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Moonshot to $90K — After Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Activates, Crypto Advocates Expect the Price to Rally
13.11.2021
In mid-June, the ‘Speedy Trial’ lock-in period for the Bitcoin network upgrade Taproot locked in at block height 687,285 and was mined by the bitcoin mining pool Slushpool. Taproot is expected to activate on the network on Saturday, November 13, 2021, and the upgrade is considered...
Ethereum 'has to bounce' as ETH bulls pin $5K rally hopes on critical support channel
12.11.2021
Many analysts agree that the "dynamic support" could boost accumulation sentiment in the Ethereum market
Bitcoin soft fork days away as Taproot upgrade closes in
7.11.2021
The Taproot upgrade was set for deployment after achieving a 90% consensus among the Bitcoin miners (mining nodes)
Investors rug-pulled after pouring $57M into dog-themed OlympusDAO fork
1.11.2021
Hong Kong police have reportedly been notified of the incident, with the primary suspect having filed a police report and handed a computer over to authorities
Ether Inferno: Ethereum Network Burned Over $2.4 Billion Worth of ETH in 87 Days
31.10.2021
87 days ago, the Ethereum network successfully implemented the London hard fork upgrade, and ever since then over 700,000 ether has been burned, or more than $2.4 billion using today’s exchange rates. 702,886 Ethereum Burned Since the London Hard Fork Data from Dune Analytics indicates that...
ETC Group Releases Bitcoin Cash Report Praising High Usage and Vibrant Development
15.10.2021
ETC Group, an ETF issuer company, released a report last month about the evolution of Bitcoin Cash in the years after the hard fork that created it. While the company acknowledged the asset price is lagging compared to its older sibling, it praised the crypto on other aspects like development...
Blockstream’s Liquid Sidechain Criticized Over Long Outage — Block Signing Issue Related to Upgrade
6.10.2021
On Tuesday, cryptocurrency supporters on social media and forums discussed Blockstream’s Liquid sidechain product as block signing had been down for over 20 hours. While Blockstream had noted the sidechain was undergoing a hard fork upgrade planned for October 5, a number of crypto...
3 factors that can send Ethereum price to 100% gains in Q4
1.10.2021
The three bullish indicators converge as Ethereum's native token Ether climbs over 9% Friday to cross $3,000, its psychological resistance level
Ethereum miners are hoarding a record $70B in ETH following EIP-1559 activation
30.9.2021
The Ethereum block producers accumulated $6.1 billion worth of ETH tokens after the Aug. 5 network upgrade
ETH 2.0 moves closer to fruition as devs set Altair upgrade for October
28.9.2021
Ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake continues, with the first mainnet upgrade of Beacon Chain scheduled for late October
Cardano’s Alonzo hard fork was a success but real utility could be a while
28.9.2021
After the market “sells the news” after the successful Cardano Alonzo hard fork, there is a slow realization that real utility could still be on the distant horizon for the network
Binance to Support Komodo Network Upgrade and Hard Fork
27.9.2021
Binance recently announced support for the upcoming Komodo Network upgrade and hard fork. The development will take place once the network surpasses a block height of 2,588,672. Komodo will stop the deposits and withdrawal features from 27th September at 11:30 UTC. With the latest announcement...
Over 2,300 Cardano Smart Contracts Are Waiting in Timelock, ADA Price Slides 20% Over 2 Weeks
17.9.2021
Following the successful Alonzo hard fork, the Cardano network now has a large swathe of new smart contracts. However, developers must wait to use them as they are locked in a timelock contract. At the time of writing, metrics show an aggregate total of 2,352 smart contracts since the Alonzo...
Ethereum After 1559: Network Participants Burn Over 300,000 Ether Worth More Than $1 Billion
16.9.2021
On August 5, 2021, the Ethereum network and its participants successfully completed the highly anticipated London upgrade, which saw the implementation of the Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP)-1559. Since then, 303,681 ether worth more than a billion U.S. dollars have been burned. More Than 300K...
Cardano Successfully Applies Alonzo Hard Fork; Adds Smart Contract Capabilities to Its Blockchain
14.9.2021
Cardano, the third cryptocurrency ranked by market cap, has successfully applied the “Alonzo” hard fork, adding smart contract capabilities to its functionality. The update, that had been deployed in testnet days ago, finally was incorporated in mainnet yesterday. Cardano is...
ADA Falls as Cardano Completes Smart Contract-Enabling Upgrade
13.9.2021
tember 12 at 21:47 UTC through a so-called hard fork combinator (HFC) protocol upgrade. Following the event, ADA responded by trading lower in the market, and as of 09:32 UTC it had dropped by 7.5% since the upgrade took place, and 9% over the past 24 hours. The price is curr
Cardano launches smart contracts after successful hard fork
13.9.2021
Cardano has completed its Alonzo hard fork to introduce Plutus-powered smart contract scripts
Countdown to Cardano’s Hard Fork: Goguen Phase Smart Contracts ‘Represent a Big Step Forward’
10.9.2021
The digital currency network Cardano is two days away from the upcoming hard fork on September 12 and the community is expecting to see functional smart contracts. These can be used for decentralized finance (defi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and other types of decentralized applications (dapps)....
Multicoin Capital leads Eden Network’s $17.4M seed raise
8.9.2021
Ethereum’s London hard fork went live on Sunday. The transition has important implications for mining pools, which have begun deploying miner extractable value solutions to increase revenues
Altcoins book 50% gains after Bitcoin and Ethereum set a path to new highs
3.9.2021
POLY, BCHA and XYO led altcoins higher after BTC flipped $50,000 to support and ETH hit $4,000