$ETH
An updated overview of Ethereum (ETH) as of June 14, 2025:
Current Situation
Current Price: around $2,553 USD, with intraday movements between $2,497 and $2,579 USD.
Daily Change: almost neutral change (+0.02%), although it has shown drops of around −0.6% recently before stabilizing.
Market Cap: approximately $308 billion USD, positioning ETH as the 2nd largest crypto.
Daily Volume: between $25–27 billion USD, reflecting considerable liquidity.
Factors influencing the price today
1. Resurgence driven by stablecoins
Ethereum has benefited from its dominant role in the issuance of stablecoins: almost half are based on its blockchain. This activity strengthens the use of ETH as "gas" in transactions and smart contracts.
2. **Technical improvements ("Pectra")**
The “Pectra” update, launched in May, improved speed and reduced costs on the network, which could attract greater institutional adoption and reinforce its infrastructure.
3. Institutional presence and tokenized products
Institutional funds such as BlackRock and Fidelity already issue financial products based on Ethereum; In addition, regulatory approval of stablecoins in the US has generated institutional confidence.
4. Volatility due to geopolitical tensions
The crypto market, including Ethereum, has experienced oscillations due to the escalation of tensions between Israel and Iran. ETH came to test support levels between $2,500–2,550 USD.
5. Activity of "whales" and futures market
Large investors have opened leveraged positions (a whale reported a movement of USD 11 M) around technical breakouts, along with a historic increase in open interest in futures (≈ USD 40,000 M).