Ethereum

United States equities and cryptocurrency markets are heading into the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision on July 27 on a positive note. This suggests that the market participants believe the Fed will deliver a 75 basis point rate hike, which is in line with market expectations.  Some economists expect the Fed to calm the markets

Institutional sentiment toward Ether (ETH) appears to have shifted into positive gear, with digital investment products offering exposure to the asset having posted four consecutive weeks of inflows, according to CoinShares. Prior to this, ETH investment products had been on a lengthy 11-week run of outflows that saw the total year-to-date (YTD) outflows hit as

Summary: Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin has suggested that the Ethereum Classic community will definitely welcome proof-of-work fans after the Merge. He points out that Ethereum Classic is ‘totally fine chain.’ ETC’s price has benefited from the speculation that the Ethereum Classic network will absorb some of Ethereum’s ecosystem in terms of miners and dapps post-Merge. Ethereum’s

Bitcoin (BTC) and most major altcoins are witnessing profit-booking on July 25 as the bulls scale back their positions before the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on July 26 through July 27. This indicates that the sentiment remains fragile and that bulls are not confident about carrying long positions into the event. Several analysts have

Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) tumbled on July 26, reducing hopes of an extended price recovery. The ETH/USD pair dropped by roughly 5%, followed by a modest rebound to over $1,550. Ethereum gets rejected at $1,650  These overnight moves liquidated over $80 million worth of Ether positions in the last 24 hours, data from CoinGlass

Ethereum researcher, Vivek Raman, is convinced that Ethereum’s (ETH) upcoming transition to a proof-of-stake system will enable it to take over Bitcoin’s (BTC) position as the most prominent cryptocurrency. “Ethereum does have, just from an economic perspective and because of the effect of the supply shock, a chance to flip Bitcoin,” said Raman in an

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In a downtrend, when markets do not respond negatively to bearish news, it is a sign that the selling may have reached exhaustion. Reports of electric vehicle maker Tesla dumping 75% of its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings in the second quarter only caused a minor blip as lower levels attracted strong buying from the bulls. Tesla

It has been a volatile yet positive week for cryptocurrencies, as traders ignored the warnings from crypto winter veterans that there was more downside in store and jumped back into the market at the first sign of rising prices.  Evidence for the reversal in sentiment can be found in the Crypto Fear & Greed Index,

As you might expect, this depends on how complex a smart contract is. According to Hacken, this can extend to $500,000 for larger projects where there are more lines of code — not least because of the additional engineering hours it’ll take. The company argues these costs pale into comparison with the economic damage that

On Thursday, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, shared his long-term vision for the namesake blockchain live at the annual Ethereum Community Conference, or EthCC, in Paris. As told by Buterin, Ethereum is currently at an inflection point, or period of rapid change, before the ecosystem’s capability will eventually settle down.  Currently, the foremost priority for

Price action across the cryptocurrency market was largely subdued on July 21, as traders took a day to digest gains over the past week and book profits following the biggest relief rally since early June. Amid speculation about what drove the recent rally, the Ethereum Merge has consistently ranked at the top of the list. The

Bitcoin (BTC) extended losses on the July 21 Wall Street open after a key resistance level failed to hold as new support. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Dollar rises to squeeze risk assets Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD dropping to $22,340 on Bitstamp after the opening bell, down 8% from

Summary: Polygon has unveiled zkEVM, a layer 2 scaling solution that users zero-knowledge proofs to scale and reduce transaction costs on Ethereum. Polygon’s co-founder, Mihailo Bjelic, has described zkEVM as the ‘holy grail of Web3 infrastructure.’ Polygon zkEVM is estimated to reduce Ethereum fees by 90% compared to current costs on Ethereum’s layer 1. The

With the transition to a scalable, energy-light proof-of-stake blockchain at play for Ethereum, many have cast doubts on the popular coin’s future, given the magnitude and complexity of the Merge upgrade. But, among prominent stakeholders, one particular project remains heavily bullish on Ethereum’s future, which is none other than layer-two scaling solution Polygon. At the

“Easy come, easy go” was the story on July 20. The day started on a positive note with Bitcoin (BTC) climbing above $24,300, only to end the official trading day in the red after less than stellar Q2 earning news showed Tesla sold 75% of its Bitcoin and Minecraft creator Mojang Studios reversed course by