Ethereum Watch

Advertisements Ethereum’s latest upgrade from a proof-of-work network to a proof-of-stake blockchain passed a key test phase The process dubbed The Merge was successfully trialed on a private mainnet staging area known as a shadow fork The event is one of two test stages before the upgrade ships to the public mainnet While desired results […]

Advertisements Summary: Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith will serve 63 months in federal prison for visiting North Korea without the permission of the US Government Griffith also has to pay a $100,00 fine for his role in helping North Korea to use crypto to evade sanctions He was arrested in November 2019 after giving a talk […]

Advertisements Summary: Uniswap Labs has launched a venture unit dubbed Uniswap Lab Ventures Uniswap Lab Ventures (ULV) aims to fund projects focusing on web3 that are aligned with the company’s vision The team  at ULV will also be participating in the governance of portfolio protocols beginning with Aave, Compound Finance, Maker Dao, and ENS Domains […]

Advertisements Summary: NBA’s Kyrie Irving has changed his Twitter profile photo to a Loser Club NFT He has also Tweeted his new avatar alongside another Loser Club NFT His actions have resulted in the floor price of Loser Club NFTs rising by 53% and transaction volume increasing by 1,144% in the last 24 hours NBA […]

Advertisements Quick take: The hacker responsible for the $625 million exploit on the Ronin Network has so far laundered 7.5% of the stolen Ethereum through Tornado Cash $400 million of the stolen funds was owned by players of Axie Infinity Binance has invested $150 million into the parent company of Axie Infinity, Sky Mavis Sky […]

Advertisements Quick take: The team at Convex Finance has patched a rug pull vulnerability worth $15 billion The bug was discovered after Coinbase tasked OpenZeppelin with conducting a security review of Convex Finance OpenZeppelin discovered the vulnerability could result in 2 of 3 anonymous multi-signature wallet signers, having direct control over Convex’s locked value of […]

Advertisements Arthur Hayes has predicted that Ethereum could go to $10,000 and Solana to $200 According to Hayes, Ethereum’s rewards in a PoS network makes ETH a bond Stakers on ETH2.0 could see 8 – 11.5% APR Solana has the 2nd highest addresses after Ethereum and the price of SOL will benefit from this Arthur […]

Advertisements Summary: The parent company of Axie Infinity is committed to reimbursing players affected by the $625 million hack 173.6k Ethereum and 25.5 million in USD Coin (USDC) were stolen from the Ronin bridge The Ronin Network exploit is the largest DeFi hack to date at $625 million The price of AXS and RON have […]

Advertisements MetaMask has simplified the crypto trading experience for Apple users by integrating Apple Pay on its platform.  Apple users will now be able to make direct crypto purchases via Apple pay through Wyre and Transak payment gateways.  ConsenSys owned crypto wallet MetaMask is diversifying its service portfolio and has recently enabled support for IPhone […]

Advertisements Summary: The Ronin (RON) network has experienced a security breach The compromise has resulted in the loss of 173,600 Ethereum and 25.5 million USD Coin (USDC) The hack happened on the 23rd of March through the use of private keys to forge fake withdrawals The team has halted the Ronin bridge and Katana DEX […]