Ethereum

Bitcoin (BTC) broke through $31,000 on April 14 as bulls hoped that altcoins would soon follow. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Analyst eyes potential dip under $30,000  Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView captured new ten-month highs of $31,035 for BTC/USD on Bitstamp. The pair had risen gradually the day prior after

Decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap is seemingly set to launch on the new zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) roll-up solution from scaling solution provider Polygon. While Uniswap (UNI) token holders have until April 14 at 9:05 pm UTC to vote on the proposal to launch Uniswap v3 on the zkEVM, the 40 million vote threshold needed

In this week’s episode of Market Talks, Cointelegraph welcomes Miguel Morel, CEO of Arkham Intelligence — a blockchain intelligence company that has built a platform that provides information on real-world entities and individuals behind crypto market activity. In today’s discussion with Morel, we will explore how and why on-chain data is useful and perhaps some ways that

Summary: Ethereum’s native asset ETH traded around $1900 on Tuesday hours ahead of the Shapella update that developers promise will unlock staked Ether. The update scheduled for April 12 at 11 pm UTC is Ethereum’s most important technological upgrade since the Merge. Bitcoin rose above $30,000 for the first time since June 2022, pushing MicroStrategy’s

Bitcoin (BTC) preserved $30,000 support at the April 12 Wall Street open as more United States macroeconomic data boosted bulls. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView PPI hints further inflation drops to come Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hovering near $30,250 on Bitstamp. Amid a slowdown in volatility, U.S. Producer

The Shapella hard fork has officially been executed on the Ethereum Mainnet— meaning that Ethereum validators can finally withdraw their staked Ether (ETH) from the Beacon Chain. The long-awaited upgrade took effect at 10:27 PM UTC on April 12. Through Ethereum Investment Proposal EIP-4895, staked ETH was pushed from the Beacon Chain to the Ethereum

The March consumer price index climbed marginally by 0.1%, below economists’ expectation of a 0.2% increase and February’s advance of 0.4%. Although inflation is showing signs of slowing, the year-on-year CPI increased by 5%, well above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.  The FedWatch Tool shows a 67% probability of a 25 basis point rate hike

Summary: Ethereum validators will finally be able to access 1.1 million ETH in rewards just days after developers unlock staked Ether with the Shapella upgrade. Validators will be able to make partial withdrawals from around $2 billion in rewards, with the option of full withdrawals depending on the validator entity. Staked ETH depositors and other

Bitcoin (BTC) traced $30,000 on April 12 as looming United States macroeconomic data heightened nerves. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Analyst warns markets “discounting significance” of CPI Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hovering near the significant psychological level after overnight lows of $29,875 on Bitstamp. Consumer Price Index (CPI)

An estimated 170,000 Ether (ETH) of the total 18.1 million ETH staked on the Beacon Chain will be unlocked within the first week of the Shanghai hard fork being executed on Ethereum, Glassnode has predicted. The figure comprises 100,000 Ether ($190 million) worth of staking rewards and 70,000 ETH worth of staked Ether ($133 million)

This week on The Market Report, Cointelegraph analyst and writer Marcel Pechman discusses Bitcoin (BTC) breaking through the $30,000 mark, setting a new high for 2023. He also covers Tether blacklisting a validator and whether Ethereum’s latest upgrade could bring institutional investors to Ethereum. Bitcoin hits $30K to mark highest price since June 2022 Bitcoin has

Ethereum’s Shanghai/Capella upgrade — also known by the portmanteau Shapella — may not be the technical marvel of last year’s “Merge” or introduce turbocharged speeds to the network.  Volumes of over 100,000 transactions per second will have to wait for future “danksharding” upgrades, according to the Ethereum Foundation. But the hard fork remains an important

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol SushiSwap recently suffered an exploit due to a smart contract bug, leading to over $3 million in losses. Members of the crypto community responded to the hack, with some thinking that there was something fishy about it.  On April 9, security firms detected unusual activities in the DeFi platform’s smart contract

Summary: The Shanghai-Capella upgrade scheduled for April 12 should unlock over $30 billion in staked ETH on Ethereum’s beacon chain. Clients are advised to upgrade their nodes ahead of Shapella’s arrival, core developer Tim Beiko said. It’s unclear if selling pressure might increase after the unlock enables withdrawals for over 16 million stETH. Ethereum’s highly

Cross-chain automated marker maker Symbiosis has onboarded layer-2 scaling protocol zkSync to improve speed and reduce fees of token swaps on its platform. The decentralized exchange (DEX) was launched in March 2022. It provides single-sided stablecoin pools that deliver zero impermanent loss to liquid providers. It also facilitates ‘any-to-any’ native asset swaps on its platform across

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