Ethereum Watch

Advertisements Summary: On Friday, Matter Labs launched zkSync Era for users, beating other zero-knowledge developers like Polygon to the punch. The project already opened its so-called “first ZK Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible” product to developers a month ago. Matter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski cautioned users to “take it carefully” and not “just ape into it” as […]

Advertisements Summary: Ethereum Layer 2 protocol Arbitrum will airdrop native tokens under the ticker ARB to community members on Mar. 28. ARB will serve as the governance token for the protocol’s new self-executing DAO and its network – Arbitrum One and Nova. The protocol also announced a layer 3 stack for developers dubbed Orbit to […]

Advertisements Summary: Ethereum developers agreed to test the Shanghai or Shapella update on Goerli on March 14. Goerli marks the largest and final public testnet to mimic withdrawals for staked Ether before the upgrade goes live on ETH’s mainnet. Developers hinted that the upgrade’s mainnet launch could happen slightly later than expected, in the second […]

Advertisements Summary: Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade meant to enable the withdrawal of staked ETH was successfully tested on Sepolia, a public testnet. The test simulated two crucial upgrades – Shanghai on the execution layer and Capella on the consensus layer. Developers will now test Shanghai-Capella or Shapella on a third public testnet before the mainnet update- […]

Advertisements Summary: JP Morgan analysts expect the ratio of staked Ether to move towards the 60% average on other Proof-of-Stake blockchains. The bank added that yield returns could dip while the number of validators on Ethereum should increase to over 2 million. JP Morgan also sees liquid staking protocols like Lido Finance claiming more ETH […]

Advertisements Summary: The average number of 56 industry experts expect ETH to hit finish 2023 above $2,000 and hit $6,000 by 2025. Finder’s panelists also opined that Ethereum could flippen Bitcoin as the largest crypto by market cap by 2024. 56% of Finder’s experts said now is the time to buy Ether and 60% believe […]

Advertisements Summary: Validators on the network increased from 428,000 around September 15 when Ethereum upgrade from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. The news comes ahead of staked Ether withdrawals expected to roll out with the Shanghai update in March 2023. Validators have staked over 16 million ETH worth roughly $25 billion with Ether trading around $1500 on […]

Advertisements Summary: Coinbase Director Conor Grogan spotted Ether transfers to the “FTX Accounts Drainer” with private notes on how to move the assets undetected. The hacker was advised to leverage less popular and more privacy-based crypto mixer protocols. The U.S. Justice Department launched an investigation into the matter after nearly $400 million was stolen from […]

Ethereum Classic (ETC), a decentralized, open-source and blockchain-based cryptocurrency, might soon lose its current momentum that allowed it to become one of the top performing crypto assets for the past week. Advertisements A quick review at some data points for the digital asset reveals that it is currently trading at an overbought position which might […]

Advertisements A recent meeting held by Ethereum’s lead developers has led crypto investors to speculate how the Shanghai update will impact the token’s future price. The Shanghai update is scheduled to be deployed in the second quarter of 2023. Ethereum is all set to undergo another crucial upgrade dubbed “Shanghai,” which will play an elemental […]