The lone scammer has managed to abscond with approximately $385,000 worth of Ether (ETH) in under 24 hours. This incident forms part of a string of SIM-swapping hacks targeting users of the popular platform Friend.Tech. Scammer Steals 234 ETH in Less Than 24 Hours Blockchain investigator ZachXBT took to X on Oct. 5 to report...Read More
Ethereum’s network fees have plunged to some of their lowest levels, with this week recording an average of $1.13, a price last seen in November 2022. Crypto analytics firm Santiment revealed in a post on X that while the latest discovery may not be a perfect signal, it could indicate that ether (ETH) is preparing...Read More
Digital asset investment products witnessed inflows last week, with a total of $21 million coming in for the first time in 6 weeks. Interestingly, earlier in the week, it appeared that outflows would persist, but the tide turned towards the end of the week, particularly on Friday. CoinShares said this shift can be attributed to...Read More
UBS Asset Management, a major global fund management company, has initiated its inaugural “live pilot” of a tokenized money market fund on the Ethereum blockchain. UBS is leveraging its proprietary service, UBS Tokenize, to explore on-chain processes like subscriptions and redemptions. Through this pilot program, UBS Asset Management aims to conduct various fund-related activities on...Read More
Grayscale, the company behind the world’s largest crypto funds, has now moved to convert its Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) into a spot Ethereum (ETH) ETF. Since the announcement, shares for ETHE have shot up 2.71% on the day. Grayscale’s Pivot to Ethereum Per a press release shared by Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnhenshein, the conversion to...Read More
Ethereum (ETH) may now present advantages to institutional investors over Bitcoin (BTC), according to Fidelity’s Director of Research, Chris Kuiper. During an interview with the Bankless podcast on Wednesday, Kuiper argued that legacy finance is “getting past the Bitcoin point” in terms of its understanding of crypto at large, opening its minds to other digital...Read More
Ethereum recently completed a community event, ACDE 171, discussing how to bring several transformative elements that could shape the future of the network, possibly bolstering security and privacy. The event covered several broad topics, including Dencun Devnets, extensive audits, the much-awaited launch of Holesky, a pioneering proposal for private ETH transfers, and significant changes to...Read More
Currently, the race to establish dominance in the ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) space is heating up. One of the most notable names in the asset management sector, VanEck, is making headlines once again. With a massive $80 billion under its management, VanEck is preparing to launch an Ethereum Futures ETF. This move comes as a...Read More
A new report shows that today, five out of the six largest Ethereum block builders comply with the United States Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) sanctions. A post on X by Toni Wahrstätter, an Ethereum researcher and data analyst, reveals that over the past few months, there has been a noticeable surge in censorship....Read More
Crypto markets remain down around 65%, or $2 trillion in total market capitalization, from their peak in November 2021. The industry has been battered by a barrage of attacks from regulators and politicians, especially in the United States. Moreover, the wave of hacks and exploits has continued unrelenting. Nevertheless, there is a silver lining, and...Read More
For the sixth straight week, digital asset investment products experienced outflows, amounting to $9 million in the previous week. While this is significantly lower than the previous week which was characterized by sour investor sentiment with extensive outflows, the weekly trading volumes remained sluggish at just $820 million, significantly below the year-to-date average of $1.3...Read More
Elliptic, a leading blockchain analytics firm, has uncovered a network of 100 individual suppliers facilitating the illicit fentanyl trade by smuggling the precursor chemicals needed to synthesize fentanyl. The criminals have also been using cryptocurrency, specifically Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, and Monero, to make payments, facilitating the transfer of funds from buyers to suppliers, with the...Read More
Data collated by 21.co, the parent company of the world’s largest issuer of cryptocurrency exchange-traded products, 21Shares, revealed that the notorious North Korean hacking group Lazarus currently holds more than $47 million worth of crypto assets in its wallets. According to 21.co’s dashboard on Dune Analytics, Lazarus Group holds several digital assets, including bitcoin (BTC),...Read More
Ether has faced a challenging period in terms of price performance since early August, dropping below the $1,800 mark. The trend has consistently exhibited a downward trajectory on longer-term price charts, making it a daunting task for buyers to reverse this course. As a result of this increased bearish market structure, retail traders of Ether...Read More
Polygon Labs has suggested that the Celo blockchain community consider utilizing its Chain Development Kit (CDK) to streamline the intended layer-2 migration on the Ethereum network. The proposal comes after cLabs, the primary development team behind Celo, unveiled an alternative strategy in July to transition its layer-1 into an Ethereum-compatible layer-2 solution by utilizing Optimism’s...Read More
