Tagged: ethereum

January 23, 2024 @ 7:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In the fourth quarter of 2023, the crypto market experienced a surge in anticipation related to ETFs, “particularly with the growing optimism surrounding the potential approval of US spot Bitcoin ETFs,” the CoinGecko team noted. CoinGecko also mentioned that this optimism appears to have “contributed… Read More

January 20, 2024 @ 12:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Michael Nadeau, the founder of The DeFi Report who also helps startups and asset managers, has pointed out that Ethereum (ETH), the world’s largest smart contract platform, reached $10 billion in revenue “faster than any other major software company besides Google.” Although this may be… Read More

January 9, 2024 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinshares (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS; US OTCQX: CNSRF)  is reporting a solid start for digital assets as we prepare for 2024, with $151 million in total inflows. According to the CoinShares latest weekly update, digital asset investment products saw considerable inflows during the first week of… Read More

January 4, 2024 @ 11:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marco Manoppo, the Research Director at Digital Asset Research, notes that Vitalik Buterin had revealed the Ethereum 2024 roadmap highlighting key priorities. As noted in a post by Manoppo, it has 6 core elements: the Merge, Surge, Scourge, Verge, Purge, and Splurge. As mentioned in… Read More

January 3, 2024 @ 9:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinGecko has released a list of top-performing digital currencies throughout 2023. However, it must be noted that these gains could be short-term because many of these projects involve meme coins or initiatives that don’t really have a meaningful value proposition. Despite their lack of real-world… Read More

January 3, 2024 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC)  gained 13% in December 2023 (and is trading at over $45,000 to start off the new year). These price moves punctuate a year of strong returns, but the largest crypto asset was, in fact, “outpaced by other market segments last month,” the team… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 7:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As 2023 came to a close and we enter the new year, OffChain Labs shared that they believe it’s a great opportunity to look back at all of the progress they’ve made. Offchain Labs introduced new products to the broader industry, while continuing their mission… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The year 2024 is set to be an exceptional period for the digital assets and blockchain sector. Throughout most of 2023, there were a number of key developments that will now shape the future of the crypto industry in the coming year and even the… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As we get ready for another crypto bull market, with Bitcoin surging past $45,000 in anticipation of expected BTC ETF approvals, it’s worth taking a look back at key industry developments. The crypto industry has reflected on significant developments throughout 2023 and plans towards a… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 11:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The ETC Group has shared their 2024 Outlook report which provides a forward-looking analysis of the crypto-asset market, with a focus on Bitcoin, as the industry heads into a pivotal year. The report encompasses a comprehensive examination of “the interplay between macroeconomic factors, on-chain developments,… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In an industry that moves like no other, crypto has had “a year like no other,” according to an update from BitMEX. BitMEX, which was once the leading crypto derivatives exchange but experienced major regulatory challenges and enforcement actions a few year back, noted in… Read More

December 27, 2023 @ 5:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EOS Labs and EOS Network Foundation (ENF), which claim to be “stewards” of the EOS Network, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership with the EOS Stable Coin Chain (ESCC), an Ethereum-based blockchain deployed as “a smart contract on the EOS Network using a customized… Read More

December 15, 2023 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

The ERC3643 Standard has achieved Final Status in the Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP), according to a note from Tokeny. Tokeny is a digital asset enabler that is focused on digital securities. The company has already partnered on billions of dollars of issued securities. This past… Read More

December 15, 2023 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As expected by most crypto industry participants, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has postponed its decision on whether to greenlight a spot Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF), which had been proposed by Invesco and Galaxy Digital. As part of a December 13, 2023… Read More

December 13, 2023 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matter Labs, an engineering and cryptography research company working on and developing software in relation to the zkSync protocol, a layer-2 trustless protocol that provides a scaling solution for Ethereum, and Chainlink Labs, the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the… Read More

December 4, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A couple of weeks ago, the cryptocurrency community witnessed a “peculiar” and complex exploit within the Raft Protocol, which is described as a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform operating on the Ethereum network. This incident, now widely referred to as the “Raft Protocol Exploit,” stands out… Read More

December 3, 2023 @ 3:03 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Coinchange, a digital asset platform that enables businesses to trade and access yield as a service, has announced raising $10 million in its latest funding round to help finance its planned expansion. The round was backed by key investment players including Good News Ventures, Spirit… Read More

November 24, 2023 @ 11:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Movement Labs has announced its plans to launch M2, the first Move Virtual Machine L2 for Ethereum, scaled with Celestia as modular DA. Starting with M2, Movement is building an ecosystem of Modular Move-Based Blockchains, with M2 made possible “by Celestia’s Blobstream and the modular… Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 2:42 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Xapo Bank, a fully licensed bank that combines traditional banking with access to Bitcoin, stablecoins, and altcoins, recently announced it is launching three more cryptocurrencies that members can buy, sell, and hold on the Xapo Bank app — Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), and Polygon (MATIC)…. Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 7:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Derivio, a Binance Labs incubated institutional-grade decentralized derivatives trading platform, is thrilled to announce their mainnet launch on zkSync Era, a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum. Derivio seeks to unlock the full potential of decentralized trading and enhance how users engage with DeFi derivatives,… Read More