Category: Cryptocurrency
Mainstream outlets are starting to pick up on the significance of next week’s Ethereum Merge, describing it as a “major overhaul” that could either accelerate crypto adoption or send disastrous shockwaves across the market should it fail. The Merge has been in the making since the original Ethereum white paper and involves moving from an […]
The Bellatrix upgrade was the last major upgrade before the Ethereum Merge, which will transition the network’s consensus mechanism to proof-of-stake. 2217 Total views 10 Total shares The Bellatrix upgrade preparing Ethereum for the Merge was successfully completed on Tuesday. However, concerns were raised over an almost one in ten missed block rate across the […]
The growing number of speculators taking out Ether (ETH) loans to maximize their potential to earn forked Ether Proof-of-Work tokens (ETHPoW) has been causing headaches for decentralized finance protocols. The issue has been gaining traction over the past month or so, given that a significant number of Ether miners are expected to continue working on […]
KPMG noted that despite the expected downfall, investment figures remained well-positioned in comparison to pre-2021 figures, which highlights the growing maturity of the market. 557 Total views 19 Total shares Venture capital firms poured $14.2 billion into crypto across 725 deals in the first half of 2022, but big four accounting firm KPMG predicts investments […]
“I’m just a regular Bitcoiner caught in the crosshairs,” claimed Mark Alexander Hopkins, also known as Rizzn, prior to serving his prison sentence. 4893 Total views 91 Total shares Mark Alexander Hopkins, also known by the moniker Doctor Bitcoin or their handle Rizzn, has claimed that “transacting Bitcoin p2p is a federal crime” after announcing […]
Crypto Twitter user FatManTerra explained the fake investment scheme was used to teach people a lesson about investing blindly in crypto schemes shilled by influencers. 3578 Total views 78 Total shares Crypto influencer FatManTerra claims to have gathered over $100,000 worth of Bitcoin (BTC) from crypto investors in an investment scheme that was later revealed […]
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domain names have surpassed Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) as the most traded asset on NFT marketplace OpenSea over the last seven days — seemingly ahead of the Ethereum Merge. According to OpenSea data, the weekly volume of the Ethereum domain NFTs eclipsed 2,249 ETH at the time of writing, beating […]
The Ethereum Merge could force many crypto miners to give up and abandon their expensive mining rigs amid a race to the bottom for profits. 175 Total views 8 Total shares The Ethereum network’s transition from a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus is likely to flood the crypto industry with out-of-work ETH miners, causing severe disruption to all […]
The need to update Ethereum clients comes as the Bellatrix upgrade is set to enable the Beacon Chain to execute transactions. 449 Total views 11 Total shares As many as 73.5% of Ethereum nodes are now marked as “Merge ready” ahead of the upcoming Bellatrix upgrade for Ethereum on Sept. 6, according to data from […]
National security experts have raised the alarm bells over the IS-NEWS #01 NFT, which is being seen as the first case of an NFT created and shared by a “terrorist sympathizer.” 1931 Total views 42 Total shares The first known case of a nonfungible token (NFT) created and shared by a “terrorist sympathizer” has come to […]