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103 RESEARCHED DAYS
1994
JAN 31
PERSON · 1994
Vitalik Buterin born, 1994
Wikipedia: Vitalik Buterin, born 31 January 1994, Kolomna, Russia
2014
JUL 06
GOVERNANCE · 2014
Ethereum Foundation (Stiftung Ethereum) founded in Switzerland
Coinspeaker/CryptoSlate: Stiftung Ethereum founded July 6 2014 in Zug, Switzerland by Buterin, Wood, Lubin and others, tasked with managing crowdsale funds and stewarding protocol development
JUL 22
PROTOCOL · 2014
Ethereum crowdsale (genesis sale) begins
42-day ether presale launched July 22 2014 at fund.ethereum.org, raised $18.3M / ~31,500 BTC (Ethereum Foundation blog "Launching the Ether Sale"; sFOX)
2015
JUL 30
PROTOCOL · 2015
Ethereum mainnet genesis block, Frontier launch
ethereum.org: founding team officially launch Ethereum mainnet by mining the genesis block, July 30 2015
SEP 07
PROTOCOL · 2015
Frontier Thawing, block gas limit lifted and transactions enabled
ethereum.org "Timeline of all Ethereum forks": Frontier Thawing, 7 Sep 2015, lifted the 5,000 gas limit per block and set default gas price to 51 gwei
NOV 09
CULTURE · 2015
Devcon 1 opens in London, first major Ethereum developer conference
Ethereum Foundation blog/Yahoo Finance: DevCon 1 ran Nov 9-13 2015 at Gibson Hall London, ~100 days after mainnet launch, called Ethereum's Woodstock moment
NOV 19
PROTOCOL · 2015
ERC-20 token standard proposed and accepted
Cyfrin/ethereum.org: ERC-20 proposed by Fabian Vogelsteller, accepted as standard Nov 19 2015, same day as proposal
2016
MAR 14
PROTOCOL · 2016
Homestead hard fork, first planned upgrade
ethereum.org: March 14, 2016, Ethereum community implement Homestead, the first planned upgrade
JUN 17
CAPITAL · 2016
The DAO hack, ~$60M drained
CoinDesk, Jun 17 2016: ether markets plunged, roughly $60m worth of ETH stolen at time of hack
JUL 20
GOVERNANCE · 2016
DAO Fork executed, Ethereum/Ethereum Classic split
GitBook Ethereum fork history / KuCoin: hard fork at block 1,920,000 on July 20 2016, ~80% of 5.5% voter turnout supported fork, created ETH/ETC split
SEP 19
CULTURE · 2016
Devcon2 opens in Shanghai amid live network DoS attack
Ethereum Foundation blog/Medium: Devcon2 ran Sept 19-21 2016, opening morning coincided with denial-of-service attacks on Ethereum, developers coordinated emergency fixes backstage before presenting
OCT 18
PROTOCOL · 2016
Tangerine Whistle, first emergency response to the DoS attacks
ethereum.org: Tangerine Whistle, 18 Oct 2016, block 2,463,000, EIP-150 repriced IO-heavy opcodes
NOV 22
PROTOCOL · 2016
Spurious Dragon, state debloat and replay protection
ethereum.org: Spurious Dragon, 22 Nov 2016, block 2,675,000, EIP-155/160/161/170
2017
MAY 04
CULTURE · 2017
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) launches
Messari/Kraken: ENS launched May 4 2017 by Nick Johnson and Alex Van de Sande, Ethereum Foundation-backed
MAY 17
GOVERNANCE · 2017
Aragon raises $25M in 15-minute ICO for DAO tooling
Coincodex: Aragon Network token sale raised 275,000 ETH (~$25M) in 15 minutes May 17 2017, built Ethereum tooling for launching and governing DAOs
JUN 12
EXPANSION · 2017
Bancor launches, first automated market maker on Ethereum
