Tag Archives: Ether

ETH price is increasing, however, there are still issues related to transaction capacity. The Optimism startup, that once was the research-oriented Plasma Group, wants to address these problems.The Ethereum network is constantly searching the ways of improving transaction volume. The startup Optimism is now trying to lead the charge. Since the network’s output is pretty much defined to approximately 15 transactions per second, Ethereum cannot become an extensive platform for automating...

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced it hired Iskander Malikov, a former TradingView COO, as new Director of Fiat, Europe and CIS at the exchange. He will focus on establishing new fiat-to-crypto channels for Binance.One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges Binance announced it is planning to further boost its fiat-to-crypto entrances by hiring a former TradingView executive.Iskander Malikov, who previously served as a chief operating officer a TradingView, decided to join...

The next Ethereum system-wide upgrade, Eth 2.0, will not launch in Q2 2020 as scheduled, but developers are still confident that the original network parameters will deploy in 2020.The next Ethereum system-wide upgrade dubbed Ethereum 2.0 will be launched later than scheduled.In a particular Reddit discussion held on February 5, the Eth 2.0 team made several clarifications. The team said that the network would not launch until three clients can run testnets continuously for at least eight...

Bitcoin price shot 4% on Thursday to surpass $9800 levels along with a sudden spike in the Open Interest. The community is enthusiastic about the upcoming Bitcoin halving event, however, the coronavirus outbreak in China is severely hurting the region’s mining business.In the last three days since February 5, Bitcoin price has added over $500 to its price taking it closer to $10,000 levels. On Thursday, February 6, BTC price surged above $9800 with nearly 4% gains. Moreover, with this move,...

While a digital asset may look like a security at first, it could potentially become decentralized enough in the following years to no longer resemble a security. Bearing this principle in mind, SEC commissioner Hester Peirce has proposed a safe harbor period for token sales.The official at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Hester Peirce, named “CryptoMom” by the crypto community, suggested a so-called ‘safe harbor’ for all upcoming token projects. Her opinion is that this could...

It has been announced that SettleBit financial solutions entered in a partnership with BitGo to provide a new Bitcoin custody service to its longtime supporters.Crypto custody provider BitGo is expanding its services. The institutions that use BitGo Bitcoin custody service now receive a possibility to trade digital assets right within it. This is done via API integration, where a client’s price offer instantly matches with the network soon after verification of incoming funds. During the...

Millions of investors on TradingView can now buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin through Gemini partnership.Gemini account holders and TradingView investors can now rejoice after the two companies decided to integrate their services. This was reported through their official web pages on February 04, 2020, where Marshall Beard, Gemini Corporate Development, was delighted to announce the news to the customers.With both entities having different tastes to offer to their customers,...

It is most likely that Bitcoin will gain from a rapid drop in Asian stock markets due to the coronavirus menace. Crypto analysts believe that the flagship token will gain soon. Apart from that, the halving event is fast-approaching. Bitcoin is less than 99 days away from its halving event. Most of the market commentators are bullish on its impact.Bitcoin price smashed the $9,600 hurdle for the first time since November 2019. Nonetheless, the weekend session was also dominated by significant...

The XRP token had a great start to the week following a 2.82 percent surge in price after Ripple, the company that is using the cryptocurrency in its solutions, released 500 million tokens from an escrow account on Feb. 1, at least according to data provided by resource monitoring website Whale Alert.In the last 24 hours, XRP price has spiked from $0.2460 to its current price of $0.2522, CoinMarketCap data shows. XRP’s gains extended across the board to other altcoins particularly those in...

As the Ethereum community anticipates Ethereum 2.0, a public testnet has already recorded impressive participation. The testnet has already pulled in more than 22,000 validators.Ethereum 2.0 Testnet from Prysmatic LabsThe test in question is the one from Prysmatic Labs, a team of software engineers basically working on the future of Ethereum. It launched its testnet on Thursday, September 9 and quickly dwarfed all other single-client tests within a week.By Thursday last week, former Google...