Ethereum

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…

The use of blockchain technology in the financial sector remains the most prominent, and with great results. While blockchain has increased in prominence, it is yet to gain the confidence that conventional finance already has. Financial institutions have been slow to adopt the use of blockchain technology into their functions. This is why Quorum was developed, to aid them in their transition into blockchain.  JPMorgan developed quorum in partnership with Microsoft. The role of Microsoft in this project is to…

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 $259 billion. Bitcoin moves sideways for most of the week and remains safe above the $9,000 level. Ethereum lost almost 2% of its value throughout the week. XRP continues to fluctuate slightly around the $0.175 level TRON makes the headlines with new DeFi products and ATM availability in South Korea Crypto Trends 29th of…

On July 2, 2020, The CEO of SpaceX as well as Tesla, Elon Musk, brushed off rumors surrounding his involvement with the Ethereum blockchain.  Canadian actor, William Shatner, had taken to twitter to indicate collaboration between the creator of the Ethereum network, Vitalik Buterin, and Elon Musk over a year ago. In his tweet on May 10, 2019, Shatner started:  “My friends Vitalik Buterin and Elon Musk were trying to decide what to build on ethereum. I’ve been waiting and…

Blockchain Service Network (BSN) is China’s national blockchain backed by the nation’s State Information Center, China Mobile, UnionPay, and others. Reports have it that BSN, sponsored by the Chinese government, is moving to initiate the integration with public blockchains such as Ethereum and Nervos Network. This is coming after it was noted last week that BSN is using Chainlink Oracles towards the enhancement of the speed and security of transactions taking place on-chain. It appears that this new development bodes well for…

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 $254 billion. ● Bitcoin drops by more than 1.5% and ends the week trading just a few bucks above $9k ● Ethereum started the week on a 1% rebound but finished it on a 4.5% decrease. ● XRP continues to disappoint with yet another drop, this time below $0.18 ● As COVID-19 cases…

Decentralized finance (DeFi) has enjoyed a strengthened narrative in 2020. This is such that some DeFi tokens like Aave (LEND) have incurred more than a 1,000 percent increase while the price of Ethereum increased by 90 percent since the beginning of this year. It appears that investors are developing more interest in this market sector. According to cryptocurrency derivatives analytics company Skew, Ethereum will enjoy this trend the most in the long-term. Skew noted that these DeFi tokens powered by Ether appear to…

The intense increase in the popularity of DeFi created a notable buzz for Ethereum in the cryptocurrency space within the previous few days. The popularity of DeFi in recent times is majorly influenced by an emerging trend known as ‘yield farming.’ Yield farming allows the leveraging of different protocols to receive huge payouts (up to 200 percent APR). Due to this trend, several tokens related to DeFi have seen huge uptrends, even as COMP rallied by over 100% percent and…

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 $266 billion. ● Bitcoin keeps trading above $9,000, with very few fluctuations. ● Ethereum decreased by 2.3% as it hovers above the $230 mark. ● XRP continues its downtrend as it drops below $0.19 ● The NASDAQ Composite index continues to trade around the all-time high that it hit on June 10th Crypto…