It’s ETH futures time. Ether futures are now available on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the world’s largest derivatives exchange by volume, for the first time ever. Many thought the move would mark the top of the market, in the same way that CME futures  marked the top for Bitcoin’s 2017 rally, but those fears have…

Reddit announced a partnership with the Ethereum Foundation, a sign it’s betting on a more decentralized internet and doubling down on the leading smart contract platform.  The social media company and the foundation started collaborating last year with the  Scaling Bake-off, a scaling technology competition. Reddit is also exploring  Community Points – or non-transferable ERC20…

Transactions on the Ethereum network continue to outpace Bitcoin’s as momentum for decentralised finance protocols snowballs. ETH is testing all-time highs, but has yet to double in price from its record, like BTC did. Highest Since 2017 Ethereum transactions are soaring near the high reached at the top of the 2017/2018 crypto rally, at around…

Lower transaction fees on Ethereum won’t come into play until the full transition to the PoS mechanism is complete, which is still years away. In the meantime many Layer 2’s are providing scaling solutions. In this video we’re taking a look at Loopring which allows you to execute gas-less transactions using zkRollups.

Just over 20 days into 2021, crypto markets have already seen years worth of price action in traditional market’s standards. Though it has been a volatile couple of weeks, there are some clear patterns emerging in the top performing large cap crypto-assets. Crypto-Asset (Ticker) Token Category YTD Return 7-Day Return Avalanche (AVX) Smart Contract Platform…

Sometimes “HODL” really is the best advice. Simply holding Bitcoin and Ether massively outperformed crypto hedge funds (along with the vast majority of non-crypto assets) in 2020. BTC kicked off 2020 at just under $3,700  and reached almost $19,400 by the end of November, a 425% increase. ETH started the year at around $130 and…

It’s time to buy a fire suit, because ETH is super hot. As Ether makes headlines surging past its previous high, other less flashy metrics are also near records, signaling the Ethereum network is strengthening not just in price. ETH hit a new all-time high of $1439.33, topping the previous record of $1432.88 reached during…

There are multiple ways with varying difficulties and requirements to stake your ETH. This week we’re covering the most user-friendly, easiest, and fastest ways to start staking.

Ethereum Improvement Proposal 1559, a long awaited update to Ethereum’s core codebase, was rumored to be ready for deployment yesterday in a leaked Discord conversation on Twitter. The proposal aims to change Ethereum’s transaction fee mechanism to improve user experience and reduce ether inflation. Most Significant  As EIP-1559 is viewed by the broader Ethereum community…

In this week’s podcast episode, we interview Fred Chesnias, the CEO of Atari. The video game company now has a token and plans to release a wallet and even an exchange. The token is an erc20, which Atari hopes will get used across any game, not just its own. With the token, users will be…