Category: Eth2

Rocket Pool delays launch after vulnerability discovered by rival

October 7, 2021

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Staking provider Lido was also found to be vulnerable to the bug that has delayed the launch of the Eth2 staking service Rocket Pool. 1818 Total views 18 Total shares Eth2 staking provider Rocket Pool has postponed its launch after a possible exploit was identified in the protocol’s code. On Oct. 6, Rocket Pool announced […]

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Eth2 staking contract ranks as single-largest Ether hodler with $21.5B

August 17, 2021

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The Eth2 staking contract is now the single-largest address by Ether holdings. 2107 Total views 118 Total shares The staking contract for the Ethereum 2.0 blockchain is now the single-largest holder of Ether. According to blockchain analytics provider Nansen, the Eth2 staking contract has surpassed Wrapped Ethereum (wETH) to become the single largest holder of […]

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3 reasons why Ethereum is unlikely to flip Bitcoin any time soon

August 7, 2021

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After a 13% rise in two days, Bitcoin’s (BTC) market capitalization surpassed $800 billion to reach its highest value in 79 days. During the same timeframe, Ether (ETH) accumulated a 45% gain in two weeks, placing the network’s market capitalization at $340 billion.  Positive expectations for the London hard fork and its potential deflationary effect […]

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3 reasons why Ethereum price might not hit $5,000 anytime soon

July 31, 2021

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Ether (ETH) price has been in a downward spiral ever since the Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin presented at the StartmeupHK Festival 2021. In a fireside chat session on May 27, Vitalik stated that several internal team conflicts caused the Proof-of-Stake migration to delay its launch. As reported by Cointelegraph, ‘Phase One,’ which introduces scalability through […]

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‘Ethereum Improvement Proposal 3675’ for the Eth2 merge launches on Github

July 23, 2021

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The coming Eth2 Proof-of-Stake chain merge now has an Ethereum Improvement Proposal. 5767 Total views 18 Total shares A formal Ethereum Improvement Proposal has been created for the network’s forthcoming chain merge, bringing Ethereum one step closer to realizing its highly anticipated Proof-of-Stake (PoS) transition. On July 22, ConsenSys researcher Mikhail Kalinin created a pull-request […]

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Sygnum becomes first bank in the world to offer Eth2 staking

July 7, 2021

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Sygnum emphasized the robust DeFi ecosystem being built on Ethereum. 2202 Total views 15 Total shares Crypto-focussed Swiss bank, Sygnum Bank, has announced it has become the first bank in the world to allow its clients to stake Ether. According to the July 6 blog post, the firm’s clients can now stake ETH through Sygnum’s […]

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Even Vitalik Buterin is surprised at just how long Eth2 is taking

June 2, 2021

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Ethereum co-founder cites people problems as one of the obstacles to progress. 12498 Total views 9 Total shares Ethereum’s visionary co-founder Vitalik Buterin has commented on the obstacles on the roadmap to Eth2 at a conference in Hong Kong. Speaking partly in Mandarin at the Virtual Fintech Forum at this week’s StartmeupHK Festival 2021, Buterin […]

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ETH price regains $4K as possible Ethereum 2.0 ‘full validator’ count hits 17-month low

May 14, 2021

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Glassnode data reveals that the number of Ethereum addresses holding at least 32 ETH has declined steadily in recent months. 24574 Total views 44 Total shares The number of Ethereum addresses that hold more than or equal to 32 Ether (ETH) has been declining, pointing at a possible lack of interest among traders and investors […]

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Kraken Users Are Staking More Than $1B in Crypto

January 6, 2021

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Jan 6, 2021 at 4:10 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 6, 2021 at 4:11 p.m. UTC Kraken Users Are Staking More Than $1B in Crypto More than $1 billion worth of cryptocurrencies have been staked through Kraken’s staking service, the crypto exchange announced on Tuesday. A third of that amount is in ether, roughly more than 300,000 […]

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