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End-of-Week Ethereum: Developers Firm Up Merge Date, Hedge Fund Investor Says Merge is ‘Not Priced In’, Aave Proposes Strongly Signaling Support for PoS
19.8.2022
Ethereum (ETH) developers firmed up September 15 as the date when the highly anticipated Merge is estimated to happen, while Aave (AAVE) seeks to "strongly signal" its support for the PoS chain instead of PoW. Meanwhile, a crypto hedge fund manager says the Merge is not yet priced in by...
CME Group to Offer Market Participants Ethereum Options 3 Days Before the Merge
19.8.2022
Three days before Ethereum’s transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), the world’s largest derivatives marketplace in terms of volume, CME Group, announced plans to list ethereum options. While CME’s ether options product prepares for regulatory review,...
Coinbase Could Be a Material ‘Beneficiary’ of Ethereum’s Merge Transition, JPMorgan Analyst Says
18.8.2022
JPMorgan analyst Kenneth Worthington says digital currency exchanges like Coinbase will end up being a meaningful “beneficiary” of Ethereum’s long-awaited transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoW). Based on $2K ethereum prices and a 5% ethereum yield...
Coinbase would rather shut down staking than enable on-chain censorship — Brian Armstrong
18.8.2022
With a ban on Tornado Cash, many DeFi proponents were worried that crypto exchanges, which are also key validators of Ethereum, would succumb to pressure and impose protocol-level censorship
Ethereum Foundation Makes It Clear The Merge Will Not Improve Fees and Throughput
17.8.2022
On Wednesday the Ethereum Foundation clarified that The Merge will not reduce onchain fees as the highly anticipated transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoW) is now 29 days away. Amid The Merge update from the Ethereum Foundation, during the last month, Ethereum network costs...
Ethereum Foundation clarifies that the upcoming Merge upgrade will not reduce gas fees
17.8.2022
The Merge will still reduce the network's energy consumption by an estimated 99.5%
EthereumPoW team plans to freeze selected contracts, community pushes back
17.8.2022
The PoW hard fork of Ethereum is being propagated by a set of miners, but many experts believe that the chances of it succeeding is very less
Coinbase will 'briefly pause' ETH and ERC-20 token deposits and withdrawals during Ethereum Merge
16.8.2022
The crypto exchange also warned users against scammers offering ETH2 tokens, saying users did not need to take additional action to receive staked ETH prior to the Merge
Ethereum ICO-era whale address transfer 145,000 ETH weeks before the Merge
15.8.2022
The high amount of ETH transfers just a month prior to the Merge generated community curiosity, with some claiming it to be a dump while others believe it could be done for staking
Celestia: Launching a blockchain to be as easy as deploying a smart contract
15.8.2022
New crypto project wants to give online communities their own sovereignty by easily deploying their own blockchain with their own rules
PoW Miners Rake in Profits Mining ETH Until the End, Ethash Networks Expect a Boost, JPMorgan Strategists Say ETC Could Benefit
15.8.2022
In just over a month’s time, The Merge is likely to be implemented on the Ethereum blockchain and the network’s proof-of-work (PoW) miners will be forced to mine another coin. So far, it seems ethereum miners are sticking with the PoW Ethereum chain until the very end as profits have...
The Investor’s Definitive Guide to Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake (Abridged)
14.8.2022
Ethereum is moving from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake soon. In this guide, we first defend PoW (in the context of Bitcoin); second, defend PoS (in the context of Ethereum); and third, outline (some of) the trade-offs
Proposed Ethereum PoW Fork Token Loses Half Its Market Value in Less Than 6 Days
14.8.2022
In 32 days, Ethereum is expected to upgrade from a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus algorithm to a proof-of-stake (PoS) system after the network used PoW for seven years. While the testnets have implemented the new rules, most people envision a relatively smooth mainnet transition. However, another...
The Merge: Top 5 misconceptions about the anticipated Ethereum upgrade
13.8.2022
Clear the fog around the most significant upgrade in the history of Ethereum, The Merge. Here are five misconceptions that stand out among the rest
Ethereum Developers Looking for Potential Merge Dates
12.8.2022
During a call on Thursday, Ethereum (ETH) developers mentioned potential dates for the Merge – the massive and much-anticipated event when Ethereum moves from the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism to proof-of-stake (PoS).
The dates mentioned in the document shared during the call include...
Institutional staking won’t take off unless asset lock-up solved: Coinbase CFO
12.8.2022
Coinbase's new institutional-focused staking product won't be a "near-term phenomenon" while liquid staking is still being worked out
ETH PoS Upgrade to Transition on September 15 to 16 — Ethereum Devs Reveal ‘Tentative Mainnet TTD’ for The Merge
11.8.2022
Following the successful implementation of The Merge into Ethereum’s Goerli testnet, Ethereum developers confirmed during a Consensus Layer Call livestream that the highly anticipated proof-of-stake (PoS) upgrade is coming this next month on or around September 15th to the 16th. After...
No ‘Black and White’ Answer to the Proof-of-Work vs. Proof-of-Stake Question, Says Kraken
11.8.2022
The proof-of-work versus proof-of-stake face-off does not need to be a fight to the death, a new report has suggested – and a more nuanced approach could pay off for crypto players now fretting about which side of the fence they should be on.
The claims were made in a report on PoW and PoS from...
Ethereum’s Goerli Testnet Implements The Merge, ETH Price Jumps 74% Higher During the Past 30 Days
11.8.2022
The Merge has successfully been implemented into Ethereum’s third and final testnet, Goerli, after previously adding Merge support to the testnets Sepolia and Ropsten. The Merge was added to Goerli at approximately 9:45 p.m. (EST) on Wednesday, transitioning to a full proof-of-stake (PoS)...
Ethereum whale transactions peak at 2-month high amid Goerli testnet merger
11.8.2022
ETH price reached a new 2-month high of $1,919 as institutional inflows saw seven straight weeks of inflows even when Bitcoin has seen a net outflow in the same period