Ethereum (ETH)

What a week… The United States Securities and Exchange Commission finally greenlighted a spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). Those of you who’ve been following the industry for many years know that this has been one of the most highly-anticipated moments, and it’s absolutely monumental how far the industry has come in 2024. But the process itself was particularly scuffed, to say the least. First, the SEC’s X account was compromised, and the attacker tweeted (falsely)...

NEAR Foundation announced plans to cut its team down by about 40% as part of its realignment initiative, impacting 35 employees. In 2023, the NEAR Protocol managed to host three of ten top Web3 apps, achieve a record number of users daily, and gain more Ethereum community partnerships. NEAR Foundation Realignment Efforts NEAR Foundation has released an update through a blog post that its layoff will mainly affect community, business development, and marketing teams. Notably,...

During a recent Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) event organized by the Ethereum Foundation’s research team, the protocol’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin suggested a “modest” increase in its gas limit to improve network throughput. Buterin noted that the gas limit has not been increased for nearly three years, marking the longest period in the protocol’s history. The Gas Limit Proposal “Honestly, I think doing a modest gas limit increase even today is reasonable,” said Buterin...

Litecoin is gaining pace above the $68.00 resistance against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading above $68.80 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $71.00 on the 4-hour chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could gain bullish momentum if it clears the $71.00 and $72.00 resistance levels. Litecoin price is recovering from the $63.50 zone against the US Dollar, like...

Steve McClurg, co-founder and chief investment officer of Valkyrie Funds, has suggested the potential approval of Ethereum or XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) following the expected launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs in a recent Bloomberg interview. The prediction comes from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is reportedly likely to approve Valkyrie’s Bitcoin ETF, whereby trading is anticipated to commence as early as Thursday. XRP And Ethereum Spot ETFs on the...

Ethereum price is eyeing an upside break above the $2,350 resistance against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading above $2,280 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There was a break above a key bullish flag pattern with resistance near $2,250 on the 4-hour chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could climb further if it stays above the $2,250 support zone. Ethereum price is consolidating above the $2,300 level against the US Dollar. ETH/USD could rise...

The digital asset investment products experienced inflows of $2.25 billion throughout the entire 2023. This places it as the third-best year based on data dating back to 2017, with 2020 recording $6.6 billion and 2021 reaching $10.7 billion, according to the latest report by CoinShares. As such, the inflows for 2023 were 2.7 times higher than those observed in 2022, marking a substantial rebound for the asset class. The majority of this recovery occurred in the final quarter,...

Ethereum’s price is currently finding it difficult to rally higher following weeks of aggressively bullish price action. Yet, there are still several support levels nearby that could keep the cryptocurrency from dropping lower. Technical Analysis By TradingRage The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, the price has been on the rise since breaking above the 200-day moving average and the large descending channel. While ETH is still trading above the key $2,000 level, it is...

The surge in crypto activity in late 2023 benefited Avalanche (AVAX) and NuggetRush (NUGX). Specifically, Avalanche, the modern, fourth-generation blockchain, reversed losses and emerged as one of the top-performing coins, even better than Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC), partly because of the success of COQ, a meme coin similar to PepeCoin (PEPE). On the other hand, as Ethereum’s decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible token (NFT) activity recovered, investors have...

This week has been quite eventful in terms of Bitcoin’s price action. In general, the total market capitalization increased by some $20 billion, which came on the back of a slight uptick in BTC. Most of the altcoins are trading in the red, so let’s have a look at what happened. First things first, Bitcoin is currently sitting at slightly below $44K, registering an increase of 2% for the past seven days. This also makes it the best performer from the top 10… by far. The week...