• Ether (ETH) rose ~15% from June 26 low near $1,500 to about $1,800 over five days. Rally coincided with Glamsterdam upgrade testing and heavy accumulation by BitMine (≈325,000 ETH added).
  • Bitmine holds 5.74M ETH (≈4.8% of supply) and has staked ~4.88M ETH (≈85% of its holdings); weekly reports show continued ETH accumulation.
  • Researcher Toni Wahrstätter proposed a Native UTXO design for Ethereum (builds on EIP-8141). It's a research post, no implementation; estimates ~99.8% cut in on-chain payment state.