Ethereum

Decentralized social media platform Friend.tech based on Coinbase’s layer-2 protocol Base has touched new heights in terms of revenue growth and total value locked on its platform.  According to data from Dune Analytics, Friend.tech revenue has surged to 10,663 ETH and its TVL grew to over 30,000 ETH on Oct. 2. The recent boom in

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has expressed worries regarding decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) exerting a monopoly over the selection of node operators in liquidity staking pools. In a September 30 blog post, Buterin issues a warning that as staking pools adopt the DAO approach for governance over node operators—who are ultimately responsible for the

According to recent information from Spot On Chain, an address linked to the FTX exploit identified as 0x3e9, has conducted transfers exceeding 10,000 Ether (ETH), worth roughly $17 million, across five different addresses since Sept. 30. The addresses had remained inactive for several months before the recent activity. A significant portion of the 7,749 ETH,

Asset management firm Valkyrie has said it will hold out for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve an exchange-traded fund, or ETF, with exposure to Ether (ETH) futures rather than making purchases in advance. In a Sept. 29 filing with the SEC, Valkyrie said it will not make certain purchases “until

Global asset manager VanEck will donate 10% of all profits from its upcoming Ether futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) to Ethereum core developers for ten years, the company announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Sept. 29.  The beneficiary will be The Protocol Guild, a group of over 150 developers maintaining Ethereum’s core technology. According to VanEck,

Some 5,000 ETH, worth over $8.2 million, have been moved from a wallet address associated with the FTX hacker. This development marks the first time assets have been transferred out of the hacker’s wallet following the exploit about a year ago. FTX Hacker Moves 5,000 ETH, Spot On Chain Reveals Marked as one the biggest

Asset management firm Valkyrie, one of the frontrunners for the first Ethereum ETF (exchange-traded fund) in the United States, has decided to pause its purchase of Ether futures contracts until the US Securities and Exchange Commission approves an Ether futures ETF. This comes barely a day after the asset manager reportedly secured approval to offer

Polygon Labs announced on Sep. 29 that Google Cloud has joined the Polygon PoS network as a validator.  Google Cloud joins more than 100 other validators verifying transactions on its L2 Ethereum network. This month, @GoogleCloud became part of the decentralized validator set for Polygon PoS. The same infrastructure used to power @YouTube and @gmail

Asset managers keep pursuing digital asset products, with Invesco and Galaxy Digital allegedly filing for a spot Ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Sept. 29.  Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart disclosed the filing on X (formerly Twitter), even though the application hadn’t been uploaded to the SEC’s public database at the time of writing. Invesco

The Pond0X decentralized exchange (DEX) has reached more than $100 million in total trading volume, according to a September 28 social media post from its official channel. Investors previously lost over $2 million in the launch of the exchange’s native token, PNDX, when the coin turned out to have a transfer function that allowed anyone

Asset management firm Valkyrie will begin offering exposure to Ether (ETH) futures to United States investors through its existing Bitcoin Strategy exchange-traded fund, or ETF. A Valkyrie spokesperson told Cointelegraph on Sept. 28 that the firm’s Bitcoin Strategy ETF will allow investors access to Ether and Bitcoin (BTC) futures “under one wrapper,” making it one of the

Investment manager VanEck has fired up the marketing engine for its “upcoming” Ethereum futures exchange-traded fund (ETF), which some analysts expect could be launched as early as Oct. 2. On Sept. 28, VanEck released the two “Enter the Ether” themed TV commercials, revealing that its Ethereum Strategy ETF — tickered EFUT — is “coming soon.”

After sinking roughly 30% from 2023 highs, Ethereum appears to be bouncing off from the pits of the crypto winter. Looking at candlestick arrangements in the daily and weekly charts, the coin has primary support at around $1,500 and is firm, bouncing off with decent trading volume.  At spot rates, ETH is up approximately 3%

Despite its roots embedded in Bitcoin (BTC) lending, lending platform Ledn has announced the launch of an Ethereum (ETH) yield offering following user requests for a shielded alternative to manually staking Ether. The Cayman Island’s firm has added an ETH offering to its Growth Accounts products, which currently offers users ring-fenced facilities to earn interest

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed reaching a decision on whether to approve or disapprove of spot Ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund applications from ARK 21Shares and VanEck. In separate notices filed Sept. 27, the SEC said it would designate a longer period on whether to approve or disapprove of a proposed

Ethereum futures exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could start trading for the first time in the United States as early as next week, according to Bloomberg analysts. On Sept. 28, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst James Seyffart said it was “looking like the SEC is gonna let a bunch of Ethereum futures ETFs go next week potentially.” His comments

The Ethereum price is hovering around yearly lows compared to the dominant cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. This decline, notable since September 2022, has brought ETH to trade as low as $1,594 at the time of writing. However, amid the concerns about Ethereum’s notable plunge, there are hints of a potential trend reversal, according to the latest report

Blockchain security platform Immunefi has launched an on-chain system for bug bounties, according to a Sept. 26 announcement. The new system, called “Vaults,” allows Web3 developers to escrow funds in an on-chain address and use them to pay out bug bounties to white hat hackers. Immunefi believes the new system will help projects “demonstrate to

Steven Nerayoff, an active participant in Ethereum’s (ETH) Initial Coin Offering (ICO), who is believed to know where the “bodies are buried,” has made further revelations in the ongoing ETH Gate saga, which boils on whether or not the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave Ethereum a ‘regulatory free pass.’  Lubin’s Piece Of Paper

The historic Merge upgrade from Sept. 2022 — which marked Ethereum’s transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) — resulted in the overall decline in compliance with standards laid down by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).  Ethereum blocks adhering to OFAC compliance censor certain transactions, which has a negative impact on the neutrality