Category: Ethereum

Poly Network hacker returns less than 1% of the $600M theft

These transfers have occurred across the three wallets associated with the Poly Network hacker across the Ethereum (ETH), Binance Smart Chain, and Polygon networks. Poly Network confirmed receipt of the returned funds via a tweet issued on Tuesday. Details from Etherscan show $2 million worth of Shiba Inu (SHIB) and $616,000 in Fei USD (FEI)

Crypto leaders are obsessed with life extension. Here’s why – Cointelegraph Magazine

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is on a mission to make humans immortal. Buterin, 27, proposes the idea that “aging is an engineering problem.”  He is not alone in his combined interest in Bitcoin and biohacking. Famous biomedical aging researcher Aubrey de Grey, Xanadu architect and Agoric chief scientist Mark Miller, Bitcoin Cash billionaire Roger Ver

Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Endorses Idea That Ethereum Is on Track To Become ‘Ultra Sound Money’ Following Updates

Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary supports the idea that Ethereum’s recent EIP-1559 update can turn Ethereum into “ultra sound money.” In a video posted to Cameo, a platform where users can pay influential people to create personalized videos, O’Leary talks about the potential benefits of Ethereum’s recent EIP-1559 and its upcoming EIP-3675 updates.   EIP-1559

Offsetting crypto carbon emissions necessary for adoption?

Debates regarding the amount of energy required to mine Bitcoin (BTC) have been ongoing. While tech pioneers such as Elon Musk have recently mentioned that the crypto industry is headed toward a greener future, some academic researchers have noted that mining BTC consumes more power than that of small countries.  While these arguments are still hotly

Ethereum supply flips briefly into deflation as gas fees spike

The theoretical deflationary properties of Ethereum’s London upgrade last week have already been seen in action on the blockchain with almost 800 “deflationary blocks” produced. A spike in the Ethereum transaction fee burn rate has resulted in at least two hours when the supply was deflationary. The network has come under heavy load over the

NFT Marketplace Reaches $78,000,000 in Daily Volume, Shattering All-Time High

The non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea is shattering its previous transaction volume records as NFTs continue to take off. OpenSea processed about $78.8 million in transaction volume on August 8th, smashing the previous record set only two days prior of nearly $70.5 million, according to blockchain research tool Dune Analytics.   By comparison, OpenSea processed

Major Turkish sports club Fenerbahçe issues fan token on Ethereum

Fenerbahçe S.K., one of the three biggest sports clubs in Turkey, issued its own fan token on the Ethereum blockchain through a new partnership with local crypto exchange Paribu. The initial presale of 500,000 unlocked tokens was completed on Monday, netting the club 15 million Turkish lira ($1.75 million) in 30 seconds. The club announced

Kevin O’Leary of ‘Shark Tank’ espouses deflationary future for Ethereum

Canadian entrepreneur, investor, and reality television personality, Kevin O’Leary — also known as “Mr. Wonderful” — appears to now be singing Ethereum’s praises as a deflationary asset. Clearly reading from a script, O’Leary took to Cameo — a website that allows users to purchase personalized video messages from celebrities — to espouse the benefits of

Investors are shelling out six figures for pet rock NFTs

The latest craze to resurface in the effervescent nonfungible token (NFT) scene is a collection of digital pet rocks from 2017 dubbed EtherRocks. On August 8, a single EtherRock sold for a whopping 45 ETH — worth roughly $135,240 at the time. EtherRock #21 purchased for Ξ45 Ether ($135,240.03) 30 mins ago (Aug-08-2021 05:17:15 PM

BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, DOGE, DOT, UNI, BCH, LINK

Bitcoin’s (BTC) recovery from $29,482.61 on July 21 has continued to surpass one resistance after another. Today, Bitcoin has risen above the 200-day simple moving average, an indicator watched by institutional investors to determine whether the asset is bullish or bearish. A positive sign about today’s rally has been that Bitcoin was not affected by