Category: Ethereum
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Ethereum flips Bitcoin’s node count
A surge of validators awaiting Eth2 staking has pushed Ethereum’s node count to 11,259 — surpassing Bitcoin by more than 100.
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Eth2 dev talks about challenges and lessons learned ahead of mainnet launch
Despite some “unanticipated consequences,” the testnets were instrumental in stress-testing Eth2.
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Yearn teams up with Akropolis to boost institutional outreach
Akropolis says calling it a merger “is a bit of a misnomer.”
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Canadian Public Company Dumps Ethereum and Monero for Bitcoin
A Canadian publicly held company has liquidated all of its ethereum and monero holdings and put all of the proceeds into bitcoin. The company is led by a well-known poker player and former member of the European Parliament. Cypherpunk Dumps Monero and Ethereum for Bitcoin Cypherpunk Holdings, a Toronto-headquartered company listed on the Canadian Securities…
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The future of gambling? Hamster-powered marble races come to Ethereum
Mia the djungarian ‘gamble hamster’ will power high-stakes marble races with her trusty hamster wheel.
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Renowned Finance Youtuber Andrei Jikh Invests Over $100K Into Cryptocurrencies
The popular Youtuber Andrei Jikh published a video this week to his 978,000 Youtube subscribers explaining that he invested over $100,000 into crypto assets. Jikh details why he spent the funds on digital assets and he plans to share his investment experience in another video. Andrei Jikh is a popular Youtuber with close to a…
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Market Update: Crypto Prices Drop Fast, Bitcoin Loses $2K, Correction Considered Healthy
The price of bitcoin and a great number of digital assets plunged in value during the early morning trading sessions on November 26, 2020. Bitcoin’s price dropped from a high of $19,319 on Wednesday evening only to lose over $2,000 during the course of the morning hours (EST) on Thursday morning. Cryptocurrency markets have shed…
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Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Threshold Met: Proof-of-Stake ‘Beacon’ Chain Starts in 7 Days
The Ethereum network’s ETH 2.0 contract has crossed the threshold needed to initiate the upcoming upgrade. Currently, there’s more 694,368 ether worth over $422 million resting in the contract, as developers hope the proof-of-stake launch will begin on December 1. At the end of the first week of November, the Ethereum Foundation initiated the first…