In the past week, Bitcoin has experienced significant price fluctuations within its consolidation range, influenced by various macroeconomic factors such as Jerome Powell’s address. As Bitcoin falls short of meeting the short-term bullish expectations of investors, capital is increasingly flowing into the altcoin sector. Looking ahead to the coming week, a substantial recovery rally in...Read More
On Aug. 24, two more Ethereum futures ETF applications were filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. ARK Invest and 21Shares have partnered on the latest two proposals. The two applications are for an “ARK 21Shares Active Ethereum Futures ETF” (ARKZ) and a “ARK 21Shares Active Bitcoin Ethereum Strategy ETF” (ARKY). We have two...Read More
As revealed by Lookonchain, a mysterious user of the decentralized perpetual exchange GMX raked in approximately $1,000,000 after the crypto market crashed in mid-August since they shorted Ethereum at a high price a month ago. The trader opened the short position on July 14, when ETH was worth around $2,000 (per CoinGecko’s data), and closed...Read More
An Ethereum address associated with the network’s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, transferred 600 ETH to crypto reading platform Coinbase, worth roughly $1 million at writing time. The transfer comes after crypto markets tanked last week, bringing ETH down to $1670 for the first time since June. Is Vitalik Selling His ETH? According to public blockchain data...Read More
In recent years, the non-fungible token (NFT) space has expanded into a billion-dollar industry, with Ethereum traditionally leading the way as the dominant ecosystem. Cardano, on the other hand, faced criticism from numerous quarters, being labeled a “ghost chain” due to its absence of a DeFi and NFT economy. However, the NFT landscape is undergoing...Read More
Lookonchain revealed that Andrew Kang (Co-Founder of the crypto-focused venture capital firm Mechanism Capital) lost over $430,000 in a single day after the recent crash of the digital asset market liquidated his long positions. Kang’s positions opened on August 18 included Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Arbitrum (ARB), as he traded with up to 100x...Read More
On Aug. 15, the Ethereum Foundation listed projects and community events that received funding in Q2. Furthermore, the Foundation spent a total of $9.2 million supporting projects, conferences, and industry research. The largest number of recipients were community and education projects which included more than ten summits and conferences. Time to round up all the...Read More
On Aug. 18, Bloomberg cited ‘people familiar with the matter’ claiming that the regulator is not likely to block the products which many companies have been waiting on. Ethereum futures ETFs are not entirely bullish for ETH because they allow institutional investors to short the asset. However, approval will be a big win for the...Read More
Is Bitcoin or Ethereum a better protocol for developers? A closer look reveals the answer may not be so obvious. Tony Cai – CEO of Bitcoin-based DeFi platform Atomic Finance and former Ethereum builder – published a Twitter thread on Wednesday explaining the different experiences of building apps on both networks, including the strengths and...Read More
Web3 decentralized domains service provider – Ethereum Name Service (ENS) – raked in $235,000 in fees on August 13. The figure is the highest since September 11, 2022. Over the past couple of years, ENS has stood as a mainstay within the Web3 realm, enabling individuals to generate easily understandable domain names and wallet addresses...Read More
Singapore Red Cross – a humanitarian aid and community services charity in the Asian city-state – allowed people to contribute to its cause via donations in digital currencies. The option became possible after a partnership between the organization and the crypto payment gateway Triple-A. ‘Coin a new Way to Give Today’ The charity entity revealed that individuals...Read More
Donald Trump’s latest public financial disclosure shows that he holds between $250,000 and $500,000 worth of Ethereum (ETH). Trump’s 2023 OGE financial disclosure documents, released recently, featured an item described as a “Cryptocurrency Wallet (Ethereum),” whose value the former President placed between $250,000 and $500,000. The content of the crypto wallet is likely tied to...Read More
However, fundamentals for the asset and network are as strong as ever. On Aug. 11, crypto industry and DeFi analyst Miles Deutscher highlighted some of Ethereum’s bullish fundamentals. “It’s hard not to be ridiculously bullish on Ethereum,” he said. Ethereum Fundamentals Strong Firstly, some of the world’s largest companies, such as PayPal, have chosen Ethereum...Read More
American payment goliath Visa is exploring ways to facilitate payment of on-chain gas fees through the use of a Visa card. In a recent report, Visa’s Product Manager Mustafa Bedawala emphasized a challenge associated with cryptocurrency wallets faced by users which requires them to constantly manage their ETH balance to cover gas fees. The company...Read More
In a recent video that has been widely shared, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, openly expressed his criticism of XRP. He stated that he believes XRP is still completely centralized. During a discussion about the criteria for crypto projects’ participation in the industry, Buterin mentioned that not every project is required to follow decentralization principles....Read More
