Ethereum (ETH)

Leading Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution, Polygon, announced today that the much-awaited Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559 upgrade will go live on the mainnet next week. Polygon’s London HardFork Set to go Live In an official announcement on Wednesday, the India-based project noted that the upgrade, which will initiate the burning of MATIC, is scheduled to go live on the mainnet on January 18, 2022 at about 8 a.m. UTC. The EIP-1559 upgrade, commonly known as the...

Speaking to CNBC on Jan. 11, the billionaire investor said he looks for utility when researching crypto investments. He followed up with “tokens trading are the least important part of crypto” in a Tuesday tweet. Decentralized platforms leveraging smart contract technology and DAOs are his preferred choices, he stated. Tokens trading are the least important part of crypto. Being able to create businesses on decentralized platforms leveraging smart contracts, validators,...

In 2018, Siraj Raval purchased a Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle. Today, he doesn’t just use it to get from point A to point B… He uses it to mine cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and Ethereum. You Can’t Buy a Tesla with Crypto, but You Can Use it for Mining Raval has run bitcoin mining software on the Apple Mac mini M1 computer located within the car. He has also plugged an inverter into the 12-volt power socket located within the vehicle’s center. While engaging in this...

Washington-based real estate firm – Harbor Custom Development, Inc. – will reportedly start accepting digital currencies as payment for its residential homes, apartments, condominiums, and other properties as of January 24th. Crypto Making its Way in the Retail Estate Industry According to a recent coverage, Harbor Custom Development, Inc. (Nasdaq ticker: HCDI) will embrace numerous digital assets as a means of settlement. Some of the assets include Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum...

SEC chairman Gary Gensler hit the media headlines by avoiding directly answering whether or not he thinks Ethereum’s native cryptocurrency is a security. Instead, he took the opportunity to reiterate his pitch for a more comprehensive regulatory environment for the crypto sector. Gensler Fails to Clarify Ether’s Stance Gensler not answering the question on Ethereum’s regulatory status highlights the significance of the issue. As an MIT professor in 2018, he had noted that...

Key Support levels: $3K – $2750 Key Resistance levels: $3,300 – $3,600 ETH’s downtrend is currently taking a break, with prices pausing just above $3,000. The sellers seem unable to push the cryptocurrency lower after the latest attempt yesterday briefly took the price to $2,926 (Bitstamp) before it recovered back above the key support. The resistance is found at $3,300 and appears quite far away at the time of this post. Before buyers have the confidence to put ETH on the...

Ethereum price started a fresh decline from the $3,250 resistance against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading well below $3,500 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key declining channel forming with resistance near $3,150 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could start a steady upward move if there is a move above the $3,200 level. Ethereum price is struggling below $3,200 against the US Dollar. ETH/USD remains at a risk of a...

2022 has not started off well for most cryptocurrency traders. At the time of writing, bitcoin – the world’s number one digital currency by market cap – as well as many of its altcoin cousins are experiencing bearish activity that has seen them endure some of their biggest price drops in months. Bitcoin and Other Assets Are Experiencing Heavy Dips Bitcoin, for example, is presently trading for around $43,000 per unit. This is about $25,000 less than the all-time high it...

According to Joey Krug – Chief Investment Officer at digital asset investment firm Pantera Capital – Ethereum will continue to be superior to its rivals. Moreover, the exec believes Vitalik Buterin’s project could facilitate 50% of the global financial transactions in the next decade. Ethereum Is Not Likely to Be Challenged By Competing Networks In a recent interview for Bloomberg, Joey Krug – an early DeFi developer and CIO of Pantera Capital – predicted that Ethereum could...

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