Messari/olam.business: Bancor launched June 12 2017 via then-record $153M ICO, introduced the constant-reserve-ratio AMM model a year before Uniswap, foundational to all later DEX design
JUN 23
CULTURE · 2017
CryptoPunks launched by Larva Labs
Kraken: CryptoPunks launched June 23 2017 by Larva Labs, Matt Hall and John Watkinson, 10,000 unique NFTs
JUL 19
CAPITAL · 2017
Parity multisig wallet hack, 153,037 ETH stolen
Parity Wallet library contract function-visibility bug exploited July 19 2017, ~$30M at time of hack (OpenZeppelin blog, TechCrunch)
OCT 16
PROTOCOL · 2017
Byzantium hard fork, Metropolis phase 1
Cryptopolitan: Byzantium executed October 16 2017 at block 4,370,000, introduced zk-SNARKs support
NOV 01
CULTURE · 2017
Devcon3 opens in Cancun, largest Ethereum gathering to date
Ethereum Foundation blog/Blockchaing: Devcon3 ran Nov 1-4 2017 in Cancun Mexico, drew 2.5x Devcon2 attendance, major themes included zkSNARKs, state channels, sharding, proof-of-stake
NOV 06
CAPITAL · 2017
Parity multisig wallet freeze, ~513,774 ETH locked
Second Parity library bug triggered accidentally by GitHub user "devops199" Nov 6 2017, froze funds then valued ~$150-280M (TechCrunch, web3author)
NOV 28
CULTURE · 2017
CryptoKitties public launch, first Ethereum game
PR Newswire/Wikipedia: CryptoKitties released to public Nov 28 2017, first game built on Ethereum, later congested the network
DEC 18
GOVERNANCE · 2017
MakerDAO launches DAI, first major decentralized stablecoin
MakerDAO official Medium/Coinmonks: Single-Collateral Dai (SAI) launched Dec 18 2017 on Ethereum mainnet, ETH-only collateral, held $1 peg through 80%+ ETH price crash in 2018
DEC 20
CULTURE · 2017
OpenSea founded, first major NFT marketplace
Wikipedia/Golden: OpenSea founded Dec 20 2017 by Devin Finzer and Alex Atallah, inspired by CryptoKitties
2018
JAN 24
PROTOCOL · 2018
EIP-721 created, the non-fungible token standard
ethereum/EIPs PR #841: EIP-721 "Created: 2018-01-24", authors Entriken, Shirley, Evans, Sachs; drafted by Dieter Shirley as GitHub issue #721 on 20 Sep 2017
FEB 11
EXPANSION · 2018
Kyber Network mainnet pilot launches, early on-chain liquidity protocol
Kyber Network official Medium blog: mainnet pilot began Feb 11 2018 for whitelisted ICO contributors, early entrant in on-chain instant token-swap infrastructure that shaped later DEX aggregators
APR 04
CULTURE · 2018
SuperRare launches, pioneers curated 1-of-1 crypto art marketplace
NFT Evening/Bybit Learn: SuperRare launched April 4 2018 by John Crain, Charles Crain, and Jonathan Perkins, one of the earliest Ethereum-native NFT art marketplaces, predating the 2021 NFT boom by three years
SEP 26
EXPANSION · 2018
USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin launches on Ethereum
Circle official blog: Circle and Centre Consortium launched USDC Sept 26 2018 as fully-reserved dollar-pegged ERC-20 stablecoin, 20+ companies announced support same day
SEP 27
EXPANSION · 2018
Compound protocol launches, pioneers pooled DeFi lending
Compound Labs/Messari: Compound money market protocol deployed to Ethereum mainnet Sept 27 2018, initially supported ETH, DAI/TUSD, USDC, BAT, REP
OCT 30
CULTURE · 2018
Devcon4 opens in Prague, largest crypto conference of its time
Ethereum Foundation blog: Devcon4 ran Oct 30-Nov 2 2018 in Prague, 3,000 attendees, focused on scalability, security, privacy, and developer experience
