Category: Ethereum

Maverick Vitalik in Time Mag, Sept. 13–17

Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance, or DeFi, newsletter. Despite Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson’s claim that the DeFi space is now “up for grabs,“ it was rival Vitalik Buterin who stole the headlines this week with a feature in Time Magazine. What you’re about to read is the smaller version of this

$1,000,000,000 Worth of Ethereum Burned After Hard Fork Upgrade

Over $1 billion worth of Ethereum (ETH) has become unusable since the top altcoin implemented its “London hard fork” system upgrade six weeks ago. The change introduced a new mechanism to burn transaction fees as a way of countering inflation concerns and has thus far discarded around 304,000 ETH, according to Dune Analytics. The new

BTC takes aim at $50K; Solana goes down; Is ETH ‘sound money’?

Tune in to watch Cointelegraph host and analyst Benton Yaun alongside resident market experts Jordan Finneseth and Marcel Pechman. Here’s what to expect in this week’s markets news breakdown:  Bitcoin (BTC) once again takes aim at $50,000. Is this the final hurdle before all-time highs are within reach? The Solana network was brought down by

3 reasons why REN price is up 340% from its July swing low

Interoperability has become one of the driving themes within the crypto market and as the blockchain ecosystem evolves into an interconnected web of layer-one protocols, the importance of communication and efficiency among decentralized applications (dApps) will also increase. Ren (REN), a blockchain protocol designed to provide interoperability and liquidity between different blockchain platforms, has started

AMC adds Ether and Litecoin to year-end crypto adoption plans

AMC Entertainment will not only accept Bitcoin (BTC) payments for movie tickets by the end of 2022 but will also include other popular digital currencies in its crypto acceptance policy. Tweeting on Thursday, the company’s CEO, Adam Aron, announced plans for AMC to accept three other cryptocurrencies — Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash

Alt winds of change? What an altcoin season would mean for crypto

A new alt season is here — at least, according to some crypto industry commentators. Over the last month, altcoins — aka cryptocurrencies that aren’t Bitcoin (BTC) — have surged in price, with projects such as Solana, Cardano and Polkadot seeing their tokens triple in value. However, though people are screaming “alt season” with an