Tag: ETH

Ethereum Price Faces Big Move – Can Bulls Send ETH To $4K?

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Ethereum price is gaining pace above the $3,600 resistance zone. ETH could extend its upward move if it clears the $3,725 resistance zone. Ethereum is aiming for more gains above the $3,725 and $3,740 levels. The price is trading above $3,650 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a connecting bullish trend line forming with support at $3,480 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could extend its rally if there is a close above the $3,725 resistance zone. Ethereum Price Jumps Over 8%…

Ether (ETH) Rallies to $3.6K as Bitcoin (BTC) Holds Steady at $71K

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Some traders were positioned for bitcoin leadership after the ether-bitcoin ratio dipped below key support last week. As such, ETH’s market-beating rise has brought rapid adjustment in market positioning, leading to a sharp uptick in the perpetual funding rates or cost of holding long/short positions, Singapore-based QCP capital explained in a note on Telegram. The upside volatility has also led to a significant short covering in ETH front-end call options. Original

Ancient Ethereum Whale With Over 12,000 ETH Creates Noise

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The Ethereum market is buzzing after a long-dormant “whale” – a major investor holding a vast amount of cryptocurrency – resurfaced and transferred a significant amount of ETH to the Kraken exchange. This move has sparked speculation about a potential price drop, but wider market trends suggest a more complex picture. On-chain analytics firm Spot On Chain has disclosed that the investor, who participated in Ethereum’s Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in 2014, recently deposited 1,069 ETH, valued at roughly $3.56 million, to Kraken. Traditionally, deposits to exchanges are seen as…

What the Ethereum (ETH) Staking Argument Is Really About

The Core Devs are, of course, part of that community, but it’s also clear they have an outsized influence on the protocol relative to the other stakeholders. Further, what we are really talking about here are the various researchers who are paid by the Ethereum Foundation. — because, well, the Ethereum Foundation is one of the few organizations that pays people to focus on protocol research. Source

Ethereum Foundation Researchers’ Proposal to Slow ETH Issuance Draws Pushback

Notably, Vitalik Buterin, the influential co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain, is one of three members of the executive board of the Ethereum Foundation, according to its website. The organization is described as a “non-profit that supports the Ethereum ecosystem,” and part of a “larger community of organizations and individuals that fund protocol development, grow the ecosystem and advocate for Ethereum.” Source

Ether (ETH) Could Avoid Security Designation With Centralization Risk Easing, JPMorgan Says

Staking platform Lido’s share of staked ether (ETH) has continued to fall, which should reduce concerns about concentration in the Ethereum network, raising the chance that ETH won’t be designated as a security in the future, JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report on Wednesday. “The share of Lido in staked ETH has decreased further from around one third a year ago to around a quarter at the moment,” analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou wrote. The Hinman documents, which were released last June, “revealed the role of network decentralization in…

VanEck Eyes $1 Trillion Market Cap As ETH Stalls

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Banking behemoth VanEck has valued Ethereum Layer-2 (L2) solutions at an astounding $1 trillion in a daring prediction, emphasizing the critical role that efficiency gains and scalability improvements will play in the development of blockchain technology. Ethereum Layer 2s Poised For Significant Increase In Valuation According to VanEck researchers, Ethereum Layer 2 scaling networks are expected to soar to the aforementioned market valuation by 2030. Leading the comprehensive prediction were Patrick Bush, the senior investment analyst at VanEck, and Matthew Sigel, the head of digital research. Specifically, the bold forecast…

US Govt Moves $90M In Bitcoin, ETH From Estonian Scammers

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In the early US hours, Arkham Intelligence reported that the United States government had transferred over $90 million worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum, previously seized from two Estonian nationals involved in a vast cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering scheme. This move captured the attention of the cryptocurrency community, just days after the transfer of approximately $2 billion in Bitcoin related to the infamous Silk Road marketplace. Arkham Intel, utilizing its advanced tracking technology, noted that just two hours ago, the US government executed multiple transactions involving the seized digital assets.…

U.S. SEC Calls for Comments on Spot ETH ETFs

Despite rising hopes after the agency’s approval of bitcoin spot ETFs in January, industry analysts have become less optimistic that the regulator will follow suit with the products tracking Ethereum’s (ETH). The commission had been pressured into abandoning its earlier opposition of the bitcoin applications after a key loss in a court dispute with Grayscale, and SEC officials had argued that their resulting approval of bitcoin ETFs doesn’t apply to other tokens. Source