According to the report, it says that ether is the digital currency or token that simplifies transactions on the Ethereum blockchain updated on 03, May’21. 

Cryptocurrency Ether (ETH) hit a high record of $3,017 (approximately Rs. 2.2 lakhs) on Monday. It spread previous week's gathering in the wake of a report that the European Investment Bank (EIB) could launch a digital oath sale on the Ethereum blockchain arrangement. 

Ether rose 2 per cent on the Bitstamp exchange to triumph the momentous early Asia trade. It is up an additional than 300 per cent for the year so far, outstripping a 95 per cent rise in the more prevalent Bitcoin. 

Ether is the digital currency or mark that eases transactions on the Ethereum blockchain and it is the second-biggest cryptocurrency by market cap ahead of Bitcoin. 

Bloomberg specified on Tuesday, quoting unrevealed sources that the EIB strategies to concern a two-year 100-million-euro digital promise. 

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently donated 100 ETH and 100 MKR, worth about $606,110 (approximately Rs. 4.5 crores) to apply for COVID-19 relief in India. 

Ethereum, the open-source blockchain software that originated in 2014, is used to shape contracts on the blockchain, and has freshly been in the news a lot since its use in the making and relocating of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) — digital collectables that can be distinctly identified and held by individuals. 

Australian cricketer Brett Lee, too, has contributed 1 Bitcoin (approximately Rs. 40 lakhs) to the Crypto Relief Fund to help his “second home” India make sure of the oxygen supplies for hospitals. This will help to win the battle against the powerful second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

India has recorded close to 4, 00,000 COVID-19 cases regularly that has strained the country's health infrastructure to its limits.