Merge

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) — the second-largest coin by market cap — has fallen 67.85% since the year began. The coin's decline is a part of a wider drop in the cryptocurrency market with the apex coin, Bitcoin, declining 65.2% in a similar period. Even so, 2022 was a watershed year for the...

Pseudonymous cryptocurrency analyst Smart Contracter said that Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) is close to completing its final leg before turning bullish. He has predicted that Ethereum will fall to around $1,200 by October before rallying toward his target above $2,000. According to the analyst, Ethereum...

With Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) successfully completing its Merge to proof of stake, a new blockchain has earned the rank of the second-largest proof of work blockchain.  What Happened: Ethereum officially transition to a PoS network, marking an end to mining ETH, on Thursday....

Proof-of-Work (PoW) cryptocurrencies Ethereum Classic (CRYPTO: ETC) and Ravencoin (CRYPTO: RVN) recorded a massive surge in hashrate shortly after Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) transition to Proof-of-Stake. What Happened: On Sept. 15, Ethereum ...

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) declined 10% in the last 24 hours, leading to cascading liquidations for traders who were long on the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. What Happened: Ethereum saw $174 million worth of liquidations on Sept. 15 as the asset’s price fell to an intra-...

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) creator Vitalik Buterin said he was a “bit surprised” that the network’s hashrate did not have a more significant drop in the weeks leading up to the Merge. What Happened: In a tweet on Sept. 14, Buterin shared an image of the Ethereum...

The Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) 'Merge' is scheduled to take place early Thursday morning (Sept. 15), somewhere between 1:00 AM and 2:00 AM EDT.  The event will be a culmination of years of work conducted by Ethereum’s core developers. After a number of postponements, the...

The Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) to Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ratio hit a 2022 high on Tuesday as the first stage of the Merge went live. What Happened: Data from TradingView shows that the ETH/BTC ratio reached a high of 0.084 for the first time since December 2021. The...

Ethereum's (CRYPTO: ETH) long-awaited “Merge” is expected to occur around Sept. 15, and is heralding fresh interest for the platform as it transitions to proof of stake from proof of work.  The Merge is considered as the most significant upgrade in Ethereum's...

The Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) Merge will officially go live on the mainnet on Sept. 6 after the Bellatrix upgrade is activated.  What Happened: The Ethereum Foundation said on Wednesday that the Proof-of-Stake transition would be set in motion after Bellatrix hits an...

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) will be far more scalable after the merge to a Proof-of-Stake network, according to the blockchain’s creator Vitalik Buterin. What Happened: “Ethereum can go up to being 55% complete after the ‘merge.’ "We're getting close,...

As the Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) merge approaches later this year, Lido Staked ETH (CRYPTO: stETH) has suffered severely due to insolvencies across firms, such as Celsius and 3AC. What Happened: As the Ethereum merge nears, which shifts Ethereum to proof-of-stake, Lido Finance initiated Staked Ether...

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)'s initial test network Ropsten is initiating its shift from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. The highly anticipated network upgrade stands to be only a consensus layer change, with no change to the execution layer. What Happened: As Ethereum ventures...