Ethereum

Investors expect cryptocurrency’s bull run to continue into 2025 and peak in the second half of the year, MV Global, a Web3 investing firm, told Cointelegraph on Nov. 11. Nearly half of investors anticipate a market top in the second half of 2025, MV Global said, citing a survey of 77 large cryptocurrency investors, including

Bitcoin miner Hive Digital is upgrading its infrastructure as it begins construction of facilities in Paraguay, the fourth country it will operate in. The Nasdaq-listed Canadian miner has purchased 6,500 Canaan Avalon A1566 application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for delivery from December through March 2025. Hive Digital revs up The first 500 new ASICs were delivered

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has seen the highest daily inflows into its spot Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) in 94 days. BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) clocked $60.3 million in inflows on Nov. 8, the highest amount since Aug. 6, when it amassed $109.9 million, according to Farside data. BlackRock’s large inflows come

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has introduced “info finance,” a new concept aimed at transforming how information is captured, validated and shared across multiple sectors. In his recent blog post, “From Prediction Markets to Info Finance,” Buterin explores how blockchain technology could help aggregate, organize and distribute insights more effectively. According to Buterin, “Info finance is

Cumulative monthly traffic to 20 leading crypto exchanges increased by 8% in October, reflecting heightened investor interest and increasing participation among retail traders heading into the 2024 United States elections. According to data from ICO Analytics, Pump Fun recorded the highest month-over-month increase in percentage terms — with 100% growth in October. BullX followed behind

Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, hit $3,200 on Nov. 10 — its highest since August — as Bitcoin surpassed $79,000 following Donald Trump’s victory in the United States presidential election. According to CoinMarketCap, the market cap of Ether (ETH) now stands at around $383 billion, up almost 5% in 24 hours, putting it

The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) token rose more than 10% as ENS Labs announced details of its new Ethereum layer-2 solution “Namechain.” Namechain is a purpose-built Ethereum layer-2 solution aimed at scaling blockchain identity by making it easier to register names at reduced costs via rollups, ENS Labs executives said in a presentation at the

Cryptocurrency analytics platform Nansen is expanding its capabilities beyond Ethereum by moving into Bitcoin through a partnership with the Bitcoin layer-2 (L2) network, Bitlayer.  Nansen is debuting Bitcoin (BTC) analytics services by delivering blockchain data analytics to Bitlayer, an L2 network supporting smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps) on Bitcoin. As the first Bitcoin L2

Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Infinex has announced plans to list the top 500 crypto assets and release an updated version of its platform in early 2025. In an interview at Near’s Redacted conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Infinex founder Kain Warwick told Cointelegraph editor Andrew Fenton about the DeFi platform’s plans to list the top 500

Bitcoin (BTC) struggled to hold above $43,000 into Dec. 8 as an altcoin surge put Ether (ETH) in the spotlight. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView ETH, SOL step up as Bitcoin takes liquidity Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed ongoing BTC price consolidation as ETH/USD added up to 7.6% in around 24 hours.

Polygon co-founder Jordi Baylina says 2024 will see the amalgamation of Polygon’s various Ethereum layer 2 scaling networks to complete its “Polygon 2.0” cross-chain coordination protocol. Speaking exclusively to Cointelegraph, Baylina said next year will be a litmus test to see how the Polygon ecosystem’s various networks can scale and integrate through the implementation of

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed its decision on whether to approve or disapprove of a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund, or ETF, offering from asset manager Grayscale. In a Dec. 5 notice, the SEC said it would designate a longer period on whether to approve or disapprove of a proposed rule

The former president of FTX US dishes the dirt on his falling out with former Jane Street colleague Sam Bankman-Fried and predicts the spot Bitcoin ETF will far outshine the record-breaking success of the Bitcoin Futures ETF. Who is this guy anyway? The ex-president of FTX US, Brett Harrison, tells Magazine that he didn’t say

Hashdex, one of the 13 asset managers vying for spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund, expects to see the first spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States land by the second quarter of 2024, followed by a spot Ether (ETH) ETF. “The exact timing of a spot Bitcoin ETF in the U.S. remains unclear, but in

The next bull market could kick off as soon as next year, propelled by catalysts such as the upcoming Bitcoin (BTC) halving and potential approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States.  In our latest Cointelegrph Report, we explain how to prepare for the next parabolic move in five simple steps. First, it’s

Peter Szilagyi, the team lead of Ethereum, has expressed frustration over his alma mater’s lack of interest in providing opportunities for students to collaborate with Ethereum (ETH). In a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), Szilagyi explained that he had always felt a lack of genuine interest when he returned to his old university