Ethereum (ETH)

Bitcoin dipped further below the coveted $20,000 mark to chart another weekly low of just over $19,000. Ethereum also continues to struggle after the Merge implementation two days ago and has slumped below $1,450. Ripple, in contrast, is up by almost 8% daily. Bitcoin’s New Weekly Low The past several days have not been kind to the primary cryptocurrency as the trend changed on September 13. Back then, the asset was riding high and neared $23,000 after gaining over $3,000 in...

Grayscale – one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency asset managers – may be readying a cash-airdrop for holders of its Ethereum Trust and Digital Large Cap Fund. The cash grant represents the value of ETHPoW (ETHW) tokens that Grayscale investors are entitled to following the network fork, according to a company filing with the SEC on Friday. Free Money for Grayscale Investors? The filing declared Grayscale’s right to distribute the cash equivalent of ETHW tokens to its...

The United States Treasury Department added five cryptocurrency addresses to its sanctions blacklist. All wallets are connected to the Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary group – Task Force Rusich – that has participated in the Ukraine war. Prior to that, the Department sanctioned the Ethereum-based cryptocurrency mixer – Tornado Cash – and Blender.io (a software tied to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea). Weakening Russia’s Forces The US Treasury Department announced it...

Greenpeace USA – an environmental advocacy group – is calling out Bitcoin for having what it calls an “outdated and efficient” code system.  In a tweet on Thursday, the organization doubled down on claims that Bitcoin’s proof of work mechanism is contributing to the climate crisis. Instead, it suggested that the code be swapped out for a less energy-intensive mechanism like proof of stake.  Campaigning Against Mining The advocacy group’s statements were in response to...

The past seven days saw the successful transition of Ethereum’s network from a Proof-of-Work consensus algorithm to one governed by Proof-of-Stake. The event was described by many as one of the most significant technical achievements in the industry and is put on par by importance with Bitcoin’s halving. However, the total market declined by some $20 billion over the same period as many cryptocurrencies are charting decreases. Bitcoin is among the outliers in terms of price...

Kraken – a popular cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2011 by Jesse Powell – has recently offered its books to auditors to show them the company has heavy reserves of BTC, ETH, and Tether on file. Kraken Has Tried to Do a Lot of Good Kraken was founded in San Francisco, CA, which appears to be the ultimate hosting grounds for many crypto businesses considering this is long where Coinbase was stationed before deciding it was going to operate on a fully remote business...

Arthur Hayes – the co-founder and former CEO of one of the most popular cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges (BitMEX) – has laid out some thoughts on Ethereum’s Merge. In a recent tweet, Hayes argued that the only thing that matters (price-wise, seemingly), for ETH after the Merge is its net issuance. To those unaware, Ethereum’s transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake introduced a dramatic shift in the cryptocurrency’s issuance model. The summarized calculations of...

INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Sep. 15, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, has listed Arix (ARIX) on September 15, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the ARIX/USDT trading pair is now officially available for trading. As one of the most efficient DeFi aggregators, Arix (ARIX) enables users to access the most liquidity, lowest slippage and best exchange rate across Ethereum, BSC, and Polygon. Its native token ARIX has been listed on LBank Exchange...

Late August saw a huge flip in the digital currency arena. Bitcoin – the world’s largest number one digital currency by market cap – fell by several thousand dollars and eventually dipped below $22,000 for the first time in about three weeks, while Ethereum – the world’s second largest cryptocurrency and the main competitor to bitcoin – ultimately rose 100 percent from its June low of under $1,000 per unit and managed to surpass bitcoin’s level of growth. Ethereum Is...

Die norwegische Zentralbank Norges Bank hat bekannt gegeben, die Ethereum Blockchain für ihre Zentralbankwährung (CBDC) verwenden zu wollen. Dies repräsentiert einen entscheidenden Schritt in der Entwicklung digitaler Währungen in Ländern. Der Quellcode soll als Sandbox auf Github veröffentlicht werden. So stelle man eine Schnittstelle zum Testnetzwerk her. Bereits im Mai kündigte Norges Bank an, dass die Ethereum-Technologie in Zukunft eine...