Tagged: ethereum

November 25, 2022 @ 7:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Volt, the global gateway for open banking payments in Europe, the UK and Brazil, and Kriptomat, one of the “fastest-growing” European cryptocurrency exchange platforms, are announcing a partnership “to enable Kriptomat customers throughout Europe to make real-time account-to-account payments to buy, sell and exchange cryptocurrencies.”… Read More

November 21, 2022 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bigo Live, which claims to be one of the world’s fastest-growing social live streaming platforms, has enabled their users to top up accounts by paying “with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC).” Powered by licensed crypto payment gateway TripleA,… Read More

November 18, 2022 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Recently, at COP27, one of the world’s largest gatherings on climate action, a group of Web3 companies convened by ConsenSys and Allinfra, joined civil society leaders and the UNFCCC Climate Innovation Hub, “to announce the creation of the Ethereum Climate Platform (ECP).” Its mission is… Read More

November 12, 2022 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Evmos, the port-of-entry from Ethereum to Cosmos, launched its partnership with Anchorage Digital in order “to offer institutions secure custody and staking of EVMOS, the native token of the platform.” As Evmos continues to attract builders to deploy dApps on its cross-ecosystem interoperability platform, institutions… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is now making the claim that all ETH transactions fall under U.S. jurisdiction due to the network’s high concentration of nodes within the country. If this claim is found to be accurate, we will very soon see a… Read More

November 5, 2022 @ 1:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Evmos, the port-of-entry from Ethereum to Cosmos, sees its core developer, Tharsis Labs, announcing it has raised $27M in Seed funding “to accelerate the growth of its ecosystem of interoperable dApps.” The round was “led by Polychain Capital with participation from Galaxy, Huobi, HashKey, Coinbase… Read More

October 30, 2022 @ 10:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys, a blockchain technology company, announced the launch of MetaMask Grants DAO. This employee-led, fully-funded Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) structure issues grants “to developers outside of ConsenSys, who are building impactful experiences within the MetaMask ecosystem.” It is “open to any meaningful project that adds… Read More

October 28, 2022 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain is “changing the way the world stores and moves its information,” according to an update from Google. Building on their commitment to help Web3 developers build and deploy new products on blockchain-based platforms, the tech giant is pleased “to announce Google Cloud’s Blockchain Node… Read More

October 24, 2022 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Exodus Movement, Inc. (tZERO and Securitize ATS:EXOD), which claims to be the leading self-custodial cryptocurrency software platform, and Polygon Technology, a developer of Polygon, the Ethereum scaling blockchain protocol Polygon supporting Web3 technology for millions of users, recently announced “the addition of Polygon support in… Read More

October 24, 2022 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinshares weekly report on digital asset investment activity once again depicts a market with little activity as investors look elsewhere to park their money. According to the report, digital asset investment products saw outflows totaling $5 million last week in a continuation of this “apathetic… Read More

October 19, 2022 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Li Jun, Founder of Ontology, the project that claims it is bringing trust, privacy, and security to Web3 through decentralized identity and data solutions. Li Jun has commented on the key developments in the crypto and blockchain space following the Ethereum… Read More

October 16, 2022 @ 3:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Launchnodes recently announced the rollout of Geth Nodes for Ethereum staking on AWS, following Ethereum’s successful ‘Merge’ in late September 2022. Using Geth nodes (execution layer clients) on AWS is “a cheap and easy way to enable staking through any consensus layer client when staking… Read More

September 30, 2022 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Immutable X, an NFT minting and trading platform and the “first” Layer 2 rapid-scaling solution on Ethereum, is partnering with StarHeroes to bring the skill-based space shooter game into the Immutable ecosystem and “to further accelerate the adoption of web3 games.” Since starting development in… Read More

September 20, 2022 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

The Merge was completed last week successfully migrating Ethereum from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS). The transition was not a foregone conclusion and the success was greeted with plaudits as well as relief. But while the Merge addressed some of the… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 4:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Consensys, an Ethereum-focused firm, says the successful Merge for Ethereum has reduced its carbon footprint by 99.99% – higher than initially anticipated. Last week, the Merge completed where Ethereum migrated from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS) thus eliminating the high utilization… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 3:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Now that Ethereum (ETH), the world’s largest smart contract platform, has completed the Merge, it’s time to get ready for the next set of Ethereum upgrades – “the Surge, Verge, Purge, and Splurge.” As noted in an update released via an OKX – Okcoin research… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 1:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken is pleased to announce that their platform now supports EthereumPoW (ETHW). As mentioned in an update posted on September 16 by Kraken, ETHW trading “is live and the ETHW token has been distributed to eligible clients.” A further announcement will be… Read More

September 15, 2022 @ 7:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypto exchange Bitfinex is out with a note that it will support the Ethereum fork that will continue the Proof of Work (PoW) process. This follows the successful Merge that was completed today migrating Ethereum from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake (PoS). Multiple… Read More

September 15, 2022 @ 12:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

With a huge sigh of relief, Ethereum supporters have declared the success of the MERGE. Ethereum has moved away from Proof of Work (POW) to Proof of Stake (PoS), thus improving the entire ecosystem. While reducing electricity usage, improving speed, and boosting scalability, the Merge… Read More

September 15, 2022 @ 8:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has been tweeting regularly this past week addressing the Merge where Ethereum moves from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS). The transition is expected to extend the runway for Ethereum which is the most popular smart contract platform… Read More