{"id":66096,"date":"2026-01-02T17:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66096"},"modified":"2026-01-02T17:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:02:15","slug":"do-more-to-meet-stated-goals-vitalik-buterins-2026-mandate-for-ethereum-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66096","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDo More to Meet Stated Goals\u201d: Vitalik Buterin\u2019s 2026 Mandate for Ethereum Price"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Is the Ethereum price inflated? <\/p>\n<style>\n\t.cwp-coin-chart svg path {\n\t\tstroke-width: 0.65 !important;\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-graph-container.positive svg path:nth-of-type(2) {\n\t\tstroke: #008868 !important;\n\t}\n\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-trend.positive {\n\t\tcolor: #008868 !important;\n\t\tbackground-color: transparent !important;\n\t}\n\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-popup-holder .cwp-coin-trend.positive {\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #008868;\n\t\tborder-radius: 3px;\n\t}\n\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-trend.positive::before {\n\t\tborder-bottom: 4px solid #008868 !important;\n\t}\n\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-price-holder .cwp-coin-trend-holder .cwp-trend {\n\t\tbackground-color: transparent !important;\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-graph-container.negative svg path:nth-of-type(2) {\n\t\tstroke: #A90C0C !important;\n\t}\n\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-popup-holder .cwp-coin-trend.negative {\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #A90C0C;\n\t\tborder-radius: 3px;\n\t}\n\t.cwp-coin-widget-container  .cwp-coin-trend.negative {\n\t\tcolor: #A90C0C !important;\n\t\tbackground-color: transparent !important;\n\t}\n\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-trend.negative::before {\n\t\tborder-top: 4px solid #A90C0C !important;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<p>\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-widget-container\" data-id=\"ethereum\" id=\"coin_widget_id_6957f70529f40\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- name of the coin in the text --><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-widget-wrapper\" data-id=\"ethereum\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-widget-holder \" style=\"background:#efefef;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-name\" data-id=\"ethereum\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-icon \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/crypto-icons\/ethereum.svg\" alt=\"Ethereum\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-label \">Ethereum<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-symbol hidden\">ETH<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price hidden\">$3,079.18<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend  positive\">2.00%<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- popup with basic info about the coin --><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-popup-wrapper \" data-id=\"ethereum\" style=\"\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-popup-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-name\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-icon\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/crypto-icons\/ethereum.svg\" alt=\"Ethereum\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-popup-name\">Ethereum<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-popup-symbol\">ETH<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price-title\">Price<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price-value\">$3,079.18<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/goto\/bestwallet\" alt=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/goto\/bestwallet\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow sponspored sponsored\" class=\"cwp-coin-custom-link\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background: #e50123; padding: \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t, for the most part, does what it promises; nothing less, nothing more. However, it appears that ETH founder Vitalik Buterin believes the foundations haven\u2019t done enough.<\/p>\n<p>Buterin is issuing a<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-meme-coins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"> challenge as 2025 closes<\/a>, and it has to do with whether ETH is drifting away from its <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-crypto-to-buy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">original purpose<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">DISCOVER:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-1000x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Next 1000X Crypto: 10+ Crypto Tokens That Can Hit 1000x in 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>What Is Vitalik Buterin\u2019s New Warning For 2026?<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to 2026! Milady is back.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum did a lot in 2025: gas limits increased, blob count increased, node software quality improved, zkEVMs blasted through their performance milestones, and with zkEVMs and PeerDAS ethereum made its largest step toward being a fundamentally\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/2006737662942871574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">January 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a New Year\u2019s message, Vitalik Buterin urged developers to stop chasing short-term trends and start <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-1000x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">building applications<\/a> that are both usable at scale and genuinely decentralized. Ethereum, he argued, is supposed to function as a<strong> \u201cworld computer,\u201d<\/strong> not a slightly more open version of the subscription-driven platforms dominating Big Tech.<\/p>\n<p>Hm, anyone feeling bearish hearing that?<\/p>\n<p>Buterin stressed that decentralized applications should pass what he calls the \u201cwalkaway test.\u201d If the original developers disappear, the app should still work without censorship, fraud, or third-party gatekeepers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTo achieve this, it needs to be usable at scale and actually decentralized,\u201d said Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder. \u201cApplications must continue functioning even if the original developers leave,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_323411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323411\" style=\"width: 2147px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323411\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2147\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot.png 2147w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-1024x318.png 1024w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-768x239.png 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-1536x477.png 1536w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2048x636.png 2048w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-50x16.