Over $222 million worth of the second-largest digital asset by market capitalization, Ethereum ($ETH) have been unstaked on the network since the widely-anticipated Shapella upgrade introduced these withdrawals less than 24 hours ago. According to data shared by blockchain monitoring resource Lookonchain, 111,378 ETH were quickly unstaken shortly after the upgrade, with liquid staking service Lido Finance accounting for 57.2% […]

California-based fintech firm Ripple Labs has recently announced that its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), since its inception in 2018, has supported more than 45 university partnerships across 20 countries, and funded over 1,000 research projects. Launched in June 2018, the University Blockchain Research Initiative aims to accelerate academic research, technical development, and innovation in the realms of blockchain, cryptography, […]

The token traded around $1,900, data from CoinMarketCap showed on Tuesday. Should ETH break above the $2K level, it would be the first time Ethereum’s native coin saw such prices since August 2022. ETH nosedived along with the broader crypto market following the failures of digital asset business giants like Terra and Three Arrows Capital to name a few. Ethereum’s […]

A popular cryptocurrency analyst has reaffirmed that they believe the price of the meme-inspired digital currency Dogecoin ($DOGE) is set to surge in the near future, eyeing a 180% rise that could be sparked by the “meme holiday” of April 20 (4/20). 4/20 is a meme holiday because it is a day when pot smokers across the world celebrate the […]

The removal of Dogecoin’s mascot comes just days after Elon Musk’s Twitter put it up on its homepage on 3 April. The move caused a massive spike in DOGE’s price and daily trading volume. The memecoin gained more than 30%, reaching as high as $0.101 within hours. By 4 April, DOGE had reached $0.102, nearly missing out on its four-month […]

The cryptocurrency community is expecting the price of the meme-inspired cryptocurrency Shiba Inu ($SHIB) is going to mostly trade sideways until the end of the month to trade at 0.0000113 per token, up from its current price tag of $0.00001125. According to estimates made on CoinMarketCap’s pages, the average of nearly 3,500 cryptocurrency community members points to the cryptocurrency’s price moving […]

Professional cypherpunk Jameson Lopp, co-founder and CTO of crypto self-custody solution provider Casa, recently published an essay titled “A History of Bitcoin Maximalism” on his personal blog, exploring the origins and evolution of Bitcoin maximalism. In the essay, Lopp traces the history of Bitcoin maximalism, detailing how it emerged as a rational response to “cheap copycat scams” and the flawed […]

The price of the native token of the Flare Network ($FLR), has been bucking a recent bearish trend in the cryptocurrency pace that has seen the flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin ($BTC) lose over 5% of its value over the last few days. The bearish trend if occurring at a time in which the US Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) sued […]