Category: Ethereum

Institutional Crypto Platform Bakkt Expands Services Beyond Bitcoin, Adding First Altcoin to Roster

Digital asset manager Bakkt is expanding its services to support the second-largest crypto asset by market cap. According to a new press release, Bakkt will support Ethereum, the leading smart contract platform. Explains Bakkt CEO Gavin Michael, “At Bakkt, providing flexible opportunities for users to enjoy their digital assets is a top consideration, and adding

DeFi can be 100 times larger than today in 5 years

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is a natural product made possible by blockchain technology and has the right and ready infrastructure to propel the technology to a bigger playing field. The space has grown by leaps and bounds since the Ethereum network went live in July 2015, with Ethereum network transactions growing by 33x to 1.2 million

An inside look at the moral and technical considerations of crypto social media

Following Vitalik Buterin’s call for more social application use cases on Ethereum earlier this summer, multiple crypto companies voiced intentions to build decentralized versions of mainstream social networks like Twitter. However, to create and view crypto-centered social platforms as merely decentralized versions of Twitter is shortsighted. The moral and technical implications of creating truly decentralized

Crypto Analyst Nicholas Merten Unveils Big Ethereum Target for Market Cycle Top As ETH Reaches All-Time Highs

Popular crypto analyst Nicholas Merten thinks Ethereum (ETH) is just getting started. ETH soared to its all-time high (ATH) of $4,674 on Wednesday and is trading for $4,547 at time of writing, according to CoinGecko. In a new YouTube video, Merten tells his 477,000 subscribers that Ethereum is displaying solid momentum and looks primed to “continue