Ethereum (ETH)

The authorities of Colorado announced that state residents can now pay their taxes in cryptocurrencies instead of fiat. Among the supported digital assets are the two biggest by market capitalization – Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). Still, Colorado’s Revenue Department is not allowed to accept direct crypto payments, which is why it partnered with PayPal, which will help with the transactions. Colorado’s Pioneering Move The State’s officials disclosed that Colorado residents...

Ethereum layer-2 protocol Boba Network has announced the launch of its L2 scaling and augmenting solution on the Avalanche blockchain.  In a press release shared with CryptoPotato on Wednesday, Boba noted that the latest integration with Avalanche would further boost its status as a leading L2 scaling solution and provide developers network with a new low-cost ecosystem to build dApps. Avalanche Developers to Leverage Boba’s Hybrid Compute The integration allows Avalanche...

21Shares launches Short Ethereum ETP and Ethereum Core ETP After the successful Ethereum Merge 21Shares launches two new products – the 21Shares Short Ethereum ETP (SHETH) and the 21Shares Ethereum Core ETP (CETH) as part of the company’s Crypto Winter Suite – a set of products designed for the bear market. Eliézer Ndinga, Director of Research at 21Shares comments on the Ethereum Merge: “The Merge is arguably one of the most positive developments in...

The United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a lawsuit against prominent crypto influencer, investor, and entrepreneur Ian Ballina over an initial coin offering (ICO) dating back to 2018. The SEC accused Ballina purchased $5 million worth of SPRK tokens from Sparkster Ltd. and received 30% bonus tokens before he started promoting it on social media. He did not disclose that he was given an incentive to promote the ICO, the regulator has charged in its...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a lengthy blog post on Monday defending the usefulness of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs).  He outlined 3 reasons that DAOs have unique advantages compared to traditional corporations, and will not simply be outcompeted and obsoleted by the latter. Making Better Decisions A DAO is an emerging, blockchain-native, bottom-up governance structure without a centralizing hierarchy or CEO. Instead, the organization’s...

Ethereum price started a fresh decline from the $1,780 zone against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading below $1,500 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $1,390 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could start a fresh increase unless there is a clear move below the $1,280 zone. Ethereum price is struggling below $1,500 against the US Dollar. ETH/USD remains at a risk of more...

Mike McGlone – Senior Commodity Strategist at Bloomberg – argued that the crypto winter might last longer than previous market declines and the reason for it is the “Fed’s sledgehammer.” In the next few years, though, he expects the industry to emerge stronger than ever, with Bitcoin tapping $100,000 and Ethereum trading at $6,000 by 2025. He also touched upon “The Merge,” claiming that the event got “too hyped,” which is now causing short-term pain to investors. He also...

A hacker managed to steal $3.3 million worth of cryptocurrencies from several Ethereum addresses generated with the “Profanity” tool. The funds were drained even after the decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch warned users about discovering a severe vulnerability putting millions of dollars at risk. It had previously advised users owning wallet addresses generated with the Profanity tool to transfer their assets to a different wallet. 1inch Security Report In early 2022,...

After Ethereum’s switch to a proof-of-stake, the bears took control of the market. Investors have turned away from high-risk assets like equities and cryptocurrencies. The ETH weekly candle closed at $1,334 yesterday, which is a new low. Technical Analysis By Grizzly The Daily Chart The price is currently down 27% from the high of $1,789 reached on September 11th. The lowest level touched in today’s session is $1,280, which is just above the 200-week moving average (in...

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] At 06:43 (UTC) on Sept. 15, 2022, Ethereum completed its merge at the block height of 15,537,393 and officially switched to the proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. From then on, Ethereum bid farewell to the seven-year proof-of-work (PoW) mining era. At the same time, Ethereum had officially hard forked from Ethereum, retaining the PoW consensus. As the network token ETHW of the Ethereum forked chain, it has been actively opened for...