Ethereum Watch

Advertisements Cryptocurrency markets have accelerated losses this morning. Bitcoin has fallen through a key support level but its market dominance is climbing again as altcoins get eaten alive. Digital asset markets have continued their declines this week with a further $16 billion being dumped over the past 24 hours. Altcoins are being hit hard as […]

Advertisements The Antminer E3 has stopped mining Ethereum Classic (ETC) and will cease mining Ethereum (ETH) by next month. In less than a month, Ethereum Classic’s hash rate has dropped by almost half. Many miners are dropping out of the network, especially those who run the Antminer E3. The Antminer E3 mining rig is the […]

Advertisements A recent smart contract exploit resulted in the loss of 1,193 ETH. The incident has prompted questioning of the security of the rapidly evolving DeFi sector. Over the weekend, the exploitation of a smart contract vulnerability forced developers at Ethereum-based app Fulcrum to partially disable its smart contract. A recent postmortem of the security […]

Advertisements With initial coin offerings, the success story is definitely the exception rather than the rule. However, what’s even rarer, it seems, is a commendable liquidation, which is exactly what the Contents Protocol is attempting. According to a post on the project’s official website, the team behind the Korean startup failed to make a go […]

Advertisements The controversial founder of Litecoin, Charlie Lee, has criticized decentralized finance (DeFi) for being just “decentralization theater.” The comment was met with some hostility. Is decentralized finance just theater? According to Charlie Lee, it is, and the idea is no better than what we have now. A recent controversy surrounding Fulcrum, a decentralized lending […]

Advertisements MetaMask has now been installed by over 1,000,000 users on Google Chrome according to the latest stats. It’s a major milestone for Ethereum and the MetaMask team. Users on MetaMask continue to grow as the Ethereum wallet plugin becomes one of the hottest cryptocurrency extensions. The extension is used widely for managing Ethereum, Ethereum-based […]

Advertisements If TRON (TRX) really is the ‘Ethereum Killer,’ then it should have its own DeFi apps. However, these seem impossible to find. Decentralized Finance (or ‘DeFi’) is the hottest topic for Ethereum right now. In just the past few days, the network hit a milestone with over $1B in assets represented in its smart […]

Advertisements Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, recently took aim at TRON. He believes that the project’s inherent “scamminess” has scared off R&D talent. TRON (TRX) is definitely among the most controversial cryptocurrencies in the entire cryptocurrency space. Its CEO, Justin Sun, takes just about any opportunity to shill his project—from Kobe Bryant’s death to […]

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 […]