Ethereum (ETH)

Besides its basic offerings, Wakweli is also bound to offer other advanced utilities or use cases that can add extra value to all Polygon users who adopt its solution. Wakweli, a Web 3.0 infrastructure service provider has inked a strategic partnership with Polygon, an Ethereum-based layer-2 protocol. According to the partnership details as contained in a Press Release shared with Coinspeaker, Wakweli will extend its Non-Fungible Token (NFT) certification technology to Polygon for the...

BTC dominance has been on a steady climb in the last few weeks. Bitcoin (BTC) price has surpassed the $28,000 level, marking an increase of 5.70% over the past 24 hours. Interestingly,  this comes as most other altcoins appear to be trading flat in the same period. For what it’s worth, the surge in price may be directly linked to new reports that Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) will resume operations today. That is after news that the recently-troubled bank has been acquired by North...

Leading DeFi protocol Lido revealed that its NFT unstaking scheme would come full circle after the Ethereum Shanghai upgrade.  Prominent decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Lido has announced plans to incorporate non-fungible tokens (NFTs) into its unstaking process. Yesterday, the largest DeFi protocol by total value locked intimated on the plans during its Node Operator Community Call #5. According to Lido, users will receive a transferable NFT that represents their request withdrawal...

The crypto analytics provider – Santiment – revealed that almost 90% of Ethereum’s supply is currently stored in self-custody addresses. The last time the figure was so high was in 2015, shortly after the protocol’s native token saw the light of day.  The new data comes at a time when investors seem to have lost some of their faith in centralized exchanges. Withdrawals from Binance soared in the past 24 hours, prompted by the recent clash between the platform and the CFTC. ...

Popular on the Ethereum blockchain, zk-proofs are also coming to the Bitcoin network. ZeroSync Association is bringing zk-proofs (Zero Knowledge) to Bitcoin (BTC) even as cryptographic techniques become popular on the Ethereum blockchain. Reports state that ZeroSync, a Swiss non-profit association, received sponsorship from crypto investment platforms Geometry Research and StarkWare Industries. The newly-formed association already has a working prototype, allowing users to validate the...

Ethereum price is struggling to climb above the $1,800 resistance against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading below $1,750 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $1,740 the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to move down if it breaks the $1,700 support zone. Ethereum price is declining below $1,750 against the US Dollar. ETH/USD remains at a risk of more downsides...

A US Federal regulatory agency just filed a lawsuit against Binance – the world’s largest crypto exchange – for a sweeping range of regulatory violations, spooking Bitcoin back down to $27,000.  Here’s what the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) believes the company and its CEO, Changepeng Zhao (CZ), are guilty of. Binance’s Violations According to the CFTC’s complaint, Binance has accepted orders and facilitated trade involving multiple digital assets for...

According to reports, the Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Beta offers lower gas fees and could see wider adoption of Ethereum scaling technology.  The Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Beta went live on Monday, March 27th, facilitating the deployment of smart contracts with increased finality and reduced costs. The release of the zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine beta to the public comes days after rival Matter Labs released its own zkEVM. One of the main attractions of the Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Beta is...

A lot can happen in a year and a half. The cryptocurrency market has been through a literal rollercoaster in terms of price, regulations, and overall development. Exchanges imploded, multi-billion dollar ecosystems collapsed, regulators are stepping in now more than ever, banks are shutting down, and whatnot. And it almost seems as if time is flying. In 2021, CryptoPotato attended Solana’s Breakpoint in Lisbon and had the chance to talk to Brandon Millman – the CEO of the...

The Kokomo Finance protocol has been found to be an elaborate exit scam after developers used wrapped Bitcoin to steal user funds worth $4M. According to reports, developers behind crypto lender Kokomo used Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) to perpetuate a $4 million exit scam. A CoinDesk report alleges developers pulled off the scam over the weekend after manipulating tokens to steal millions in user funds. The report further stated that these developers attacked the smart contract of wrapped...