Ethereum (ETH)

TL;DR BitPay now allows users to purchase tickets for Taylor Swift’s upcoming “Eras Tour Movie” concert using various cryptocurrencies, including XRP, SHIB, BTC, and ETH. To buy tickets, users should visit the AMC website, select the desired concert, and choose the crypto payment option during checkout. Increasing adoption of cryptocurrencies like XRP and SHIB may lead to a potential price rally, despite their recent price dips. Buying Tickets in Crypto The cryptocurrency...

The CoinList staking fund offers US accredited investors an opportunity to earn a yield on their digital assets through investment in a private fund. CoinList, an established launchpad for crypto-related projects, has announced the launch of its staking fund meant for the US select customers. According to the announcement, the CoinList staking fund will offer accredited investors in the United States to earn different yields from their digital assets. Some of the supported digital assets...

Leading liquid staking protocol Lido Finance revealed on Wednesday that 20 Ethereum validators related to one of its infrastructure partners had been slashed of their ETH holdings. The company said its penalties already amount to 20.04 ETH, currently worth $30,900. What is “Slashing?” In an update over Twitter, Lido said that the problematic validators – connected to the “enterprise-grade” Ethereum node provider Launcnodes – have already been taken offline. The following day,...

The crypto landscape has evolved significantly since the inception of Bitcoin (BTC). And market observers suggest Bitcoin Spark (BTCS), Avalanche (AVAX), Stellar (XLM), and Monero (XMR) are redefining crypto standards. Avalanche Avalanche is a blockchain platform that seeks to tackle the blockchain trilemma of scalability, security, and decentralization with its unique Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. Avalanche supports smart contracts and decentralized applications...

Litecoin is showing bearish signs and trading below $65 against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading below $63.50 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $63.40 on the 4-hour chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could start a decent increase if it clears the $65 resistance zone. Litecoin price is struggling below $65 against the US Dollar, like Bitcoin. LTC price could...

JPMorgan has announced a significant milestone, revealing that it successfully conducted its inaugural live blockchain-based collateral settlement transaction involving BlackRock and Barclays. This transaction utilized JPMorgan’s Ethereum-based Onyx blockchain and the bank’s Tokenized Collateral Network (TCN). BlackRock employed this system to tokenize shares from one of its money market funds, which were subsequently transferred to Barclays Plc to serve as collateral in an...

Researchers at Standard Chartered Bank recently claimed that Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, could rise to 500% of its current price by the year 2026. The bank’s bullish prediction follows a similarly optimistic forecast for Bitcoin (BTC), which it claimed could reach $120,000 before 2025. Why ETH Could Skyrocket Per a research report published by the bank on Wednesday, Ethereum’s dominance compared to other smart contract platforms combined with...

TL;DR Binance will delist 12 liquidity pools, including XRP/BUSD, from Binance Liquid Swap on October 17, with assets moved to users’ Spot wallets. The move aims to improve liquidity and transaction prices; it has no effect on Binance Spot trading. XRP’s price has seen a decline possibly linked to the delisting. Earlier, Binance removed 19 pairs, predominantly with BUSD, aligning with plans to discontinue BUSD support next year. Binance Removing 12 Trading Pairs The world’s...

The reason behind the decision to leave the Canadian market was not revealed by Bitstamp. Notably, the exchange follows Binance, OKX, and Bybit which announced their exit from Canada earlier. Luxembourg-based crypto exchange Bitstamp is planning to stop providing services in the Canadian market in January 2024. The deadline for withdrawing customers’ funds is January 8. Afterward, Bitstamp will deactivate Canadian users’ accounts. The announcement was shared by Bobby Zagotta, Bitstamp’s US...

Robert Linus – project lead at Bitcoin development group ZeroSync – has proposed a new system allowing developers to “compute anything on Bitcoin,” giving it functionality more similar to its neighboring crypto network Ethereum. Unlike other proposals to expand Bitcoin’s capabilities, “BitVM” does not require any changes to Bitcoin’s code that could cause the network and community to contentiously rift apart. What is BitVM? According to the project’s whitepaper published on...