Ethereum Watch

Advertisements The amount of money locked in decentralized finance (DeFi) contracts has just blasted through $900M — nearly reaching $920M at the time of publishing. DeFi is increasingly looking like it will be the main driver of Ethereum’s growth as its funds continue to increase. Just days ago, BeInCrypto reported that there was $852M worth […]

Advertisements Ethereum is more than just a cryptocurrency-asset; it is an entire digital economy and ecosystem. Recent research has found that stablecoin value transfer has now flipped ETH on its network. According to the crypto-research firm Messari, ERC-20 stablecoins on the Ethereum network have now overtaken ETH itself in terms of the adjusted transfer value. […]

Advertisements Stablecoins in the cryptocurrency sphere have had a polarizing effect on the community since their emergence. Existing on Ethereum and other blockchains, many feel stablecoins are not true cryptocurrencies and are being stymied with pegs to existing fiat currencies, but there is a growing feeling that they are the pathway to mass adoption. In […]

Advertisements Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has been a steadily-growing trend in the digital asset industry, recently reaching new highs in terms of the amounts that have been locked away. DeFi adoption exploded in 2019 and recent trends indicate that adoption will continue to grow in 2020. In fact, it has just broken a new record in […]

Advertisements Long-term charts clearly show that Ethereum is still in the depths of a two-year bear market. When it recovers, prices could surge to highs not seen since 2017. Cryptocurrency markets have started to show some recovery this month following another low December. Primarily led by Bitcoin, total market capitalization reclaimed $250 billion briefly and […]

\n Advertisements Interest is growing in several distributed financial platforms based on Ethereum and other blockchain networks. The growth of the entire sector was around 130% over the last 12 months, with Ethereum-based apps continuing to dominate. According to the website DeFi Pulse, a service tracking the growth of the sector, this time last year, […]

\n Advertisements Investments in Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi), a much-vaunted sphere of digital assets, has been increasing at a staggering rate, up over 200% from the same time last year. DeFi services include lending, decentralized exchanges, derivatives, payments, and assets. Considered an overall indicator of the health of the space, the $650 million locked up […]

\n Advertisements In September, Spanish banking giant Santander became the first financial entity to manage all aspects of a bond on a public blockchain. The $20M bond on the Ethereum blockchain has now accrued its first quarterly interest. The bond, first settled in September, was big news for the world’s largest smart contract platform when […]