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A tweet by Bitfly, the parent firm of Ethereum mining pool Ethermine, stirred up debate over the weekend after the firm revealed miners are voting to increase GAS limit from 10,000,000 to 12,500,000 each block. The broader Ethereum community was immediately divided on the matter, with most taking to Twitter to voice opinions. Ethereum to […]

A newly-formed group of 40 startups, tech, and crypto firms is joining the Open Payments coalition — with the latter providing unique, simple to read, payment identifiers that open inter-operability between SEPA, bank, and crypto payments.  Making this possible is the launch of PayID, the universal identifier solution of the Open Payments Coalition. Part of […]

It’s been quite the past week for Ethereum. While ETH’s price has stagnated, decentralized finance (DeFi) — one of the blockchain’s leading use cases — has grown exponentially. Ex-Bloomberg journalist Camilla Russo noted on Jun. 19 that the value of tokens locked in DeFi applications has skyrocketed 40% in the past week alone. There is […]

The hype surrounding Ethereum has reached a boiling point in recent times, with growing network utilization and enthusiasm surrounding DeFi providing investors with legitimate reasons to be excited about the cryptocurrency’s future. The imminent transition to ETH 2.0 is also widely looked upon by investors as a potential catalyst for further upwards momentum in the […]

Bitcoin and Ethereum miners are pocketing over 99 percent of all fees generated by the broader crypto-mining ecosystem, on-chain analytics firm Messari said Friday. However; high fees do not mean a positive for a blockchain network. BTC and ETH could be profitable for miners, but expensive for end-users who are likely to choose cheaper alternatives […]

Earlier this year, Reddit became the latest prominent corporation/startup to put resources into building applications on Ethereum. The efforts culminated in a concept called  “Community Points,” which allow users to earn ERC-20 tokens to get special access to certain things in forums called “subreddits.” Thus far, the project is in beta, with Reddit using an […]

U.S. President Donald Trump’s dislike for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is well-documented, and unlike China or South Korea, the President has no immediate plans of introducing digital currency framework or legislation despite the latter increasingly emerging as a hedge. But Trump’s stance on Bitcoin is more than a passing dislike. An upcoming book by John […]

Throughout 2019, the decentralized finance (DeFi) trend gained major momentum, with the total value of crypto locked within DeFi-related loans climbing towards $1 billion by the end of the year, before surmounting this milestone in January. This number dropped significantly in mid-March, concurrently with the capitulatory plunge seen by the aggregated crypto market. The market-wide […]

Crypto advocates have long looked upon Bitcoin’s utility as being split into two primary fractions: a store of value and a currency. Although BTC is no doubt used as a currency on a widespread basis, it does seem to be garnering significant use as a store of value. Prominent investors have echoed this sentiment, with […]

Cardano (founder) Charles Hoskinson discussed the time and effort that has been put into developing Cardano, saying that the bulk of the work needed to launch it has already been done, in an interview with Messari’s Ryan Selkis. However, despite constant comparison with Ethereum, he believes that there won’t be any winners in the space […]