November 5 is finally here, and all eyes are on the United States as the country elects its next president – whether it will continue with its Democratic views as it did during the past four years or it will go back to the previous cycle when Republican candidate Donald Trump was in charge. As...Read More
The Ethereum Foundation, a non-profit that supports the second-largest blockchain, has been scrutinized lately, with community members questioning why it sells rather than stakes its ether (ETH) holdings. Now, blockchain co-founder Vitalik Buterin has responded, providing detailed insights into why the organization chose to sell. Commitment to Ethereum Development It all started with an October...Read More
Bitcoin has assumed its biggest price lead in recent history over the altcoin ecosystem, leaving Ethereum – its perennial number 2 – in the dust. The market capitalization of the OG crypto is now over $1 trillion greater than its runner-up, which has hit its lowest price point against its senior since early 2021. Bitcoin’s...Read More
The spot Bitcoin ETFs enjoyed another week of substantial inflows, with almost $1 billion entering the funds in the past five trading days. The same cannot be said about their Ethereum counterparts, which actually ended the week with minor losses. $1B Enters BTC ETFs Weekly CryptoPotato reported last weekend that the 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs...Read More
A crypto investor who participated in the Ethereum initial coin offering (ICO) in 2014 is offloading their assets, with the latest sale on October 24. Unfortunately, this could trigger a negative price momentum for ether (ETH) given recent similar developments. According to a tweet from on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain, the last time the Ethereum ICO...Read More
The Ethereum FUD is showing no signs of slowing while prices of the underlying asset remain weakened. ETH dumped more than 5% over the past 24 hours, falling from an intraday high of just over $2,600 to a low of $2,460. It has recovered marginally to trade at $2,550 at the time of writing, but it...Read More
Ethereum is currently facing a short-squeeze risk as depicted by the rising Estimated Leverage Ratio (ELR) which acts as a crucial indicator of market sentiment. As the ELR has increased over the past few months, it reflects a growing number of traders adopting high-leverage short positions. Ethereum Faces Short-Squeeze Risk CryptoQuant data, as shared by...Read More
The landscape around the spot Bitcoin ETFs turned highly positive in the past week, with the products attracting more than $2 billion in net inflows. This has become their best five-day trading period in this regard since mid-March. Massive Inflows for BTC ETFs It’s safe to say that it was a big week for the...Read More
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared his thoughts on the future of the blockchain, highlighting key improvements aimed at making the network faster, more secure, and accessible to more users. He said that while 2022’s transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) has been largely successful, some areas of the network still needed improvement. Faster...Read More
The spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs broke the negative streak registered last week and ended the current trading one with net inflows. However, the situation around the ETH ETFs is quite underwhelming, to say the least, once again. Bitcoin ETFs’ Demand Is Back CryptoPotato reported last weekend the dire landscape regarding the net flows toward...Read More
A study titled “ETFs and Beyond,” released on Oct. 10 by investment giant Charles Schwab, revealed that almost half of the respondents said they plan to invest in crypto ETFs. The survey of 2,200 investors, which was fielded from July 2nd to July 20, revealed that 45% of ETF investors were interested in crypto products. However,...Read More
It has been almost three months since the launch of the exchange-traded funds tracking the performance of the second-largest cryptocurrency, and CryptoQuant decided to observe the differences between their inflows compared to the data from the BTC ETFs’ initial days. The numbers don’t lie, and they clearly rule in favor of BTC. ETF Battle Between...Read More
On Oct. 10, crypto researcher ‘FreeSamourai’ told his X followers that around 7,000 ETH of the remaining 542,000 ETH from the PlusToken seizures was sent to exchanges. This indicates “intent to begin selling the remaining tokens,” they stated, but this remains to be seen, and no major selloff has occurred yet. The remaining stash of...Read More
After being on a highly impressive streak of net inflows, the landscape around the 11 US spot Bitcoin ETFs changed in the past week, perhaps due to the geopolitical tension in the Middle East. The Ethereum-based funds are also in the red on a weekly scale, while the two underlying assets’ prices crashed to local...Read More
An Ethereum ICO participant has sold another 19,000 ETH over the past two days. This freshly offloaded stash is worth around $47.54 million at the current price. This entity had previously received 150,000 ETH during the genesis at an ICO cost of just $46.5K. Dormant Ethereum ICO Participant Resurfaces As flagged by on-chain transaction analytics...Read More
