Tag: ETH

Sushiswap Smart Contract Bug Results in Over $3M in Losses; Head Chef Says Hundreds of ETH Recovered – Defi Bitcoin News

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According to several reports, a bug introduced to the decentralized exchange (dex) protocol Sushiswap’s smart contract has resulted in more than $3 million in losses. The blockchain and smart contract security firm Peckshield explained the exploited contract was “deployed in multiple blockchains.” Dex Platform Sushiswap Suffers From Smart Contract Exploit Over the weekend, the dex platform Sushiswap saw its RouteProcess02 contract exploited and then distributed across various blockchain networks. Blockchain security firm Certik published an alert after discovering the exploit. The company Peckshield also updated the crypto community via Twitter,…

How will the Shanghai upgrade impact ETH price? Expert explains

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While it may have some short-term negative impact on the price of Ether (ETH), the upcoming Shanghai upgrade will be extremely bullish for Ethereum’s native token, as it will attract more capital to staking and increase the network’s security, according to Ethereum researcher Vivek Raman.  The Shanghai upgrade, scheduled for April 12, will allow network validators to withdraw funds that have been locked to secure the network since December 2020. The upgrade will complete the network’s transition to a proof-of-stake system, which started last October with the Merge. Around 18…

ETH price set for more gains versus Bitcoin in April

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Ethereum’s Ether (ETH) token dropped by over 7.5% in its Bitcoin (BTC) pair in 2023. But ETH/BTC may wipe its year-to-date (YTD) losses entirely in April as Ethereum’s long-awaited Shanghai hard fork is just days away. The upgrade is set for April 12, enabling Ethereum stakers to withdraw around 1.1 billion ETH in rewards — worth over $2 billion as of April 8.  ETH price undergoes key technical bounce Many experts see the hard fork as bullish for Ether in the long term. For instance, the Shanghai buzz has helped Ether…

Price analysis 4/7: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, LTC

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Bitcoin’s failure to clear the overhead resistance at $30,000 is attracting profit-booking in select altcoins. Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading below $29,000 for the past several days. The analyst community remains divided on the near-term prospects of Bitcoin. While some believe that Bitcoin could rise to $30,000, others are of the opinion that a local top has been made. Bloomberg Intelligence senior macro strategist Mike McGlone said that cryptocurrencies, along with the stock market, crude oil and copper may find it difficult to sustain the recent bounce because bank liquidity levels…

BTC, ETH Extend Consolidation, Ahead of Nonfarm Payrolls – Bitcoin News

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Bitcoin consolidated for a third consecutive session on Friday, hours before a much anticipated nonfarm payrolls (NFP) release. Many are expecting that payrolls will come in under the 240,000 expected sum, following recent disappointing labor data. Ethereum was also largely unchanged as of writing. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) consolidated for a third consecutive session on Friday, as the global cryptocurrency market cap remains largely unchanged at the time of writing. Following a high of $28,178.30 on Thursday, BTC/USD fell marginally lower in today’s session, hitting a bottom of $27,765.34. Markets have…

Layer-2 zkSync offers solution to recover 900 ETH locked in smart contract

Matter Labs, the team behind Ethereum’s layer-2 scaling solution, zkSync, has confirmed that 921 ETH worth $1.7 million is currently stuck in one of its new smart contracts, GemstoneIDO. Despite the issue, the firm claims that the funds are safe. Matter Labs have found an elegant solution to rescue them, which accumulated during the Gemholic token sale. @GemholicECO, who ran into a problem with their smart contract on zkSync Era, has reached out to us for support, which we provided. We’d like to give the community an update and further…

Bitcoin BTC Price Is Flat, Ether ETH Price in the Red as a Long Weekend Begins.

Dogecoin is apparently spiking because people believe that Elon Musk could soon integrate a permanent dogecoin payment system on Twitter, the microblogging platform he overpaid for ($43 billion). Twitter has several million daily active users, many of them high-profile, and if even just a small percentage begin transacting in DOGE – as a joke or not – it’s not completely irrational to speculate on that translating into a higher price. Mind you, Twitter already has payment/tipping features using the U.S. dollar and the Bitcoin Lightning network. The latter is rarely…

zkSync Era denies 921 ETH ‘stuck forever’ in smart contract

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Matter Labs, the team behind Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution zkSync, has denied that 921 Ether (ETH)  worth $1.7 million will be “stuck forever” in one of its new projects. The statement comes as one zkSync project is currently experiencing issues in transferring the funds that it accumulated during its token sale. In a response tweet, Matter Labs confirmed that they’re working to solve the problem and will soon publish a “detailed update.” Not stuck forever. We are working with the team to help them solve the problem and will publish…

OpenSea collector fat fingers a 100 ETH bid for a free NFT

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A nonfungible token (NFT) trader has seemingly fat-fingered a trade for a free NFT, buying it for 100 Ether (ETH), currently valued at $191,239, representing a 250,000% increase on the floor price of 0.04 ETH. The token was part of NFT marketplace OpenSea’s Gemesis NFT collection — free NFTs intended to commemorate the launch of OpenSea Pro on April 4. OpenSea Pro is a marketplace aggregator tailored to professional users by providing them with what OpenSea calls “a vastly improved” suite of features such as live cross-marketplace data and advanced…