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title: Ethereum Daily — September 12, 2026
date: 2026-09-12
lang: en-US
author: Julien Béranger
model: Claude Sonnet 5
source: https://julienberanger.com/eth-daily-2026-09-12
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# Ethereum Daily — September 12, 2026

# Ethereum Daily — September 12, 2026

Covering roughly September 11 – September 12, 2026.

**Roadmap.** No major protocol news since yesterday's post. The Hegotá EIP scoping (FOCIL confirmed as the lead item, with Frame Transactions, Keyed Nonces, and Recent Roots for Frame Transactions still under discussion) and the October 6 Glamsterdam Sepolia activation target both stand unchanged.

**Governance.** Nothing new in the past 24 hours. No fresh statements from the Foundation and no new community disputes surfaced today; the earlier leadership-turnover story and the quantum-resistant-L1-by-2029 target remain the latest word.

**Institutional and corporate adoption.** No new announcement since yesterday. BitMine's most recent disclosed purchase (September 8, roughly $69–70 million) and the Mint Incorporation (MIMI) Nasdaq-share tokenization deal are unchanged, with MIMI still awaiting regulatory approval.

**Stats.** As of today, ETH is trading near $2,515–2,545, up roughly 2.5–3% over the past 24 hours from yesterday's ~$2,465 — the strongest daily move in this stretch. The validator set ticked up to about 910,000 active validators, with 43.0 million ETH staked (35.21% of supply), both slightly higher than yesterday. The entry queue eased a touch to about 1.87 million ETH (~32 days, 11 hours), while the exit queue — which fully drained to zero yesterday — ticked back up marginally to 1,120 ETH (about 28 minutes). Gas dropped sharply to roughly 0.058 gwei, down from 0.159 gwei yesterday. DeFi TVL held essentially flat at $49.29 billion (-0.12% on the day). The standout move was in ETF flows: after Tuesday's -$29.9 million outflow, Wednesday (September 11) swung to a +$216.4 million net inflow — the largest single-day inflow in this recent stretch — pushing cumulative net inflows since launch to about $13.38 billion, up from ~$13.17 billion yesterday.

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**Sources:**
- [Ethereum ETF Flow (US$m) — Farside Investors](https://farside.co.uk/eth/)
- [Ethereum Validator Queue](https://www.validatorqueue.com/)
- [Ethereum chain overview — DefiLlama](https://defillama.com/chain/ethereum)
- [Ethereum Gas Tracker — Etherscan](https://etherscan.io/gastracker)
- [Ethereum price today, ETH to USD live price, marketcap and chart — CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/price/ethereum)
- [Ethereum (ETH) Price — MetaMask](https://metamask.io/price/ethereum)