Ethereum Watch

March witnessed a rather flat month with respect to the institutional capital as volumes across the derivatives platforms stagnated. The following month saw interest surging to an unprecedented level with big institutional platforms such as Bakkt and CME breaking previous records and marking new all-time highs. Advertisements In a recent development, the cryptocurrency fund investment […]

Bitcoin‘s scalability debate has been ongoing for years now with talks of SegWit, Lightning Network, Taproot/Schnorr signatures. Ethereum, on the other hand, has also been working on its scalability issue. ETH 2.0 upgrade is touted as a “two-in-one solution” for Ethereum’s scalability and privacy issues. Once Ethereum successfully completes ETH 2.0 upgrade, Bitcoin will face […]

No matter how many cryptocurrencies make a splash in the industry, it is difficult to foresee any of them breaking the stranglehold Bitcoin and Ethereum has on the larger crypto-market. Advertisements The market’s top two digital assets continued to amass the most interest from the industry and both communities, with each of them identifying the […]

Bitcoin and Ethereum, the top two coins in the crypto-market, have not been able to break their key resistance levels yet, with Bitcoin’s at $10,000 and Ethereum’s at $220. As seen in the attached charts, Bitcoin registered significant gains in the month of April and even managed to reach the $10,000-mark on 7 May. However, […]

Is DeFi capable of banking the unbanked? What is the future of DeFi? While DeFi has seen significant developments in the reshaping financial system, there hasn’t been much talk about progress on financial inclusion. Advertisements Bitcoin advocate Andreas Antonopoulos in a recent podcast shared his thoughts on DeFi. He was of the opinion that DeFi […]

Bitcoin halving hype has faded and the coin hasn’t had any violent price swings since the event. Over the past few weeks leading up to the halving, BTC accumulation rose to record levels as hodlers increased their position. Advertisements Bitcoin exchange withdrawals dropped substantially on 12th March which coincided with the falling price. Interestingly, this […]

Ethereum may present itself as the decentralized version of the Internet in the face of Bitcoin, the decentralized currency, with it creating a more principled image. But on the price front, it still trails the largest cryptocurrency on the market. Advertisements The Robin to Bitcoin’s Batman, Ether, the currency connotation of Ethereum, has since the […]

Bitcoin has been noting a lucrative turn of events in 2020, while also overcoming a difficult period that began in March. With the threat of COVID-19 on the world economy still a major concern, the digital asset industry has seemingly carried on with its business, with traders now seemingly content with the present market situation. […]

Wrapped Bitcoin aka WBTC is a way of getting Bitcoin on Ethereum, where WBTC is pegged 1:1 with BTC. This is supposedly the future of cryptocurrencies – cross-chain compatibility. WBTC is one such project working to get the Bitcoin ecosystem [liquidity], or at least a part of it, to ETH. Since the Ethereum chain consists […]

Over the past few weeks, the attention received by the Bitcoin halving has blacked out all the white noise in the industry. In fact, not a lot of importance was given to any other unfolding trend as most people anticipated price actions up until the event. The collapse on 10 May was the last bit […]