Ethereum Watch

Only days after nearly $2.7 million in Ethereum transaction fee was levied on a transaction worth about $130, or 0.0048 percent of the fee, the trading volume for the largest altcoin has dropped to a three-month low. While correlation does not equate causation, it comes at a time when the price of Ether is primed […]

Advertisements While a minimum stake of 32 ETH is needed to become a validator on Ethereum 2.0, staking pools and services make the participation possible for everyone. As the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade approaches, users have been showing an increasing interest in the staking process, which would allow them to make a passive income by validating […]

For the world’s top two cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum, this year has been quite significant. While Bitcoin underwent its third halving, Ethereum is soon to transition to ETH 2.0 that will move away from the Proof of Work consensus algorithm to the much-anticipated Proof of Stake system. For BTC and ETH, these changes are likely […]

With Bitcoin not budging above $9,500, the rest of the cryptocurrency market has taken a breather. As some altcoins have managed to stay relatively calm, others have deviated from their ongoing positions and are slumping. Ethereum, the largest alt in the market has constantly hit resistance after resistance, while Chainlink and Tezos are feeling a […]

Despite maintaining a close call with Bitcoin, Ethereum has so far outperformed the benchmark cryptocurrency in the two quarters of 2020. This was also evident when the world’s largest altcoin bounced back, before testing any crucial support, following the latest market dip. It would seem thus, that Ethereum is well on its way towards recuperating […]

One of the most striking improvements noted by Ethereum this year has been with respect to its network utilization. Advertisements As observed in the chart below, since the start of January, the rate of ETH network utilization has grown at pace, and despite the market crash in March, the utilization percentage has continued to build. […]

Advertisements Once Ethereum becomes a proof-of-stake blockchain, what will happen to the ETH miners, and what will they do? As Ethereum is finally set to launch its Ethereum 2.0 upgrade later this year, putting an end to a long streak of delays, the network will start moving toward a proof-of-stake model.  Consequently, the network will […]

Decentralized finance has been branded as one of Ethereum’s — and crypto’s — killer use cases over recent months. But from a dollar perspective, this market segment has not seen as much market penetration as its proponents would believe is “fair.” Advertisements Yet while DeFi continues to gain steam as other blockchains seemingly stall, Ethereum […]

Ethereum has been closely tracking Bitcoin’s price action throughout the past several days and weeks, which exposed it to some intense downwards pressure yesterday. Advertisements It has been able to post a swift recovery from its daily lows, and has remained firmly within its long-held consolidation phase within the $230 to $250 range. Although it […]

The past few years have shown that there is an ever-growing demand for stablecoins. For many users, stablecoins seem to be a natural progression in the world of finance. Interestingly, for many developers, the Ethereum blockchain is developing to be a prime environment for stablecoins to be built on. Advertisements During a recent episode of […]