Ethereum hits all-time high of $100 as altcoins climb
Ethereum has passed $100 a token for the first time in broader altcoin rally. Earlier this year, Ethereum was trading at just $15 a token, but the adoption of the Ethereum blockchain by big businesses and a number of projects funded through initial coin offerings have caused the cryptocurrency to strengthen in recent weeks.
Ethereum has fulfilled investors’ wildest speculations to surpass $100 per token as altcoins stage yet another rally.

An initial hover around $80 for ETH earlier this week gained further momentum to see the asset cross the $100 mark for the first time in its history.

Altcoins across the top ten and beyond reversed losses triggered by Bitcoin’s price rally, with both Ripple and NEM climbing around 37 percent in the 24 hours to press time on Friday.

ETH has managed to overcome community misgivings stemming from March’s initial uptick to between $30 and $40. At the time, speculation was rife that foul play was artificially inflating prices and that the asset would soon collapse.

Like Dash before it, however, it appears ETH is considerably more resilient than many thought.

Amid the hype, entrepreneur Tuur Demeester highlighted what he called “interesting metrics” showing the daily investment sums required “in theory” to keep Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin prices stable.

In theory. Miners may be hoarding, or may sell at pre-agreed (lower) priced. Still interesting metric. https://t.co/RLs0VtwtYp — Tuur Demeester (@TuurDemeester) May 4, 2017

Further surprise climbers meanwhile include Stellar network’s Lumens, which in June is due to complete its distribution phase and is up 65 percent from Thursday.

Dogecoin also gained 20 percent over the same period in what appears to be a reactionary move to overall market gains.