Ethereum

On this week’s The Market Report show, Cointelegraph’s resident experts discuss if the new consumer price index (CPI) and United States inflation data will be bullish or bearish for Bitcoin (BTC). To kick things off, we break down the latest news in the markets this week: Related: Biggest mining difficulty spike in 14 months — 5

One month after the Merge, 51% of Ethereum blocks were compliant with OFAC standards, according to blockchain development Labrys’ data, as MEV-Boost relays take over market share.  On Twitter, users highlighted how the figures represent a milestone towards censorship, as more blocks are under surveillance: We reached another sad milestone in censorship: 51%This means if the

The United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 8.2% annually in September, beating economists’ expectations of an 8.1% rise. The CPI print lived up to its hype and caused a sharp, but short-term increase in volatile risk assets.  The S&P 500 oscillated inside its widest trading range since 2020 and Bitcoin (BTC) also witnessed a

Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), looks ready to undergo a massive rally due to a mix of technical and fundamental factors. From a technical perspective, ETH’s price now eyes a 35% rebound by the end of October after holding testing a key support level. This level is a rising trendline that has capped Ether’s downside

Crypto analyst Moustache believes Ethereum could soon start one of the biggest bull market runs  Moustache cited Ethereum’s price trajectory of 2016-2017 as an example, drawing comparisons on how Ethereum’s present price pattern is almost identical to its historical price data of 2016-2017  The recent bear phase of the crypto market has led several crypto

Google’s latest crypto feature enables some Ethereum wallet addresses to have their Ether (ETH) balances tracked straight off of the Google search engine — saving the need to make the trip to Etherscan.  The feature was first made public by the principal of Google Ventures, Han Hua, in an Oct. 11 tweet. Well done, blockchain

One of the core development teams behind the Ethereum Merge, Prysmatic Labs, has been acquired by Offchain Labs, the developer of the Ethereum layer-2 network Arbitrum.  Announced in an Oct. 13 blog post by Offchain Labs, the deal’s financial terms were not disclosed, but it was noted Prysmatic Labs chose to join Offchain Labs “for

Summary: The rate at which Ethereum’s network churns out new Ether tokens on a daily basis has dropped by a staggering 97% following the proof-of-stake upgrade in September. Per Delphi Digital’s analysis, net daily emissions have dropped from over 12,000 tokens before the Merge to under 4,000 ETH post-merge. The pattern marks a milestone in

Summary: A public call for tender was launched by the EU Commission last week. The call is for a study geared toward developing automated monitoring systems and compliance oversight for decentralized finance. DeFi operations in the Ethereum ecosystem are the main target for the commission’s so-called “embedded supervision”. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission also

The DeFi economist at Consensys, David Shuttleworth, is bullish on Ethereum  In an interview with Kitco, Shuttleworth noted how Ethereum processes far more transactions than Visa. In his latest interview with Kitco, the leading DeFi economist at ConsenSys, David Shuttleworth, has praised Ethereum. Shuttleworth noted how post-merge Ethereum has levelled up dramatically and can be

Lido Finance announced that it is available on Layer-2, and users can bridge their staked Ethereum. Currently, Arbitrum One and Optimism are supported. Lido will also allocate 150,000 LDO tokens in rewards per month across each network. The team wants to encourage the building of liquidity. Lido dominates staking on the Ethereum network, holding just

The exchange netflow of Ether (ETH) over the past couple of years highlights a behavioral pattern among Ether whales that market analysts believe is done to pump the price of the second-largest cryptocurrency. The “exchange netflow” is an indicator that measures the net amount of cryptocurrency entering or exiting the wallets of all centralized exchanges. The

Ethereum blockchain shifted from a proof-of-work (PoW) to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism on Sept. 15, 2022. Along with this move, ETHPoW, a distinct PoW blockchain (basically the old pre-Merge Ethereum) forked from Ethereum’s Merge, became live. This forked version of Ethereum aims to maintain the proof-of-work mining process for ETH miners. Any miner is

Summary: Fidelity announced a new Ethereum index fund per details from a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The mammoth asset manager boasts around $5 million in investments for its latest crypto offering. Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz hinted that the company might provide retail exposure to Bitcoin soon. A filing with the U.S.

Are regulators with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission gearing up to take down Ethereum? Given the saber-rattling by officials — including SEC Chairman Gary Gensler — it certainly seems possible. The agency went on a crypto-regulatory spree in September. First, at its annual The SEC Speaks conference, officials promised to continue bringing enforcement actions

On this week’s The Market Report show, Cointelegraph’s resident experts discuss if the potential collapse of the Credit Suisse bank could bring more volatility in the crypto market. To kick things off, we break down the latest news in the markets this week: BTC price still not at ‘max pain’ Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new