Ethereum (ETH)

The power tussle between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over regulatory oversight of the crypto market continues to confuse investors about which rules to follow.  In line with the turf war conflict between the two market watchdogs, CFTC chairman Rostin Behnam has reiterated that Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) are commodities, not securities.  Behnam Says Ether is Commodity Despite PoS...

2022 is a year that saw a lot of chatter on layer-one protocols such as Ethereum, Solana, the BNB Smart Chain, Avalanche, and many others. The astronomic rise of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) revealed that most of the blockchains were unable to handle the load that comes with some form of mainstream adoption. Before Ethereum transitioned to Proof-of-Stake (read: The Merge), the network was oftentimes clogged, and transaction fees were unimaginably high. In fact, this prompted...

Ethereum’s price has been oscillating in a very compressed range between $1200 and $1400, showing minimum momentum to initiate a move to either side. However, the cryptocurrency is approaching significant dynamic levels, and the market is potentially close to showing its hand. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart On the daily chart, the price has been forming a large descending channel over the past few months, which has yet to be broken to either side. These channels...

News has come about that the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace has experienced a huge lapse in trading. So much, in fact, that it’s down roughly 97 percent from its all-time high recorded in January of this year. That means in just under ten months, the world of non-fungible tokens has practically become non-existent. The NFT Space Is Burning This cannot simply be attributed to the general collapse of the crypto market. It’s one thing to say BTC and ETH are suffering,...

Behnam made this remark while speaking at the Regulating Financial Innovation event on October 24, where he added that he thinks Gary Gensler, chair of the SEC, thinks otherwise or at least hasn’t certainly declared one or the other.Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Rostin Behnam has reaffirmed that Ethereum, the second-biggest cryptocurrency in the crypto market, is a commodity.Behnam made this remark while speaking at the Regulating Financial Innovation event on October 24,...

The CFTC has been working closely with the SEC to help provide crystal clear cryptocurrency regulations.The cryptocurrency market is getting shaped by global geopolitics. In the United States, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), under Chair Rostin Behnam, has been at the forefront of cryptocurrency industry regulations. However, it has been regarded as a friendlier regulator than the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).During a panel discussion hosted by law firm Lowenstein...

Ethereum price is gaining pace above the $1,300 level against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading above $1,320 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $1,320 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could climb further if it clears the $1,370 resistance zone. Ethereum price is rising above the $1,320 level against the US Dollar. ETH/USD could rise further if it clears the...

Kim Kardashian has agreed to pay a $1.26 million fine to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) due to what may have been an unlawful promotion of a new digital currency known as Ethereum Max. Kim Kardashian Settles with the SEC Kardashian is not in trouble for promoting the currency. This happens all the time with celebrities, though what Kardashian allegedly failed to do was tell all her social media followers she was promoting the asset that she had garnered...

It appears millennials are no longer interested in investing in crypto. At least not most millennials. A new survey suggests that the number of young investors seeking to put their money in assets like bitcoin and Ethereum has fallen from about 50 percent in 2021 to 30 percent in 2022. That’s a dip of about 20 percent – a big figure in just over a year. Millennials and Crypto Are No Longer a Match Much of this can likely be attributed to the idea that 2022 has been a...

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the crypto space in general have not been doing well for nearly a year. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap has fallen from its November 2021 all-time high of about $68,000 per unit to roughly $19,000 at the time of writing. That’s a loss exceeding 70 percent, and it makes the bearish conditions of 2018 look tame by comparison. The crypto market has also lost more than $2 trillion in valuation. Bitcoin Has Remained Somewhat...