Ethereum’s merge is undoubtedly the most highly-anticipated event in the cryptocurrency industry in 2022. Scheduled for September, the anticipation also caused a considerable increase in the price of ETH, which is up about 90% since the lows in June. Many believe that this increase is largely due to the Merge, and some are speculating that the event might already be priced in. But is it really? To get to the bottom of this, there are a few other questions that need an...
Read More »ETH Must Hold This Level to Prevent Another Crash (Ethereum Price Analysis)
The market has calmed down a bit in the past few days, even though it seems clear that the bears are in the driving seat. This happened as the bulls managed to defend the $1,500 level and are currently trying to recoup. Even though the negative momentum decreased, it’s still early to weave the possibility of a subsequent collapse out. Technical Analysis By Grizzly The Daily Chart The intersecting of the 100-day (in white) and 50-day (in yellow) moving average lines served as...
Read More »Ethereum 2.0 Client Teku Releases New Version for Merge
Ethereum 2.0 client Teku has released version v22.8.1, considered as another major step toward the Merge. As per the official announcement, it is a required update that keeps the Bellatrix upgrade on track for September 6th that will kick off the long-awaited process of the Merge and set everything in motion. All mainnet nodes will have to upgrade to the required Teku version to transition to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) and include connecting to a local execution client’s engine...
Read More »After Losing 20% Weekly, ETH Might Plunge Even Lower (Ethereum Price Analysis)
Following a drop to a 3.5-week lohasETH had seen a slight recovery in today’s market action as the price is struggling to maintain above Now of now, all eyes are on the support, which lies on yesterday’s low at $1500, where lies the 50-day moving average line. Technical Analysis By: Grizzly The Daily Chart The ETH/USDT trading pair could not avoid the recent crypto correction, which triggered a rapid downward move from around $2,000, which was recorded just a week ago....
Read More »75% of Laundered ETH Lands on Tornado Cash: Report
Tornado Cash has become a common money laundering platform with rapidly growing incidents across Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain on a consistent uptrend. A substantial magnitude of the illicit funds has lost their trail after going through the mixer. According to a new report by blockchain security platform SlowMist, 74.6% of stolen funds (or nearly 300,160 ETH) on the Ethereum network were transferred to the controversial cryptocurrency tumbler during the first half of...
Read More »It’s Time to Go Shopping, Says Arthur Hayes After the Crash
Bitcoin and Ethereum slumped by double-digit percentages weekly after tapping multi-month highs last weekend. This resulted in over $150 billion gone from the entire market cap. Somewhat expectedly, the Fear and Greed Index has returned to a state of fear, but BitMEX’s co-founder – Arthur Hayes – believes this retracement could be an opportunity to stack up. Time to Buy, Says Hayes In its latest Twitter thread on the price actions in the crypto market, the former BitMEX...
Read More »Ethereum Crashes 9% in a Day, Where’s the Next Support? (ETH Price Analysis)
Negative sentiment has dominated the market this week as Ethereum failed to reclaim the $2000 level. The bears are attempting to pull the price back below the breakout level and trap the bulls. Technical Analysis By: Grizzly The Daily Chart The bears stepped in to induce a 16% decline over the past six days after Ethereum was rejected from $2,000. Consequently, the appearance of the rising wedge pattern (in yellow) could be a signal that the bearish trend might extend. The...
Read More »Crypto Price Analysis August-19: Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Binance Coin, and Dogecoin
This week, we take a closer look at Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Binance Coin, and Dogecoin. Ethereum (ETH) This past week Ethereum broke below its uptrend, which was a major bearish signal, and lost 9.4% in the process. Moreover, today, the bears dominated the charts, and Ethereum lost almost 8.5% of its valuation in less than an hour when the market suddenly crashed. At the time of this post, bulls have managed to stop the downtrend at the $1,700 support level, but bears...
Read More »Vitalik Buterin and Ripple’s CTO Engage in Twitter Spat Over XRP
While Ripple execs claim that the company has been unfairly treated by the SEC, Ethereum frontman Vitalik Buterin hasn’t been exactly silent either. In a fresh jibe, the latter accused the former of throwing Ethereum under the bus as “China-controlled.” The latest feud also started with a discussion of new regulatory changes in Canada with Ontario-based crypto exchanges – Bitbuy and Newton – imposing a 30,000 CAD annual “buy limit” for “restricted coins” for their users to...
Read More »Staked ETH at New All-Time Highs in Anticipation of September’s Merge
Ethereum sent to the ETH 2.0 staking contract continues to gradually increase, despite the asset’s price movements. This comes just a month or so before the Merge is supposed to take place, according to the development team. As data from Dune Analytics shows, the number of ETH sent to the staking contract has exceeded 13.2 million, while the unique depositors are just under 80,000. The graph below demonstrates the gradual increase of ETH locked in the staking contract and...
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