Ethereum (ETH)

On December 28, NFT artist Lucréce reported via Twitter that he is in talks with Arthur Breitman, co-founder of Tezos, to get an explanation from Manchester United soccer about why its new NFT collection uses designs and styles similar to his own. Lucréce’s collection is much older than United’s and has higher prices, reaching approximately 21 ETH ($24,919) per NFT. In contrast, each of the Red Devils’ 7,777 NFTs sold for about $40, running out of stock immediately after...

Grayscale – one of the largest bitcoin trusts in the world – says it’s not going to be sharing its proof of reserves with customers, causing a lot of heads to turn, eyebrows to hike, and fear to surge. Why Won’t Grayscale Spill the Beans? The concern amongst digital currency enthusiasts and analysts is that Grayscale is somehow not too far off the mark from where FTX stood. FTX is a failed digital currency exchange that was at one time considered the golden player of the...

New data suggest that the ecosystem is seeing record network activity. In the last two months, both layers – 1 and 2 – have collectively processed 152 million transactions. However, it is the layer two solutions such as Arbitrum, Optimism, and others that accounted for 58%. On the other hand, Ethereum mainnet transactions were observed to be hovering at their lowest point in over two years, which isn’t the case for layer two rollups. The latter is responsible for processing...

Decentralized finance protocol Defrost Finance has recovered funds from the hacker involved in the V1 flash loan exploit. In the latest blog post, Defrost said that it will soon start scanning the on-chain data to return the funds to their rightful owners. However, the platform said that it could take some time to distribute since different users had variable proportions of assets and debt, but assured that the process would be “concluded fairly swiftly.” “Please be aware...

Ethereum price is slowly moving higher above the $1,200 level against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading above $1,200 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $1,210 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could start a decent increase if it clears the $1,240 resistance zone. Ethereum price is struggling below $1,240 against the US Dollar. ETH/USD could start another decline if it...

Cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock has disclosed that a threat actor is trying to sell the users’ data of 400 million Twitter customers containing private information about celebrities, politicians, and companies. Some of the big names include former U.S. President Donald Trump, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, billionaire investor Mark Cuban, and lots more. Threat Actor Tries to Sell Private Twitter Data  According to Hudson Rock, the...

Glassnode data shows a decrease in the 7-Day MA of bitcoin leaving centralized exchanges with only 986.237 BTC getting withdrawn in the past week or so. The declining outflow could signal that investors have restored some faith in CEXs after the gigantic collapse of FTX. Billions of dollars worth of various digital assets were withdrawn from such exchanges amid FTX’s crash. Decline in Crypto Withdrawals Apart from crashing the entire cryptocurrency market and causing colossal...

DeGods and y00ts – have announced their departure from Solana and revealed that they would be migrating to Ethereum and Polygon. The two top NFT projects on Solana anticipate moving to new chains in the first quarter of 2023, according to their respective updates on Twitter. The duo stated, “The details of the bridge will be released when it’s ready & tested. This has never been done before at this scale. We want to make sure that it’s airtight.” Despite a rocky launch in...

Over the past few weeks, we saw a mini-rally that was initiated at the wedge’s lower boundary (shown below); however, Ethereum’s uptrend was halted by the 50-day moving average line significant resistance level. Since the rejection, ETH has seen consolidation in a very tight range. Another bearish leg might soon start unless the price breaks above $1236. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart After a sudden crash below the static support level of $1300, the price has...

PeckShield, the blockchain analytics and security company, reported earlier today that some BitKeep wallet users had their funds drained from the platform. According to the current estimations, the total amount stolen is roughly $8 million in various digital assets. After Hacktober, which was the worst month in the crypto industry in terms of hacks and exploits, the attackers seem to be back on the offensive as of now. The latest to fall victim is the BitKeep wallet,...