Ethereum

The burgeoning popularity of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) has led to issues like exorbitant transaction fees and congestion in the prevalent Ethereum-based ecosystem. The fee factor serves as a major deterrent to anyone wanting to execute transactions on the blockchain. A report published by Reuters revealed that the NFT sales volume was $24.9 billion in 2021,

Affluent investors in Asia are neither shy nor ignorant about crypto, with research revealing that 52% of them held some form of a digital asset during Q1 2022.  According to research from Accenture published on June 6, digital assets, which include cryptocurrencies, stable coins, and crypto funds, made up on average 7% of the surveyed

After nine successive weeks of red weekly candles, Bitcoin (BTC) printed a green weekly candle on June 5. Leading into this week, buyers kept up their momentum with a strong weekly open that boosted BTC price to $31,800. Going forward, traders might keep a close eye on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for May, which

Summary: Three ApeCoin whales have voted against the proposal to have APE remain on Ethereum. Late last week, 99% of the ApeCoin votes were for the proposal to keep APE within the Ethereum ecosystem. With the new votes by Apecoin whales against APE staying on Ethereum, the lead has been slashed to 55%, indicating a

The bears are trying to extend Bitcoin’s (BTC) record of nine consecutive red weekly candles to ten weeks, but the bulls are trying to avert this negative occurrence. Although sentiment remains negative, Arthur Hayes, former CEO of derivatives giant BitMEX, anticipates Bitcoin to bottom out in the range of $25,000 to $27,000. On-chain data from

Summary: Vitalik Buterin opposes the banning of Proof-of-Work mining operations by governments. According to Vitalik, governments picking and choosing which specific applications should use electricity or not is a bad idea. He proposes the implementation of carbon pricing as an alternative solution to banning PoW mining. Vitalik was commenting on the news that the State

Yuga Labs, the creator of two of the most popular ape-themed nonfungible token (NFT) offerings — Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and OtherSide — witnessed yet another orchestrated phishing attack with investors losing over 145 Ether (ETH) or nearly $260,000 at the time of writing. OKHotshot, a blockchain detective and a member of the Crypto

Buterin praised the governance model, saying that it would lead to long-term success through the representation of non token holders’ interests. Optimism airdropped the OP governance token earlier in the week. Community members and others have shown a lot of excitement for the new governance experiment. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin offered some praise and support

Cryptocurrency bear markets destroy portfolio value and they have a dangerous tendency to drag on for longer than anyone expects. Fortunately, one of the silver linings of a market-wide pullbacks is that it gives investors time to re-focus and spend time researching projects that could thrive when the trend turns bullish again. Here’s a five areas

Between May 23 and 27, the equities markets had an impressive run, with the tech-heavy NASDAQ (NASDAQ: QQQ) ETF up over 7% and the S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) up over 6.50%. However, this week’ whipsaws in price action occurred throughout the week and while the J trade session is not yet over, the weekly candlesticks

Summary: The ApeCoin Community has initiated a proposal to keep APE within the Ethereum ecosystem. 99.95% of the votes are so far for the proposal that ends on June 9th. The proposal under AIP-41 points out that migrating to a different chain is a costly, risky, and complex endeavor that may result in catastrophic loss

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shown support for Optimism’s new governance structure, noting that proposals such as using the OP token for gas fees shows “explicit representation of non-token-holder interests.” The Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution deployed the first round of its long-awaited OP token airdrop on June 1 as part of its new governance project

Ether’s (ETH) market structure continues to be bearish despite the failed attempt to break the descending channel resistance at $2,000 on May 31. This three-week-long price formation could mean that an eventual retest of the $1,700 support is underway. Ether/USD 4-hour price at Bitstamp. Source: TradingView On the non-crypto side, a number of equities-related factors

The increase of crypto lobbyists recently sparked an effort from anti-crypto individuals in the tech space to urge regulators through a letter to resist the influence of blockchain advocates. In response, the crypto community criticized the move and laid out counterarguments against the contents of the letter.  Signed by 26 tech personalities, the letter sent

Summary: The New York Department of Justice has announced that it will be charging a former OpenSea employee for alleged insider trading of NFTs. The former employee was arrested and will be presented in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The charges cite that the Opensea employee used his

Optimism’s freshly launched governance token OP has plunged 40% since peaking at $2.10, leading members of the community to discuss baring those who dumped their tokens from future airdrops. Cointelegraph reported yesterday that the Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution was overwhelmed with demand for the first OP governance token airdrop, as 5% of the token supply