Crypto
Ethereum price chart
This chart tracks ETH/USD: the dollar price of one ether, the native asset of the Ethereum network, from Bitstamp's order book.
Ether trades continuously across many exchanges. This chart reflects Bitstamp specifically, not a single blended market price.
Ethereum / US Dollar chart
BITSTAMP:ETHUSDSpot price on the Bitstamp exchange.
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At a glance
| Full name | Ethereum (ether) |
|---|---|
| Ticker/pair | ETH/USD |
| TradingView symbol | BITSTAMP:ETHUSD |
| Instrument type | Spot pair on the Bitstamp exchange |
| Reference market | Bitstamp |
| Quotation currency | US dollar |
| Market schedule | Continuous, 24/7 including weekends |
| Coverage | Global ether spot market, as reflected on Bitstamp |
| Status | Spot (not a futures, ETF or CFD) |
| Data delay | Bitstamp's feed is typically real-time on TradingView, but prices differ slightly between exchanges |
What is Ethereum / US Dollar?
Ethereum is a programmable blockchain that runs smart contracts - code that executes itself and underpins decentralised finance, tokens and other applications. Ether (ETH) is its native asset, used to pay transaction fees known as gas.
Since the September 2022 'Merge', Ethereum has run on proof-of-stake: validators lock up (stake) ether to secure the network instead of mining with computing power. A share of each transaction fee is also burned, permanently removing ether from circulation.
How to read this chart
A rising line means ether is worth more dollars; falling means less. As with bitcoin, trading is continuous, with no session close and no weekend gap.
Ether's supply moves with both staking issuance and fee-burning, so it can rise or fall depending on network activity - unlike bitcoin's fixed issuance schedule. Prices vary between exchanges, and short-term volatility can be substantial.
What moves it?
- Staking dynamics
- How much ether is staked, and the yield paid to validators, affects both liquid supply and investor demand for holding ether.
- Fee burn
- Ethereum burns a base fee on every transaction. In busy periods, more ether can be burned than newly issued, slowing net supply growth.
- Layer-2 and network activity
- Usage of layer-2 scaling networks and applications built on Ethereum feeds through to demand for the underlying asset.
- Protocol upgrades
- Scheduled upgrades can change fees, staking mechanics or scalability, and often bring periods of elevated price sensitivity.
- Broader crypto risk sentiment
- Ether tends to move with the wider crypto market and with bitcoin, on top of its own network-specific news.
Why people watch it
Businesses building on Ethereum, holding ether as treasury, or exposed to decentralised finance track ETH/USD for cost planning and risk management. Others use it as a broad indicator of confidence in smart-contract platforms.
This page is informational and does not constitute investment advice.
Ethereum vs bitcoin
Bitcoin and ether are the two largest cryptoassets by market cap but serve different purposes: bitcoin is a store of value with fixed supply, while Ethereum is a general-purpose platform for smart contracts and applications.
Comparing ETH/USD with BTC/USD (often as the ETH/BTC ratio) is a common way to gauge demand for platform activity against demand for a store of value.
Frequently asked questions
What is 'the Merge'?
Ethereum's September 2022 switch from proof-of-work mining to proof-of-stake, where validators stake ether rather than mine with computing power.
What are gas fees?
Payments made in ether to compensate the network for processing a transaction or smart contract, priced by network demand.
Does Ethereum have a fixed maximum supply like bitcoin?
No. There's no hard cap. Circulating supply depends on the balance between staking issuance and how much ether gets burned in fees.
Why is the chart based on Bitstamp specifically?
Bitstamp is a long-running regulated exchange with a public ETH/USD feed on TradingView. Other exchanges may show slightly different prices.
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Sources
Written and maintained by the StandardsDesk editorial team. Last reviewed 2026-08-06. The text here is deliberately evergreen: it is not rewritten every time the market moves, and no price or level is quoted anywhere outside the chart itself.
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