Coinbase Markets will enable spot trading for ETHGas (GWEI) on Feb. 24, 2026, the exchange announced. The GWEIUSD pair will open at or after 9:00 AM PT, subject to liquidity conditions being met. ETHGas provides access to trade blockspace commitments and exposure to the Ethereum base fee.

Fundstrat's BitMNR purchased 51,162 ETH for $98 million last week, the original update shows. The acquisition lifted BitMNR's Ethereum holdings to 4.42 million ETH, representing approximately 3.66% of total ETH supply.

Binance announced scheduled maintenance on the Ethereum network, warning users of potential service disruption. The exchange said Ethereum-related operations will be affected, with temporary outages possible during the maintenance window.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin said at the ETH ChiangMai togETHer event on Tuesday that zero-knowledge proofs and zkSNARKs can enhance privacy, scalability and verification for blockchains and wider internet applications by enabling computation to be checked without exposing underlying data. He highlighted examples including using zk proofs with modern passports to confirm citizenship from embedded chips without disclosing extra personal information, and improving scalability by publishing hashed data instead of full datasets to speed up validation. Buterin also pointed to offchain use cases such as verifying open-source algorithms and large-scale computations while keeping code and sensitive data hidden, and said he expects zkSNARKs to see growing adoption over the next five years. In outlining his vision for a "cypherpunk principled nonugly Ethereum", Buterin said he plans to layer this privacy-focused, censorship-resistant design onto the existing network, prioritizing zk prover friendliness and simpler consensus while maintaining interoperability and avoiding fragmentation.

Bitmine purchased 51,162 ETH valued at $95.36M last week, raising its aggregate Ethereum position to 4.42M ETH, the update shows. Of this total, 3.04M ETH is currently staked.

Bitmine has increased its Ethereum treasury position to 4.42 million ETH, according to the latest disclosed figures. The firm's holdings now represent 3.66% of the cryptocurrency's circulating supply.

Vitalik Buterin sold 1,869 ETH worth $3.67 million over two days as Ether declined from roughly $1,980 to $1,850, onchain data show. The sales followed a 3,500 ETH withdrawal from Aave flagged by Lookonchain and aligned with earlier selling activity.

Ethereum traded around $1,921 on Monday, failing to break above $2,000, while digital asset investment products linked to ETH recorded over $36 million in weekly outflows, CoinJournal reports. Month-to-date flows reached $117 million and year-to-date outflows exceeded $494 million. Short-term price action has coincided with whale selling, including moves by Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin, though traders note previous instances of large ETH whales being underwater have historically aligned with market bottoms. CoinJournal reports the price could revisit the $1,500 area if it fails to hold above $2,000, while a Bitcoin recovery above $74,000 may open a path for Ethereum to test the $2,300–$3,000 zone.