Ethereum

Ethereum mining pools have removed thousands of mining platforms from the networks, reports from  March 20, 2020 indicate. The move aims at providing computational power to a coronavirus research project. Leading the initiative is CoreWeave, a U.S based miner operating on the ETH blockchain. The firm said that it would redirect its GPU computing power to Stanford University’s Folding@home. The project was launched on February 27, 2020, to advance research on the deadly Coronavirus. In a blog post, Folding@home  explained:…

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 $155 billion. Bitcoin value crashes by 30%, reaches $4,185 before rising above $5,000 again. Ethereum loses almost 50% of its value and now trades at a little over $126 XRP trades as low as $0.11 mid-week before recovering at $0.15 on Sunday The stock and equity markets experience new historic lows since the 2008…

The Inherent Transparency of Blockchains Blockchain is an immutable, distributed, decentralized, and secure digital ledger. As this digital information is accessible to anyone on the Internet, it becomes transparent and incorruptible. In a blockchain, once a transaction is validated through a consensus process, it is also committed to all network ledgers. These ledgers are distributed databases that store the information recorded from a transaction. Transparency is inherent in a Blockchain network. It is easy to misunderstand what transparency means on…

The covid-19 pandemic is negatively affecting crypto market prices and disrupting many crypto conferences, as many industry players fell sick.  Ater Zhen Yu Yong announced contracting Covid-19 after attending the Ethereum Conference, six more cases from the conference got reported. In this case, seven great developers from the Ethereum Community contracted Covid-19 after participating in the Ethereum Conference that occurred on the 3rd to the 5th of March. After Zhen disclosed his Covid-19 status, he encouraged everyone from the Ethereum…

The co-founder of Toruslabs, Zhen Yu Yong, tested positive for coronavirus after attending different Ethereum conferences. Zhen tweeted on falling ill and receiving a positive test for Covid-19. He contracted Covid-19 after attending the ETH London hackathon held from the 28th of February to the 1st of March. TorusLabs Co-founder also attended the Ethereum Community Conference (ECC), which took place in Paris from the 3rd to the 5th of March. He encouraged all those who had close contact with him…

Recent price movements of ETH shows a possibility of further drops. For instance, just yesterday, the coin could not cross the block at $235 and instead plunged by 15%. Just below the $215 support, there was a slight break at the 100 hourly SMA.  There were further price plunges below the $200 mark. Further, ETH's price dropped to set the lowest monthly price at $196 and started experiencing losses.  The $205 barrier was formed on the price, and there will…

Weiss Ratings, a financial agency, shared its take on the role Ethereum plays in the crypto industry. The financial agency stood up to protect the Ethereum blockchain and its ETH coin. Weiss Ratings also rebuked countries like the US and China for wanting to develop CBDCs. The financial agency supports decentralized currencies and not centralized ones. The crypto rating firm also pointed out that the Ethereum network is expanding the cryptocurrency industry. The agency mentioned some of the leading crypto…

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 $245 billion. Bitcoin loses momentum and falls below $9,000 Ethereum value drops below the $220 support level. XRP ends at $0.23 and continues its depressing devaluation Concerns over the coronavirus spread along with the flu past China’s borders. Crypto Trends 24th Feb – 01st Mar 2020: PERFORMANCE & ANALYSIS The last week has seen…

ETH experienced an exponential increase in recent times, and its robust metrics applauded in the cryptocurrency domain this year. This cryptocurrency gained more than 75% since the beginning of 2020, as it shifted from a $130 low on the 1st of January to $228 on the 3rd of January. On the other hand, Bitcoin incurred about 22% since the beginning of the year. It experienced a significant drop after trading near $10k and even crossed the critical level briefly on…