40%+ Ethereum PoS nodes are controlled by two addresses says Santiment data

Analysis from Santiment indicates that 46.15% of Ethereum’s PoS nodes are controlled by only 2 addresses. Hours after the Merge, the first address has validated about 188 blocks or 28.97% of the nodes, and the second has validated 16.18%, or 105 blocks. On Twitter, the data became a controversial topic as users debated about the impact of the Merge on centralization for the largest network in the world. According to our #Ethereum Post Merge Inflation dashboard, 46.15% of the #proofofstake nodes for storing data, processing transactions, and adding new #blockchain…

40%+ Ethereum PoS nodes are controlled by 2 addresses says Santiment data

Analysis from Santiment indicates that 46.15% of Ethereum’s PoS nodes are controlled by only 2 addresses. Hours after the Merge, the first address has validated about 188 blocks or 28.97% of the nodes, and the second has validated 16.18%, or 105 blocks. On Twitter, the data became a controversial topic as users debated about the impact of the Merge on centralization for the largest network in the world. According to our #Ethereum Post Merge Inflation dashboard, 46.15% of the #proofofstake nodes for storing data, processing transactions, and adding new #blockchain…

Ethereum PoW Network Sees Complaints on Day 1 Amid Data Goof-Up

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AVAX Price Rebound Fails To Breach $22 Resistance Due To High CPI Data

AVAX had time to recoup from June to July and then in August, the token slipped and formed a bullish cup and handle pattern. AVAX intraday trading volume indicates a 38.7% plunge Avalanche sellers successfully reclaimes the 20-day EMA slope Trading volume skyrockets to 487 million Now, the pattern which can be spotted at the market bottom will serve as a feasible launchpad for the crypto’s recovery but in order to complete the pattern, the coin price should barrel past the $30.6 key resistance. With the reversal of the V-top…

SWIFT and Symbiont announce corporate data blockchain pilot

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) disclosed on Tuesday a partnership with fintech company Symbiont to provide more accurate data for financial firms through blockchain technology.  Vanguard, Citigroup, American Century Investments, and Northern Trust are among the companies participating in the initiative. According to the announcement, the pilot project “could help providers distribute data in near real time to global custody clients.” Through Assembly, Symbiont’s proprietary technology platform, smart contracts will be used “to create a network effect that leverages the 11,000+ institutions connected to SWIFT globally.” In 2017,…

US Inflation Data Roils Markets, Bitcoin and Ether Fall

● Bitcoin (BTC): $20,272 −9.5% ● Ether (ETH): $1,615 −6.4% ● CoinDesk Market Index (CMI): $1,019 −7.1% ● S&P 500 daily close: 3,932.69 −4.3% ● Gold: $1,712 per troy ounce −0.9% ● Ten-year Treasury yield daily close: 3.42% +0.06 Bitcoin, ether and gold prices are taken at approximately 4pm New York time. Bitcoin is the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (XBX); Ether is the CoinDesk Ether Price Index (ETX); Gold is the COMEX spot price. Information about CoinDesk Indices can be found at coindesk.com/indices. Original

Bitcoin Brutalized After August CPI Data Release

In this episode of NewsBTC’s daily technical analysis videos, we take a look at Bitcoin price action following today’s selloff in reaction to August CPI numbers. Take a look at the video below: BTCUSD Buy Signals At Risk After CPI Selloff The selloff really was immediate. When looking at the one-minute candle, Bitcoin lost over 6% in value in a minute or two. Sell orders executed within seconds of CPI numbers being released. The selloff is notable as it is putting many of the buy signals from the weekly open…

Bitcoin battles whales above $22K as BTC price faces US CPI data

Bitcoin (BTC) continued to battle major resistance on Sep. 13 as markets prepared for United States inflation numbers. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView “Serious” whales present new BTC price hurdl Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked BTC/USD as it sought to push through $22,500. Bulls had attempted to vanquish a wall of seller interest in the range just above $22,000, this proving especially stubborn and leading to an overnight consolidation phase. On-chain monitoring resource Material Indicators highlighted the struggle in a screenshot of the Binance BTC/USD…

Bitcoin Has Not Bottomed Out, Data Suggests; Ether and Other Altcoins Fall in Monday Trading

In an interview on CoinDesk’s First Mover TV program, head economist of decentralized protocols at software company ConsenSys, said that cryptocurrencies respond to external events similar to other riskier assets. “The story about the macroeconomic environment is, if it allows consumers to have a larger budget – and certainly the COVID environment was that – they’re more likely to take risks, they’re more likely to use Web3 and try new protocols,” he said. “And if they’re compressed, and they’re much more worried about paying down their mortgages or their rents,…