NOV 02
CULTURE · 2018
Uniswap v1 launched by Hayden Adams
Wikipedia/Uniswap blog: Uniswap created and deployed to mainnet Nov 2 2018, announced by Hayden Adams to ~200 followers
NOV 29
CULTURE · 2018
Havven rebrands to Synthetix, launches synthetic asset platform
Crowdfund Insider: Havven rebranded as Synthetix, launched multi-currency Synths and Open Minting Nov 2018, pioneered synthetic derivatives DeFi category on Ethereum
2019
FEB 28
PROTOCOL · 2019
Constantinople hard fork
Cryptopolitan: Constantinople implemented Feb 28 2019 at block 7,280,000, optimized EVM efficiency
MAY 30
EXPANSION · 2019
Chainlink oracle network launches on Ethereum mainnet
Chainlink Labs blog: Chainlink launched on Ethereum mainnet May 30 2019 supporting single ETH/USD price feed via 3 oracle nodes, became foundational DeFi price-oracle infrastructure
OCT 08
CULTURE · 2019
Devcon5 opens in Osaka
Ethereum Foundation blog: Devcon5 ran Oct 8-11 2019 in Osaka Japan at ATC Hall, featured the first community-run outdoor event alongside record content and attendance
DEC 08
PROTOCOL · 2019
Istanbul hard fork
Cryptopolitan: Istanbul activated Dec 8 2019 at block 9,069,000, improved protocol compatibility
2020
JAN 02
PROTOCOL · 2020
Muir Glacier, difficulty bomb delayed
ethereum.org: Muir Glacier, 2 Jan 2020, block 9,200,000, EIP-2384
JAN 08
CULTURE · 2020
Aave V1 launches on Ethereum mainnet
Messari: Aave V1 liquidity-pool protocol launched on Ethereum Jan 8 2020, formerly ETHLend, rebranded 2018
FEB 13
CULTURE · 2020
The Sandbox second LAND presale sells 6,192 parcels
Animoca Brands press release: Sandbox LAND Presale round 2 opened Feb 11 2020 (announced Feb 13), generated 800 ETH within hours, early Ethereum metaverse/virtual-land milestone
FEB 15
CAPITAL · 2020
bZx flash loan exploit, first major DeFi flash loan attack
bZx Fulcrum oracle manipulation, Feb 15 2020 01:38 UTC, ~$620K equity loss (palkeo.com transaction analysis; CoinDesk)
MAR 12
CAPITAL · 2020
MakerDAO Black Thursday, $8.32M of ETH taken on zero-DAI bids
Linum Labs + Whiterabbit analyses: ETH fell ~43%, gas spiked, keeper bots stalled; zero-bid auctions cleared ~$8.32M of ETH and left ~5.67M DAI of bad debt
MAR 31
EXPANSION · 2020
Balancer protocol launches on Ethereum mainnet
Decrypt/crypto-economy: Balancer AMM went live on mainnet March 31 2020 after BlockScience-incubated development, introduced flexible multi-token weighted liquidity pools
MAY 18
EXPANSION · 2020
Uniswap v2 launches, enables direct ERC-20 to ERC-20 swaps
Uniswap Labs official blog: Uniswap v2 deployed to Ethereum mainnet May 18 2020, added arbitrary token pairs, TWAP price oracles, and flash swaps, became core DeFi infrastructure
JUN 15
CULTURE · 2020
Compound launches COMP token, ignites 'DeFi Summer'
Plisio/CoinDesk: Compound began distributing COMP June 15 2020, TVL went $100M to $1B within a week, sources vary June 15-17
JUL 17
CULTURE · 2020
YFI token launches, first zero-premine fair-launch governance token
CoinMarketCap/Bitstamp: Andre Cronje launched YFI July 17 2020 with no pre-mine, no founder allocation, no VC sale, distributed purely via liquidity provision, sparked 'fair launch' movement in DeFi
AUG 13
GOVERNANCE · 2020
