Ethereum

Crypto-focussed Swiss bank, Sygnum Bank, has announced it has become the first bank in the world to allow its clients to stake Ether. According to the July 6 blog post, the firm’s clients can now stake ETH through Sygnum’s institutional banking platform to earn yields of up to seven percent annually. Sygnum describes itself as

Goldman Sachs said in a note to clients on Tuesday that the blockchain with the highest “real use potential” is Ethereum, suggesting its ETH could become the dominant digital store of value. As such, Goldman predicts the total market capitalization of ether (ETH) could overtake the total market cap for Bitcoin (BTC) in the coming

The weekend rally in cryptocurrencies was led by Bitcoin (BTC) but this move was not supported by huge trading volumes. According to on-chain analysts at CryptoQuant, the low trading volume suggests that “whales are staying low without much action.” However, Bitcoin has successfully held the $30,000 support for two weeks, which suggests that accumulation is

Bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has already started losing its market dominance to Ether (ETH), according to Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky. In a Monday interview with Kitco News, Mashinsky argued that the Ether “flippening,” or the hypothetical scenario in which Ether overtakes Bitcoin as the world’s most valued cryptocurrency, is already

Decentralized finance (DeFi) has emerged as one of the most promising real-world applications of blockchain technology, capable of reshaping the face of the global financial markets and transforming the way the average person manages their money.  One DeFi focused project that has been gaining attention over the past week as the mainstream world slowly opens

Ethereum has been experiencing high volatility in the daily chart. At the time of writing, ETH trades at $2,240 with losses in lower timeframes. In the 7-day chart, Ethereum shows some profits. The second cryptocurrency by market cap has been leading the charts with a 13.4% during the last week. ETH has outperformed Bitcoin and

EY’s attempts to promote secure, private transactions over public blockchains at cheaper costs has culminated in the release of Nightfall 3. The company announced the news via a release on July 1 stating that Nightfall 3 combined ZK proofs with optimistic rollup — ZK-Optimistic Rollup — to improve transaction efficiency on Ethereum. Indeed, ZK-Rollups are

Ether’s (ETH) $230 million options expiry on Friday appears to have shifted market sentiment in favor of the bulls, at least momentarily, as investors remain cautiously optimistic about the upcoming London hard fork and the prospect that Bitcoin (BTC) has established a firm bottom.  ETH price update ETH rose more than 6.5% to $2,370 on

Whales can be bashful and clever creatures, but when you manage to catch one in action it’s a sight to behold — consider, for instance, the single entity responsible for depositing 100k ETH into the Eth 2.0 deposit contract from 133 different addresses last week. Deposits into the ETH 2.0 staking contract have been picking

In the whirl of excitement and debate over where cryptocurrencies are going and whether they are legitimate, sustainable and prudent investments, there is an overshadowed conversation of interest to those in marketing: Are Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Cardano’s ADA, Litecoin (LTC), XRP, Dogecoin (DOGE), etc., crypto brands? And, if so, how are those brands created,

Crypto and blockchain enthusiasts take pride in belonging to a community that is working on the future of financial systems. Yet, the community is innately fragmented thanks to multiple blockchains working independently of each other. The dream of mass adoption of blockchain and decentralized finance faces a major hurdle: a lack of interoperability. Meanwhile, decentralized

Choppy markets have defined the crypto space since Bitcoin (BTC) sold off on April 19, and indecisive markets like these can test the patience and fortitude of even the most dedicated traders and analysts, especially when the incessant calls for a bottom are met with lower lows. While the periods of low trading volume and

Ethereum upgrades could jumpstart a $40 billion staking industry, according to a JP Morgan report. JP Morgan estimates that the staking industry is currently worth $9 billion and that this number could balloon to $40 billion by 2025. The report speculates that the launch of ETH 2.0 would lead to more adoption of the coin

The launch of the energy efficient Ethereum 2.0 network will popularize the proof-of-stake consensus mechanism and make staking yields a more attractive source of income for both institutional and retail investors according to a new JPMorgan report. The authors estimate that holders of staked coins on PoS blockchains are currently generating some $9 billion in

The number of addresses active on the Bitcoin network has crashed roughly 60% in the past six weeks from 1.3 million to roughly 500,000. The collapse in activity has seen Ethereum overtake Bitcoin by number of active addresses, with the Ethereum network hosting roughly 200,000 more active wallets than Bitcoin on July 27. It is

Ether’s (ETH) $1.5 billion monthly expiry on June 25 was slightly favorable for bears, and at the time, Cointelegraph reported that the $2,200 price was critical to eliminate 73% of the neutral-to-bearish put options.  However, bulls were not able to sustain their advantage because the expiry price was near $1,950. In the end, the protective