The Rontada des Ethers. There Pectra update has been deployed on Ethereum (ETH) May 7. Between this Successful update Without the slightest concern and positive market conditions For cryptocurrencies, Ethereum course has exploded of several dozen percents. The Prince of Altcoins now even exceeds the valuation of very large listed companies.
- The Pectra update was deployed on Ethereum on May 7 and since a spectacular increase has been recorded on the course of Ether.
- Ethereum’s valuation has surpassed those of giants like Coca-Cola and Alibaba, reaching 306 billion dollars.
The Ether is up to the increase in the crypto market, and reached $ 2,600 after the hard fork Pectra
Wednesday, May 7, 2025, the network Ethereum welcomed the long -awaited update Pectra. This has notably improved the operation of Layers-2but also to increase the Staking limit for validators, or even to improve theAbstractionwith users will now have the possibility of paying transaction costs with tokens other than ETH (with stablecoins for example).
And since that date, Ether prices have experienced a spectacular increase from almost +45% ! Indeed, while the ETH was around the $ 1,800 the day of the deployment of hard fork Pectra, he has just reached the $ 2,600 This Monday, May 12, 2025.
Ethereum now goes beyond the valuation of Coca-Cola and Alibaba groups
This spectacular increase allows the network co-founded by Vitalik Buterin of go beyond giants Among the listed companies, in terms of total valuation (Market Cap).
Indeed, according to data of the Infinite Market Cap follow-up site (see below), the Ethers currently in network circulation Ethereum allow the latter to be valued at a little more than $ 306 billion when writing these lines.
However, the valuations of multinationals Coca-Cola And Alibaba are respectively of 303.5 and 303.7 billion dollars.
There progression was dazzling Since May 7 (the day of hard fork Pectra therefore), where the Market Cap D’Ethereum was around $ 223 billion. The Blockchain ETH network is so past 63e at the 39e place From this list which follows the valuation of 18,000 active people, ranging from actions to cryptocurrencies, including raw materials like gold.
The gold which is also the first of this list, being the most valued assetsbut with Bitcoin (BTC) Not far behind at the 5e place. To return to the side of Ethereum, the next objective of the famous platform of Smart Contracts will be to exceed the stock market valuation of the Bank of Amrerica (BOA), one of the largest banks in the United States.