Ethereum has had the week from hell. Despite solid fundamentals and a growing decentralized finance ecosystem, the world’s second largest crypto asset has dumped 20% since Monday. A major upgrade is imminent for the ETH network but can it revive prices? Ethereum Istanbul Imminent The eighth hard fork for the Ethereum blockchain is upon us…
Many have speculated that Ethereum prices are on the floor because of the threat of major delays to ETH 2.0. In reality all altcoins have suffered this year, but ETH losses are constantly getting battered. Can a fast track to Serenity save them?Ethereum Prices Back DownAs Bitcoin continues to consolidate, Ethereum continues to fall. ETH…
Price predictions using technical analysis can produce a wide range of results for a crypto asset. One analyst has predicted an Ethereum capitulation into double digits if the current trend continues.ETH Death Imminent?Ethereum and its crypto brethren have bounced back today but the overall trend is still heavily bearish. From an intraday low below $120…
On Thursday, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, Ethereum surged in an indomitable bull rally. At press time, the coin was trading at a new all-time high of $2,760, a 2.89% gain in the last 24 hours. ETH currently has a market cap of $320 billion. Asset Manager WisdomTree Lists Ethereum ETP The…
A recent post on CryptoQuant by TemptingBeef has confirmed that the number of staked Ethereum on the ETH 2.0 deposit contract has now exceeded 100,000. This means that the number of staked ETH is now more than 5% of the amount of Ethereum that is currently in circulation. Chart showing the amount of staked ETH…
Ethereum has just slumped to a nine month low, wiping out virtually all gains it has made this year. The move has been part of a market wide decline catalyzed by Bitcoin’s drop below $7k. Many are not convinced that ETH prices will recover at any time soon, and here is why.Ethereum Bears Gaining StrengthThere…
Fundamentally Ethereum has had a solid year. Granted, development has been a little delayed with certain aspects but it is the largest dApp and smart contract platform in the world so this is to be expected. Another hard fork is due in less than two weeks, but will ETH prices finally react?Ethereum Dumps AgainCrypto markets…
Following the Spadina testnet failure at the end of September, the Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0 rollout looked in serious jeopardy. Billed as a dress rehearsal for ETH 2.0 genesis, core developer Danny Ryan reported several issues with the Spadina run. The most pressing problem was the long wait times for transactions to become irreversible. Ryan…
The Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 3675 has now launched on GitHub. EIP-3675 contains the ETH 2.0 proof of stake merge that is coming to the network. Although this does not mean that the move to proof of stake is happening anytime soon, it is bringing the Ethereum network one step closer to the move from…
Sygnum, a Swiss-based bank, has recently revealed that it will begin offering customers access to Ethereum 2.0 staking through its banking platform. This would make the bank the first bank to offer ETH 2.0 staking to its clients. Sygnum Bank has said that its clients would be able to conveniently and security stake Ethereum through…