Ethereum Watch

Advertisements Data released hours after the Merge prompted concerns about the alleged centralization of PoS. Analysis from Santiment indicates that 46.15% of Ethereum’s PoS nodes are controlled by only 2 addresses. Hours after the Merge, the first address has validated about 188 blocks or 28.97% of the nodes, and the second has validated 16.18%, or […]

Advertisements The ETHW token’s value has dropped 60% a day after its launch on the mainnet. The token was earlier trading at $60.08. However, at press time, the token has documented a fall of 60% and is currently sitting at $11.75. The Ethereum PoW fork token, which launched 24 hours after the Ethereum merge deployment, […]

Advertisements SEC Chair Gary Gensler said that Ethereum’s switch to Proof-of-Stake could trigger securities laws. Gensler believes that the staking model could make Ethereum pass a key part of the Howey test. Gensler is keen on regulating many crypto tokens under securities laws. United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler said that […]

Litecoin [LTC] and other top cryptocurrencies have been overshadowed by the Ethereum [ETH] Merge for the last few weeks. Interestingly, LTC may have actually benefited from the Merge from a hashrate perspective. Advertisements An inspection of Litecoin’s hash rate reveals a sharp uptick in the first 10 days of September. Its hash rate grew from […]

Advertisements Ethereum followers and competitors alike have found their own way to congratulate the Ethereum team on a successful Merge. It’s been less than a day since Ethereum’s historic transition to proof-of-stake, with most of the crypto community still abuzz with excitement following the successful Merge. On Sept. 15 at 06:42:42 UTC, the last Ethereum […]

The Ethereum Merge remains one of the most anticipated events in the crypto space. The upgrade was scheduled to happen on September 15, 2022. It was a long-awaited blockchain transition as it moved from PoW to PoS. The change will merge the Beacon Chain and the Ethereum mainnet to become a single blockchain. Advertisements As […]

Advertisements Now that the historic Ethereum Merge is finally complete and everything went off smoothly, what’s next for the network? Join us as we discuss this and more with Tim Warren, co-host of Coffee N Crypto, and Dr. Julian Hosp. In this week’s episode of Market Talks, we welcome Julian Hosp, CEO and co-founder of Cake […]

Advertisements Summary: The team behind plans to hard fork Ethereum’s proof-of-work blockchain reaffirmed its launch timeline. Final node configurations and other relevant data will roll out for network participants today. The core ETHW team published a 60-minute countdown for the mainnet launch info. Bybit announced support for the forked token airdrop and trading.  Plans to […]

Advertisements The ETHW token rallied in the hours after The Merge before crashing heavily. The token is down 18% over the past 24 hours. The ETHPoW mainnet launch is less than 24 hours away. The Proof-of-Work fork of the Ethereum network, ETHPoW, saw its token rally then crash after The Merge. The ETHW token went […]

Ethereum’s [ETH] transition to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus has been the most-talked-about topic in the crypto industry. Advertisements The craze around Merge can be compared to that of the craze around Bitcoin’s [BTC] whitepaper release. Amidst the hype, speculations, and narratives around ETH, it is important to consider one aspect- Are participating clients or partners ready […]