[ad_2][ad_1] It is time for the Ethereum 2.0 beacon chain to be launched. We’ve spent the past nine months testing this thing for life. The year started with huge and long-lived single client testnets: Sapphire, Topaz and Onyx networks operated by Prysmatic Labs. In April, there were small multi-client networks: …
Read More »Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust gains SEC reporting firm status
[ad_2][ad_1] Grayscale Investments states that the registration statement on Form 10 that it filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on behalf of the Ethereum Trust has become effective. This means that Ethereum Trust is now an official SEC reporting company and the second digital currency investment …
Read More »The second launch trial of Ethereum 2.0 puts it on track for the 2020 release
[ad_2][ad_1] Ethereum has successfully launched another dress rehearsal testnet for the upcoming Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0, dubbed Zinken. The launch took place on Monday at 12:00 UTC, and unlike previous attempts, it was a smooth launch with sufficient participation and no major bugs. The testnet was organized after the bittersweet …
Read More »Ethereum whales transfer over $ 50 million worth of Ether to Uniswap
[ad_2][ad_1] Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the co-founder of a major American cryptocurrency exchange now a billionaire, thanks to the surge in Bitcoin prices. The brothers had previously bought $ 11 million worth of Bitcoin in 2013, according to the New York Times, and soon became crypto-evangelists, building the cryptocurrency exchange …
Read More »Aztec launches private smart contracts as an Ethereum rollup
[ad_2][ad_1] Aztec, a privacy protocol that builds on Ethereum, announced on Monday the launch of its second iteration, promising private transactions and smart contracts while being cheaper than standard transfers. The layer two solution adopted by Aztec is based on zkRollups, similar to Loopring or ZkSync. All of these protocols …
Read More »Ethereum miners earned 450,000 ETH from high network fees during the DeFi peak
[ad_2][ad_1] The Ether miner’s (ETH) revenue skyrocketed during the month of September according to data from glassnode, an onchain analytics resource. Although the price of Ether has not increased significantly during this period, miners on the Ethereum network have seen their revenue increase due to the high fees. The miners …
Read More »The potential ripple effects of Ethereum 2.0, explained
[ad_2][ad_1] The virtual invest: ethereum economy event will be held on Wednesday 14 October. CoinDesk’s Christine Kim spoke with colleagues Michael J. Casey and Aaron Stanley about the most compelling and little discussed topics on Ethereum 2.0 which will be the protagonist of next week’s conference. Free early access to …
Read More »Ethereum is Manhattan and everyone is moving to the suburbs
[ad_2][ad_1] Few have predicted the rapid acceleration of the decentralized finance (DeFi) economy this year. The fervent activity in space has skyrocketed DeFi assets to nearly $ 11 billion, equivalent to nearly double the size of the Barbados economy. Likewise, the assets under management held by decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) …
Read More »Ethereum miners earn more than their Bitcoin rivals
[ad_2][ad_1] Harvest Finance, a major decentralized finance protocol, recently announced a $ 100,000 bounty, following a $ 24 million attack on its cash pools. In a recent tweet released seen by Nairametrics, Harvest Finance revealed that there is so far enough data to identify the attacker, “Who is well known …
Read More »3 main on-chain metrics indicate a bullish reversal in the price of Ethereum
[ad_2][ad_1] While the price of Ether (ETH) has been stuck between $ 340 and $ 350 for the last month, multiple on-chain metrics suggest a recovery may be in the offing. Santiment, a cryptocurrency analytics firm, recently noted that the number of deposits in exchanges has declined since the beginning …
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