Curve's CRV token surprise-deployed by anonymous '0xc4ad'
Blockworks/Decrypt/IQ.wiki: anonymous account deployed CRV token+DAO contracts Aug 13 2020 before Curve team's own launch, team adopted it as official, deployer paid ~$8,000 in ETH fees
AUG 28
GOVERNANCE · 2020
SushiSwap launches, executes 'vampire attack' on Uniswap
Medium/Phemex/DeFi Planet: SushiSwap launched Aug 28 2020, migration on Sep 9 2020 moved ~$800M-1B liquidity from Uniswap
SEP 16
GOVERNANCE · 2020
Uniswap UNI token airdrop, 400 UNI to past users
Uniswap announced UNI governance token and retroactive airdrop Sep 16 2020 to historical users, LPs; distribution contract dated Sep 16 (some sources cite Sep 17 for claim availability, announcement date used)
OCT 14
PROTOCOL · 2020
Staking deposit contract deployed, 32 ETH deposits open
ethereum.org: staking deposit contract deployed 14 Oct 2020, the precondition for Beacon Chain genesis
OCT 26
CAPITAL · 2020
Harvest Finance drained by flash loan arbitrage, ~$24M
CoinDesk + SlowMist, 26 Oct 2020: Curve y-pool price manipulation via flash loan; ~$24M in USDC/USDT taken, TVL fell from >$1B to ~$430M
DEC 01
PROTOCOL · 2020
Beacon Chain genesis, proof-of-stake chain launches
Beacon Chain genesis block Dec 1 2020 12:00:23 UTC, the parallel PoS chain that later merged with mainnet (Ethereum Foundation blog)
DEC 03
EXPANSION · 2020
Aave V2 launches on Ethereum mainnet
Aave official changelog/Medium: Aave V2 deployed Dec 3 2020, added collateral swaps, batch flash loans, reduced gas costs, reached $500M held within 40 days
DEC 17
EXPANSION · 2020
The Graph mainnet launches, decentralized blockchain indexing
The Graph official blog: Graph Network mainnet launched Dec 17 2020, GRT market cap passed $1B within 3 days of exchange listings, became core Web3 query infrastructure
DEC 19
EXPANSION · 2020
Lido Finance launches liquid ETH staking
Medium/Tracxn: Lido launched Dec 19 2020, weeks after Beacon Chain went live, first funding round Dec 15 2020
DEC 21
EXPANSION · 2020
Frax Finance launches, first fractional-algorithmic stablecoin
Coinmonks/Frax Wiki: FRAX launched Ethereum mainnet Dec 21 2020 0:00 UTC, $43M locked within first hour, combined collateralized and algorithmic stabilization for the first time
2021
MAR 11
CAPITAL · 2021
Beeple 'Everydays' sells at Christie's for $69.3M
Artsy/CNN: Christie's sold Everydays for $69,346,250 on March 11 2021
APR 14
EXPANSION · 2021
Coinbase debuts on Nasdaq via direct listing
CNBC/Coinbase investor relations: COIN began trading April 14 2021, first major US crypto exchange to go public, closed day one at $328.28/share, ~$85.8B valuation
APR 15
PROTOCOL · 2021
Berlin hard fork
CoinDesk/Ethereum Foundation blog: Berlin hard fork live at block 12,244,000, April 15 2021, four EIPs targeting gas costs
APR 30
CULTURE · 2021
Bored Ape Yacht Club mints, sells out in ~12 hours
Golden/IQ.wiki: BAYC launched April 30 2021, 10,000 apes sold for total $2.8M within a day
MAY 05
CULTURE · 2021
Uniswap v3 launches, introduces concentrated liquidity
Uniswap blog/CoinDesk: Uniswap v3 launched May 5 2021 on Ethereum mainnet, up to 4000x capital efficiency vs v2
MAY 12
CAPITAL · 2021
Vitalik donates 50T SHIB to India Crypto Covid Relief Fund
