Ethereum opened July 14 at $1,783.71, barely changed from the day before but roughly $1,231 below where it traded a year earlier. The token is down 40.83% from its price of twelve months ago, though it has recovered 6.22% over the past month.
Ethereum traded at $1,783.71 at 6 a.m. Eastern Time on July 14, a gain of $2.86 from the previous morning. The move barely registered day to day, but the longer view tells a harsher story.
Against a year ago, ETH is down 40.83% from $3,014.90, a drop of roughly $1,231 per coin. The picture improves over shorter windows: the token is up 6.22% from $1,679.23 a month earlier and edged up 0.16% from the prior day's $1,780.85.
Ethereum remains the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. It is valued at around $233 billion, well behind Bitcoin's roughly $1.33 trillion and ahead of Tether at $183 billion. Elsewhere in the market, Bitcoin traded at $62,549.73, XRP at $1.06 and Tether at $0.99 at the same hour.
The current level sits far below the peak. Ethereum reached nearly $5,000 at its high in August 2025 before sliding. According to Fortune, early 2026 brought a sharp decline driven by recession worries and by co-founder Vitalik Buterin selling many millions of dollars worth of ETH.
Some forecasters still lean optimistic. Standard Chartered has predicted ETH could reach $40,000 within the next decade and possibly eclipse Bitcoin, while more conservative estimates place it closer to $10,000. Both figures dwarf today's price, though Fortune notes that competing blockchains such as Solana and Avalanche offer, in some cases, faster and cheaper transactions.
Source: Fortune
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