To top off a solid week that saw JPM reveal it had created an enterprise version of ethereum blockchain, Vitalik announced in Prague that Serenity (Ethereum 2.0 to tackle the scaling issue) will be released in the short to medium term.
“Launch is basically the milestone that we’ve all been waiting for, that we’ve been working toward for the last four to five years, and a milestone which is really no longer so far away," Buterin told DevCon 4 conference attendees. The weekend boost for the ethereum price follows a strong week for the ethereum's tradable token, ether.