — now up to 2,048 ETH per validator. Vitalik Buterin also proposes migrating from EVM to RISC-V, which could offer performance gains of 100×. These technical advances and increasing adoption position ETH as a pillar of the DeFi ecosystem and tokenized assets, maintaining it as the leading platform for smart contracts globally.