The recent data from QCP Capital has gained massive attention from crypto traders, especially Ethereum traders, as it suggests that Ether is poised for a significant upside rally before December 2024. According to the data, Ethereum options traders have bought over 20,000 contracts targeting the $3,000 level, set to expire on December 27, 2024. Ethereum...Read More
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has announced a shift in his endorsement strategy for Layer 2 (L2) scaling solutions. Beginning in 2025, he will only publicly support L2 projects that have reached at least Stage 1 in their development, with a possible short grace period for new and genuinely interesting projects. Buterin Shifts Focus to Layer...Read More
The largest US-based crypto trading platform announced that its Wrapped Bitcoin product (cbBTC) has gone live on two blockchains – Base and Ethereum. This comes months after the company integrated the Lightning Network for BTC transfers. The announcement by the exchange informed that the Wrapped Bitcoin (cbBTC) will be “backed 1:1 by Bitcoin (BTC) held...Read More
After Bitcoin (BTC) dipped to $55,500 and Ethereum (ETH) dropped to $2,200 earlier this week, many expected further struggles across the crypto market. However, contrary to the expected downturn, altcoins have experienced a surprising rally. This renewed momentum in the sector highlights the resilience of smaller projects despite widespread fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) among...Read More
On Sept. 10, ITC Crypto founder and CEO Benjamin Cowen identified a wedge chart pattern this cycle similar to previous cycles in 2019 but several orders of magnitude larger. He said that the ETH/BTC structure bottomed after an interest rate cut in 2019, and it appears to be mirroring that pattern now with an impending...Read More
Since Ethereum underwent the Merge two years ago, its performance relative to Bitcoin has declined significantly. From gradually losing its reputation as ultra-sound money, ether (ETH) is currently a few steps away from falling into the undervaluation territory. Blockchain analytics platform CryptoQuant has identified the major drivers of Ethereum’s underperformance since the Merge, including inflationary...Read More
That is if Ethereum can weather three big price hurdles ahead of it in September, The Dencun upgrade’s introduction of low-cost blobs for Layer-2 blockchains to quickly scale the network to peers has unleashed a torrent of activity on Ethereum’s decentralized smart contract network. Since then, gas fees in ETH on the base layer of...Read More
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has pledged to donate all Layer 2 (L2) tokens he holds to support public goods within the Ethereum ecosystem or broader charitable causes. This announcement comes a few days after accusations that he had sold millions in Ether (ETH) for personal gain. Vitalik Buterin Denies Profit Motive Buterin was quick to...Read More
In this ongoing market sell-off, WazirX exploiter and Ethereum foundation have moved millions worth of Ethereum (ETH) and made the sentiment more bearish. Recently, the on-chain security firm CertiK Alert made a post on X (previously Twitter) that the exploiter transferred a significant 3,000 ETH worth $7 million to TornadoCash. WazirX Hacker Shifting Millions of...Read More
Ethervista, which is being described as the “Pump.fun” of Ethereum, released its whitepaper on Aug. 31, claiming to be a “value-compounding deflationary currency” with the token VISTA. Pump.fun is a Solana-based marketplace that allows users to easily create and distribute their own tokens, which are primarily meme coins. Its gas usage has surged to become...Read More
Digital asset investment products witnessed $305 million in outflows last week, with negative sentiment widespread among various providers and regions. CoinShares attributes this to stronger-than-expected economic data from the United States, which has lowered the probability of a 50-basis point interest rate reduction. The asset manager further expects that as the Federal Reserve approaches a...Read More
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has once again transferred a large amount of ETH, sparking fresh discussions within the crypto community. According to a report from Lookonchain, Buterin moved 800 ETH with an estimated value of $2.01 million to a multisig wallet. Shortly after, 190 ETH from this wallet was swapped for 477,000 USDC, a stablecoin...Read More
With Ethereum price reclaiming the $2,500 mark, top altcoins have displayed a significant uptrend in their respective portfolios. Moreover, Ethereum-based altcoins have recorded a similar price action by breaking out of their resistance levels. Planning on investing in these tokens but concerned about their future? That has fueled questions like “Will ETH price reclaim $3K?”...Read More
Cryptocurrency projects heavily focus on incentivization to generate interest in their brand and products. Airdrops serve as a dual-purpose strategy, both introducing users to the project and rewarding them, effectively functioning as a combined marketing and reward system. There has been a good number of airdrops this year. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin highlighted the potential...Read More
The Dencun upgrade in March 2024 was a significant milestone for Ethereum, but it also brought about unforeseen challenges, particularly for Layer 2 networks. Christine Kim, a researcher at Galaxy, highlighted that this upgrade inadvertently led to an increase in transaction failures across these networks. Ethereum’s Layer 2 Networks Face Challenges Kim’s August 21 analysis,...Read More
