Ethereum (ETH)

The single edition non-fungible token (NFT) of professional basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo was sold for 113.9 ETH ($187,000) on Sorare NBA over the weekend. Sorare NBA is a licensed NFT-driven fantasy basketball game, and the sale set a new milestone, being the platform’s highest single transaction since its launch in October 2022. The 1/1 Antetokounmpo NFT was auctioned through Sorare NBA’s Ethereum-based platform. The sale price of the NFT was thrice the price of the...

Ethereum’s uptrend has been halted after reaching the major resistance at $1.7K. The price action seems choppy, while a short-term correction is what many expect. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart Ethereum has surpassed the 200-day moving average and the multi-month channel’s upper trendline due to the recent bullish move of the whole market. However, the price declined from the major resistance level of $1.7K and is now consolidating beneath it. On the other hand,...

Ethereum price is correcting gains below the $1,650 level against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading near $1,630 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key contacting triangle forming with support near $1,610 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could climb further if it stays above the $1,600 support zone. Ethereum price is consolidating above the $1,600 level against the US Dollar. ETH/USD could rise further if it clears the...

Scaling Ethereum has undoubtedly been one of the hottest topics in the past months. The network’s transition to a proof-of-stake consensus algorithm in September 2022 was a huge milestone in this regard, as it opened the door for many different scaling solutions to be implemented. While Ethereum developers are working on ways to scale the network natively, the power of layer-two solutions is only beginning to manifest. Concepts such as zero-knowledge proofs are now becoming a...

Over the past few weeks, traders and analysts everywhere have been talking about how great bitcoin and Ethereum are doing. We’ve also published a few articles talking about the January price booms witnessed by BTC investors. Bitcoin Is in a Good Spot, but What About the Rest? Ending the 2022 year in the mid-$16K range, it appears bitcoin has made its way back up the financial ladder and is now trading for more than $19,000, something we haven’t seen since mid-November of...

Leading decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap v3 will be deploying on Ethereum’s layer 2 protocol Boba Network following a successful governance vote from the Uniswap community. The proposal was earlier submitted by the Boba Foundation and FranklinDAO with backers including GFX Labs, Blockchain at Michigan, Gauntlet, and ConsenSys. 51.01M Voted Yes on the Proposal In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the community overwhelmingly voted in favor of the proposal, with...

StarkWare – a company focused on Ethereum scaling – will open-source its Zero-Knowledge (ZK) software. StarkWare announced today that it plans to open-source its STARK Prover – the engine that’s designed to generate cryptographic proofs that compress hundreds of thousands of transactions for submission to Ethereum in fewer kilobytes than a smartphone photograph. This is also the technology that powers Starknet and StarkEx – solutions that have reportedly scaled more...

As Ethereum exits its recent consolidation range and aims for the next significant resistance level, the price action leans positive. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart On the daily chart, the price has been consolidating in a tight range over several weeks. However, it finally seems that a bullish continuation is the most probable scenario. In this case, the $1800 resistance level and the higher boundary of the large symmetrical triangle could finally be tested in...

2022 was not a great year for decentralized finance (DeFi). The industry saw implosion in itself thanks to the unsustainable high yields that eventually caused the model to collapse. But DeFi is far from dead. A similar sentiment was echoed by prominent Web3 developer Andre Cronje, who said he does not believe that high yields are “long gone” and that DeFi is seeing almost “zero growth.” DeFi Will Still Simply be DeFi At present, the real yields for ETH, USDT, DAI, and USDC...

Blockchain security firm PeckShield has disclosed a series of transfers from three addresses, including one from crypto exchange Bitfinex to Alameda Research’s consolidation wallet. According to Etherscan, the address labeled “Alameda Consolidation” received $13 million worth of crypto assets from three different wallets. The first belongs to the leading crypto exchange Bitfinex. It transferred approximately 6 million USDT and 1,545 ether (ETH), amounting to roughly $8.5...