Forbes + Gulf News, 12 May 2021: 50,693,552,078,053 SHIB plus 500 ETH sent to CryptoRelief at 20:37 UTC; valued ~$1.14B-$1.2B at transaction time
JUN 10
CAPITAL · 2021
CryptoPunk 7523 'Covid Alien' sells at Sotheby's for $11.75M
Artnet + Sotheby's "Natively Digital" sale, 10 Jun 2021: Punk 7523 hammered at $11,754,000, sale total $17.1M across 28 lots
JUN 11
CULTURE · 2021
Original Doge meme sells as NFT for 1,696.9 ETH
CoinDesk/Yahoo News: PleasrDAO won the original Doge meme NFT auction on Zora June 11 2021 after a bidding war, $4.07M final price, meme became a defining crypto-culture crossover moment of the 2021 NFT boom
AUG 05
PROTOCOL · 2021
London hard fork, EIP-1559 fee burn activated
CoinDesk: London hard fork live Aug 5 2021 at block 12,965,000, introduced ETH-burning fee mechanism
AUG 10
CAPITAL · 2021
Poly Network hack, largest DeFi hack to date
Halborn/Decrypt: Poly Network attacked Aug 10 2021, ~$600.3M stolen across Ethereum, BSC, Polygon via smart contract exploit
AUG 17
GOVERNANCE · 2021
Nouns DAO formally launches, pioneers daily-auction NFT governance
Gitcoin/NFT Price Floor: Nouns DAO launched Aug 17 2021 by ten Nounder co-founders including Dom Hofmann, established perpetual 24-hour NFT auction funding on-chain community treasury
AUG 31
EXPANSION · 2021
Arbitrum One public mainnet launch
CoinDesk/Cointelegraph: Arbitrum One public mainnet launched Aug 31 2021, alongside $120M Series B raise
SEP 06
EXPANSION · 2021
GMX perpetual exchange launches on Arbitrum
CoinMarketCap/Arbitrum blog: GMX launched Sept 6 2021, pioneered oracle-priced zero-price-impact perpetual trading via shared GLP liquidity pool, became Arbitrum's leading dApp by TVL
OCT 27
CAPITAL · 2021
Cream Finance flash loan exploit, $130M drained
Blockworks/BeInCrypto: Cream Finance C.R.E.A.M v1 lending markets exploited Oct 27 2021 for $130M via 68-asset flash loan manipulating yUSD price, third hack of the protocol that year
NOV 10
CAPITAL · 2021
ETH reaches 2021 cycle peak price of ~$4,878
ETH hit $4,878.26 Nov 10 2021 during the 2021 bull run; later superseded Aug 2025, recorded here as the historically real 2021 peak, distinct event from the current ATH row
DEC 09
PROTOCOL · 2021
Arrow Glacier hard fork, difficulty bomb delayed to June 2022
Ethereum Foundation blog: Arrow Glacier activated block 13,773,000 Dec 9 2021, single-EIP upgrade (EIP-4345) pushing difficulty bomb back ahead of the planned Merge
DEC 16
EXPANSION · 2021
Optimism mainnet public launch (first major L2)
Messari: Optimism public mainnet officially launched Dec 16 2021, whitelist requirements removed
2022
FEB 02
CAPITAL · 2022
Wormhole bridge hack, ~$325M stolen (Solana-Ethereum bridge)
IBTimes/Halborn: Wormhole exploited Feb 2 2022 for 120,000 wETH, ~$320-326M depending on source, second-largest DeFi hack at the time
MAR 23
CAPITAL · 2022
Ronin bridge hack (Axie Infinity), ~$625M stolen
TechCrunch/Merkle Science: attack occurred March 23 2022, discovered March 29, 173,600 ETH + 25.5M USDC drained, largest DeFi hack at the time
APR 17
GOVERNANCE · 2022
Beanstalk Farms drained via governance-vote flash loan attack
CoinDesk/Cointelegraph: attacker used $1B Aave flash loan to seize 67% voting power and pass a malicious proposal Apr 17 2022, drained all $182M TVL, first major flash-loan governance takeover
