Ethereum Watch

The Ethereum community is holding its collective breath today as the final planned public testnet for ETH 2.0 goes live. Ethereum prices are close to the psychological $400 level again, but can they surge past the barrier with this building momentum? Advertisements Today is the big day for Ethereum’s Phase 0 public testnet. A timer […]

Ethereum has come a long way in the past five years. To mark its anniversary BeInCrypto will take a look at what the network has been through, and what could be in store for it in the next half-decade. Advertisements The genesis block on the Ethereum blockchain was mined on July 30, 2015 — five […]

Advertisements It was only a matter of time before Ethereum finally woke up. Today, the world’s second-largest digital asset has made a significant move, but what is really driving the momentum for ETH? Over the past few hours, Ethereum prices have cranked to levels not seen for five months. It has yet to revisit the […]

Advertisements The Ethereum network seems to be cracking under pressure as stablecoins and the DeFi ecosystem continue to expand. As a result, gas usage has skyrocketed to new highs along with network fees—so how can this be positive for Ethereum? As DeFi markets near $3 billion total value locked, the strains on the Ethereum network […]

Advertisements Ethereum has made up the basis of demand for the recent DeFi boom, and the network is feeling the pressure. Things could be very different for the platform in six-to-twelve months, depending on how its planned protocol changes play out. The DeFi boom has seen total value locked across various platforms and protocols double […]

Advertisements The blockchain software engineering firm ConsenSys, announced this week that it is launching an institutional-grade Ethereum staking-as-a-service platform. The demand for staking applications ahead of the long-awaited ETH 2.0 launch is heating up, and more are likely to follow. ConsenSys, which has recently launched compliance services for the DeFi industry, provides enterprise-level blockchain tracing […]

Advertisements Cryptocurrency exchanges continue to see significant Bitcoin (BTC) outflows since Black Thursday (mid-March 2020). Balances have reportedly declined by a staggering 12.7% year to date (YTD). This emerging trend of deposit displacement likely indicates a growing appreciation for Bitcoin as a haven asset. Meanwhile, the reverse is true for Ethereum as ETH deposits on […]

Advertisements A proposal to add a second fuel source for the Ethereum network has recently been submitted by a developer to run in parallel to its existing fuel, gas. The Ethereum network is due to undergo a raft of changes this year. The most eagerly awaited upgrade is the shift to proof-of-stake consensus under the […]

Advertisements New research has suggested that the initial phases of the highly anticipated upgrade for Ethereum could launch as soon as July of this year, assuming there no further delays. BitMEX research has taken a deep dive into the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade, which will herald in a long-awaited migration from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake consensus. The […]

Advertisements Ethereum prices at the moment are not inspiring much confidence. However, the long-awaited network upgrades slated for this year and beyond could be a major boost for the crypto asset and its adoption. Ethereum 2.0 not only heralds in a highly anticipated change in consensus mechanism; a raft of scalability solutions that could unlock […]