Ethereum (ETH)

Cosmos – a blockchain network that developed the notion of the “app chain” (a blockchain dedicated to a specific application) – used to be one of the biggest and most well-known crypto networks around, but it’s fallen hard from grace following the crypto meltdown of 2022. Cosmos isn’t Doing so Hot Cosmos was largely tied to Terra USD, the algorithmic stable currency that fell apart completely in the summer of last year It appears the network has had a very...

Ethereum is now eight years of age, and many experts have come out to praise the world’s second largest digital currency by market cap. Ethereum is Now Eight Years Old! Ethereum first emerged in 2015 and was designed to be more of a network rather than a currency. This has worked well over the years given how much popularity it’s earned amongst developers who prefer its technology to bitcoin’s when it comes to creating new blockchains and assets. Not long ago,...

The partnership also includes an integration of Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) with the OKX DEX aggregator to enable USDC cross-chain swaps across Ethereum, Avalanche, Arbitrum and the OP Mainnet ecosystems Global crypto exchange OKX and stablecoin issuer Circle have partnered to bring USDC  features to the OKX Wallet and OKX DEX aggregator. This is according to a September joint announcement by the companies. Strap in for a next-gen USDC experience with #OKXWallet and...

An unknown Ethereum address that has existed for over eight years has just made its first transfer for 185 ETH. In another intriguing transfer of the day, 830 BTC were moved from an unknown wallet to Bitstamp. The on-chain monitoring tool Whale Alert outlined the ETH ICO participant and their behavior on September 7. The wallet, which was created over eight years ago, even before the Ethereum Initial Coin Offering, moved 185 ETH (worth just over $300,000 at the time of the...

Die Welt der Blockchain-Technologie hat in den letzten Jahren eine explosive Entwicklung erlebt. Eine der bedeutendsten Errungenschaften in dieser Welt ist zweifellos der ERC-20-Standard. ERC-20 steht für „Ethereum Request for Comment 20“ und ist ein technischer Standard, der auf der Ethereum-Blockchain basiert. Warum aber ist dieser Standard derart verbreitet und erfolgreich geworden? In diesem Artikel werfen wir einen genaueren Blick auf die Gründe hinter der weitverbreiteten Nutzung des...

Litecoin is showing bearish signs and trading below $66 against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading below $65 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $63.20 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 $66 resistance zone. Litecoin price is struggling below $66 against the US Dollar, similar to Bitcoin. LTC price...

Cathie Wood’s asset management firm, ARK Invest, has filed for the United States’ first Ether (ETH) spot ETF weeks after regulators placed the company’s Bitcoin ETF application on the backburner. Fellow investment manager VanEck has submitted a similar 19b-4 application, starting the clock for when regulators must approve or deny each submission. Ark’s Ether ETF Pitch In an S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday, the ARK21Shares Ethereum ETF...

With crypto market apathy in full effect, decentralized finance (DeFi) activity has plummeted across the board in 2023 – all but in one sub-sector. Liquid staking protocols are approaching an all-time high in total value locked (TVL), having appreciated nearly 293% since their June 2022 lows. The Rise of Liquid Staking According to DeFiLlama, liquid staking protocols now hold $20.5 billion in assets – up from slightly over $5 billion 15 months ago. Lido alone boasts $14.1...

On the 29th of August, Jeremy Allaire – the CEO of Circle, the company that mints and holds governance over USDC – announced that the popular stablecoin would be coming to Base and Optimism within a week. The launch was part of Circle’s plan to improve the utility of USDC by bringing the stablecoin to more blockchains in a native token, eliminating the need for bridged Ethereum tokens. The decision came shortly after the announcement of a new super chain agreement with...

Typically, in order to interact with Ethereum, participants have to use the so-called Externally Owned Accounts (EOAs). Today, EOAs are the only way to initiate a transaction or execute a smart contract. Naturally, this puts certain limitations on the way users can interact with the network. A simple example would be that it makes it challenging to do batches of transactions. A way to tackle the above issue is through account abstraction. The term itself carries specific...