Ethereum has surged alongside Bitcoin's rally, climbing from $2,644 to above $2,713 on September 21 and continuing higher today, riding the same wave of falling oil prices, improving risk sentiment, and short-covering that pushed BTC to eight-month highs. The move is particularly notable because it came directly on the heels of two setbacks — the Senate's failed CLARITY Act vote and the Fed's first rate hike since 2023 — proving that neither event derailed the market's underlying momentum.
Adding to the structural bullish backdrop, the European Central Bank officially launched Pontes on September 21, a new wholesale settlement infrastructure system for tokenized assets using central bank money, marking one of the most significant pieces of traditional financial infrastructure to formally engage with tokenization this year. While Pontes doesn't create a retail digital euro, its go-live signals growing institutional comfort with blockchain-based settlement rails — the exact category of infrastructure Ethereum underpins across most tokenization projects globally.
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Adding to the structural bullish backdrop, the European Central Bank officially launched Pontes on September 21, a new wholesale settlement infrastructure system for tokenized assets using central bank money, marking one of the most significant pieces of traditional financial infrastructure to formally engage with tokenization this year. While Pontes doesn't create a retail digital euro, its go-live signals growing institutional comfort with blockchain-based settlement rails — the exact category of infrastructure Ethereum underpins across most tokenization projects globally.
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