Ethereum

8.56% of the total ETH supply is now in ETH2 deposit contracts. The merge on the mainnet — expected later this year — would increase the yield in staking ETH. The amount of ETH waiting to activate is also at an all-time high. The amount of Ethereum staked in the ETH2 deposit contract amounts to

It’s a hard rock life for one crypto user. A clumsy keystroke and the actions of a sniper bot caused a million-dollar mistake on March 10. A rock valued at 444 ether (ETH), or $1.2 million, sold for 444 Wei ($0.0012) to a bot as the seller, DinoDealer confused WEI and ETH. In a tweet, the

Ethereum gas prices have soared as the ApeCoin token recorded staggering transaction and withdrawal volumes on popular decentralized exchange Uniswap. The governance token inspired by the highly-rated NFT collection Bored Apes Yacht Club has also experienced significant activity of crypto platforms like FTX. Due to massive surges in the trading activity of the ERC-20 token

Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), could reach back to $3,000 in March, backed by a mix of short-term technical, fundamental and on-chain catalysts. ETH’s price paints “symmetrical triangle” The first interim bullish outlook for Ether ironically comes from a bearish continuation pattern. Notably, ETH’s 50%-plus decline from its all-time high of around $4,650 on Dec.

Described by many users and outsiders as the Wild West, Web3 is open-source and decentralized, and it has been prompting many to look for ways to profit from its features, especially with the growing Metaverse. While some companies and investors are sorting out where to place their best bets, popular rapper and nonfungible token collector

On March 11,2022 our editors covered a Reddit thread, describing reasons why the Ethereum merge is very likely to happen in June 2022. We don’t normally take Reddit threads as gospel, but this comes from an active member of the Ethereum community Superphiz.eth who has been following the upgrade much more closely than most people

A hacker has made off with approximately $11 million in Wrapped ETH, Wrapped BTC, Chainlink, USDC, Gnosis, and Wrapped XDAI after using a “re-entrancy” attack on DeFi lending protocol applications Agave and Hundred Finance. The attack comes within 24 hours of news breaking of the Deus Finance exploit, where hackers stole over $3 million in

On Tuesday, Ethereum (ETH) developer Tim Beiko tweeted that Kiln successfully passed the Ethereum Merge, with validators producing post-merge blocks containing transactions. Kiln will be the last Merge testnet (formerly Ethereum 2.0) before existing public testnets are upgraded. “Merge” involves taking Ethereum’s Execution Layer from the existing Proof of Work layer and merging it with

On Tuesday, ConsenSys, the leading Ethereum and decentralized protocols software company with product suites such as MetaMask, Infura and Truffle, announced the close of a $450 million Series D funding round led by ParaFi Capital. Notable new investors included Temasek, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Microsoft, Anthos Capital, Sound Ventures and C Ventures. The deal more than

Quick take: Yuga Labs is planning virtual land sales this month and later in August The goal is to raise hundreds of millions of dollars as part of its metaverse initiative to expand beyond NFTs Yuga Labs aims to create a gaming metaverse, named MetaRPG MetaRPG will be compatible with other NFTs and powered by

Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange by trading volume, announced earlier on Tuesday that it will be temporarily pausing deposits and withdrawals for Polygon (MATIC) Network. The announcement came in the wake of the Polygon network’s outage since March 11 after a network upgrade. The crypto exchange noted that it would reopen the deposit and

The much-anticipated ‘Merge’ on the Ethereum network is another step closer to becoming a reality after the final public testnet Kiln launched to put it through its paces. On March 14, the Ethereum Foundation urged network stakeholders to run tests using Kiln “to ensure a smooth transition on existing public testnets.” “We strongly recommend that

Bitcoin (BTC) has largely been directionless since the start of the year as the bulls have been buying on dips while bears are selling the rallies. This suggests that the price is consolidating in a large range with both the bulls and the bears waiting for the next trigger to establish their supremacy.  The short-term

As rising inflation threatens to eat up further the purchasing power of the global fiat ecosystem, finding the perfect hedge against a falling economy has become the need of the hour — especially for the general public across the world.  Joining this discussion online, Tesla CEO Elon Musk asked publicly about the probable inflation rate

Bitcoin (BTC) has been relatively calm during the weekend, indicating that traders are playing it safe and not waging large bets before the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee meeting on March 15 and March 16. The quantum of the rate hike could act as the next trigger for the crypto markets. The current neutral setup

PayPal was a massive innovation in the payments processing industry. The financial brainchild of Peter Thiel, Max Levchin and eventually, Elon Musk aimed far ahead of its time, facilitating instant payments between customers, businesses and more while utilizing the internet. Solana (SOL) Pay is considered by many to be the next innovation in the payments