Ethereum

ETH, the native coin of Ethereum, the blockchain where most stablecoins, tokenised assets and lending markets are issued. Every transaction and contract call on it is paid for in ETH, and holders can stake ETH to validate the chain and earn a share of those fees. ETH is also the standard collateral in DeFi lending, so borrowing against it is routine. Ethereum introduced programmable contracts in 2015, and its contract format became the one other chains copy.