Ethereum’s recent price action is giving bears the courage to come out of hiding. After all, the No. 2 cryptocurrency is down by over 52 percent from the 2019 peak of $363.30. Some traders are even proclaiming that Ethereum will be “dead money for year…
With just over a month left until the TON blockchain officially launches, Telegram’s debut cryptocurrency project is shaping up to be one of Ethereum’s biggest threats to date. Numerous would-be assassins have lined up to close out the contract on the world’s largest blockchain platform in recent years – all with little success. But with […]
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Tether (USDT) transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain are losing ground to Ethereum at an ever-increasing rate. Ever since the Tether stablecoin was issued on Ethereum in January 2018, it has slowly gone on to become the most utilized version of the USD…
By CCN Markets While the bitcoin price languishes this week, ethereum classic is enjoying a spectacular spike ahead of its scheduled September hard fork. And the ethereum price is rising too. As of this writing, the price of ethereum classic (ETC) rock…
By CCN Markets: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says improving scalability could slash crypto transaction costs by a factor of “over 100.” That’s crucial, considering that blockchain has become so much “bigger than bitcoin.” Moreover, Buterin says upgrading scalability could dramatically boost mass crypto adoption. So that’s a pressing issue the industry must address if it […]
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Ethereum, like most altcoins, has been clobbered by bitcoin in 2019, losing more than 39% against the flagship cryptocurrency. ETH recently broke below its historical support of 0.025 BTC and printed a fresh all-time low of 0.020138 BTC on Binance on J…
After opening the week on reasonably stable ground, major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple endured painful sell-offs on Wednesday that thrust them below key levels. However, technical indicators suggest that the worst might be o…
People may wonder why Facebook has chosen to build their Libra blockchain network from scratch, rather than building on an existing giant like Ethereum, EOS, or even – as was rumored – Stellar. The answer is simple and sophisticated at the …
The sentiment around Ethereum has shifted from ultra bullish to bearish in less than a month. On June 26, investors were extremely bullish as the No. 2 cryptocurrency as its price rose from a 2018-bottom of $83 to the 2019-high of $363.30. That’s a mas…
Blockstream chief strategy officer Samson Mow pulled no punches with Facebook’s much-hyped crypto, Libra. He is not the first industry insider to criticize the planned crypto launch, both industry experts and lawmakers are voicing concerns over t…
Ethereum developers are having trouble scaling the most prominent smart contract platform in the world. Ethereum and The Bitcoin Cash Gambit It’s that simple. Scaling something worth billions of dollars without breaking it is a monumental task. Develop…
Overnight, within merely hours, the valuation of the crypto market dropped by $28 billion as major assets in the likes of Ethereum and Litecoin fell in the range of 11 to 15 percent. Analysts have largely attributed the correction to a technical move g…
In the past 24 hours, the price of ether, the native crypto asset of the Ethereum blockchain protocol, has increased by five percent against the U.S. dollar. e bitcoin price recovered by two percent. The valuation of the crypto market has remained rela…
Quietly, subtly, and without contest, Ethereum is currently under a sustained attack that has been ongoing for months. Long considered the king of the dApps, Ethereum is the one that other blockchain platforms seek to dethrone in their own attempts at …
Many crypto enthusiasts love to hype the ever elusive altcoin season (“altseason“), which has long been hailed as one of the most profitable bitcoin market cycles for active cryptocurrency traders. When the season is in full swing, larger a…
The link between gaming and crypto is so strong, that were it not for Vitalik Buterin’s encounter with World of Warcraft, the Ethereum creator would never have founded the most well-known alternative to Bitcoin. That’s a link in a chain that has alread…
According to Charlie Bilello, an investor and a finance researcher, Ethereum is being traded with substantial premiums above spot value through Grayscale’s Ethereum Investment Trust (ETHE). Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust started trading last week. These are the premiums investors have paid above the net asset value of the Ethereum holdings…June 20: 1,059%June 21: 2,022%June 24: 347%June […]
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Opera, the major web browser, has brought cryptocurrency to the iPhone. The company announced Wednesday that its Opera Touch browser now comes with an Ethereum crypto wallet. The move follows a previous rollout of a crypto wallet for Android smartphone…
Ok, maybe we should have seen yesterday’s bitcoin price crash coming. Let me rephrase that: I should have seen yesterday’s bitcoin price crash coming. Here’s why: I watched some idiot buy ethereum at $5,000 in real-time. So I don’t know why I was so su…
Bitcoin’s jaw-dropping run over the last few weeks has made many people euphoric. Some are starting to predict that the leading cryptocurrency will hit $60,000 in this bull cycle. Claims like this often signal that a local top is in. If that’s the case…