MAY 21
CULTURE · 2022
Milady founder self-doxxes as 'Miya', floor price collapses ~70%
CoinDesk: Charlotte Fang admitted May 21 2022 to being behind the controversial 'Miya' persona, Milady Maker floor price fell from ~6 ETH highs toward 0.26 ETH within a week, a defining crypto-native NFT-community scandal
MAY 31
GOVERNANCE · 2022
Optimism Airdrop #1, first major L2 governance token distribution
Optimism Collective/Boxmining: Airdrop 1 distributed 200M+ OP tokens to 248,699 addresses May 31 2022, rewarded early L2 and Ethereum L1 users, launched bicameral Token House governance
JUN 30
PROTOCOL · 2022
Gray Glacier hard fork, difficulty bomb delayed to September 2022
Coinspeaker: Gray Glacier activated block 15,050,000 June 30 2022, delayed difficulty bomb by 700,000 blocks (~100 days) as final pre-Merge buffer
JUL 11
CULTURE · 2022
GameStop launches NFT marketplace on Ethereum L2
GameStop investor relations/NFT Evening: GameStop launched its non-custodial NFT marketplace July 11 2022 on Immutable X, over $7M traded in the first week, bridged WallStreetBets meme-stock culture into the Ethereum ecosystem
AUG 01
CAPITAL · 2022
Nomad bridge drain, ~$190M exploited
Nomad bridge hack Aug 1 2022, faulty proof verification let attackers replay/spoof withdrawals, ~$190M drained (Immunefi postmortem; multiple outlets cite Aug 2 due to UTC boundary, Immunefi primary source used)
AUG 08
GOVERNANCE · 2022
Tornado Cash sanctioned by US Treasury OFAC
OFAC added Tornado Cash smart contract addresses to SDN list Aug 8 2022, first sanctioning of a piece of code rather than a person or entity
SEP 15
PROTOCOL · 2022
The Merge, transition to proof-of-stake
ethereum.org: The Merge executed September 15 2022, ~99.95% energy reduction, six years of engineering
SEP 20
CAPITAL · 2022
Wintermute market maker hacked, $160M drained
Bloomberg/CoinDesk: Wintermute's DeFi vault exploited Sept 20 2022 via a vanity-address private key vulnerability (Profanity tool), CeFi and OTC operations unaffected, firm remained solvent
OCT 19
CULTURE · 2022
Blur NFT marketplace launches
NFT Evening/Todaynftnews: Blur launched Oct 19 2022, zero-fee pro-trader marketplace, later overtook OpenSea in weekly volume
NOV 11
CAPITAL · 2022
FTX exchange files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
EBSCO/CoinLedger: FTX and Alameda Research filed Chapter 11 Nov 11 2022 after Binance deal collapsed, exposed ~$8B shortfall, triggered broad crypto-market contagion including Ethereum DeFi
2023
FEB 14
CULTURE · 2023
Blur launches BLUR token airdrop, overtakes OpenSea in volume
Decrypt/Forbes: Blur's BLUR governance token airdrop opened Feb 14 2023 1:30pm ET, three-wave care-package redemption drove Blur past OpenSea in weekly NFT trading volume for the first time
MAR 01
PROTOCOL · 2023
ERC-4337 account abstraction deployed on Ethereum mainnet
Alchemy/Eco: ERC-4337 EntryPoint contract deployed March 1 2023, enabled smart contract wallets without requiring a hard fork, 40M+ smart accounts deployed by 2024
MAR 13
CAPITAL · 2023
Euler Finance flash loan hack, ~$197M stolen
Bloomberg/BlockSec: Euler Finance hit by flash loan attack March 13 2023, largest DeFi hack of 2023, later fully returned by attacker
MAR 24
EXPANSION · 2023
zkSync Era mainnet opens, first zkEVM live on Ethereum
