Bitcoin whales push ‘choreographed’ BTC price as Ether nears $2K

Bitcoin (BTC) headed back toward $29,000 into April 5 as data showed whale orders guiding price action. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Analysis: BTC price push still “bear market rally” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it hit $28,780 on Bitstamp. The pair continued a rebound from one-week lows under $27,300 seen at the start of the week courtesy of rumors around biggest exchange Binance and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao (known as CZ). After reclaiming $28,000, Bitcoin saw fresh momentum as Binance order book…

Ether Breaking Out Ahead of Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade: Bernstein

However, as the upgrade approaches there will be an “increased realization” that nearly 70% of staked ether is via liquid staking protocols such as Lido and they allowed investors to sell their stETH regardless, “so liquidity for 70% of staked ETH is now new, they could do it anyway,” the note said. Original Source AheadBernsteinBREAKINGEtherEthereumsShanghaiupgrade CryptoX Portal

Ethereum’s Shanghai Hard Fork Is Nearing, But When Can I Withdraw My Staked Ether (ETH)?

Full withdrawals, on the other hand, are when you remove the entire balance, including the 32 ETH, from the blockchain. This means that your validator will stop participating in the block validation process. Full withdrawals won’t happen automatically because the validator needs to send a message to the blockchain to add itself to the exit queue. This takes time and will be released gradually. Source ETHEtherEthereumsForkHardNearingShanghaiStakedWithdraw CryptoX Portal

Keep Goerli Ether Alive as Ethereum Canary Network, DAO Argues

Developers use gETH tokens for testing purposes. These tokens are a testnet version of actual ether for developers to simulate transactions, smart contacts, and other activities prior to deploying on the Ethereum mainnet. This means that these tokens are supposed to be free – issued simply for testnet developers. Original Source AliveArguesCanaryDAOEtherEthereumGoerliNetwork CryptoX Portal

U.S. CFTC Chief Behnam Reinforces View of Ether as Commodity

In the high-stakes CFTC action against Binance, the CFTC says several tokens – bitcoin, ether, litecoin and the stablecoins tether and BUSD – are commodities that Binance was illegally trading. A lawmaker on the House Appropriations Committee asked him during a budget hearing Tuesday whether he believes ether (ETH) should be on that list. Source