Get the weekly summary of crypto market analysis, news, and forecasts! This Week’s Summary The crypto market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $2,17 trillion. Bitcoin continues to trade at around $62,300. Ethereum experiences no changes and stagnates at around $2,400. XRP is down by 2%, Solana by 1%, and Dogecoin by 3%. Almost all altcoins are trading in the red, with very few exceptions. The DeFi sector decreased the total value of protocols (TVL) to around…
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Ethereum Gas – Everything You Need to Know About It
Cryptocurrencies revolutionized the financial sector and are slowly taking over the traditional banking system. For a long time, conventional banking has been associated with slow and inefficient transactions, especially when it comes to transaction fees. Intermediaries, or rather banks and other financial institutions, are part of what makes financial transaction costs relatively high. However, this third-party influence in financial transactions ended when Satoshi Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency. Bitcoin and other first-generation cryptocurrencies allow the transfer of currency from…
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Ethereum 2.0 Serenity – A Look at This Monumental Upgrade
The Ethereum 2.0 update continues to be one of the most anticipated crypto events of the year. Ethereum 2.0 is a multi-lab initiative that seeks to take the world's second-most popular cryptocurrency to new heights. The upgrade will introduce a host of new features and functionalities to the network. Specifically, the new protocol improves speed, efficiency, and scalability. In addition, developers believe the integration will alleviate congestion and lower gas costs for smart contract developers. Importantly, gas is the currency…
5 years ago
WMA: Bitcoin sees a 4-day decline, altcoins bleed lightly and the DeFi craze carries on
Get the weekly summary of cryptocurrency market trends, news, and forecasts! This Week’s Summary The Crypto Market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $362 billion. Bitcoin did a false jump over the $12k hedge only to drop right back to $11,600 Ethereum loses momentum and drops below $400 XRP started the week trading around $0.32 but finished slightly above $0.28 The DeFi boom attracts more attention to the crypto market as Google searches for cryptocurrency reach a…
5 years ago
WMA: BTC pushing to break past $12k while ETH surges well above $400
Get the weekly summary of cryptocurrency market trends, news, and forecasts! This Week’s Summary The Crypto Market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $369 billion. Bitcoin continues to trade just a little under $12,000 Ethereum equals 2018 and 2019 highs after reaching $438 XRP drops below the $0.28 support but regains 6% towards the weekend Chainlink continues to surge with another impressive 70% increase. Crypto Trends 10th - 16th of August 2020: PERFORMANCE & ANALYSIS The cryptocurrency…
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WMA: Bitcoin sets a new record high for 2020 as Ethereum and DeFi’s remain in the spotlight
Get the weekly summary of cryptocurrency market trends, news, and forecasts! This Week’s Summary The Crypto Market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $334 billion. Bitcoin increases by more than 17% to reach $12,100 before losing $1,000 on Sunday. Ethereum gets a spectacular boost of 26% to climb over $400 XRP regains its position on the market cap podium after a remarkable 30% surge The newly-released DeFi token YFI becomes the second-most expensive crypto. Crypto Trends 27th…
5 years ago
WMA: Bitcoin continues its beauty sleep through historical Twitter hack
Get the weekly summary of cryptocurrency market trends, news, and forecasts! This Week’s Summary The Crypto Market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $270 billion. Bitcoin sways between $9,000 and $9,300 on a neutral trajectory Ethereum drops by more than 2% and fails to overcome the $250 barrier. XRP drops below $0.20, but it bounces back to trade in green on the weekend A historical hacking of Twitter sees some of the world’s most popular accounts “ask”…
5 years ago
WMA: Bitcoin stays loyal to its sideways trend, but altcoins rise again
Get the weekly summary of cryptocurrency market trends, news, and forecasts! This Week’s Summary The Crypto Market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $273 billion. Bitcoin continues to wobble between $9,000 and $9,500 with just a small 1% increase. Ethereum increases by more than 5% to reach $240 XRP steals the spotlight with an 11% increase as it climbs over $0.20 Dogecoin increases by 95% after Tik Tok users pump up the joke crypto. Crypto Trends 06th…
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Philippines’ SEC Declares Top Ethereum-Based DApp a Ponzi
The Philippines' Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has declared the top Ethereum DApp, Forsage, which accounts for 25 percent of the activity on Ethereum network as a possible Ponzi scheme. As a major source of activity on the Ethereum network recently, Dune Analytics shows that Forsage smart contract consumed 12.78 percent of Ethereum’s gas within the previous 24 hours. Forsage, which is behind the increase in ETH transaction fees, claims itself as a fully decentralized matrix marketing project, as well as the most thought-out…
5 years ago
Qtum: Combining the Best of Ethereum and Bitcoin
When it comes to blockchain, Bitcoin and Ethereum are unbeatable. Bitcoin, the most popular and stable network, gave birth to a new decentralized digital currency form. Ethereum, on the other hand, brought smart contracts that are used to power tamper-proof financial contracts and decentralized applications (DApps). In essence, Ether - Ethereum's coin was meant to complement and not compete with Bitcoin - Bitcoin's coin and the first cryptocurrency. In other words, the two networks can be combined to come up…
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