Tag: Ethereum

Ethereum has been moving toward a modular design to handle more users and transactions. Instead of doing everything on its own, Ethereum now relies on separate layers to manage things like execution, settlement, and data availability (DA). But there’s a big problem: data availability is still a major bottleneck. Data ...

Institutional investors are increasingly favouring Ethereum treasury companies over US spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to Standard Chartered’s Head of Digital Assets Research, Geoff Kendrick. Kendrick argues that companies like Sharplink Gaming (NASDAQ: SBET) provide better exposure to Ethereum (ETH) than ETFs by combining direct ETH price upside with ...

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) derivatives markets are flashing mixed signals as options traders adopt a slightly bearish stance, even as perpetual futures funding rates remain firmly positive, according to Bybit’s latest derivatives report. BTC has traded in a tight range between $115,000 and $120,000, briefly dipping to the lower ...

SharpLink Gaming has significantly increased its Ethereum (ETH) holdings to an estimated $1.65 billion. Over the past days, SharpLink executed multiple purchases amounting to $54 million in ETH, raising its total Ether balance to approximately 480,031 coins, according to blockchain data analytics from Arkham Intelligence. Notably, one of the largest ...

Fresh ideas are pushing the boundaries of how we build decentralized systems. One of the most talked-about trends right now is restaking — where users take ETH they’ve already staked and use it again to secure other protocols. It’s an approach that promises more efficiency and stronger security, but it’s ...

Non-fungible token (NFT) sales climbed to more than 574 million dollars in July, marking the second-highest monthly volume this year, according to data from CryptoSlam. The figure represents a 47.6 percent increase from June’s 388.9 million dollars, though it remains below January’s peak of 678.9 million dollars. While total transactions ...

eToro, a prominent digital trading platform, has announced a major step toward merging traditional finance with blockchain technology by launching tokenized U.S. equities on the Ethereum blockchain. This initiative will convert 100 of the most popular U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs into ERC-20 tokens, which will be fully backed by the ...

Bitcoin has long been the go-to digital asset for institutional investors, viewed as a digital store of value and hedge against inflation. Major players like BlackRock and MicroStrategy have reinforced this dominance by allocating significant capital to BTC. Today, Bitcoin remains the largest component of institutional crypto portfolios, often accounting ...

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 ...