Ethereum Watch

Advertisements Decentralized financial markets (DeFi) have made a remarkable recovery since the mid-March COVID-19 crash. So much so, that the total locked value has again surpassed $1 billion. The DeFi ecosystem took a big hit three months ago when the Ethereum price crashed by 50%, wiping out a considerable amount of locked-up crypto collateral. The […]

The cryptocurrency club is becoming exclusive, with countries around the world in a race to put forward their version of a central bank digital currency [CBDC]. China is the only country that has announced the launch of its Digital Currency Electronic Payment [DCEP] this year, with the same already in its testing phase. While the […]

The trend in the crypto market is often compared with Bitcoin [BTC] to define progress. However, Ethereum’s [ETH] on-chain metrics have been noticing a pump independent of Bitcoin market performance. According to data provider Glassnode, on 7 June, Ethereum’s daily network fees surpassed bitcoin’s fees. As Bitcoin fees continued to plummet to $308k, ETH’s fees […]

In the wider Ethereum ecosystem, DeFi has witnessed significant success over the last year. The Total value locked [USD] in DeFi skyrocketed to $1.25 billion on February 13th. This did not last long as it witnessed half of its value disappear along with the entire crypto-asset class shortly. The TVL in DeFi was reduced to […]

Advertisements Ethereum has recorded higher daily total network fees than Bitcoin for two consecutive days. The rare event indicates increased activity and growing adoption for the network. On June 6, Ethereum’s daily total network fees topped that of Bitcoin. Ethereum has accrued an average daily network transaction total of roughly $502,000 and $546,000 on June […]

The second-largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum has been pushing for higher gains. The accumulation pattern has been strong throughout the month which indicated that investors were anticipating a price surge in the near future as the ecosystem nears the launch of Ethereum 2.0. Advertisements Ethereum [ETH] 1-Day Chart: Advertisements Source: ETH/USD on TradingView Ethereum has been consistently […]

Altcoins have always exhibited a strong correlation with Bitcoin and tend to follow its price movement religiously. Since the start of the month altcoins once again seemed to have followed Bitcoin’s slight downward trend. Advertisements Source: Coinstats Advertisements At press time, Bitcoin was being traded at $9667 and had registered a 24-hour volume of $7.8 […]

The ongoing developments associated with Ethereum 2.0 are real and significant. Advertisements The 2.0 testnet which was introduced back in April 2020 received a lot of reception off the bat as the number of addresses with 32 ETH spiked, evidence of the rush to become validators on the Ethereum 2.0 network. Consistent rewards of 4.6% […]

The usual norm for the crypto-market is that altcoins follow the lead of Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency. That is the case at the time of writing as well, owing to not only BTC’s significant market share, but the alts’ correlation with it as well. However, the effect of the same was inconsistent across the […]

Advertisements Around $9,765,000,000 is currently locked up in staking contracts across various cryptocurrency networks. The combined value of all such contracts has been steadily growing since the crash in cryptocurrency prices that bottomed in mid-March of this year. The current all-time high for staking contracts occurred on Feb 14. At the top, investors hoping to […]