The year 2019 took most crypto-projects on a wild ride, one filled with a mix of volatility, adoption, thefts, and expansion to and recognition in the mainstream. However, while some coins were occupied by the rough waves of price volatility, others sailed through. According to recent research by CoinMetrics, 50% of the top 18 coins...Read More
Bitcoin witnessed a turbulent 2019 and in spite of high volatility in the market, the king coin registered an impressive growth north of 90 percent. In Coinmetrics’ recent State of the Network report, Bitcoin’s performance with regard to various factors and other assets was evaluated, including fundamental properties and other adoption parameters. A section covered...Read More
The Ethereum mainnet has finally undergone the Muir Glacier hard fork. The update was activated at Block number 9,200,000 on 2 January 2020. At the time of writing, major cryptocurrency exchanges like Binance, Kraken, Bittrex, and Bitso were ready to support the upgrade, while exchanges like Coinbase, Bithumb, Huobi, Poloniex, Gemini and Bitfinex had not...Read More
Ethereum network has successfully completed its latest hard fork, although no official announcement is made. Muir Glacier activated on 2nd Jan 2020 at Block number 9,200,000. This hard fork brings in EIP 2384 improvement proposal. The upgrade will delay the difficulty bomb (known as “ice age”) that was increasing the average mining block time. Further,...Read More
The Ethereum Muir Glacier hard fork was successfully completed, once again delaying the mining “difficulty bomb” that threatens to freeze the network. Defusing the Bomb? Muir Glacier (EIP-2387) was initially proposed because of an underestimation in the onset of the difficulty bomb. As said by Tim Beiko, a product manager working at Ethereum: We thought...Read More
Since Tether’s (USDT) migration to other networks beside the BTC-based Omni protocol, significant shifts have taken place seeing the heavily-printed stablecoin rise to prominence also via Ethereum’s ERC20 standard and Tron’s TRC20 implementation. Ethereum-based USDT supply currently sits at over 2.2 billion tokens, while the Omni equivalent stands at around 1.5 billion. The Tron network...Read More
The world’s second-largest digital asset faced a major crisis on New Year’s Eve. As previously reported, some of the Parity Ethereum nodes failed to attain synchronization, with representatives of Parity fearing that a hack or attack might be underway. The Parity issue raised a lot of concerns within the community, with Liam Aharon, Software Developer...Read More
Another Ethereum hard fork is imminent but not all clients are ready for it. New Year lethargy has left many still unprepared for Muir Glacier which may affect Ethereum’s performance. Ethereum Forks Again At the time of writing the Muir Glacier upgrade is less than two hours away according to the countdown to block 9200000....Read More
New Year’s Eve attack nearly wreaks havoc. Ethereum experienced an attack this week that threatened to cause significant downtime. Beginning on Dec. 30, an attacker sent invalid blocks to the network, causing node operators using the Parity client to lose sync with the network. Sergio Demian Lerner, a cryptocurrency security consultant, explained on Twitter: The...Read More
In less than a decade, Bitcoin and Ethereum have captured the attention of people around the world. Born during the time of recession and excessive pessimism, Bitcoin aimed to revolutionize payments. Soon thereafter, Ethereum became the world’s leading smart contracts platform. However, when it comes to the distribution of coins, they differ vastly. Bitcoin and...Read More
Price-wise, Ethereum hasn’t had the best of years. The second-largest cryptocurrency, according to an analysis by Bitcoin educator Jimmy Song, has lost 18% against the U.S. dollar year to date, which comes in stark contrast to Bitcoin’s approximately 85% gains in 2019.Related Reading: Why Prominent Crypto Analyst Believes XRP’s Trajectory is PositiveWhile Ether’s performance has been harrowing...Read More
Ethereum is slowly moving lower towards the $125 support area against the US Dollar.The price is likely to extend losses as long as it is below the $132 resistance.There is a key declining channel forming with resistance near $131 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).ETH could decline in the near term...Read More
After reclaiming the $130 level earlier this past week, Ethereum (ETH) is currently struggling to hold above this level as bears attempt to take full control of the aggregated cryptocurrency markets.It is important to note that ETH’s current bearishness could cut deeper in the near-term, but analysts are noting that the cryptocurrency’s current price action...Read More
Bitcoin Bitcoin tested towards the lower end of its short-term trading range on the last trading day of December, as cryptocurrency traders looked to the BTC/USD pair’s yearly price close. The number one cryptocurrency traded around the $7,200 level in early Tuesday trading, marking a loss of around 2% from the weekly price open. At...Read More
