Ethereum

Most of the stories coming out of the crypto industry this past year have centered around enormous numbers flowing in and out of the space. From stablecoins topping over $100 billion, with Circle raising $440 million in private investment in the spring, to decentralized finance (DeFi) projects like Solana completing a $314 million fundraiser, people love

Wells Fargo, in partnership with NYDIG and alternative assets manager FS Investments, has registered a new investment fund dubbed “FS NYDIG BITCOIN FUND I,” which will offer the bank’s wealthy clients an opportunity to gain indirect exposure to Bitcoin (BTC).  In another sign of growing institutional interest, filings submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange

According to on-chain analysis, some Ethereum indicators are showing signals that whales are continuing to accumulate the cryptocurrency. Ethereum Shows Negative Netflows As Exchange Reserves Continue The Downtrend As pointed out by a CryptoQuant post, ETH indicators seem to be moving in directions that suggest whales are continuing to accumulate. There are three important metrics

Ethereum pushes further into previous highs north of the $3,000. The second cryptocurrency by markets cap recently received a major upgrade, implemented via the “London” Hard Fork. This changed the network’s entire fee model and, according to some experts, has attracted new investors into the market. Thus, the main cryptocurrencies by market cap have seen

Leading U.S. exchange by trade volume, Coinbase, has revealed plans to add half a billion dollars worth of crypto to its balance sheet. Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong, announced that the company’s board had approved the crypto spending spree in an August 20 tweet, adding that Coinbase also plans to invest 10% of all profits generated

Two more Ethereum-based exchange-traded funds have been filed this week bringing the total to 23 crypto ETF filings so far in 2021. VanEck and ProShares are the latest two firms to reveal plans for institutional products focused on Ethereum. According to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 18, VanEck is seeking

Dune Analytics, a decentralized finance (DeFi) analytics service, has voiced its opposition to a Uniswap (UNI) governance vote for “Community-Enabled Analytics” that would see fellow analytics provider Flipside Crypto managing about $25 million worth of UNI tokens. Tweeting on Thursday, Dune highlighted the lack of community attention to the matter while also stating that grants

The CEO and founder of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations, the deVere Group, has stated that Ethereum’s price appreciation should continue to beat Bitcoin’s in 2021. The deVere Group chief executive Nigel Green also believes that Ethereum’s value will exceed that of Bitcoin’s within a few short years. “Ethereum is outperforming

Ethereum trends show it’s becoming more valuable as ETH 2.0 draws near. Thus, institutional investors are clamoring to get in on the action before it is too late. A signal for this has been ETH Futures have been trading at a higher basis premium than BTC Futures on CME. ETH Futures have continuously traded at

The rise of decentralized finance, or DeFi, could be paving the way toward a fully decentralized financial ecosystem. Yet, given the innovative nature of DeFi, the sector remains in constant development and is therefore prone to a number of vulnerabilities.  Unsurprisingly, one of the biggest challenges currently facing the DeFi sector is security threats. This

As Bitcoin shows bearish signs, on-chain activity suggests Ethereum could be on the way to reach its all-time-high before BTC. Ethereum To Reach Its All-Time-High Price Earlier Than Bitcoin? As pointed out by CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju in a post, indicators could suggest ETH will reach its ATH quicker than BTC in the long

Ethereum has been slowing down on its bullish momentum. The second cryptocurrency by market cap trades at $3,066 with a 4.2% loss in the daily chart. After two weeks of profits and an incredible rally from the low at $2,000, mostly driven by the implementation of EIP-1559, Ethereum could see some downside in the short

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has taken a deep dive into token-based decentralized governance, suggesting that existing voting mechanisms are flawed and may be holding the DeFi sector back from realizing its full potential. In a lengthy blog post published Aug. 16, Buterin stated the crypto community needs to “move beyond coin voting as it exists

Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch has announced its deployment on the Optimistic Ethereum, or OE, mainnet, highlighting a considerable reduction in user transaction fees and confirmation delays. Sergej Kunz, co-founder of the 1inch Network stated “the 1inch launch on Optimistic will facilitate a dramatic increase in transaction speed.” While deposits utilizing the OE network are set

Utility is always a tough nut to crack around NFT projects. These days, if an NFT project isn’t providing some sort of inherent utility or carrying some sort of unique characteristics, it’s unlikely to gain much traction. In enters Jack Butcher, creator of Visualize Value. After spending years in advertising, Jack started Visualize Value to,

When it comes to software piracy platforms, the top performers remain for the office productivity suite and Windows operating system. So it’s not a surprise that the developer of the two products, Microsoft, takes its moves in creating Ethereum backed anti-piracy measures. Microsoft’s research department released a recent document involving contributions of other researchers from