Tag: ETH

Price analysis 9/18: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, TON, SOL

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Bitcoin and select altcoins are attempting to make a comeback as traders expect the Fed to hold rates steady during its meeting this week. The failure of the bears to sink Bitcoin’s price below $25,000 support ignited buying interest last week. The positive momentum picked up further at the start of the new week, and buyers are trying to sustain Bitcoin’s (BTC) price above $27,000. Market participants seem to be buoyant on expectations that the Federal Reserve will not hike rates again this year. The CME FedWatch Tool shows a 58%…

Was The SEC In Bed With Ethereum? ETH Gate Explained

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Conspiracy theory or one of the biggest scandals in crypto? The term “ETH Gate” has been on the lips of every XRP supporter in recent months and, increasingly, the broader cryptocurrency community. At the heart of this issue is the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision to classify Ethereum (ETH) as a non-security, contrasting sharply with its ongoing legal action against Ripple and the XRP token.What is ETH Gate “ETH Gate” refers to a theory alleging that the Ethereum Foundation and ConsenSys have fostered close relationships with key individuals…

Crypto Whale Trades $150M in Ether (ETH) Call Options, Data Tracker Greeks.Live Shows

The large flow was concentrated in the so-called out-of-the-money (OTM) calls at strike levels well above ether’s current market price of $1,633. Whales blocked over 40,000 contracts of ETH December expiry call at $2,200 and nearly 50,000 contracts of October expiry call at $2,000. A block trade is a large transaction negotiated over-the-counter of outside of the exchange’s order book to ensure minimum impact on the market price of the asset. Block traders are considered a proxy for institutional activity. Source

Ether (ETH) Prices are Trading at 27% Discount to Fair Value, New Research Shows

Per the Metcalfe law (ML), the value of the network is directly linked and proportional to the square of the number of users it has. Ether enables users to transact on the Ethereum blockchain, earn interest, and participate in network security through staking, store non-fungible tokens and much more. Thus, ether’s value proposition has long been closely tied to Ethereum’s network usage. Source

3 key Ethereum price metrics suggest that ETH is gearing up for volatility

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Ether (ETH) price has been dealing with some strong headwinds and on Sept. 11, the price of the altcoin endured a critical test when it plunged to the $1,530 support level. In the days that followed, Ether managed to stage an impressive recovery, by surging by 6%. This resurgence may signal a pivotal moment, following a month that had seen ETH endure losses of 16%.  Even with the somewhat swift recovery, Ether’s price performance raises questions among investors about whether it has the potential to climb back to $1,850, and…

Ethereum launches new testnet ‘Holešky,’ allocates 1.6B ETH for devs

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Ethereum developers launched a new testnet on Sept. 15. Called “ Holešky,” the network is expected to be used for staking, infrastructure and protocol-development, according to its developer documents. Sepolia will remain the dominant network for application development. Hello Holesky, Ethereum’s Newest Testnet Read details below#cryptonews #ETH pic.twitter.com/Z6DUMkOExz — Amy Kols Network (@Amyykols) September 14, 2023 An initial supply of 1.6 billion Holesky testnet Ether (HETH) will be allocated to validators on Holešky’s launch day to bootstrap the network into operation, according to Ethereum developer Tim Beiko. This represents ten…

The Ethereum Merge has Lead to Net Supply Reduction of 300K Ether (ETH)

“In August 2022, the Ethereum Foundation warned users that the upcoming Paris upgrade would not reduce gas fees. Subsequently, prices fell, and ether was doomed to underperform bitcoin. But this also hinted towards the next potential catalyst for Ether investors—lower gas fees,” Markus Thielen, head of research and strategy at Matrixport, said in a note to clients last week. Source

Ethereum Core Devs Greenlight EIP-7514: Impact On ETH Price

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Ethereum Core Developers have officially approved EIP-7514 for inclusion in the upcoming Dencun upgrade which is slated for late 2023. This Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) primarily aims to decelerate the growth rate of ETH staking, thereby providing the Ethereum community additional time to craft an improved validator reward scheme. The main modification brought by this EIP is setting the Max Epoch Churn Limit, the validator activation queue upper limit, to a constant value of 8. Previously, the churn limit was calculated by taking “The total number of validators/65536,” which at…