Tether is back in the news, but this time it’s just moving house. Large numbers of the controversial dollar-valued token are migrating to Ethereum from Bitcoin’s OMNI layer, resulting in a boom in active USDT-ETH addresses. A Coin Metrics State of the Network analysis, released August 27, 2019, reports that the number of USDT-ETH active...Read More
Economists have long recognized the relationship between economic growth and investment in R&D. The correlation is as strong as it is intuitive: more investment in innovation leads to greater productivity, driving economic growth. Economic history also teaches us another lesson: alongside advertising and capital expenditure, investment in R&D is one of the first areas where...Read More
It is clear that gaming is becoming a global industry. Just recently, the Fortnite World Cup, sponsored by FIFA, took place in New York. Tens of thousands of people descended on a stadium to watch gamers duke it out over a $30 million prize pool. Millions watched online, social media was ablaze with talk of...Read More
Tether, Inc. has moved coins to the Ethereum network. The Ethereum network clogged. The USDT smart contract is presently taking up 31.55% of all Ethereum gas. EthGasStation team concluded reason as More Gold Token, an airdrop that took over the network in the past two months was a potential scam. MGC is an unknown and...Read More
Investors could be turning away from Ethereum (ETH). Uncertainty surrounding the timing of a move to a Proof of Stake mechanism, and fears of a price crash, have led to a significant decline in market sentiment. Hunter S. Thompson once famously observed that “There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved...Read More
ETH price failed to climb above the $195 resistance and declined recently against the US Dollar.The price is now trading below the $190 level and it seems like there could be more downsides.There is a short term breakout pattern forming with support near $186 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).The pair...Read More
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Bitcoin led recovery propels Ethereum above $190 hurdle but momentum lost steam shy of $195. A retracement from the three-day high at $194.14 currently seeks balance at $190. The cryptocurrency market recovered slightly from the weekend lows. Leading the recovery was the largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin which breached $10,600 resistance. Ethereum also made it above the...Read More
The Ethereum Foundation has unveiled over $2 million of funding for the development of Serenity or ETH2.0. The official announcement read, “We are today unveiling over $2M USD in Foundation-led and co-funded grant funding aimed at furthering Serenity (Eth2.0) development as we move nearer to the launch of the Beacon Chain.” The update is primarily...Read More
A recent tweet from Vitalik Buterin, the brainchild behind Ethereum blockchain, seems to indicate that he may be getting ready to leave the project soon. He said he feels the time is right for him to take the back seat from the role of leadership in the community. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has said that...Read More
The speculations to CZ’s Twitter teaser have proven to be true – Binance has now announced the upcoming launch of its crypto lending service. Users can earn up to 15% interest on BNB and other assets. Binance has officially announced its lending service which is expected to kick off on the 28th of August, at...Read More
Coinbase adds WalletLink functionality enabling its users to use dApps within the company’s wallet app. One of the most interesting dApps is IDEX – currently the world’s largest decentralized exchange (DEX). San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase added WalletLink functionality to enable its users to use dApps within the company’s wallet app. One of the most...Read More
Weekend trading has been largely lack luster as usual. Bitcoin spent most of the time hovering just above $10k while the altcoins stayed in bed. A Monday morning push in Asia has sent BTC up to a five day high but its brethren have yet to react.Bitcoin Dominance Reclaims 70%A few hours ago Bitcoin hit...Read More
Ethereum price attempts to make a leap above $190, making gradual gains to have a persistent trade. The coin was above the newly formed major resistance area of $200 in the past week until 19th August. Ethereum price had a major pull back in these 7 days wherein it was traded as low as $182.69,...Read More
The decentralized platform AirSwap, a trade network driven by the Ethereum platform, launched a tool, called AirSwap Trader, with which traders of over-the-counter (OTC) trades can agree on direct cryptocurrency exchanges, without intermediaries. The startup focuses on this type of over-the-counter market to allow operations to be carried out through smart contracts, which “constitute a...Read More
