took this from Reddit...here is a timeline of ETH news:
recently:
11 january - Gavin wood leaves cpp-ethereum to work on EthCore
14 january - Mike Hearn article on Bitcoin
14 january - Digix launches
20 january - Dogecoin sidechain project
21 january - R3 announces first experiment using Ethereum Technology (11 banks using Ethereum)
21 january - Ethereum gets its own StackExchange
22 january - EthCore teaming up with european Bank Paribas
22 january - Kraken CEO states he expects Ethereum to become the #2 crytocurrency (it happens 3 days later)
23 january - Ethereum co-founder Anthony Di Iorio starts role as CDO of the Toronto Stock Exchange
24 january - Ethereum passes Litecoin
25 january - Release of micropayments platform (
http://etherapis.io/)
25 january - Ethereum passes Ripple
26 january - First transaction from an Ethreum light client