2019 has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for those in the crypto sphere, and one thing that is on the mind of many is the upcoming Ethereum fork in January. As everyone knows, a hard fork is one of the most crucial events in the lifetime of any cryptocurrency, and when it happens...Read More
According to a recent warning by Parity, the fastest Ethereum client, it seems that Parity Ethereum nodes may be under attack, and users need to implement new updates. As the last day of 2019 took off, a new announcement was published on the website of Ethereum client, Parity. The announcement says that the company, Parity...Read More
An Ethereum wallet available as a Chrome browser extension has been found to be injecting malicious javascript code. ‘Shitcoin Wallet’ tries to scrape data from other open windows and send it to a remote server. MyEtherWallet And Binance Among Those Targeted The code was identified by security and anti-phishing expert, Harry Denley, who warned about...Read More
As of 31 December, an official announcement from Parity claimed that there might be an “attack underway” as some Parity Ethereum nodes were not syncing. Moreover, Bitfly, a blockchain service company, tweeted that they had received multiple reports that Parity nodes were falling out of sync on the Ethereum mainnet. Parity client allows fast synchronization...Read More
Virgil Griffith, the Ethereum Foundation research scientist arrested for allegedly aiding North Korea with sanction evasion, was released today on a $1 million bond just in time for the new year. Griffith was charged for violating federal law after traveling to North Korea to deliver a presentation on using cryptocurrency and blockchain. Allegedly, his talk...Read More
Ethereum is down around 4% from the $138 high and tested the $130 support against the US Dollar.The price is currently consolidating above the $130 support, with a few bearish signs.There is a connecting bearish trend line forming with resistance near $132 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).Bitcoin failed to stay...Read More
Ethereum has been free-falling for quite a while now and yet, the bottom doesn’t seem to be in yet. However, a largely bullish pattern has formed, with ETH bouncing in it and starting its mini-rally on the daily time frame. Daily Chart Source: ETH/USD on TradingView Although there is a formation of a bullish falling...Read More
The year 2019 began with a flat start. However, as the year progressed, hopes for another bull run gained momentum. However, it did not take much time for the community to notice that there was no bull run or alt season, but just another period where most cryptos shed their value. According to a research...Read More
Despite the lackluster price action seen by Bitcoin over the past several days, Ethereum (ETH) has been able to climb back above its previous resistance level at $130 and find some decent buying pressure at this price region, which has come about after an extended period of trading sideways just above its key support level...Read More
U.S. law enforcement filed in November criminal charges against Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith because he traveled to North Korea and taught “his audience how to use blockchain technology.” Griffith was arrested on Thanksgiving Day and has been forced to remain in prison the whole time. On Dec. 26, SDNY Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses refused Griffith’s...Read More
It was December 17, 2017, when Bitcoin hit its all-time high, and nearly a month later on January 12, 2018, Ethereum peaked at $1,400 per crypto token.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
Take one look at Bitcoin’s chart and you would assume that Ethereum, XRP, and all the rest have had a great 2019 too, but you would be sorely mistaken in saying that. Per previous reports from NewsBTC, since earlier this month, the price of ETH is actually down in 2019, which comes in stark contrast...Read More
The beginning of the new year will deliver a new hard fork for Ethereum, called Muir Glacier. Just a few weeks after the last one (Istanbul), the new fork should address the issues left from it and is supposed to happen on Wednesday, January 1st, 2020. Muir Glacier To Start 2020 According to the official...Read More
Ethereum is up more than 5% and it broke the $130 and $132 resistance levels against the US Dollar.The price is currently consolidating near the $135 level, with a positive bias.There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $131 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).Bitcoin also surged above...Read More
Ethereum (ETH) has chosen the year’s most inactive day to perform a hard fork. On January 1, the Muir Glacier hard fork, as it is known, is supposed to once again delay the difficulty time bomb. Difficulty Diffusion Simply Forgotten During Istanbul Hard Fork The reason for choosing that date is ignominious, as the developer...Read More
The precarious nature of Bitcoin’s recent price action does not lend itself to helping generate bullish price action amongst major altcoins, but one prominent analyst is noting that he believes Ethereum, XRP, and Bitcoin Cash are all decently positioned to see further upside against their USD trading pairs in the near-term.Other analysts concur with this...Read More
