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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Bitcoin

On June 1, Coinbase revealed its plans to extend bitcoin and ether futures contracts to institutional investors through its derivatives exchange. The firm mentioned that the Coinbase Bitcoin (BTI) and Ether (ETI) futures contracts would be accessible via third-party institutional futures commission merchants (FCMs) and brokerage firms.

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Tron

Tron rose to a one-year high to start the weekend, as founder Justin Sun confirmed an integration to the ethereum blockchain network. In a tweet, Sun said, “TRON has now expanded its reach by going live on the Ethereum blockchain by leveraging the BitTorrent bridge.

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BitcoinBTC and ethereum—as well as rival top five cryptocurrencies Ripple's XRPXRP and Binance's BNBBNB—have rocketed this year, adding $350 billion to the crypto market in 2023 (triggering a flood of bullish predictions).

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Bitcoin started the weekend in the red, as markets continued to digest the latest nonfarm payrolls in the United States. Despite payrolls coming in better than expected, the unemployment rate also rose, hitting 3.7%, which is its highest point since last October.

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Ethereum price (ETH) is in the bullish trend zone as it moves three times closer to the resistance level of $1,920.

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The embattled crypto lender's ETH staking maneuver could potentially lengthen the waiting time to activate new validators in the Ethereum network to 44 days, one observer noted.

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Coinbase Global Inc.'s (NASDAQ: COIN) Derivatives Exchange announced on Friday it will launch institution-sized Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) futures contracts on June 5. The new contracts, named BTI and ETI futures, will be sized at 1 bitcoin and 10 ethereum per contract, respectively.

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Dogecoin

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) was trading slightly higher during Friday's 24-hour trading session, lagging the general market, which saw the S&P 500 surging about 1.5% higher ahead of President Joe Biden signing the debt agreement that passed through both the House and the Senate this week. Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) was trading about 1.7% higher and Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), which like Shiba Inu, has been in a slumber recently, was popping up about 1%.

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Coinbase Derivatives Exchange said the new tracked futures will “come with significantly lower fees.”

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The bigger a staking "cartel" gets, the more rewards it earns, and the more alluring it is for users—centralization begets centralization.

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Arbitrum

Circle plans to launch USD Coin (USDC) natively on the Ethereum (ETH) scaling solution Arbitrum (ARB) on June 8th. The stablecoin issuer says this native USDC will be the official version of the Arbitrum ecosystem and will eventually replace the USDC currently on Arbitrum that is bridged from Ethereum.

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On Friday, bullish sentiment returned to cryptocurrency markets, as the U.S. Senate approved the bill to increase the debt ceiling. Bitcoin rose back above $27,000 on the news, snapping a four-day losing streak. Ethereum neared the $1,900 level. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) snapped a four-day losing streak on Friday, after it was reported that the U.S.

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Litecoin

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin were seen trading lower on Thursday evening as the global cryptocurrency market cap fell 0.8% to $1.1 trillion at the time of publishing.

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Crypto investors have largely lost interest in DeFi tokens because Ethereum provides better, safer returns, says Glassnode.

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A widely followed crypto analyst is looking forward to what a new month might mean for the top two crypto assets by market cap. In a new Daily Price Action blog post, crypto trader Justin Bennett says that yesterday's sell-off in the Bitcoin (BTC) markets might just be due to institutional traders balancing their books.

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Deep-pocketed crypto traders are moving around hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE), and XRP. New data from whale-surveying platform Whale Alert reveals that crypto whales have shifted about $650 million worth of funds during the last few days, with the majority of the transfers involving Bitcoin.

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Skale Network released Levitation Protocol, a new entrant to Zero Knowledge (ZK) rollup-based scaling solutions.

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Rocket Pool becomes the first Ethereum liquid staking protocol to deploy on zkSync Era, bringing new functions to the recently launched network.

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Bitcoin continued to erase last week's gains on Thursday, as prices dropped for a fourth straight session. The latest decline comes ahead of tomorrow's non-farm payrolls (NFP) report from the United States. Despite today's weakness, ethereum remained above $1,800.

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The Graph

A popular crypto trader is expressing bullish sentiment on Ethereum (ETH) when paired against Bitcoin (BTC). Pseudonymous crypto analyst Bluntz tells his 223,100 Twitter followers that the Ethereum/Bitcoin (ETH/BTC) pair could be on the verge of breaking out. According to Bluntz, Ethereum is likely to rally strongly against Bitcoin if and when the breakout occurs.

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