Ethereum

Google Cloud’s BigQuery service just added 11 blockchains networks to its data warehouse, according to a September 21 blog post. The new networks include Avalanche, Arbitrum, Cronos, Ethereum Görli testnet, Fantom, Near, Optimism, Polkadot, Polygon mainnet, Polygon Mumbai testnet, and Tron. We’re enhancing our #blockchain data offering with 11 new chains in #BigQuery, and we’re

Ethereum is under pressure and has just dropped below $1,600. However, on-chain data shows that a crypto whale, “0xb154”, has moved more coins from Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, to a non-custodial wallet. On September 21, the ETH whale transferred over $8.1 million of the coin.  ETH whale moves funds to Binance| Source: Scopescan Whale Moves More

A crypto wallet belonging to trading platform Binance has spent 530 Ether (ETH), worth around $843,797, in gas fees in just 24 hours, according to blockchain data explorer Etherscan.  On Sept. 21, gas fees on the Ethereum network went from a minimum of 6 gwei, which is around $0.17, up to a maximum of 332

Decentralized exchange Pancakeswap now offers Transak as a provider in its “buy crypto” tab, giving Pancakeswap users an additional option when shopping for crypto, according to an announcement on September 21. Mercuryo and Moonpay were previously providers for this feature, making Transak the third provider to be added. Caption: Pancakeswap buy crypto tab. Source: Pancakeswap

Blockchain oracle network Chainlink has tapped into Ethereum (ETH) layer 2 scaling protocol Arbitrum to drive cross-chain decentralized application development. The two protocols announced the mainnet launch of the Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) on Arbitrum One on Sept .21, giving developers access to Chainlink’s solution that taps into Arbitrum’s high-throughput, low cost scaling. The

Proof of Play, a company led by Farmville co-creator Amitt Mahajan, raised $33 million to create Web3 games, according to a Sept. 21 announcement. Majahan is the CEO of Proof of Play, and Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear is a board member. The funding was co-led by Chris Dixon at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Neil Mehta

Ether (ETH) has seen a 36% year-to-date increase in its price in 2023 in U.S. dollar terms. This recovery, however, is modest given that ETH is currently trading 66% below its November 2021 peak of $4,870. Ethereum vs. Bitcoin: 14-month downtrend and counting  Moreover, on Sept. 20, Ether reached its lowest levels against Bitcoin (BTC) in

An Ethereum developer has managed to get ChatGPT to launch its own ERC-20 token, AstroPepeX, modeled off data from the top traded tokens on Uniswap. X (previously Twitter) user CroissantETH unpacked details of how they integrated ChatGPT into a custom application using OpenAI’s API. They told it to design and issue its own ERC-20 token

Ethereum has been one of the cryptocurrencies to maintain a reasonably high level even through multiple price crashes in the market. However, it seems like the altcoin will not be able to hold as it has done in the past with a dreaded bearish signal resurfacing to threaten the asset’s price. Ethereum Addresses Holding More

South Korea’s second-largest city, Busan, is developing a public blockchain network compatible with mainstream blockchain platforms, such as Ethereum and Cosmos. The aim is to integrate blockchain-based services from various blockchain mainnets onto a single platform at the city level and develop Busan into a blockchain city. Busan City has allocated a 100-billion-Korean-won ($75 million) budget

Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Optimism has disclosed plans to sell 116 million OP tokens to seven private buyers for treasury management purposes. At current prices, the sale will see $159 million worth of OP tokens change hands. Starting today, there will be several transactions totaling approximately 116M OP tokens. We’re sharing as a heads up

Ethereum (ETH), a significant player in the crypto space, has recently come under scrutiny due to some concerning on-chain activities. Notably, the number of addresses holding significant amounts of Ethereum has declined, and some long-term holders appear to be liquidating their positions, potentially posing threats to Ethereum’s value. Whale Watch: A Steep Decline In Ethereum

Ethereum’s price may have been dealt a massive blow as a research report on the Ethereum valuation has revealed that the cryptocurrency giant has been trading below its fair price. Ethereum Trading Value Slips A new on-chain research report has delved deep into the fair value of the Ethereum cryptocurrency since its inception, segregating the

A group of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols have teamed up to solve liquidity problems in the Cosmos ecosystem. The teams involved include cross-chain bridging protocol Wormhole, liquidity aggregator Swing, lending protocol Tashi, and Cosmos network Evmos.  According to statements from two of the teams involved, Wormhole will register five new bridged tokens for use on

On the back of its partial victory against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Grayscale has applied to the Commission for another Ethereum Futures Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). Why Another ETH Futures ETF? According to a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Grayscale Investments filed this application on September 20. This development may come

Wormhole has integrated Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP), allowing USD Coin (USDC) to be transferred between Ethereum, Avalanche, Arbitrum and Optimism via Wormhole-based bridges, according to a Sept. 20 announcement. The new feature is available to end-users via the Portal bridge, and developers can integrate it into their own apps using Wormhole Connect. Portal USDC

Digital currency investment company Grayscale is the latest firm to file for a new Ethereum futures’ exchange-traded fund (ETF) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Grayscale on Sept. 19 officially proposed to list and trade shares of the Grayscale Ethereum Futures Trust (ETH) ETF under the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Arca Rule 8.200-E.

Major cryptocurrency investment firm Grayscale has finally taken a decision to abandon all the rights to the post-Merge proof-of-work (PoW) Ethereum tokens (ETHPoW). Announcing the news on Sept. 18, Grayscale said that the firm has “irrevocably abandoned” all the rights to ETHPoW tokens on behalf of the record date shareholders of each product. After thorough

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx has revealed that compromised private keys allowed hackers to steal over $70 million of tokens, while the team looks to open lines of communication to claw back funds. CoinEx representatives unpacked the finer details of their continuing investigation to Cointelegraph as the team works to build and deploy a new

Cosmos-native layer-1 blockchain Canto has become the latest chain to migrate to Ethereum as a layer 2 zero-knowledge rollup, after another layer-1 blockchain, Astar, announced similar plans moving from the Polkadot ecosystem to Ethereum. Canto is a permissionless general-purpose blockchain, which is Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible with aims to onboard the traditional financial sector to