Ethereum’s five-week decline has been reversed as ETH-based product inflows jumped to $87 million during the previous week. According to Coinshares, this was the first measurable inflow since early August, and it comes amidst a significant revival across digital asset investment products. The latest edition of the European asset manager weekly report revealed that digital...Read More
US investors showed increased demand for the spot Bitcoin ETFs during the entire trading week, with more than $1 billion entering the 11 such US-based funds. Interestingly, the interest for their spot Ethereum counterparts has also picked up, as they registered their second-best week since going live in July. Over $1B in Bitcoin ETFs in...Read More
A cryptocurrency trader has made headlines by securing a profit of $131.72 million through a strategic investment in Ether (ETH). This notable trade was made during the 2022 bear market, after which the individual held onto the assets through volatile market conditions. The Investors Strategy Blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain has identified an Ether address that...Read More
Trading app eToro recently reached a settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC announced Thursday that eToro “agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle charges that it operated an unregistered broker and unregistered clearing agency in connection with its trading platform that facilitated buying and selling certain crypto assets as securities.” But...Read More
Spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US saw an aggregate inflow of $202.6 million on Monday, Aug. 26, according to preliminary data from Farside Investors. This marks the second-largest day of inflows for the month and the eighth consecutive day in green for the investment products. Additionally, 12 of the past 14 trading days have seen...Read More
According to data from Soso value, Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Trust contributed the bulk of the total amount with $14.2 million in net inflows. It is closely followed by Fidelity’s FBTC and Bitwise’s BITB, with $10.7 million and $10 million in inflows, respectively. BlackRock’s IBIT, which is the largest spot Bitcoin ETF by net assets, recorded...Read More
Ether’s price has had trouble pushing past above $2,750 this month. Within the past 30 days alone, Ether has shed over 24% of its value. However, a recent analysis suggests that the world’s largest altcoin may be in the late stages of its current market correction. This narrative is backed by two key on-chain metrics...Read More
Gas fees on the Ethereum network have been declining since March 2024, but last week, they hit a level not seen in the past five years. Data on the crypto analytics platform Dune shows that the median Ethereum gas fee fell below 2 gwei last week for the first time since 2020. Median Ethereum Fees...Read More
Investors are eagerly awaiting the launch of spot Ethereum ETFs this month. But reports of delays appear to have vexed investors. But once spot Ethereum ETFs hit the floor, these new products are estimated to attract net inflows of $3-$5 billion within the first six months of trading, according to a recent report published by...Read More
Asset managers are optimistic about Security and Exchange Commission approval for the first U.S. ETFs directly investing in Ethereum, possibly by mid-July. The SEC has given ETF applicants until July 8 to submit updated paperwork and amended S-1s, with potential additional rounds of filings. There may be an additional round of filings after the one...Read More
Vitalik Buterin, the Ethereum co-founder, has announced new strategies to reduce the transaction confirmation times on the Ethereum network. Acknowledging the necessity for faster transaction speeds, he highlighted the need for latencies in the “hundreds of milliseconds or even less” for certain applications. New Strategies to Reduce Transaction Time In a June 30 blog post,...Read More
Ethereum’s (ETH) dramatic rally to the $3,700 price zone has put a substantial portion of the cryptocurrency’s holders in profit, boosting their investment returns significantly. According to a tweet by IntoTheBlock, 90% of market participants holding ETH are currently in profit, while the remaining 10% are at the money. No ETH holder is at a...Read More
Ether (ETH) surged 10% on Monday in the span of a few minutes following credible rumors that the asset could receive its own spot ETF in the United States within days. ETH traded for $3150 on Monday at 17:44 UTC, before surging to $3450 within 25 minutes. This followed a tweet from Bloomberg ETF analyst...Read More
Over the years, analysts and developers have touted Ethereum as a deflationary network, presenting the blockchain as ultrasound, aligning with Bitcoin’s sound money principle. However, that seems to have changed with the network’s latest upgrade. CryptoQuant analysts revealed in the firm’s latest weekly report that Ethereum ceased to be a deflationary network after the Dencun...Read More
Ethereum may have lagged behind its peer altcoins this bull season, but its rebound has been swift. Over the past week, ETH has climbed by nearly 10%, pushing its price above $3,600. In fact, LunarCrush’s latest analysis indicates that Ethereum is displaying “ultra strong” activity and even outshining numerous other assets in the market. Renewed...Read More
