Ethereum

Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) experienced a record-breaking year throughout 2021 in which sales volumes surpassed $14 billion, avatar collectibles permeated the mainstream market to become cultural status symbols, and avant-garde utility sparked innovative Web3 opportunities for a panoply of industries.  Despite a retracement in financial and emotional fortunes in the opening quarter of 2022, expectations within

Ethereum is shifting from a proof-of-work (PoW) to a proof-of-stake (PoS) governance mechanism in the foreseeable future, resulting in a faster and more efficient blockchain. The Ethereum Network has experienced a considerable spike in transactions volume and size since DeFi and NFTs have captured the finance and art worlds. Such traffic has often caused systemic

What is the Metaverse? The Metaverse is a term coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash to describe a future virtual reality-based online world. Some have gone as far as pronouncing Stephenson’s novel a prediction of the future. Before you agree that it’s some mystical peek into the future and

Since the wake of the nonfungible token (NFT) boom, creators have been leaving their Web2 entities in droves and are becoming more knowledgeable on how to carve their own lane in the Web3 world.  It’s not just technologists and artsy-creators who are pivoting toward Web3. For example, former American professional baseball player Micah Johnson pivoted

Bitcoin (BTC) turned down sharply on April 21, maintaining its tight correlation with the U.S. equity markets, which reversed direction after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted that a 50 basis point rate hike was “on the table” in May. The selling has continued on April 22 as investors trim risky assets in expectation of

Blockchain.com, a cryptocurrency exchange and financial services firm, has named Standard Custody & Trust Company as the custodian for Blockchain.com and Altis Partner’s new institutional platform, Blockchain.com Asset Management (BCAM). On April 6, Blockchain.com introduced a suite of institutional investment solutions that combine the crypto trading infrastructure, research and security software services of Blockchain.com in

During the recent Paris Blockchain Week Summit, Cointelegraph’s Joseph Hall sat down with Alex Mashinsky, CEO of Celsius Network, to talk about several topics, including where the Bitcoin and Ether markets are going.  According to Mashinsky, Bitcoin (BTC) received very strong support at around $30,000 to $33,000. The entrepreneur believes that Terra’s recent BTC purchase played a significant

Sentiment in the cryptocurrency market is on the upswing after small gains from Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins hint that the market could be in the process of a bullish breakout. A handful of altcoins are also finding momentum and a round of fresh partnership announcements appear to back the 40% gains seen in select assets

Ethereum created the largest gains at $76.3 billion; bitcoin followed with $74.7 billion. The United States was the largest market for these realized gains, at $46.9 billion. Ethereum may grow even further in 2022, with more milestones coming up. Blockchain data analytics platform Chainlaysis has published a new report on the cryptocurrency market’s performance in

In life, there are times when things are going well in your business affairs but not your personal ones. Other times, the things you are doing and enjoying in your personal life are great but your professional or business matters are suffering. Sometimes, you also don’t realize or understand that the good times you are

The U.S. dollar currency index (DXY) turned down sharply after rising above 101 on April 20 but this weakness in the dollar has not helped Bitcoin (BTC), possibly because the S&P 500 is struggling to build upon its strong rally on April 19. This indicates that Bitcoin remains tightly correlated with the U.S. equity markets. Irrespective

One of the main narratives of hope for cryptocurrency investors is that there will be a major shift in public perception that sparks a new wave of capital from retail and institutional traders.  Unfortunately for these hopeful bulls, data indicates that they opposite has occurred for nearly a year, a fact evidenced by the declining rate

MakerDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization serving the popular DeFi lending protocol Maker, has announced an upcoming deployment schedule on the decentralized zero-knowledge (ZK) Ethereum rollup, StarkNet. Expected to become fully operational in the third quarter of this year as identified in the protocol’s roadmap, the integration will seek to enhance the multichain capabilities of their

The native token prices from multiple projects that employ Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution Optimism have spiked around 20% amid rumors that the network will soon launch a token and airdrop it to the community. Optimism is a Layer 2 scaling solution that utilizes Optimistic rollups to process a high amount of transactions off the

Quick take: The Ethereum Foundation has released its 2022 annual report As of March 31st, 2022, the Ethereum Foundation holds approximately $1.6 billion in its treasury $1.3 Billion is in crypto and $300 million in non-crypto investments and assets 99.1% of its crypto holdings are in ETH, representing 0.297% of the total supply and 80.5%

Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) has dropped by nearly 20% in the last three weeks, hitting monthly lows near $2,900 on April 19. But despite rebounding above $3,000 since, technicals suggest more downside is possible in the near term, according to a classic bearish pattern. Ethereum price ‘bear flag’ setup activated Dubbed “bear flag,” the