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Ethereum had a strong start to the week and a quieter end. $ETH ran from around $2,575 on September 20 to a weekly high near $2,800 on September 22, then gave back half of that gain and settled into a range between $2,650 and $2,700. It is currently trading at about $2,687.

On Wednesday, September 2, 2026, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a motion in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking the dismissal of CME Group’s lawsuit challenging the agency’s approval of cryptocurrency perpetual futures. The CFTC characterized CME’s legal challenge as “much ado about nothing,” asserting that the exchange…