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2147px) 100vw, 2147px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Source: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/chain\/ethereum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DeFiLlama<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The subtext is clear that too many Ethereum apps still rely on centralized infrastructure while marketing themselves as trustless.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-crypto-to-explode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">20+ Next Crypto to Explode in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Did Ethereum\u2019s 2025 Upgrades Quietly Changed the Game?<\/h2>\n<p>In 2025, the Ethereum community quietly built a better protocol. The Pectra upgrade raised throughput and streamlined how accounts and validators operate. Fusaka capped the year by scaling data availability through PeerDAS.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the market barely noticed. Ether ended the year hovering near $3,000, far below the narrative highs many expected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-crypto-to-buy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">Top 20 Crypto to Buy in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>The Data Tells The Story For ETH, Price Charts Don\u2019t<\/h2>\n<style>\n\t.cwp-coin-chart svg path {\n\t\tstroke-width: 0.65 !important;\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-graph-container.positive svg path:nth-of-type(2) {\n\t\tstroke: #008868 !important;\n\t}\n\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-trend.positive {\n\t\tcolor: #008868 !important;\n\t\tbackground-color: transparent !important;\n\t}\n\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-popup-holder .cwp-coin-trend.positive {\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #008868;\n\t\tborder-radius: 3px;\n\t}\n\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-trend.positive::before {\n\t\tborder-bottom: 4px solid #008868 !important;\n\t}\n\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-price-holder .cwp-coin-trend-holder .cwp-trend {\n\t\tbackground-color: transparent !important;\n\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-graph-container.negative svg path:nth-of-type(2) {\n\t\tstroke: #A90C0C !important;\n\t}\n\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-popup-holder .cwp-coin-trend.negative {\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #A90C0C;\n\t\tborder-radius: 3px;\n\t}\n\t.cwp-coin-widget-container  .cwp-coin-trend.negative {\n\t\tcolor: #A90C0C !important;\n\t\tbackground-color: transparent !important;\n\t}\n\t.cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-coin-trend.negative::before {\n\t\tborder-top: 4px solid #A90C0C !important;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<p>\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-widget-container\" data-id=\"ethereum\" id=\"coin_widget_id_6957f70529fc9\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- name of the coin in the text --><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-widget-wrapper\" data-id=\"ethereum\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-widget-holder \" 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target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow sponspored sponsored\" class=\"cwp-coin-custom-link\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background: #e50123; padding: \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On-chain metrics help explain the disconnect for Ethereum. According to <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CoinGecko<\/a>, Ether underperformed several large-cap peers in 2025 despite steady development activity. <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/chain\/ethereum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DeFi Llama<\/a> shows total value locked on Ethereum holding relatively stable, suggesting builders stayed while speculative capital rotated elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Glassnode data indicates long-term holders remain largely unmoved, even as short-term traders lost interest.<\/p>\n<p>As it stands, Ethereum is caught in an identity crisis. The ETH price is trading near multi-month lows, and debates over its future are here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow 99Bitcoins on X For the Latest Market Updates\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/99BitcoinsHQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/x.com\/99BitcoinsHQ\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">https:\/\/x.com\/99BitcoinsHQ<\/a>\u00a0and Subscribe on YouTube For Daily Expert Market Analysis\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@99bitcoins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@99bitcoins\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@99bitcoins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/singapore-denies-do-kwons-14m-refund-demand-for-stolen-penthouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">Singapore Denies Do Kwon\u2019s $14M Refund Demand For \u2018Stolen\u2019 Penthouse<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/B7Uk6agkqj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Join The 99Bitcoins News Discord Here For The Latest Market Updates<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways\">\n<h2 class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__title\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list\">\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n        Ethereum is caught in an identity crisis. The ETH price is trading near multi-month lows, and debates over its future are here.    <\/li>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n         Buterin is issuing a challenge as 2025 closes, and it has to do with whether ETH is drifting away from its original purpose.    <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/do-more-to-meet-stated-goals-vitalik-buterins-2026-mandate-for-ethereum-price\/\">\u201cDo More to Meet Stated Goals\u201d: Vitalik Buterin\u2019s 2026 Mandate for Ethereum Price<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the Ethereum price inflated? Ethereum ETH $3,079.18 2.00% Ethereum ETH Price $3,079.18 2.00% \/24h Volume in 24h $16.08B Price 7d Learn more , for the most part, does what it promises; nothing less, nothing more. However, it appears that ETH founder Vitalik Buterin believes the foundations haven\u2019t done enough. 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