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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...
Ethereum Transaction Volume Rivals Visa As Blockchain Transactions Soar
29.5.2023
Ethereum may be far younger than the traditional payments giants, such as Visa, but it has shown (yet again) that blockchain, in a single decade, developed into a force to be reckoned with. ...
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After Eight Years of Dormancy, Long-Forgotten Ethereum ICO Wallet Resurfaces with $15 Million Worth of Funds
29.5.2023
A wallet dating back to the Ethereum (ETH) initial coin offering (ICO) in 2015 has caught the attention of the crypto community after it suddenly moved a significant amount of funds.
The wallet, which has been completely inactive since the ICO, on Saturday transferred all of its 8,000 ETH...
Global Payments Giant Visa Experiments with Ethereum's Goerli Testnet – Here's the Latest
19.5.2023
Global payments giant Visa has used Ethereum's Goerli testnet to try out transaction-free payments with the help of account abstraction.
On-chain data shows that Visa used a smart contract called Paymaster, allowing the company to take advantage of account abstraction to perform complex tasks...
Bankrupt Celsius Network Channels $75 Million of Ether to Figment Staking Service – What's Going On?
16.5.2023
The bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network has staked close to $75 million worth of ETH via the staking service Figment, on-chain data has revealed.
The massive transfer from Celsius to Figment was made via fourteen separate transactions made between May 10 and 12, and totaled some 40,928 ETH...
Demand for ETH Staking Soars Despite Nearly Month-Long Waiting Period
16.5.2023
Since the implementation of the Shanghai upgrade to the Ethereum mainnet just over one month ago, which allowed Ethereum validators to withdraw all or some of their staked Ether (ETH) tokens from the staking smart contract for the first time, demand for ETH staking has soared.
According...
Ethereum Network Recovers after Two Consecutive Performance Issues Reported in 24 Hours
13.5.2023
The Ethereum network has recovered after suffering from two performance issues in the past 24 hours that resulted in blocks not being finalized.
In a Friday tweet, pseudonymous Ethereum developer Terence.eth revealed that the network has resumed finalizing blocks, adding that clients,...
Ethereum Bot Operated by Jaredfromsubway.eth Bags More Than $40 Million in Three Months
11.5.2023
An Ethereum bot run by pseudonymous crypto user Jaredfromsubway.eth has made $40 million in just three months by using a technique known as "sandwiching" on decentralized exchanges (DEXs).
The bot operated by Jaredfromsubway.eth is a so-called MEV bot designed to use “sandwiching” techniques...
Ethereum Price Prediction as Meme Coin Mania Pushes Gas Fees to 12 Month High – Is ETH Adoption on the Rise?
10.5.2023
Ether (ETH), the cryptocurrency that powers the smart-contract-enabled Ethereum blockchain, was last up a little over 1.0% on Wednesday in the $1,870 area.
The cryptocurrency derived a small intra-day boost from US Consumer Price Index inflation data that came in broadly in line with expectations...
Ethereum Price Prediction as The Ethereum Foundation Sells $30 Million Worth of ETH – Will the ETH Price Crash?
8.5.2023
Ether (ETH), the cryptocurrency that powers the smart-contract-enabled Ethereum blockchain, has been under strong selling pressure in the last three days.
ETH/USD was last trading around $1,830, down over 2.0% on Monday and down more than 9% from last week’s highs to the north of the $2,000 level....