Ether rose 8.5% in 24 hours to $2,645
Ethernews covers price only on exceptional moves, and a rise this large in a day clears that bar. Factual coverage of the move collects here.
The Ether: Friday, September 11, 2026
Blocks: 25,950,431 - 25,957,605
Slots: 15,188,399 - 15,195,598
Onchain record· ?
Attested this day's snapshot (download json file, ) with EAS on Base ().
Posted to Farcaster.
The day in review
The day in review
Protocol
- New dashboards tracked Ethereum's devnets and faster proving tools shipped as Frame Transactions locked in for Hegotá.
Apps
- Aave governance stayed busy with market reviews and rate updates, while a shared signer with DeFi Saver raised centralization concerns.
World
- Ether jumped 8.5% in a day as Senate Republicans revised CLARITY Act text ahead of a crypto market structure vote.
CLARITY Act revised text posted, CFTC registration and non-decentralization criteria added
Senate Republicans unveiled updated language five days before cloture vote that narrows DeFi scope to spot and cash transactions while requiring CFTC registration for centralized trading protocols.
Top podcasts this day
chapters (8)
- The Funding Question Behind Ethereum's Next Forkvideo · protocol · 3d ago
chapters (6)
- #159 - Namespace.eth - Maxi.ethvideo · apps · 3d ago
- EVMavericks Doots Podcastvideo · apps · 3d ago
Also in the news this day
Stories that gathered new coverage this day but broke earlier, so they live on their own day's page.
- Forkcast tracks Ethereum devnets, public networks, and fork schedules
- SP1 v6.8.0 adds tokio-safe proving and optional GPU NTT backend
- Ethereal weekly #39: Frame Transactions confirmed for Hegotá, Nomic Foundation launches Slang-Solx, Consensys splits
- Aave v4 Umbrella framework evaluates WETH, USDG, USDC, USDT, frxUSD market coverage
- DeFi Saver admin signer overlaps with Aave Governance Guardian, independent researcher flags
- Encrypt The Mempool #10 agenda: monthly cadence, key-reveal allowlist optionality, September 16
- Risk Stewards: Stablecoin interest rate changes on Aave V3, USDe base rate up 100 bps
- ARFC: Onboard EURCV stablecoin to Aave V4 Core on Ethereum