ethereum

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Ethereum's Merge upgrade should land in September

    Ethereum's Merge upgrade should land in September The most ambitious upgrade to the Ethereum blockchain should take place in September, possibly closer to the middle of the month, developers working on the project said during a conference call after what was billed as a final dress rehearsal...
  2. Hanno Labuschagne

    Speculation over the “flippening” rife amid big Ether surge

    Speculation over the “flippening” rife amid big Ether surge Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, has always reigned supreme in the land of digital assets. But now, thanks to an eye-popping surge by Ether, fans of the No. 2 token by market value are reviving predictions that it is...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Cryptocurrencies rally — with Ethereum at the front

    Cryptocurrencies rally — with Ethereum at the front Cryptocurrencies rallied for a second day, with Ethereum-related tokens leading gains, as risk aversion eases and optimism grows about the long-anticipated software upgrade of the blockchain network. Ether, the native token of Ethereum...
  4. Jan

    Celsius files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

    Cryptocurrency lender Celsius files for bankruptcy Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network Ltd. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the latest casualty of a $2 trillion crash that has wiped out some of the industry’s biggest names and exposed hundreds of thousands of individual investors to steep...
  5. Jan

    OpenSea warns customers to watch for phishing attacks after data leak

    NFT marketplace data leak leaves users vulnerable to phishing scams OpenSea has disclosed that an employee of an email vendor, Customer.io, has leaked users' email addresses to an unauthorised external party. The world's biggest NFT marketplace said it is cooperating with Customer.io and law...
  6. Jan

    Crypto-market panic subsides with prices, Tether stabilising

    Crypto calms to a panic On Wednesday, the implosion of the TerraUSD stablecoin kindled wide-spread panic in the crypto space. But 24 hours later, things have calmed down significantly. Terraform Labs halted, restarted and then halted again its Terra blockchain in the wake of the collapse of...
  7. Jan

    More than $200 billion wiped off cryptocurrency market in a day

    Crypto carnage A massive sell-off in cryptocurrencies wiped over $200 billion of wealth from the market in just 24 hours, according to estimates from price-tracking website CoinMarketCap. The broad plunge in the crypto complex, driven by the collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin, hit major...
  8. Jan

    Ether outperforms Bitcoin as excitement builds for software upgrade

    Ether outperforms Bitcoin Ether is outperforming its better-known-rival Bitcoin once again as optimism over a long-sought update that promises to reduce the carbon footprint of the world’s most-used blockchain appears to be getting closer to fruition. Ether, the native cryptocurrency of the...
  9. Jan

    Luno reduces target interest rates on bitcoin and ether savings accounts

    Luno cuts Bitcoin interest rates Luno has informed clients that it will reduce its target interest rate for savings account customers to 1.5% per year on bitcoin and 2% on ether. Its target interest rate on the USDC stablecoin remains 7.6% per annum.
  10. Jan

    Modified Nvidia driver to unlock hash rates riddled with viruses

    Hacked Nvidia driver for mining Ethereum riddled with viruses A modified driver for Nvidia graphics cards that promised to remove the hash rate limits set by the manufacturer has been discovered to contain malware. The driver — named Nvidia RTX LHR v2 Unlocker and free to download from GitHub...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    New "crypto winter" welcomed by Ethereum founder

    New "crypto winter" welcomed by Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain, says the digital-asset universe may actually benefit from the current retreat in coin prices that’s cast a chill on investors and is being referred to as another crypto winter. “The people...
  12. Jan

    Bitcoin drops to six-month low

    Bitcoin drops to six-month low The selloff in cryptocurrencies gained momentum on Monday, with Bitcoin tumbling to a six-month low and other digital tokens seeing even bigger losses.
  13. Jan

    Crypto selloff pushes Bitcoin to a five-month low of $39,000

    Crypto Selloff Pushes Bitcoin to a Five-Month Low of $39,000 Bitcoin tumbled in an extended selloff for cryptocurrencies, falling past $39,000 to its lowest level in more than five months. The largest token sank 5.6% on Friday, marking a three-day downturn. Other cryptocurrencies were...
  14. Jan

    Rand-backed stablecoin integrated into Curve and Keep3r

    Digital rand launched The rand-pegged ZARP stablecoin has launched and is available on Ovex, Curve, and Keep3rV1. It calls itself "a digital rand from the future."
  15. Jan

    Ethereum miner returns Bitfinex's 7,626 ether transaction fee mistake

    Crypto miner returns R354 million transaction fee blunder A cryptocurrency exchange involved in a $100,000 transaction that was mistakenly charged $24 million (R354 million) in fees says the funds are now being returned — a reversal of an epic fat-finger trade on the supposedly irreversible...
  16. Jan

    US state and city governments looking hard at cryptos for pensions and payments - S&P

    Cryptocurrencies entice US state and city governments — S&P U.S. state and local governments are growing more interested in investing in cryptocurrencies in their pension funds and accepting digital currencies as payments for taxes and services, according to S&P Global Ratings.
  17. Jan

    Greater Bitcoin volatility, price to $100,000+ predicted

    Bitcoin bullish Bitcoin topped $50,000 for the first time since May as crypto prices continued an ongoing recovery from a disorderly rout just three months ago. The largest virtual coin advanced 3.8% to $50,272 as of 6:53 a.m. in New York, with other tokens including Ether and Cardano’s ADA...
  18. Jan

    Younger Africrypt brother impressed Dawie Roodt

    South African Bitcoin brothers' big lie about Dawie Roodt Cryptocurrency investment scheme Africrypt allegedly claimed that it had taken on 15% of economist Dawie Roodt’s portfolio, court documents show. Adrian Pilling, one of Africrypt’s former clients participating in the liquidation...
  19. Jan

    Bitcoin surges on Amazon speculation and as shorts liquidate

    Bitcoin booms Bitcoin soared on Monday to approach $40,000, a rally some attributed to traders exiting bets on declines as well as ongoing speculation over Amazon.com Inc.’s potential involvement in the cryptocurrency sector.
  20. Jan

    Cardano and Ethereum proof-of-stake - alternatives to power-hungry Bitcoin

    Elon Musk doesn't need to fix power-hungry Bitcoin — energy-efficient cryptocurrencies already exist The energy consumption of Bitcoin made headlines again this year and, although important context is left out when you simply compare the electricity consumption of Bitcoin mining to a small...
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