Prominent Hong Kong-based e-gaming player – Boyaa Interactive International Limited – announced that its board of directors has approved a budget of $5 million to purchase cryptocurrencies. Informing the company’s shareholders and future potential investors, Boyaa said it will buy mainly Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) on regulated and licensed trading platforms in the coming...Read More
Ramp Network – a fintech startup that offers payment infrastructure to connect crypto and traditional finance – added support to the Ethereum Layer 2 chain Base. The integration will aid third-party developers and enable clients to convert dozens of fiat currencies into ETH and USDC. ‘Exciting Times Ahead’ According to a document seen by CryptoPotato, Ramp...Read More
The summer period’s lackluster trading activity is evident as digital asset investment products recorded outflows of $107 million this week. The profit-taking has gathered tremendous pace lately, with weekly trading volumes in investment products 36% below the year-to-date average. The wider on-exchange market has experienced a more significant decline, with volumes down 62% relative to...Read More
Responding to a Dogecoin influencer warning about scam coins, Elon Musk said Friday that X will never launch a token. And we never will — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 5, 2023 While that may be so, make no mistake about it — crypto and finance feature heavily in Musk’s plans for X.com. He recently teased...Read More
While Ethereum has been in a bear market for the past 30 days, there are chances that it will soon bottom out. One well-known crypto analyst has voiced concern over Ethereum’s (ETH) performance compared to Bitcoin’s (BTC), speculating that a major event could cause a large drop. What’s behind this bearish outlook, and what should...Read More
The first half of 2023 has brought an unexpected twist for the crypto market, which has always been a favourite target for cybercriminals. However, as the number of crypto hacks surged in an alarming fashion, a surprising trend began to emerge from hackers as they now started returning the stolen funds. This event surged exponentially...Read More
While anticipation over a potential Bitcoin (BTC) spot ETF has gripped investors, an Ethereum (ETH) ETF approval may also be waiting in the wings. Bloomberg analysts are now assigning 75% odds of one such product being approved in the United States this year. Ethereum ETF On The Horizon As tweeted by Bloomberg ETF analyst James...Read More
Ethereum’s legal status has been a subject of intense scrutiny and uncertainty within the United States, giving rise to debates and concerns in the cryptocurrency community. While XRP has secured its place in the legal framework, Ethereum’s position as a non-security remains unclear. This uncertain legal environment has ramifications not just for Ethereum, but for...Read More
An early user of the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) just reclaimed tens of thousands of Ether (ETH) that he’d locked up in the old ENS registrar over 4 years ago. Having appreciated substantially since that time, the value of those 39,712 ETH is now worth roughly $74 million. Reclaiming Old Funds According to blockchain analysts...Read More
Artificial Intelligence (AI) could potentially organize itself using a Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) structure, according to BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes. Traditional companies cannot operate without certain state-sanctioned entities such as auditors, accountants, lawyers, and bankers that serve as the “cartel of trust.” But with AI slowly taking over, it’s hard to imagine how an economic...Read More
Two separate whales each holding over 9 figures worth of crypto have transferred to holdings to exchanges over the past 24 hours. One whale owned an address that participated in Ethereum’s ICO back in 2014, and hadn’t moved his coins since. As revealed by the Twitter blockchain tracker Lookonchain, an Ethereum ICO participant moved 61,216...Read More
Over the weekend, the Aave DAO successfully launched the GHO stablecoin on the Ethereum mainnet. The dollar-pegged stablecoin was proposed in July 2022 as a way to allow users to mint GHO by supplying crypto collateral to Aave v3 in a similar system to MakerDAO’s DAI. The Aave DAO has successfully launched @GHOAave on the...Read More
The team behind Base – an Ethereum Layer 2 chain built on OP Stack in collaboration with Optimism – said its mainnet is available for builders to deploy their products. The entity will release a “Genesis Builder” NFT to commemorate those who entered the ecosystem from the get-go. However, it has no intentions of issuing...Read More
While the digital asset space may have been reeling under arguably the worst bear market in its history, users are mostly unfazed as transactions across various networks continue. Such transactional activity demonstrates the resilience of the market participants. As evidenced by the latest infographics shared by the prominent analytic platform, IntoTheBlock, not all blockchains are...Read More
As the sun rose on the global crypto market, Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, found itself in an upward correction mode. After a period of bearish rally, Ethereum has begun a correction phase, with its price inching towards the $1,900 mark. As Ethereum faces a market correction, the focus is on the...Read More
