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The PoW Dominance Purge — Only 6 Crypto Assets out of the Top 50 Market Caps Use Proof-of-Work
16.9.2022
At the time of writing, only one coin in the top ten crypto assets by market capitalization is a proof-of-work (PoW) token and out of the top 20, there are only three tokens that leverage a PoW consensus mechanism. Moreover, out of 50 of the largest crypto coins by valuation, only six use PoW...
How the Ethereum Merge Could Lead to Improved On-Chain Privacy
16.9.2022
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First Mover Americas: Ether Declines 7% Post-Merge and Makes Ether Futures More Sensitive to Staking Yields
16.9.2022
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Sept. 16, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Ethereum Price Plummets Post-Merge; Will ETH Revive?
16.9.2022
Ethereum price is down by around 10% after the successful Merge upgrade on the main net. Many experts think Merge was a ‘Sale the News’ event where investors entered the market to sell after this ‘Crypto Climax.’ In the last 24 hours, Bitcoin (runs on PoW consensus) has dropped only...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Hits 3-Week Low as Bearish Momentum Increases Following The Merge
16.9.2022
Ethereum moved to a three-week low on Friday, as market sentiment remained bearish following the completion of The Merge. The world’s second largest cryptocurrency dropped below $1,500 today, less than 24 hours after the historic migration from proof-of-work (PoW), to a proof-of-stake (PoS)...
Ethereum Merge Has Tied Ether Futures Activity to Staking Yields, Traders Say
16.9.2022
Stakers have been and will be natural sellers in futures and perpetual futures and the hedging activity will increase as staking yields rise
Does Ethereum's new ETHPoW fork stand a chance? ETHW price falls 65% post-Merge
16.9.2022
Nonetheless, ETHPoW is gaining adoption among top mining pools and crypto exchanges
Ethereum may now be more vulnerable to censorship — Blockchain analyst
16.9.2022
With Ethereum validators being required to stake 32 ETH, Ethereum could become more centralized and susceptible to censorship from governments
Nifty News: Rumors of new Yuga Labs collection quashed, Budweiser celebrates the Merge and more…
16.9.2022
Yuga Labs was said to be looking at raising around $50 million from the sale of 100,000 tokenized land plots, but the firm’s co-founder says it's all “fake news.”
Dogecoin becomes second largest PoW cryptocurrency
16.9.2022
Following the Ethereum Merge, Dogecoin now only trails Bitcoin as the biggest proof-of-work cryptocurrency
'Green ETH' narrative to drive investment and adoption, says pundits
16.9.2022
Post-Merge Ethereum has now detached itself from the “crypto mining is bad for the environment” narrative, following its transition to proof-of-stake
Ethereum Merge: Community reacts with memes, GIFs and tributes
16.9.2022
Ethereum followers and competitors alike have found their own way to congratulate the Ethereum team on a successful Merge
First Mover Asia: Ether Tumbles Below $1.5K; Ethereum Merge May Ding Demand for Chips, but Semiconductor Stocks Could Still Be a Good Buy
16.9.2022
Chip manufacturing giants Nvidia and AMD have struggled this year, and the Merge could lessen demand for chips, but analysts see opportunities for investors in the semiconductor space
Market Wrap: Markets Trade Lower Despite Success of Ethereum Merge
15.9.2022
Ether falls more than 9% at one point as traders “sell the fact” following a nearly seamless Ethereum Merge. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today's crypto markets
Ethereum Miners Are Quickly Dying Less Than 24 Hours After the Merge
15.9.2022
Now-redundant, Ethereum miners are flocking to other proof-of-work (PoW) tokens after the network switched to the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism
Vitalik Buterin Says Ethereum Merge Cut Global Energy Usage by 0.2%, One of Biggest Decarbonization Events Ever
15.9.2022
Ethereum now spews out less carbon dioxide than a few hundred U.S. households, according to a report
Ethereum’s Merge Could Bring a 'Billion Users' to Web3, Polygon Co-Founder Says
15.9.2022
Now that crypto’s most anticipated upgrade is complete, the task at hand is about driving adoption, according to Polygon Co-Founder Sandeep Nailwal, who joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover,” to discuss the historic transition for the second biggest blockchain
Crypto, Stocks, PMs Sink Lower — All Eyes on the Fed’s Next Rate Hike as Ethereum’s Merge Hype Wavers
15.9.2022
The crypto economy has slipped under the $1 trillion range once again after briefly rising to a high of $1.16 trillion on September 14. Signs show that Ethereum’s Merge hype has seemingly left the building and market participants are now waiting for the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting next...
Merge is 'a step in the right direction' to address crypto's energy usage — Rostin Behnam
15.9.2022
The CFTC chair said that the Ethereum blockchain’s transition to proof-of-stake, despite reducing energy usage by more than 99%, may not go far enough in resolving the problem
El hashrate de Ethereum Classic y Ravencoin se duplican tras el merge
15.9.2022
A partir del jueves, Ethereum cambió a un sistema que ya no necesita de los mineros de criptomonedas