Ethereum’s challenge to the crypto crown
Ethereum as a digital asset “with yield”
2025 saw bitcoin’s market cap skyrocket to 1.34 trillion USD, almost doubling from last year’s low. During Q1 of 2025, ethereum’s daily transaction volume totaled more than 17.2 billion USD, outperforming bitcoin for the fourth consecutive quarter. As the year progressed, ETH, the second-largest digital currency by market capitalization, gained even more traction.
In August 2025, ETH surpassed the psychological 4,000 USD mark for the first time, as global markets had already priced in a Federal Reserve interest rate cut announced by Fed Chair Powell. Cheered by crypto bulls, this watershed moment for ETH was not surprising for institutional figures like Ryan Sean Adams, co-founder…
