Ethereum

Long-running tension between the Ethereum Classic Community and Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson appears to have gathered steam once more. Hoskinson slammed the platform in a tweet as he responded to allegations from a vocal Ethereum Classic advocate with the username “SETHMCCORMACK9.” Hoskinson Fires Back at Accusations of Plans to “Milk ETC” The accusatory post claimed Hoskinson was looking to take advantage of ETC by imposing a 20% miner tax.  No drama, just saying that SHA-3 and also a treasury was…

The Nitro upgrade for Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Arbitrum is slated to take place on Wednesday, August 31. Arbitrum shared updates regarding the forthcoming upgrade in a Twitter post late last night.  Arbitrum Announces Nitro Launch Date The Ethereum-based scaling solution employs L2 structure, optimistic rollups to process transactions outside the Ethereum mainnet. Arbitrum completes operations in large batches off-chain before delivering them on Ethereum. With Nitro, however, the network should raise its transaction throughput and cut down transaction fees.…

Coinbase – America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – has updated its statement detailing its approach to Ethereum’s upcoming Merge. The firm has now clarified that it's willing to list a possible forked version of ETH at the exchange. The statement, uploaded last week, was revised on Thursday to reflect Coinbase’s commitment to creating a “level playing field” for all assets. Should an ETH PoW fork arise following The Merge, this asset will be reviewed with the same rigor as any other…

Major crypto exchange Binance will halt operations involving Ether (ETH) and ERC-20 tokens during the Ethereum network’s forthcoming upgrades, according to an official release. Binance cited the possibility of a hard fork and explained that the move is to ensure the safety of user funds in such a scenario. Binance to Close Withdrawals and Deposits to Protect Customers Ethereum is set to carry out its transition to the proof-of-stake Beacon chain in September. This event, dubbed the Merge, has seen…

Whale movements and analysts suggest that ETH could dip during and after the Merge   While excitement builds towards the Ethereum Merge date which is less than a month away, market anticipation hasn’t been convincingly positive. As a matter of fact, according to recent data, sellers might be pining for the Merge rather than stacking up.  Whale Movements Suggest Possible Drop in Ether Price According to data from blockchain analytics  Santiment, previous bullish build-up prior to the Merge appears to…

NFT-focused lending platform BendDAO is currently facing an insolvency crisis, having run out of funds to pay depositors. This comes shortly after predictions of mass NFT liquidations to reclaim the platform’s loans.  BendDAO is currently witnessing a bank run as several of the platform’s lenders withdrew their assets over the weekend. At writing the platform has roughly 425 wETH in its reserve and still owes its depositors about 13K ETH.  As analyst NFTStatistics.eth explained in a Twitter post, BendDAO’s debtors…

On Thursday, MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen shared a proposal via the network’s official Discord server. Christensen raised the suggestion that the MakerDAO organization should swap its $3.5B  worth of USDC for Ether. However, Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin tagged Christensen’s plan a “terrible idea” despite the potential benefits of such a move on Ethereum’s value.  Christensen To Remove USDC Exposure Rune’s actual goal is to eliminate MakerDAO’s exposure to USDC following the US Treasury’s recent sanction on crypto mixer Tornado Cash.…

Ethereum developers have established tentative, official scheduling for the merge on September 15th. On that day, the network’s consensus mechanism will change from proof of work to proof of stake.  The date was established on Thursday during an Ethereum Foundation Consensus Layer Call. Developers agreed to target either September 15th or September 16th with the upgrade. However, the timing remains an estimate, and devs stressed that the official date is not finalized yet. On Thursday, developer Tim Beiko tweeted the…

Via a lengthy Twitter post, Ethereum fork advocates recently promised to put an end to EIP-1559. In a detailed open letter, they claimed the Ethereum Foundation had used the proposal to foster a bullish narrative that ultimately harms miners.  Ethereum Abandoning Decentralization Ethereum’s forthcoming transition to proof-of-stake has seen a lot of positive attention, with several eagerly awaiting the Merge. However, there have also been opponents who believe the switch to Proof-of-Stake is a step backward. The account behind the…