Ethereum (ETH) was launched in 2015 and has become the second most valuable in the crypto sector over time, worth $226 billion today.<br /><br />As the cryptocurrency turns eight years old, here’s a look at how much an investment at the launch of Ethereum would be worth today.<br /><br />What Happened: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposed the digital currency via a 2014 white paper, with the goal of adding scripting to make it easier for application development and to set up binding contracts.<br /><br />Ethereum was officially launched on July 30, 2015. During its first calendar year, Ethereum traded between $0.42 and $1.39 with a starting price of around $0.74 according to SoFi. The first Ethereum transaction was carried out on Aug. 7, 2015, according to Global Data.