CoinMarketCap/Cointelegraph: zkSync Era (Matter Labs) opened to all users March 24 2023, first EVM-compatible zero-knowledge rollup on mainnet, beat Polygon zkEVM by 3 days
MAR 27
EXPANSION · 2023
Polygon zkEVM mainnet beta launches
CoinDesk/Decrypt: Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Beta went live March 27 2023, Vitalik Buterin sent the first transaction, billed as first fully EVM-equivalent ZK rollup
APR 12
PROTOCOL · 2023
Shanghai/Capella upgrade, staking withdrawals enabled
CoinDesk: Shapella upgrade triggered 22:27 UTC April 12 2023, unlocked 17M+ ETH staked since Dec 2020
JUN 06
EXPANSION · 2023
Optimism completes Bedrock upgrade, largest OP Mainnet rewrite
CoinDesk/The Block: Bedrock hard fork activated June 6 2023 16:00 UTC, 99.87% community-approved rewrite cutting fees ~47% and deposit times from ~10 min to ~3 min, closer Ethereum equivalence
JUN 14
EXPANSION · 2023
EigenLayer mainnet launches, restaking begins
IQ.wiki/EigenLayer blog: Stage 1 mainnet launched June 14 2023, introduced restaking to Ethereum ecosystem
JUL 15
EXPANSION · 2023
Aave launches GHO, its native decentralized stablecoin
PYMNTS/Cointelegraph: Aave announced GHO on its company blog July 15 2023, an overcollateralized stablecoin minted directly against Aave V3 collateral with revenue flowing to the Aave DAO treasury
AUG 09
EXPANSION · 2023
Base mainnet public launch (Coinbase L2)
Coindesk/Cointelegraph: Base mainnet opened to public Aug 9 2023, built on OP Stack
OCT 11
CULTURE · 2023
Farcaster opens permissionless registration
Yahoo Finance/CoinGecko: Dan Romero announced Farcaster 100% permissionless Oct 11 2023, anyone with ETH could join
2024
FEB 29
EXPANSION · 2024
Blast L2 mainnet launches, native-yield rollup
CryptoTimes/Decrypt: Blast (built by Blur founder Pacman) opened mainnet Feb 29 2024, unlocked $2.3B in pre-deposited ETH/stablecoins, first major L2 with built-in staking yield
MAY 10
GOVERNANCE · 2024
EigenLayer EIGEN token airdrop begins, restaking governance launch
Benzinga/Coingape: EIGEN token Season 1 stakedrop opened May 10 2024, 113M tokens distributed to restakers based on March 15 snapshot, one of the largest restaking-era token launches
JUL 23
EXPANSION · 2024
Spot Ethereum ETFs begin trading in the United States
Week in Ethereum News, 20 Jul 2024: spot ETH ETFs (CETH, FETH, EZET, QETH, ETHV) launched 23 Jul 2024 in the US
AUG 27
GOVERNANCE · 2024
MakerDAO rebrands to Sky Protocol under Endgame plan
CoinDesk/The Defiant: MakerDAO announced its rebrand to Sky on Aug 27 2024, part of founder Rune Christensen's multi-year Endgame restructuring into modular SubDAOs, new USDS/SKY tokens set for Sept 18
2025
MAY 07
PROTOCOL · 2025
Pectra upgrade activates, 11 EIPs including EIP-7702
Ethereum Foundation blog: Pectra activated on mainnet at epoch 364032, 7 May 2025 10:05:11 UTC
AUG 24
CAPITAL · 2025
Ethereum reaches all-time-high price of ~$4,955
ETH hit intraday ATH $4,955.23 Aug 24 2025, breaking the Nov 2021 $4,878 record (Dow Jones Market Data via Kraken snapshot; TradingView)
NOV 27
PERSON · 2025
Vitalik Buterin circulates first Ethereum whitepaper draft
The Block, Nov 27 2025 anniversary piece: earliest circulated version sent to prospective collaborators, Nov 27 2013