Digital Asset Manager Bakkt Reveals Plans to Provide Ethereum Services

On November 5, Bakkt Holdings announced that the firm will soon let customers buy, sell, and store ethereum after offering bitcoin only since the company’s launch. The firm notes that adding ethereum comes at a time when digital currency interest and adoption continue to see significant growth. Bakkt Announces Ethereum Support Bakkt (NYSE: BKKT) has … Read more

Total Value Locked in Defi Reaches $250 Billion — Uniswap, Quickswap, Trader Joe Dominate Dex Volumes

During the second week of October, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols crossed $200 billion, and two weeks later in November, the TVL in defi surpassed $250 billion gaining 25% in value. Meanwhile, Ethereum commands more than 67% of the $253 billion TVL in defi today, gaining 4.65% during the last … Read more

Ether Inferno: Ethereum Network Burned Over $2.4 Billion Worth of ETH in 87 Days

87 days ago, the Ethereum network successfully implemented the London hard fork upgrade, and ever since then over 700,000 ether has been burned, or more than $2.4 billion using today’s exchange rates. 702,886 Ethereum Burned Since the London Hard Fork Data from Dune Analytics indicates that on October 31, 2021, otherwise known as Halloween, 702,886 … Read more

Finder Survey: Nigeria’s 24.2% Adoption Rating Is the Highest Rate of Crypto Ownership Globally

According to the latest Finder Cryptocurrency Adoption Index, in October 2021, Nigeria had the highest rate of cryptocurrency ownership globally, at 24.2%. Bitcoin Is the Most Popular Coin in Nigeria In addition to finding the West African nation as the country with the highest proportion of citizens that hold cryptocurrencies globally, the survey also discovered … Read more

A New Academic Paper Describes 3 Attack Methods Against an Ethereum PoS Chain

Following the Altair upgrade on the Ethereum network, the protocol’s native cryptocurrency reached a new all-time price high. Altair is the next step for the Ethereum’s network’s proof-of-stake (PoS) transition. However, a recently submitted white paper explains that a group of computer scientists from Stanford University and the Ethereum Foundation believe there are three attack … Read more

While Ethereum Prices Skyrocket, Ether Gas Fees Surge Fueling Costly Transfers

On October 29, 2021, the second-largest crypto asset in terms of market valuation, ethereum, reached an all-time price high at $4,467 per unit. Meanwhile, after the Ethereum network’s Altair upgrade went live, ether gas fees have skyrocketed significantly. As Ethereum Tests New Price Highs, the Average Ether Transfer Fees Onchain Skyrocket The two leading crypto … Read more

Total Value Locked in Cross-Chain Defi Bridges Exceeds $22 Billion, Jumping 48% in 30 Days

On October 29, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols is around $243 billion with Curve capturing 7.76% of the dominance. Meanwhile, as ethereum has the largest dominance of TVL in defi, a number of alternative blockchains are seeing significant increases every week. Moreover, the TVL in cross-chain bridge technology has reached … Read more

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