Ethereum

The Ethereum blockchain was built to serve as a single source of truth backed by a public transaction database and to function as a platform for a variety of decentralized applications ranging from financial services to games. Ether is the native token for the Ethereum ecosystem.

The Ethereum blockchain is preparing a significant upgrade, called the Ethereum Merge, tentatively scheduled for Sept. 13-16, 2022.

The Merge reflects a shift in Ethereum’s protocol in which the blockchain will move from a “proof-of-work” to “proof-of-stake” system.

Miners validate transactions by solving complex calculations before a new block can be added to the chain. This is the mechanism that Bitcoin ($BTC) runs on.

Miners are replaced by “validators,” who stake the ETH they own to validate new blocks on the chain. Avalanche ($AVAX) and Solana ($SOL) are proof-of-stake.

The Ethereum Foundation reports that moving to a proof-of-stake model will reduce the blockchain’s energy consumption by more than 99%.

Ether ($ETH) is Ethereum’s native crypto asset, while Ethereum is the underlying blockchain. No disruptions to ETH are expected following the Merge.

Unlike Bitcoin, the founder of Ethereum is publicly known. Vitalik Buterin published Ethereum’s introductory paper in 2013 and launched the project in 2015.

The Ethereum blockchain was built to serve as a single source of truth backed by a public transaction database and to function as a platform for a variety of decentralized applications ranging from financial services to games.

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Bitcoin

Dogecoin

Bitcoin is hovered around $113,000 on Wednesday morning, as Polymarket traders assign a 98% probability of a 25-basis points rate cut at today's Federal Reserve meeting. Over the past 24 hours, total crypto liquidations reached $514.22 million, affecting more than 140,000 traders.

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Bitcoin BTC$112,972.32 and ether ETH$3,997.97 options worth roughly $17 billion are set to expire on Friday on Deribit in one of the largest monthly options expiry of the year.

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The investor participated in Ethereum's 2014 ICO and received 20,000 ETH for about $6,200, Lookonchain reported.

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Ether ETH$4,027.90 hovered around $4,023 after repeated defenses of the $4,000 level, as Arkham said on Oct. 28 that BitMine withdrew about $113 million of ETH from Bitgo and was “buying the dip.”

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BitMine's Monday disclosure revealed that its treasury holdings have surpassed 3.3 million ETH, worth over $13 billion.

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Leading cryptocurrencies fell on Tuesday, while stocks surged to record highs, ahead of the Federal Reserve's widely anticipated interest rate cut. Cryptocurrency Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:25 p.m.

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Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade, set for December 3, will introduce a long-anticipated system for making layer-2 transactions even cheaper and more efficient.

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Hoodi represents the third and final testnet deployment, following successive activations on Holesky and Sepolia earlier this month.

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Bitcoin is steady around the $114,000 level, supported by optimism over new ETF launches, increased whale activity, and growing institutional accumulation. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $113,966 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $4,052 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $196.15 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $2.63 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.1978 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.00001018 Notable Statistics: Coinglass data shows 117,644 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $306.66 million.

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The final dress rehearsal for Ethereum's upcoming Fusaka upgrade occurred Tuesday, as the blockchain prepares for the mainnet hard-fork activation.

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Fed rate cut almost certain Wednesday—but ending QT could be the real Bitcoin catalyst as inflation tolerance rises.

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SharpLink said it will use Anchorage Digital to deploy ether on Linea, combining ether.fi staking and EigenCloud restaking to seek yield under institutional controls.

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Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) trades near $4,100 on Tuesday as price action shows signs of exhaustion at a key resistance zone. Technical indicators and flow data now warn of a possible bearish setup forming below $4,250.

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Sharplink is taking its ethereum treasury strategy to the next level. The company plans to deploy $200 million worth of ethereum onto Linea, Consensys' zkEVM layer two (L2) network, using Ether.fi and Eigencloud to unlock enhanced decentralized finance (DeFi) yields over a multi-year period.

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SharpLink will deploy $200 million worth of its ETH treasury holdings into staking and restaking strategies using ether.fi and EigenCloud.

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Solana

The first spot ETFs for Solana, Hedera and Litecoin began trading Tuesday on NYSE and Nasdaq, expanding regulated crypto investment options beyond bitcoin and ether.

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Bitcoin and ether ETFs opened the week on a strong note, pulling in a combined $283 million in net inflows, signaling renewed investor confidence. With bitcoin logging its third straight day of gains and ether funds showing broad participation, the crypto ETF market started the week in the green across the board.

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An accurate crypto whale has doubled down on their Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) long positions, despite sitting on eight figures in profit. What Happened: The trader, who has been consistently profitable since Oct. 14, initially opened positions of 1,683 BTC ($194 million) at 13x leverage and 40,305 ETH ($168 million) at 5x leverage.

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SharpLink Gaming plans to deploy $200 million worth of its Ethereum holdings into DeFi protocols on the Linea network.

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Bitcoin has fallen below $115,000 after profit-taking, with total crypto liquidations reaching $269.35 million while Bitcoin's dominance held steady at 59%. Spot ETF flows reflected ongoing optimism, with Bitcoin ETFs attracting $149.3 million in net inflows and Ethereum ETFs adding $133.9 million on Monday.

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Open interest climbing from $25 billion to nearly $30 billion reflects fresh leverage entering the market — a double-edged sword that could amplify upside momentum above $112,000 but heighten liquidation risks below $110,000, an analyst noted.

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Leading cryptocurrencies corrected on Monday, while stocks rallied, as investors braced for the Federal Reserve's decision on rate cuts and President Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Cryptocurrency Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:25 p.m.

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ETHzilla Corporation sold roughly $40 million worth of ethereum ( ETH) from its treasury to fund ongoing stock buybacks, prompting a few reactions from retail traders who have been frustrated by the firm's recent debt raise and reverse stock split.

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ETHZilla continued climbing Monday, with the Ethereum treasury firm selling ETH to buy back shares—just like a prominent investor asked.

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The maneuver highlights the pressure digital asset treasury stocks face, with many once-high-flying names now trading below the value of the crypto on their books.

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