Ethereum underwent the Shanghai upgrade to enhance network activity and strengthen the DeFi ecosystem about a year ago. However, a recent report from JPMorgan suggests the upgrade has not met expectations due to an overall decrease in the network’s activity since then. Ethereum’s Network Activity Declines Post-Upgrade The Shanghai upgrade was a milestone for Ethereum,...Read More
Binance has seen immense activity on one of its Ethereum hot wallets in recent weeks. However, things got heated up on September 21st as a result of high on-chain activity by the Binance 14 wallet. The hot wallet, in question, spent an astonishing 530 Ether in gas fees, worth around $840k, in a span of...Read More
On Sept. 19, Eclipse announced a new L2 architecture, which will leverage the Solana Virtual Machine while operating on Ethereum, hence bringing the advantage of the former’s speed and scale in transaction settlement. The newly promoted L2 architecture aims to redefine the scaling world by touching on areas like Ethereum settlement, execution using SVM, availing...Read More
Despite Ether’s significant price rally since the beginning of the year, there has been an evident downtrend in terms of investors holding over 1,000 ETH. Based on a Glassnode analysis, the total number of Ethereum addresses owning 1,000 or more ETH has dropped to a 5-year-low of 6,082. In comparison, there were over 8,000 such...Read More
Another dormant Ethereum address has woken up from a slumber after four years. The wallet received approximately 2,594 ETH on November 27th, 2018, worth at the time $285,836. In recent weeks, several whale addresses, which were previously inactive, had been waking up. This coincided with a slight positive change in the crypto market after weeks...Read More
Bitcoin witnessed an extraordinary surge in transaction volume in the past week, coinciding with a mild increase in its price, which broke away from a constrained trajectory. According to recent data by IntoTheBlock, the number of reported transactions for Bitcoin rose to nearly 703,000, representing the largest number recorded not just in 2023 but also...Read More
Cosmos-based layer-1 blockchain – Canto – is migrating to a zero-knowledge layer 2 on Ethereum powered by Polygon Chain Development Kit (CDK). The move aligns with Canto’s plans to build a blockchain dedicated to real-world assets. The development comes amidst a significant shift in the Ethereum layer-2 space. Migration to Ethereum ZK-powered L2 Canto is...Read More
As Bitcoin struggles to maintain its price level above $27,500, Ethereum is also attempting to rally past the critical $1,650 threshold. Amidst the increased volatile day, whales are not sitting idle; even those who have been dormant are now making significant plays. With a noticeable uptick in large-scale transactions, traders are left wondering whether more...Read More
In a surprising turn of events, Ethereum developers faced an unexpected setback as they attempted to launch their new test network, Holesky, on Friday. This hiccup affected what was supposed to be a celebratory technological milestone, marking the first anniversary of the groundbreaking “Merge” upgrade of Ethereum. Holesky Testnet Faces Genesis File Mishap On Sept....Read More
Ethereum’s layer-2 solutions are outperforming the blockchain they were designed to bolster. Both Base and zkSync Era have shown remarkable performance so far despite the incessant bear market. For the first time in history, Base and zkSync Era surpassed Ethereum’s Transactions Per Second (TPS) rate of 10.18 on September 17th. According to data compiled by...Read More
Delio, a South Korea-based Bitcoin lender, is reportedly planning to launch an administrative lawsuit against local financial regulators, citing poor and incorrect interpretation of the law. This new lawsuit comes after an investigation and fine imposed on the Bitcoin lending firm by the South Korean watchdog. Delio to Sue South Korean Watchdogs Earlier this month,...Read More
Data from the Artemis Terminal reveals that Ethereum (ETH), the second-largest blockchain network by market capitalization, has surpassed Bitcoin (BTC) in terms of daily active addresses. According to the latest statistics, Ethereum boasts 1.03 million daily active addresses, while Bitcoin stands at 743,800. Santiment’s Insights into Ethereum’s On-Chain Activity According to a report by market...Read More
The popular Web3 wallet has officially unveiled a novel feature called ‘Snaps,’ which paves the way for its expansion beyond the confines of Ethereum. This marks a new dawn for developers and users of Metamask, who will benefit from interoperability and compatibility for different non-EVM blockchains. The inception of this feature traces back to a...Read More
As Bitcoin price faces challenges, Ethereum stands out with its ongoing recovery rally, encountering minimal obstacles. Additionally, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ August CPI data revealed a 3.7% year-on-year inflation rate, inducing volatility for BTC around the $26K mark. In contrast, Ethereum remains largely stable, backed by a growing buying interest among investors. 1073K...Read More
An unknown Ethereum address that has existed for over eight years has just made its first transfer for 185 ETH. In another intriguing transfer of the day, 830 BTC were moved from an unknown wallet to Bitstamp. The on-chain monitoring tool Whale Alert outlined the ETH ICO participant and their behavior on September 7. The...Read More