On Aug. 19, industry research firm Kaiko reported that Ethereum’s gas fees have recently hit five-year lows. According to Etherscan’s Gas Tracker, the average network fee on layer-1 Ethereum is currently 2.15 Gwei or just $0.13, the lowest it has been since 2019. This fall has been driven by increased layer-2 activity and the Dencun...Read More
The second quarter of 2024 ended with major United States banks offering institutional exposure to spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Numerous second-quarter 13F filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that these Wall Street giants acquired substantial shares of different spot Bitcoin ETFs for their clients. In the coming months, these entities could...Read More
According to recent data from Token Terminal, the Tron network has overtaken Ethereum in terms of revenue generation. Over the past 90 days, the blockchain network has accrued approximately $435 million in fees, outpacing Ethereum’s $364 million. Tron’s Revenue Surpasses Ethereum by 50% Tron’s founder, Justin Sun, took to X on August 15 to highlight...Read More
Crypto algorithmic trading platform and market maker Jump Trading has resumed its ether (ETH) sales, offloading more than 17,000 ETH worth over $46.44 million on Wednesday. An X post by blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain disclosed that Jump Trading claimed the assets from the liquid staking protocol Lido and moved them out for sale in batches...Read More
Ethereum’s Layer 2s are bustling with activity. The latest data suggest that the ecosystem has reached a new record for daily transaction volume. In fact, these networks were also found to hold now more stablecoins than Solana and Binance Chain combined. Ethereum Layer 2 Ecosystem Growth According to the stats compiled by Growthepie, the daily...Read More
Ethereum has seen the greatest advantage from the recent market downturn as investors appeared to have viewed the price weakness as a buying opportunity. In fact, data suggests that Ethereum has managed to attract $155 million in inflows over the past week. According to CoinShares, the latest round of inflows boosted its year-to-date total inflows...Read More
The Ethereum network is currently experiencing its lowest level of ETH burning this year. Data suggests that the base fee briefly tumbled to a multi-year low of almost 0.8 Gwei. This significant drop in base gas fees has led to a reduction in ETH issuance, with only 210 ETH burned on August 10th, which represented...Read More
According to Grayscale Research, Bitcoin might revisit its all-time high later this year if the U.S. economy avoids a recession. This optimistic outlook follows a period of stabilization in both crypto assets and broader financial markets, which had faced sharp declines from Friday, August 2, through Monday, August 5. Grayscale Predicts Bitcoin Rally In an...Read More
Solana (SOL) the world’s fifth-biggest cryptocurrency has outperformed Ethereum (ETH) in terms of price surge and trading volume over the last 30 days. Today, on August 1, 2024, a blockchain media outlet Wu Blockchain made a post on X (previously Twitter) stating that Solana has surpassed Ethereum in monthly Decentralized Exchange (DEX) trading volume. Solana...Read More
Solana has surpassed Ethereum in total transaction fees and maximum extractable value (MEV) tips for the first time in a weekly timeframe since its launch. According to data from Blockworks Research, Solana generated approximately $25 million in revenue during the week of July 22, surpassing Ethereum’s $21 million. Solana’s Milestones Dan Smith, a Blockworks analyst,...Read More
A wallet associated with the Ethereum Foundation has transferred 92,500 ETH, worth $294.9 million, after being inactive for nearly 6.6 years. According to Lookonchain, these tokens have been held at the same address since 2017. The Transfer Details On-chain data indicates that the ETH was originally received from the Ethereum Foundation on September 1, 2015....Read More
Investment in digital asset products continued to rise, with inflows reaching $1.35 billion last week, totaling $3.2 billion over the past three weeks. Trading volumes for Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) also saw a significant increase, up 45% week-over-week to $12.9 billion. However, this accounted for a lower-than-usual 22% of the overall crypto market volumes. Bitcoin...Read More
Over the past ten years, Ethereum has transformed the blockchain landscape. From its initial coin offering to becoming the second-largest crypto by market cap, Ethereum has continuously evolved, implementing major upgrades like the shift to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) and Layer 2 scaling solutions and cementing its position as a cornerstone of the Web3 ecosystem despite the...Read More
Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of Input Output Global (IOG) and the Cardano blockchain platform, believes that re-electing President Joe Biden is a vote for the death of the American crypto industry. While strongly refuting Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s stance on political engagement, Hoskinson advocated for a more aggressive approach to safeguarding the industry while simultaneously...Read More
Scroll, a ZK rollup Layer 2 network, is up 23% over the past seven days to reach a TVL of $1.03 billion, according to L2Beat data. Meanwhile, the total value locked for all Ethereum Layer 2s is up 12.04% over the last week to reach $42.04 billion. Scroll Hits $1 Billion TVL Scroll has become...Read More
