The Merge

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin is focusing on six key components in 2024 designed to improve the blockchain ecosystem. Buterin highlighted strategic directions, including upgrades and innovations intended to address existing challenges and introduce improvements within the...

Semiconductor companies NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA)  and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD), known for their graphics processing units (GPUs), saw their stock prices benefiting from the boom in cryptocurrencies.  What Happened: These GPUs, originally designed for high-end video game...

Over 3.46 million Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), valued at $6.68 billion, has been reduced to ashes since the London hard fork’s enforcement.  What Happened: Data from Dune Analytics shows that Ethereum witnessed an average monthly destruction of over 146,000 ETH. As an upgrade to the Ethereum...

The much-anticipated Shapella hard fork has finally been executed on the Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) mainnet, signaling the end of a long wait for Ethereum validators.  What Happened: Following the fork's completion on Wednesday, Ethereum proof-of-stake validators were able to withdraw their staked...

ETC (CRYPTO: ETC), the native asset of the Ethereum Classic, experienced a remarkable rebound on Wednesday as its price surged from $15.64 to a massive green daily candlestick.  What Happened: Dubbed as Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) spin-off ETC has rallied more than 24% in the past 24 hours, topping...

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) miners that have migrated to the Ethereum Classic (CRYPTO: ETC) chain are making a small fraction of the daily revenue they used to make on ETH pre-Merge, according to blockchain analytics firm CoinMetrics. What Happened: On Sept. 15, Ethereum...

The Ethereum network has officially switched over to proof-of-stake (PoS) as a result of the Ethereum Merge. The proof-of-stake switchover the Ethereum network undertook at 2:45 a.m. EST was a historic achievement the cryptocurrency world had been waiting for more than five years. Both...

Ethereum Classic (CRYPTO: ETC) was showing strength in comparison to many other cryptos Wednesday, surging up about 7% at one point, compared to Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), which were trading near flat. Ethereum Classic may be showing strength ahead of Ethereum’s Merge,...

Ahead of the Ethereum Merge, Google is celebrating with an Easter egg found on its search page. Here’s how you can find it and why Google implemented it. What Happened: Search engine giant Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL), is sharing details of the Ethereum...

The price of Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) could move independently of other cryptocurrencies after the Merge, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. What Happened: In a recent report examining the on-chain indicators to watch as ETH transitions to Proof-of-Stake,...

ConsenSys released this week a report titled “The Impact of The Merge On Institutions.” ConsenSys is the leading Ethereum software company and creator of the Metamask wallet. What Happened: The report gave an in-depth analysis of the dominance that Ethereum has held over other...

The much-anticipated transition to Ethereum 2.0 is set to start on the Ethereum blockchain. The shift from a proof-of-work (PoW) base to a proof-of-stake (PoS) base is often referred to as the so-called "merge" — slated to take place on Sept. 15. Bellatrix update: The successful...

There is always hope, even going into the fifth month of the crypto bear market. For those who can’t bear to keep following the prices (pun intended), we focus on following the projects of the projects themselves, which create the value. On Sept. 6, the center of that hope is the merge...

The Ethereum Merge event is set to happen in September and the Ethereum Foundation wants to make sure it goes off without a hitch, rewarding those who help make sure there are no bugs. Here’s how you can win a cool one million dollars. What Happened: Ahead of The Merge, the Ethereum...

Contrary to what some believe, the Etheruem (CRYPTO: ETH) Merge event will not reduce gas fees or speed up transactions. What Happened: As The Merge approaches, the Ethereum Foundation uploaded a note addressing some misconceptions associated with the network’s...