ETH price is currently correcting higher and is trading above the $190 level against the US Dollar.The price is still trading well below the key $195 resistance area.There was a break above a major declining channel with resistance near $192 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).The pair is struggling to continue...Read More
According to a recent report, support for Ethereum-based (ETH) ERC-20 standard compliant tokens is now available on Waves’ decentralised exchange (DEX). The exchange which recently launched a new gateway with Vostok and Ergo tokens support made it known on the 22nd of August that Waves‘ built-in DEX now supports ERC-20 tokens. Also, the team at...Read More
– DGaming, a technology company that seeks to make decentralized gaming as popular as traditional gaming, has announced that they’re upgrading their DGaming Store platform to host game item sales. To celebrate this release, they will be hosting a 12-day event which will be the most diverse sales event in the DGaming industry to date....Read More
Ethereum’s valuation thrived during the early May bull run and the coin’s valuation breached the $200 dollar mark. ETH consolidated comfortably in the higher range of $230-$280 before breaching the $300 dollar mark on 21st June. The valuation took a beating after bullish momentum receded and the coin was restricted under $230 after a massive...Read More
In the alternative asset sector, hedge funds have not been able to perform as well as the larger equity markets. Before Bitcoin (BTC) came into existence, billionaire investor Warren Buffett famously placed a $1 million bet (in 2007) that, in the next decade, the S&P 500 index fund would outperform any hedge fund portfolio. The...Read More
It has been another gloomy week for Ethereum, in terms of its price. Ethereum was valued above $200 dollars, at the beginning of the week (19th August) but at press time the price was under $190. The coin’s valuation plummeted by 5.48 percent over the past seven days and trade volume over the time period...Read More
ETH price remained in a bearish zone and even tested the $180 support area against the US Dollar.The price is currently correcting higher, but it is facing hurdles near $192 and $195.There is a significant bearish trend line forming with resistance near $192 on the 4-hours chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).An upside break...Read More
Bitcoin has been on a wild ride over the past several years, and despite a continuous influx of new participants into the nascent crypto market, many investors who jumped onboard in late-2017 and early-2018 have been badly burned by the recent bear market. Now, newly released data elucidates that Bitcoin and Chainlink have the highest...Read More
Ethereum and the aggregated crypto market has been closely tracking Bitcoin’s price action over the past week, which has resulted in a choppy trading session for ETH that has ultimately led it to drop back towards $185 – which remains a critical support level for the cryptocurrency.Although ETH is likely to find some support around...Read More
The opioid epidemic is the new devil Bitcoin is being blamed for inflaming, to be added to the already long list of heinous crimes crypto is supposedly responsible for, like terrorism, money laundering, and trafficking. While it’s painfully clear that the U.S. dollar is a much more common tool for these unethical and illicit activities,...Read More
Ethereum is up by 0.58% over the last 24 hours, and it maintains its value above 190 USD. The next resistance for Ethereum may come at 197 USD. In the last 1 month, Ethereum has made a volatile journey. With four major price shifts, the coin has seen the highest point at 237 USD and...Read More
According to new research, the recently alleged crypto asset Ponzi scheme PlusToken may be the largest in history. The study, conducted by Elementus, shows that around $2 billion worth of Ether (ETH) tokens were involved in the scheme.Given that the operation accepted payments in a range of other cryptocurrencies, as well as by the Ethereum...Read More
The Pantheon project basically aims to provide a number of Ethereum-based services built by ConsenSys’ strong engineering team called PegaSys. Ethereum is all set to join the open-source Hyperledger consortium. It would be the first public blockchain network joining Hyperledger as the latter’s technical steering committee approves a proposal for adopting the ConsenSys-backed Pantheon project....Read More
The crypto market is highly volatile and assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and EOS experience wild price swings. On cryptocurrency margin trading exchanges, these wild price swings are further amplified by traders trading on up to 100x leverage.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
Ethereum still cherished by dapp developers but Ethereum Network’s active users’growth is at its highest since January 2018. Not only this, but the active Dapp users of Tron and EOS are also somewhat showing growth. According to Q2 2019 Dapp Market Report, Dapp stays strong in Q2 with a total transaction volume of $3.28 billion,...Read More
