Bitcoin above $81,000, Ethereum eyes sub-10-second blocks
- —BTC around $81,500, +8% over the weekend, $433 million inflow into bitcoin ETFs on Friday
- —ETH above $2,650, +5% over the weekend, $144 million daily inflow into ETH ETFs
- —EIP-8198 will cut Ethereum block time from 12 to under 10 seconds by 2027
- —KfW moves DLT bonds from Polygon to SWIAT/RL1 on September 23
Why it matters: Bitcoin's close above the 50-week moving average and Ethereum's acceleration bolster the case for institutional inflows into tokenized assets.
Source: Block-Builders