Ethereum Watch

Ethereum [ETH], the largest altcoin continues to showcase vital signs of life. At press time, ETH surpassed the $1.5k mark with a 1.51% surge over the last day. It has seen a 44.35% rise in the past seven days. Advertisements Nevertheless, despite the recurrent green candles, the industry experts’ sentiment concerning the altcoin remains mixed […]

Advertisements “All the Ethereum killers from back in the day didn’t succeed, and I don’t expect them to succeed at all,” Blockdaemon’s Ethereum lead told Cointelegraph. Blockdaemon’s Ethereum ecosystem lead Freddy Zwanzger believes Ethereum will retain its leadership position in the crypto ecosystem over the coming years due to its utility as a smart contract platform […]

Advertisements For Buterin, building a better-decentralized ecosystem requires short-term pain for long-term gain. On Thursday, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, shared his long-term vision for the namesake blockchain live at the annual Ethereum Community Conference, or EthCC, in Paris. As told by Buterin, Ethereum is currently at an inflection point, or period of rapid change, […]

Ethereum started a downside correction from $1,630 against the US Dollar. ETH could extend losses if there is a clear move below the $1,480 support. Advertisements Ethereum started a downside correction from the $1,630 resistance zone. The price is now trading below $1,500 and near the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a key […]

Ethereum [ETH] crossed $1,500 on 19 July after it last crossed the mark on 12 June. This comes following the massive bull run from the level of $1,100 after the update related to the Merge came to the fore. Advertisements However, crowd disbelief is evident on social media as shown by the latest on-chain data. […]

Advertisements The much-anticipated Merge upgrade has been in the making for over two years. With the transition to a scalable, energy light proof-of-stake blockchain (dubbed “the Merge”) at play for Ethereum, many have cast doubts on the popular coin’s future given the magnitude and complexity of the upgrade involved. But among prominent stakeholders, one particular […]

Advertisements For Vasily Shapovalov, the magnitude of the proof-of-stake transition could cause unforeseeable problems. Crypto enthusiasts are finally getting some respite from the ongoing bear market as the price of Ethereum (ETH) has increased 48% before the looming Merge upgrade that transitions the blockchain into one powered by a proof-of-stake consensus. As a result, the […]

Advertisements Summary: Polygon has unveiled zkEVM, a layer 2 scaling solution that users zero-knowledge proofs to scale and reduce transaction costs on Ethereum. Polygon’s co-founder, Mihailo Bjelic, has described zkEVM as the ‘holy grail of Web3 infrastructure.’ Polygon zkEVM is estimated to reduce Ethereum fees by 90% compared to current costs on Ethereum’s layer 1. […]

Key Takeaways DeFi has suffered in the crypto slump, but many staple projects are still building. The likes of Aave, MakerDAO, Uniswap, and Lido have all put forward experimental governance proposals or made major announcements in recent months. If DeFi is to reclaim its highs, those building through the bear should emerge stronger than ever. […]

The merge is near, so it’s Ethereum time to shine. The eternal second most popular cryptocurrency by market capitalization has been outperforming bitcoin for the last few days. Is the reason the return of the market’s appetite for risk? Or is it just the fact that Ethereum’s developers announced a specific date for the mythical […]