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ETH hits 7-month high ahead of Shanghai and Capella upgrades

DIGIT — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 05:09:04 +0000

Ether has broken the $1,900 resistance level for the first time in months and is currently sitting above $1,911.

Ethereum’s Transition to Proof-of-Stake Yields Deflationary Results

DIGIT — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 19:00:57 +0000

After the transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), Ethereum’s annual issuance rate has been reduced to negative 0.057%, according to statistics 158 days after The Merge. The metrics indicate that more ethereum tokens have been removed than issued, and if the chain were still under PoW consensus, 1,823,678 ether would have been minted to […]

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ConsenSys founder ‘bullish’ on Ethereum following crypto winter performance

DIGIT — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:30:00 +0000

Ethereum co-founder and Consensus founder Joe Lubin says ETH’s relatively stable value through crypto winter is reason to be bullish about Ethereum’s future.

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Metamask Launches Ethereum Staking Services via Lido and Rocketpool

DIGIT — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 23:30:54 +0000

On Friday, the Web3 wallet firm Metamask, a subsidiary of the Ethereum-centric company Consensys, announced the beta launch of ethereum staking features will be made available via Lido’s or Rocketpool’s liquid staking services. Users who want to stake ethereum and earn staking rewards can select one of the staking providers within the Metamask Web3 wallet’s […]

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Paxful to Drop Ethereum Trading Due to Increased Centralization and Consensus Mechanism Pivot

DIGIT — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:30:21 +0000

Paxful, a New York-based, peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency exchange, will drop Ethereum trading from its platform on Dec. 22. Ray Youssef, CEO of the company, cited different reasons for this decision, with increased centralization and the recent consensus mechanism pivot amongst them. Youssef also stated that tokens built on top of Ethereum have been primarily scams. […]

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Ethereum’s Shanghai Hard Fork Could Happen in March 2023, ETH Dev Says Staking Withdrawals Is the ‘Highest Priority’

DIGIT — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:30:27 +0000

According to a recent Ethereum Core development meeting on Dec. 8, developers disclosed that the next Ethereum hard fork, called Shanghai, could be implemented by March 2023. It’s been suggested that the Shanghai hard fork will be able to manage the network’s staked ethereum withdrawals. Ethereum Devs Aim for Hard Fork Target ‘Around March-ish’ On […]

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Demand for liquid Ethereum staking options continues to grow post-Merge

DIGIT — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 11:30:00 +0000

Demand for liquid Ethereum staking options gains pace in the months following the Merge, according to blockchain data.

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Arbitrum transaction activity rockets 550% since August: Delphi Digital

DIGIT — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 04:46:52 +0000

Following the Nitro upgrade, activity on Arbitrum has surged and has nearly two-thirds of the transaction activity seen on the Ethereum base layer.

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Ethereum’s Merge won’t stop its price from sinking without more users

DIGIT — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 23:30:40 +0000

Ethereum became deflationary after its September Merge. But for now, it’s not going to make much of a difference.

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KYC to stake your ETH? It’s probably coming to the US

DIGIT — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 18:23:47 +0000

It shouldn’t surprise anyone if regulators begin telling node validators to impose KYC and AML requirements on users staking Ether.

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