The NFT market staged a powerful comeback on Monday, with total market capitalization climbing from $5.1 billion to $6.3 billion a 20% increase within 24 hours, according to data from CoinGecko. Fueling the resurgence was renewed investor interest in Ethereum-based collections, particularly CryptoPunks. A major catalyst came from on-chain activity ...
A quiet war is raging in crypto, and it’s about yield. Ethereum, once the unrivalled king of DeFi, is seeing its staking yields slide to around 3%. At the same time, a wave of high-yield alternatives—from yield-bearing stablecoins to decentralized lending protocols—is capturing the attention of investors hungry for better ...
Is Ethereum’s reign as the king of smart contracts under threat? That’s the question many crypto investors are asking after Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital, recently suggested that Solana could soon overtake Ethereum. With the crypto market as unpredictable as ever, and both blockchains rolling out upgrades and attracting ...
Since its launch in 2015, Ethereum has grown from a bold experiment into the world’s leading smart contract platform. It introduced a revolutionary idea, programmable money, that allowed developers to build dApps and launch tokens on-chain. This laid the foundation for massive crypto movements like DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and the ...
If you've used Ethereum long enough, you've probably encountered a stuck transaction—one that sits in a "pending" state far longer than expected. This issue is especially common during periods of high network activity or when gas fees are set too low. When this happens, you're left wondering if the transaction ...
Ethereum has come a long way since it first introduced smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps) to the blockchain world. But with popularity comes pressure—network congestion, painfully high gas fees, and slower transaction times. That’s where Optimism comes in, a Layer 2 scaling solution designed not just to patch Ethereum’s ...
Ethereum’s transaction fees have dropped to their lowest level in five years, now averaging just $0.168 per transaction, as reported by the on-chain analytics platform Santiment. This decline coincides with a lull in Ethereum network activity, as fewer users send Ether (ETH) and interact with smart contracts. The significant drop ...
Ethereum (ETH) is quietly consolidating its dominance in the crypto market, not through explosive growth but as a result of weakening competition. According to a recent on-chain analysis of Binance trading activity from January 2023 to May 2025, ETH’s share of trading volume has grown steadily as altcoin liquidity continues ...
Investor sentiment in the crypto market is beginning to shift from Bitcoin (BTC) to Ethereum (ETH), according to top analysts, despite lingering caution fueled by past market downturns. In a recent market update, Michaël van de Poppe, founder of MN Trading Capital, noted that while Bitcoin still commands the spotlight, ...
A new report from crypto exchange Bybit and analytics firm Block Scholes reveals a sharp divergence in options market volatility between Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC), with ETH significantly outpacing BTC throughout May. The ETH-to-BTC implied volatility ratio for seven-day options surged past 2.0 by mid-May, marking its highest level ...
