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Double Ethereum Rally: Price Nears USD 600, ETH 2.0 Deposit Contract Filled Over 50%
23.11.2020
Ethereum 2.0 (ETH 2.0) deposit contract surpassed 50% of staked ETH needed for the Phase 0 launch, as the coin's price rallies.
The price has been surging this past week, surpassing the USD 500 level for the first time in more than two years. At the time of writing (11:15 UTC), ETH trades at...
Ethereum King Buterin Loses Live Showdown to Twitch Chess Queen
23.11.2020
Source: a video screenshot, twitch.tv
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin took a break from his crypto activities and met his match – on the chess board versus a National Canadian Team player and well-known Twitch-based chess streamer.
In a much-talked-about live-streamed faceoff versus...
US in Crypto Tax Balancing Act, ETH Miners Safe Until Nov. 2021 + More News
20.11.2020
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The US Treasury Department has told attendees at the OECD-arranged 2020 Global Blockchain Policy Forum that it is still undecided...
Ethereum Touches USD 500 For the First Time In More Than Two Years
20.11.2020
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Today, for a few minutes, Ethereum (ETH), the second-largest cryptoasset by market capitalization, touched the USD 500 level for the first time since July 2018.
At pixel time (09:40 UTC), ETH trades at USD 495 and is up by almost 6% in a day and 6% in a week. The price...
80%-Empty Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Contract Gets A 4% Boost From Dubai Investor
18.11.2020
Khurram Shroff, Dubai-based entrepreneur and Chairman of the IBC Group, an investment company, agreed to send ETH 20,000 (USD 9.6m) into Ethereum 2.0 (ETH 2.0) deposit contract as it struggles to reach its target.
ETH 20,000 is equal to almost 4% of the needed amount - ETH 524,288 (USD 251m) -...
Buterin Sold Ethereum To Novogratz At Premium & "Lost" Hundreds Of Millions
17.11.2020
Vitalik Buterin. Source: a video screenshot, edited by Cryptonews.com
Mike Novogratz, CEO of digital asset-focused financial services firm Galaxy Digital, has admitted to buying ETH 500,000 from Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin five years ago, paying a premium price of USD 0.98 - USD 0.99...
Reversible Ethereum Transactions, Digital Oil Token + More News
12.11.2020
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Kirobo, the Tel Aviv-based startup that created an 'undo button' for previously irreversible Bitcoin (BTC) transactions...
Liquidity Solution For Ethereum 2.0 Validators Launched + More News
11.11.2020
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Crypto trading firm Darma Capital launched LiquidStake, a liquidity solution for Ethereum (ETH)...
Ethereum Infrastructure Provider Down; Binance Disables Withdrawals
11.11.2020
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Ethereum (ETH) infrastructure provider Infura went down a bit more than an hour ago, resulting in a price feed delay of ETH and ERC-20 tokens, as well as some exchanges disabling withdrawals.
"We are currently experiencing a service outage for our Ethereum...
Launching Ethereum 2 Phase 0 On December 1 is an 'Uphill Battle'
10.11.2020
Judging by the speed ethereum (ETH) is being staked in the recently launched Ethereum 2.0 (ETH 2.0) deposit contract, the Phase 0 would not be launched before January. Still, some members of the ETH community hope that the validators will pour in with the genesis time nearing, while others still...
Vitalik Buterin Leads By Example, Stakes USD 1m in Ethereum + More News
6.11.2020
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Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has sent ETH 3,200, currently worth USD 1.2m, to the recently launched...
‘Dozens’ of Arrests as South Korean Police Swoop on Bogus Ethereum Fund
5.11.2020
South Korean police have closed the net on an alleged ethereum (ETH) scam operation named EtherWallet, making “dozens” of arrests nationwide in suspected USD 44.5 million fraud wrap. Some 3,000 victims have been identified, the police said.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has been formally...
Should I Stake or Should I Trade? Ethereurm Phase 0 Face Tough Dilemma
5.11.2020
Following the Ethereum 2.0 (ETH 2.0) deposit contract launch announcement yesterday, 3.62% of the needed ETH has been already staked in the contract, while some are questioning how smart is it to lock away ETH 32 (USD 12,808) for years.
Fuelled by the news, ETH rallied from USD 383 to over USD...
Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0 Slated For December 1, ETH Rallies
4.11.2020
First of Ethereum (ETH) 2.0 phases - Phase 0 - just got a more specific date as the protocol’s deposit contract went live today, fuelling ETH price.
The second version of ETH is now scheduled to launch the genesis block of its Beacon Chain on December 1, developers announced today.
"To trigger...
US Election Results Written on Ethereum and EOS Blockchains
4.11.2020
After major news agency Associated Press (AP) declared that they are "bringing verified election results to the blockchain," those results have now been officially written on the Ethereum (ETH) and EOS blockchains.
"The Associated Press has counted the vote in US election since...
Bitcoin Consolidates Above USD 13.2K, Ethereum, Altcoins Extend Losses
30.10.2020
After a strong upward move towards USD 13,700, bitcoin price failed to continue higher. BTC corrected lower and traded below the USD 13,500 support level. The price is currently (13:00 UTC) consolidating above the USD 13,200 support and seems to be preparing for the next move.
Conversely, there...
DeFi as 'No 1 Threat' to Ethereum 2.0 Staking Participation - ConsenSys
29.10.2020
Source: Adobe/Сергей Шиманович
Decentralized finance (DeFi) could stand in the way of Ethereum 2.0 (ETH 2.0) reaching the number of stakers required to make it safe and decentralized enough, noted ConsenSys Codefi, a unit of Ethereum-focused software company ConsenSys.
In their recent report...
Vitalik Buterin Not Sure 'When ETH 2.0' but Says Clients Can Launch it Alone
27.10.2020
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin does not know when the second iteration of the network might be going live, but said that, in theory, clients can launch it on their own.
One of the most asked questions in the crypto space, particularly this year, has been "when ETH 2.0"? After...
Another Ethereum Delay, Supermarket Embraces Bitcoin & Co + More News
26.10.2020
Source: a screenshot, edited by Cryptonews.com, Instagram/excelsior_gama
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The Ethereum (ETH) 2.0 deposit contract will not...
Ethereum Blockchain Transactions Reach Double that of Bitcoin
22.10.2020
The Ethereum (ETH) network has managed to surpass Bitcoin (BTC) in one more way as ETH now transacting twice as much as BTC, according to crypto research and analytics firm, Messari.
The Ethereum blockchain has recently overtaken Bitcoin in daily transaction volumes by a factor of two-to-one, their...