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Major Crypto Theft: $24 Million Drained from Ethereum Wallet in Phishing Scam
8.9.2023
In a significant crypto heist, an unknown individual has reportedly lost access to a staggering $24 million worth of crypto from their Ethereum wallet.
The incident, believed to be the result of a phishing scam, stands as one of the largest individual crypto thefts to date, crypto news outlet...
Tornado Cash Co-Founder Roman Storm Maintains Innocence in Money Laundering Case – Here's the Latest
7.9.2023
Roman Storm, co-founder of the sanctioned Ethereum-based crypto mixer Tornado Cash, has pleaded not guilty to charges related to money laundering and sanctions violations.
Storm pleaded not guilty in front of a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Explores Privacy Protocol Amid Tornado Cash Concerns
7.9.2023
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has collaborated on a research paper that explores the development of a privacy protocol called Privacy Pools.
The paper aims to address concerns surrounding existing privacy platforms such as Tornado Cash while advocating for the coexistence of financial...
Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum's Future Upgrades Could Bring Full Nodes to Mobile Devices
6.9.2023
Ethereum (ETH) full nodes could in the future become so light-weight that they can run on mobile devices, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has predicted.
In a speech at Korea Blockchain Week that was cited by Cointelegraph, Buterin admitted that centralization of nodes is one of the Ethereum...
Major Ethereum Staking Providers Promise Not to Own More Than 22% of Validators
1.9.2023
In an effort to maintain the decentralized nature of the Ethereum (ETH) network, several prominent liquid staking providers have implemented or are in the process of implementing a self-limit rule.
The rule ensures that these providers will not own more than 22% of the Ethereum staking market...
Funds Unlocked: StarkWare Addresses Upgrade-Related Lockouts – Here's What Happened
31.8.2023
StarkWare, the development firm behind Ethereum scaling solution Starknet, has released funds that got locked up following a system upgrade last week.
In a post on social media platform X, StarkWare said a total of $550,000 worth of crypto held in accounts that had not been upgraded had become...
Arkham Investigation Reveals Robinhood Wallet Holds $2.5 Billion in ETH
31.8.2023
Arkham Intelligence has revealed that a wallet belonging to Robinhood holds more than $2.5 billion worth of Ethereum (ETH).
In a Wednesday tweet, Arkham said the company has identified Robinhood as the owner of the 5th largest ETH wallet with 1.5 million ETH (worth $2.54 billion).
The...
Ethereum Staking Flourishes While Value of DeFi Assets Shrinks – What's Going On?
26.8.2023
Ethereum (ETH) staking has been flourishing through protocols like Lido and Coinbase's staking service even as the value of DeFi assets continues to decline.
Over the past year, the crypto sector has experienced a series of setbacks, including failures of centralized crypto exchanges and services...
Rumors SEC Poised To Approve Ethereum Futures ETF, After Crypto Prices Crash - ETH/BTC Bounces
18.8.2023
After a market-wide crash that saw Bitcoin hit as low as the $24,000 region on derivatives exchanges - in the largest liquidation event since the FTX collapse - surprise news hit.
A Bloomberg exclusive, syndicated by Yahoo Finance, states that the SEC is 'set to greenlight Ether-Futures...
Valkyrie Funds Looks to Launch Ethereum Strategy ETF
17.8.2023
Asset management firm Valkyrie Funds has filed for an Ethereum Strategy exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will invest in Ether futures.
According to a Wednesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the new fund, called the Valkyrie Ethereum Strategy ETF, aims to capitalize on...
Six Asset Managers File Fresh SEC Applications to Launch Ethereum Futures ETFs in the US
2.8.2023
Six prominent asset managers have filed fresh applications to the US securities and exchange commission (SEC), for the approval of Ethereum (ETH) futures exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The filings come weeks after the regulator accepted spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF applications in a span of...
Ethereum Infrastructure Provider Flashbots Raises $60 Million in Series B Funding – Crypto Bull Market Back?
26.7.2023
Ethereum (ETH) infrastructure provider Flashbots has raised $60 million in its Series B funding round, signaling a potential resurgence in the crypto bull market.
The funding round was led by Paradigm, a San Francisco-based technology investment firm, according to a July 21 filing with...
Major Setback: Smart Contract Exploit Results in Over 200 Ethscriptions Being Nabbed
17.7.2023
According to its creator, a new protocol allowing the creation and sharing of digital objects on Ethereum has experienced a significant setback due to a major hack in its main marketplace.
Ethscriptions, a novel method to create Ethereum assets launched last month by Tom Lehman, co-founder...
Santiment Indicates An ETH Rally As Transaction Fee Drops
12.7.2023
According to Santiment, Ethereum gas fees have experienced a notable decrease that could put ETH in a breakout range of $1,900.
This decline in transaction costs is a much-needed respite, especially considering the sudden fee surge observed earlier this month.
In the early days of July, users...
Billionaire Justin Sun's On-Chain Behavior Sparks Concern Among Lido Investors
10.7.2023
On-chain redemptions of 30,000 staked Ether (stETH) tokens by Chinese crypto entrepreneur and Tron founder Justin Sun has caused concern among users of the ETH staking provider Lido.
The massive redemption of the staked ETH tokens, worth approximately $55.8 million, happened across two separate...
Ethereum Scaler Starknet Launches Testnet for Transformative 'Quantum Leap' Upgrade
6.7.2023
The Ethereum scaling solution Starknet has rolled out the testnet for its layer-2 network.
The roll-out, conducted by the Israel-based development firm StarkWare, is the first step towards bringing the upgraded solution, dubbed Starknet Quantum Leap, to the mainnet around July 13, provided...
Ethereum Users Propose ERC 7265 to Thwart DeFi Hacks – How Does it Work?
5.7.2023
Members of the Ethereum community have proposed a new standard meant to improve the security of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols and mitigate hacks.
The attacks on DeFi protocols have become all too common, draining billions in user funds. According to DeFiLlama, around $6.6 billion...
Global Investment Firm VanEck Predicts Ethereum's Price by 2030 – Here's What You Need to Know
6.6.2023
Global investment firm VanEck expects the price of ETH to reach $11,800 by 2030 given that Ethereum achieves $51 billion in annual revenue in that year.
The report, written by VanEck’s digital assets research head Matthew Sigel and its digital assets senior investment analyst Patrick Bush...
Celsius Network's $800 Million Ether Staking Strategy Change Stretches Ethereum Validator Queue – Here's What You Need to Know
4.6.2023
Now-defunct crypto lender Celsius Network has caused a stir with changes in its ETH staking strategy, exacerbating the already elongated queue to activate new validators on the Ethereum network.
Over a period of two days, Celsius transferred ETH into staking contracts after redeeming nearly $813...
Ethereum and Lido Finance Dominate Revenue Generation as Prices Soar
29.5.2023
The Ethereum (ETH) network and staking provider Lido Finance (LDO) are among the biggest revenue generators in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi), a ranking by data provider Token Terminal has shown.
In the ranking, Ethereum came in on top with a 30-day revenue generation of $370.6 million...