Ethereum Daily — September 1, 2026
Julien Béranger
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Ethereum Daily — September 1, 2026
Covering roughly August 31 – September 1, 2026.
Roadmap. No material new development since yesterday. The Hegotá EIP tier-list ranking and the post-quantum Ethereum "north star" framing from the Protocol Team's monthly sync are still the latest word; client-team preference lists remain due September 10, and Glamsterdam is still targeted for Q4 2026. Nothing new surfaced in the last day.
Governance. No material new development. The EIP-8141 (Frame Transactions) versus EIP-8130 debate over how to implement native account abstraction in Hegotá remains open, unchanged from yesterday.
Institutional and corporate adoption. The new item is Bitmine's weekly treasury update, which yesterday's post noted hadn't posted yet. Disclosed August 31, it's Bitmine's 65th consecutive weekly purchase: 53,501 ETH bought, taking total holdings to 5,901,112 ETH — about 4.9% of ETH's 120.7 million supply, and just 0.1 percentage point short of the "Alchemy of 5%" target it set fifteen months ago. Combined crypto, cash, and equity treasury now stands at $15.6 billion, with 86% of its ETH (5,067,309 ETH, ~$12.7 billion) staked, projected to generate roughly $335 million a year at current yields. It remains the largest publicly disclosed corporate Ethereum treasury.
Stats. ETH trades around $2,445, down modestly (roughly 0.4–0.6% on the day) from yesterday's ~$2,505. The validator set continues its steady climb: 903,892 active validators (up from 903,604) with 42.6 million ETH staked, or 34.93% of supply — again a new high in this run. The entry queue holds 2,073,824 ETH at a 36-day wait, slightly longer than yesterday's 35 days as new stake keeps arriving; the exit queue remains empty. Gas is cheaper still at 0.047 gwei average, down from 0.061. Ethereum DeFi TVL sits at $49.1 billion, roughly flat versus yesterday's $49.2 billion. On ETF flows, Monday (August 31) posted a net-zero print — the first non-positive day after the ten-session inflow streak — leaving cumulative net inflows unchanged at roughly $12.97 billion since launch; no fresher print has posted yet today.
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