Ethereum (ETH)

According to CME Group market data, a total of 388 Ether futures contracts exchanged hands on the first day of trading.The second digital asset by market capitalization Ethereum is now exposed to institutional investors through regulated Ether Futures on the Chicago Mercantile Group. Notably, Ether Futures recorded a whopping $30 million in traded volume on its CME debut.“As institutional demand for transparent, exchange-listed crypto derivatives continues to increase, we are pleased to...

The popular Layer-2 scaling solution for the Ethereum blockchain, Matic Network, has rebranded its project to Polygon. Upon the name change, Polygon also announced plans to enhance its support for the Ethereum network to scale faster and reduce the growing transaction costs.Matic Network Becomes PolygonKnown as Matic Network until today, the project serves as an open-source scaling solution for the Ethereum network, backed by two of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges – Binance and...

The regulated stablecoin fully backed by the US dollar, Stably USD (USDS), will launch on the popular public blockchain – Tezos as a part of an ongoing collaboration between the two parties. The stablecoin issuer aims to target lower fees with the Tezos network, which recently went through an upgrade that decreased the costs by about 75%.USDS Comes To TezosIssued until now on the Ethereum blockchain, Stably USD (formerly known as StableUSD) is a US dollar-pegged stablecoin fully backed 1:1...

With its massive $1.5 billion purchase of bitcoin, the electric vehicle giant Tesla has inadvertently helped the cryptocurrency to surpassed it in terms of market capitalization. With BTC’s price skyrocketing to new highs and its market cap following, bitcoin is now ranked as the 7th largest asset.Bitcoin Surpasses Tesla For The 7th SpotElon Musk’s Tesla shocked the world after it filed Form 10-K with the US SEC, in which the founded in 2003 clean energy giant said it had purchased $1.5...

Ethereum price is showing a lot of positive signs above the $1,500 and $1,650 resistance levels against the US Dollar.ETH price is currently trading well above $1,700 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $1,480 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase).The pair seems to be eyeing an upside break above $1,800 and $1,850 in the near term.Ethereum price is about to break higher above $1,800 against the US Dollar. ETH/USD is...

Ethereum – the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap and the number one competitor to bitcoin – has shot up like no other currency this week. The asset has lost much of the attention thanks to bitcoin once again rising beyond the $37,000 mark in the past few days, but it has still set a new precedent and has traders talking about what’s to become of the world’s primary altcoin.Ethereum Is Growing Like No Other CoinEthereum initially began in 2015, which makes it considerably...

ETH/USD – Bulls Return To Previous Trend Line For SupportKey Support Levels: $1685, $1600, $1493.Key Resistance Levels: $1764, $1784, $1800.Etheruem had been trapped within an ascending price channel for the majority of January 2021. It finally broke above it last Wednesday. The coin climbed until meeting resistance at $1,764 (1.618 Fib Extension) on Friday – setting a new ATH.Over the weekend, ETH dropped lower from here, spiking as low as $1476 (.236 Fib) yesterday. More specifically, it...

Cryptocurrency trader Scott Melker stated that technical analysis supports the prediction that Bitcoin may soon surge to $63,000.The total crypto market value after taking a nosedive for a couple of weeks took a swift turn to record an all-time high value of above $1.21 trillion on February 6, 2021. These huge gains were largely contributed by the Bitcoin price after it nearly broke its all-time high of around $42,000 set in January 2021.Ethereum supported the movement with an incredible...

The crypto market is heating up again. After trading whipsaw for over a week, Bitcoin and altcoins are showing signs of rallying. Bitcoin is up 5.5% to $38,288 while ETH gained over 8% to $1,695. ETH performed better than Bitcoin since 2020, increasing over 724% for the year.Although Bitcoin is in the spotlight, many analysts shared that ETH could outperform BTC in 2021. For one thing, according to Grayscale, the proposed EIP-1559 fee and burn mechanism of ETH could be a bull catalyst that...

Once again, it appears the news has been working hard to ensure bitcoin is covered in all its crypto-related headlines while turning its back on all the smaller, competing altcoins that have seemingly been doing better at press time.Bitcoin Is Outshining Many Stronger CoinsNo doubt that bitcoin appears to be getting back on track as of late. After a heavy drop that saw the currency lose roughly $10,000 off the $42,000 high it attained in early January, the currency is back on track to hitting...