Ethereum was conceived in 2013 with Vitalik Buterin’s whitepaper and launched in July 2015, growing into the second-largest blockchain with a market cap nearing $300 billion

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Ethereum’s journey began in 2013 when co-founder Vitalik Buterin published the Ethereum whitepaper, proposing a decentralized platform that went beyond Bitcoin’s monetary functions.

The network went live in July 2015 following an initial public offering and now ranks as crypto’s second-largest chain, with a market cap of nearly $300 billion