The popular pseudonymous host of crypto market analysis show “Coin Bureau” says that if the Shanghai upgrade goes well, “2023 could be a really big year for Ethereum and for ETH.”  According to a report by The Block, at Ethereum Core Devs Meeting #151, which was held on 8 December 2022, a provisional timeline for the completion of the Shanghai upgrade, also […]

Deep-pocketed investors are betting on the smart contract platform despite the latest volatility. ETH has added 2% in the past day as Fed’s minutes raise expectations of lower rate hikes. Ethereum’s sharks and whales are buying ether at the fastest rate seen in years – according to a major analytics firm – a factor said could accelerate the value of […]

On Saturday (26 November 2022), prominent Bitcoin developer, educator and entrepreneur Jimmy Song expressed how he feels about Ethereum 2.0’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. Around 7:00 a.m. UTC on September 15, Ethereum’s Merge upgrade was completed, which meant that the Ethereum network moved to PoS consensus from the much more energy-hungry Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus. Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin called this successful upgrade […]

On Monday (14 November 2022), Charles Hoskinson, Co-Founder and CEO of Input Output Global (aka “IOG”), the blockchain technology firm behind Cardano’s R&D, talked about why he believes the U.S. SEC decided to allege that $XRP is a security instead of $ETH. on 14 June 2018, William Hinman, the director of the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities […]

According to a Citi research report released on Monday (31 October 2022), following the Merge, it appears that Ethereum ($ETH) is on its way to becoming a deflationary asset. Ethereum’s Merge upgrade, which was completed on 15 September 2022, marked the Ethereum network’s transition from proof-of-work (PoW) consensus to proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus. Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin called this successful upgrade […]

Earlier this week, Jake Chervinsky, Executive Vice President and Head of Policy at Blockchain Association, Advisor at Variant Fund, and Board Member at DeFi Education Fund — along with Rodrigo Seira and Amy Aixi Zhang, who are Crypto Counsel and Policy Counsel at Paradigm, dismissed the notion that “staking somehow makes ETH a security.” On 15 September 2022, the day […]

On Friday (September 23), Arthur Hayes, Co-Founder and former CEO of BitMEX, talked about how he expects the Ethereum ($ETH) price to change in the next few months. In a blog post published yesterday, Hayes said: “As I have said in various interviews, the only thing that I believe matters in the short term (i.e., the next three to six […]

Miners on the Ethereum Network look to preserve the proof-of-work consensus mechanism through hard forks. The launch of ETHPoW and EthereumFair show that miners are not backing down in their efforts to preserve the original version of the blockchain. Though a bold move, much of the community and project feel that proof-of-stake is the future. The Ethereum Merge, which kept […]

After months in the works, Ethereum’s Merge goes live without hitches. The Merge sees the network’s transition to an energy-efficient Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. Not all entities are pleased with the new feat, with some critics poking holes into the future of Ethereum. Ethereum’s developers can breathe a sigh of relief after the widely-anticipated Merge event occurred, ushering in an […]