Ethereum

You can buy Ethereum (ETH) directly on your MetaMask wallet in just a few taps, without going through a centralized crypto exchange. MetaMask supports local and global payment methods such as credit card, debit card, bank transfer, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, and other regional options, depending on your country or state. Buying ETH in MetaMask helps you avoid extra steps, reduce fees, and instantly receive Ether in your self‑custodial crypto wallet, so you stay in control of your assets.

Swapping Ether (ETH) on MetaMask is easy, cost-effective, and secure. You can swap Ethereum for thousands of tokens across dozens of popular networks like Ethereum, Solana, Linea, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, and many more EVM L2s, right from your MetaMask wallet. MetaMask Swaps also include gas fees (AKA network fees) inside your quotes, simplifying your transactions and reducing fees.

Bridging crypto across chains allows you to move tokens from one network to another. With MetaMask, bridging Ether (ETH) is easy, secure, and cost-effective. Our aggregator finds the most efficient routes to move your digital assets from one chain to another. And with cross-chain swapping, bridging and swapping can take place at the same time in a single transaction. Meaning: instead of bridging one token from chain A and wrapping or unwrapping it on network B, you can swap one token from network A to a second token on network B, all in one move.

Staking ETH is a way of putting your crypto to work and receiving APY while securing the Ethereum network at the same time. MetaMask offers you three different ways to stake your Ether (ETH) depending on your preferences and funding: 

• Pooled staking: Deposit any amount of ETH to stake via MetaMask, and receive daily yield. Unstake at any time.

• Validator staking: Deposit 32 - 2048 ETH per validator node, and let MetaMask run it for you. Receive yield every 10 days. Unstake at any time.

• Liquid staking: Deposit any amount of ETH to stake via third-party providers. Receive liquidity tokens representing staked value, and daily yield. Unstake at a time that is partner dependent.

ETH price started at $0.311 in 2013. Today, May 26, 2026, the price of Ethereum (ETH) is $2,096.93. The all-time high of ETH is $4,946.05. The all-time low of ETH is $0.43. Its market capitalization is $252,664,310,571.

Today, May 26, 2026 the price of Ethereum (ETH) is $2,096.93.

Today, May 26, 2026, the daily trading volume of ETH is $9,497,478,474.

The all-time high of Ethereum (ETH) is $4,946.05.

The all-time low of Ethereum (ETH) is $0.43.

Selling Ethereum (ETH) for cash is simple, quick, and secure on MetaMask. You can exchange thousands of cryptocurrencies like ETH for fiat 24/7, directly to your debit card, credit card, PayPal, bank account or other regions options. Your cash arrives quickly in your local currency, such as USD, EUR, GBP, INR, BRL, TRY or other regional options.

With ETH, you can access DeFi platforms for trading and lending, buy and sell NFTs, play web3 games, manage your digital identity, and much more via thousands of apps and platforms. ETH can be used to cover transaction fees, send money to others, add to liquidity pools, stake for yield, or put up as collateral for loans. MetaMask makes it easy by combining buying, trading swapping, bridging, app connections, and crypto wallet management all in one place.

The Pectra upgrade, which went live on May 7 2025, is an Ethereum update that made the network faster, more user-friendly, and expanded staking capabilities. In other words, Pectra improved how Ethereum validators handle ETH, sped up transactions, and set the network up for future growth. Pectra is a key step in Ethereum's long-term plan to stay secure, efficient, and open to users and developers globally. Explore the Pectra upgrade in depth .

Ethereum’s upgrade after Pectra is the Fulu-Osaka upgrade, aka the Fusaka upgrade.

Fusaka, which went live on December 3 2025, is an Ethereum update that focused on increasing the EVM’s scale—with better speed, more efficient processing, and smoother Layer 2 integrations. It builds on Pectra's changes like allowing up to 2048 ETH staked per validator, easier withdrawals, and simpler account features, while adding improvements in data handling, transaction volume, and performance across networks. The goal was to achieve fewer transaction delays, cheaper costs to use popular apps, stronger security, and further growth without losing decentralization.

Glamsterdam, which is expected in mid-2026, pending testnet completion, and will bring in-protocol changes like enshrined proposer-builder separation (ePBS) to build blocks directly on Ethereum, cutting down on centralized control and Maximum Extractable Value (MEV). It adds tools like block-level access lists to manage data and keep regular computers able to run nodes, even with more load from Fusaka updates. This pushes Ethereum toward its Surge, Verge, and Purge goals with higher transaction speeds, more decentralization, and readiness for over 100,000 transactions per second on Layer 2 networks.