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.

The Ethereum Foundation

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Cryptocurrency markets are trading higher on Friday, with Bitcoin briefly tapping $116,000 in overnight trading. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $114,966.63 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $4,523.39 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $239.16 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $3.04 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.2603 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.00001269 Notable Statistics: Coinglass data shows 119,454 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $357.99 million.

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Cryptocurrency markets are trading higher on Thursday after consumer price inflation data came in line with expectations. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $114,267.24 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $4,415.01 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $226.19 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $3.03 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.2513 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.00001302 Notable Statistics: Coinglass data shows 111,417 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $246.09 million.

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Bitcoin ETFs posted a massive $757 million inflow on Wednesday, led by Fidelity, Blackrock, and Ark 21Shares, while ether ETFs joined the rally with $172 million in fresh inflows across nearly all issuers.

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According to reports and onchain activity, the ether treasury firm Bitmine Immersion Tech appears to have added more than 46,000 ethereum from Bitgo. If the math checks out, the leading ether-holding company now controls over 2.12 million ETH.

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Cryptocurrency markets continued their upward momentum on Thursday morning. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $114,056.31 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $4,428.15 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $225.68 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $3.01 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.2508 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.00001312 Notable Statistics: Coinglass data shows 135,215 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $265.11 million.

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Ethereum futures trading has surged as speculators pile in, even as institutional investors rotated capital into spot Bitcoin ETFs.

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BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC led inflows as bitcoin (BTC) ETFs logged their strongest day since July, with BTC climbing past $114,000.

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Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) was trading higher late Wednesday amid expectations of an "epic" end-of-year run for the sixth-largest cryptocurrency. Solana Beats Bitcoin, Ethereum In Weekly Returns SOL ran up to $225 earlier in the day, extending a rally that has pushed it to levels not seen in more than seven months.

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The SEC pushed off whether to allow staking for the iShares Ethereum ETF, and on proposed Franklin Templeton funds tracking Solana and XRP.

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Cryptocurrency markets are trading higher after lower-than-expected producer price inflation data. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $113,527.08 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $4,332.17 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $222.58 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $2.99 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.2431 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.00001300 Notable Statistics: Coinglass data shows 139,026 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $244.78 million.

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Sharplink Gaming disclosed it has begun using its share buyback program, calling below-net-asset-value repurchases “immediately accretive” as the company leans on a large ether treasury and zero debt to support capital returns. Sharplink Initiates Share Repurchases, Says Zero-Debt Profile Supports Returns Sharplink Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBET) announced Sept.

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