Ethereum

A cryptocurrency whale has fallen victim to a massive phishing attack, losing millions of dollars in staked Ethereum on the liquid staking provider Rocket Pool. A large cryptocurrency investor lost the entire address balance of Lido Staked ETH (stETH) and Rocket Pool ETH (rETH) due to a phishing attack, the cryptocurrency security firm PeckShield reported.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has published a research paper diving into privacy pools systems as a tool to achieve more privacy in financial transactions, allowing users to prove dissociation from illicit funds through zero-knowledge proof technology. The document initially discusses one of the most popular privacy-enhancing protocols, Tornado Cash, which allows users to deposit and

The Ethereum (ETH) market has been gripped by escalating bearish sentiment as the taker buy-sell ratio, a critical indicator of market dynamics, plunged to a yearly low. This downward trajectory has sparked concerns among investors and traders, highlighting the prevailing pessimism in the Ethereum futures market. ETH’s taker buy-sell ratio, as revealed by a recent

Crypto gambling site Stake has experienced $16 million in withdrawals on Sept. 4 in what security platform Cyvers Alerts is calling “suspicious transactions.” The withdrawing account has been labeled “Stake.com Hacker” by Etherscan, implying that the drained funds may be the result of a stolen private key. ALERTOur AI-powered system has detected multiple suspicious transactions

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week. In this week’s newsletter, Ethereum staking services have agreed upon a 22% limit on all validators to ensure fair markets. August proved to be another costly month

The Ethereum (ETH) ecosystem could welcome a variety of new layer 2 (L2) protocols built on Polygon’s newly open sourced codebase Chain Development Kit, which harnesses zero-knowledge proof (ZK-proof) technology to ensure security and fast finality. Jordi Baylina, technical lead of Polygon Hermez zkEVM, spoke to Cointelegraph exclusively about the new tool set which is

At least five Ethereum liquid staking providers have either imposed or are working to impose a self-limit rule in which they promise not to own more than 22% of the Ethereum staking market — seen as a move to ensure the Ethereum network remains decentralized. Among the Ethereum staking providers either already committed or are

On-chain data shows that Ethereum traders are capitulating following the slowdown of the rally, something that may turn out to be positive. Ethereum Traders Are Selling At A Loss Right Now According to data from the on-chain analytics firm Santiment, ETH investors are getting increasingly frustrated as they are now participating in significant loss-taking. The

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Ethereum has rapidly become the second most valuable cryptocurrency after Bitcoin. With its recent transition to a proof-of-stake consensus model and its expanded capabilities, Ethereum’s future looks bright. This guide provides a data-driven Ethereum price prediction for the short, medium and long-term. What is Ethereum (ETH)? Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain platform created by Vitalik

On-chain data shows the Ethereum sharks and whales have continued to sell for four months now, a sign that the asset may not recover soon. Ethereum May Not Be In The Best Situation Right Now In a new insight post, the on-chain analytics firm Santiment has looked into how the various metrics related to Ethereum

Crypto blockchains are designed to be fully decentralized so that no single person or group has control. However, new data has shown that the top 10 Ethereum addresses control over 35% of the total ETH supply. For a network that was designed to be decentralized, this has sparked some serious concerns over how centralized ETH

Over the last week, Ethereum (ETH) has seen its price take a slight hit following the general market crash due to reports of a massive Bitcoin sell-off. According to data from CoinMarketCap, ETH is down by 5.01% in the last seven days, bringing its total price loss in the previous month to 10.80%.  Albeit, despite Ethereum’s

Following the crypto market crash last week, Ethereum whales look to be gearing up for a recovery as they accumulate ETH. This accumulation trend is very telling of what these large investors expect the market to do next, which could serve as an indication of what’s to come. Ethereum Whales Buy Over 56,000 ETH On

Ethereum automated market maker and decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Balancer warned that $2.8 million, or 0.42% of its total value locked (TVL), remains at risk following the discovery of a vulnerability on Aug. 22. According to the Aug. 24 announcement, users are asked to “withdraw ASAP” if they have connected wallets to affected liquidity provider

The company filed a motion with the District of Delaware Bankruptcy Court on Aug. 24 seeking authorization and approval of guidelines for the sale of digital assets recovered during ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. The filing outlines FTX’s requests and plans to transfer some $7 billion worth of recovered cryptocurrency tokens under the management of Galaxy Digital following the

Blockchain sleuths have flagged the transfer of $1 million of Ether (ETH) belonging to a wallet controlled by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin as cryptocurrency markets remain depressed after widespread weekend losses. #PeckShieldAlert vitalik.eth has transferred 600 $ETH (~$1M) to #Coinbase pic.twitter.com/XVTwLqPENM — PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) August 21, 2023 The publicly labeled Ethereum wallet address vitalik.eth transferred 600

While the broader cryptocurrency market recently took a nosedive, some mysterious Ethereum whale successfully escaped with $41 million worth of ETH. Days later, the price of ETH went down, along with BTC and other cryptocurrencies. Did this whale know something the rest of the market didn’t? Ethereum Whale Sells $41 Million Before Market Crash In

The Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) price slump on Aug .18 saw the top two cryptocurrencies fall to a 2-month low and triggered a series of liquidations for thousands of derivative traders. The crypto bloodbath led to billions of dollars worth of hedged positions being liquidated and several traders lost millions of dollars in a

The Ethereum price has been on a rather disappointing run for investors over the last month and this decline has seen it fall to the low $1,800s. As the onslaught continues, the question now is will Ethereum be able to cross the $2,000 resistance before the month runs out? ETH Open Interest On The Rise