According to Antoni Trenchev – Co-Founder of the cryptocurrency lending platform Nexo – Ethereum’s Merge is “the most significant thing” that has happened in the protocol’s history. However, he does not believe it will help Ether surpass Bitcoin as the most dominant digital asset. The executive also expects ETH’s price to surge when people realize the benefits of the transition to Proof-of-Stake (PoS), but not immediately after it occurs. Bitcoin Will Stay at the Top...
Read More »ConsenSys CEO Says Ethereum Merge Is Third-Biggest Event in Crypto
With the long-awaited Ethereum Merge expected to go live in less than 24 hours, Joseph Lubin, CEO of the blockchain software technology company ConsenSys, has shared his thoughts on it, noting that the transition is the third-most significant event in the crypto industry. According to Lubin in a recent interview with Bloomberg TV, the first event was the birth of Bitcoin in 2009, while the second was the creation of Ethereum in 2015. “In terms of impact, in the history of...
Read More »Coinbase Breaks Down the Risks Surrounding the Merge
In the final days leading up to Ethereum’s historic “Merge,” the largest American cryptocurrency exchange has provided some insight into the risks associated with the upgrade. Coinbase’s Senior Protocol Specialist Ben Rodriguez explained that the Merge may come with technical and operational risks, alongside risks for miners and dapp users. Risks of the Merge Per Rodriguez’s latest post, the merge will be “the most technically complex upgrade to have ever happened in...
Read More »As the Ethereum Merge Draws Near, Google Launches Countdown Clock
Sam Padilla – a Web3 Customer Engineer at Google – said the world’s largest search engine launched a countdown clock that shows when exactly Ethereum’s Merge will be complete. The second-biggest cryptocurrency protocol is on its way to shifting from Proof-of-Work (PoW) to Proof-of-Stake (PoS), something unseen in the industry so far. The move is expected to be finalized on September 15. Ethereum’s shift to PoS, known as “the Merge,” has gathered significant attention as many...
Read More »SEBA Bank Launches Ethereum Staking to Enable Institutional Access to Staking Economy
SEBA Bank, a leading global crypto bank, simplifying access to the digital assets economy through a suite of fully regulated banking services, has today launched Ethereum staking services, an institutional-grade offering enabling clients to earn staking rewards on Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap. The launch of SEBA Bank’s Ethereum staking services caters to growing demand from institutions to manage a range of digital...
Read More »KuCoin mit Ethereum Merge-Wettbwerb
KuCoin-Wettbewerb für alle! Die bekannte Bitcoin-Börse KuCoin hat sich einen flotten Wettberb zur feier des kommenden Ethereum Merge ausgedacht. Und zwar ist die Aufgabe denkbar einfach. Und zwar geht es darum, den exakten Zeitpunkt des Merge zu erraten. Jeder mit einem Account kann mitmachen. Was ist der Ethereum Merge? Was passiert nach dem „Ethereum Merge“? Am 6. September 2022 soll der Startschuss für den Merge fallen — Mitte des Monats soll er...
Read More »Find a bug, become a millionaire 💸
The Ethereum Foundation is doing everything it can to make the transition to proof of stake as smooth as possible. Therefore, programmers are challenged to find vulnerabilities in the code. The reward for this? 1 million dollars! Earn 1 million dollars if you find a bug on Ethereum before September 8 The reward for finding a critical error was previously $250,000, but it has been increased by a factor of 4! Rewards for finding non-critical bugs...
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