For the first time since May, Ether (ETH) is trading at $3000. The price increase coincides with all of the hype surrounding the imminent London hardfork, which will pave the way for Ether 2.0 Proof-of-Stake implementation (PoS). So far this year, Ethereum has surpassed Bitcoin by a large margin. While Bitcoin's year-to-date gains are 30 percent, ETH is currently trading at 4x, or an astounding 300 percent return.