Ethereum Reclaims the Throne: Why Institutional Infrastructure Beat Retail Hype in the Layer-1 War
Ethereumโs market cap just crossed $600 billion. Solana sits at $380 billion....
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Ethereumโs market cap just crossed $600 billion. Solana sits at $380 billion....
On July 16, 2026, a Layer-1 blockchain did something no other crypto project...
Fear
Market Sentiment
Independent validator client goes live on mainnet
Block reward halving event
Block reward reduced to 3.125 BTC
92 million ARB released
Improves data availability sampling efficiency
Raises validator limit and account abstraction
Circulating supply increases by about 2%
Team and early investor shares released
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Bitcoin
BTC
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Ethereum
ETH
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$1,869.07 |
| 1 |
Solana
SOL
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$72.98 |
| 1 |
BNB Chain
BNB
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$579 |
| 1 |
XRP Ledger
XRP
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$1.06 |
| 1 |
Dogecoin
DOGE
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$0.0701 |
| 1 |
Cardano
ADA
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$0.1753 |
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Avalanche
AVAX
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$6.35 |
| 1 |
Polkadot
DOT
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$0.7716 |
| 1 |
Chainlink
LINK
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$8.11 |