Ethereum

Six major asset managers, including Grayscale and VanEck, have filed fresh applications in a bid to launch Ether (ETH) futures exchange-traded funds (ETF) to United States customers. Separate filings submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reviewed by Cointelegraph outline respective applications from the likes of Grayscale, VanEck, Bitwise, Volatility Shares, ProShares and Round Hill Capital.

In a recent court ruling, Ethereum (ETH) was denied non-security status in a case against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  The court granted the SEC’s motion to dismiss the complaint for declaratory relief on whether Ethereum and the Ethereum Network are securities. While the ruling was a procedural one and not on the

A new memecoin on Coinbase’s Base network fell 85% after its developer allegedly pulled liquidity of 1,034 Ether (ETH), worth approximately $1.9 million, from the market, according to social media reports and blockchain data. The developer for BALD denied making any market sales of the coin, stating that they “only added/removed 2 sided liquidity and

On July 30, Curve Finance, a decentralized exchange on Ethereum, suffered a hack due to a vulnerability in certain pools built using the Vyper programming language. The price of CRV dropped 20.91% on the day of the hack, falling to a two-month low of $0.58. On the next day, the decline in CRV continued to

A scammer using zero transfer phishing attack managed to steal $20 million worth of Tether (USDT) on Aug. 1 before getting blacklisted by the stablecoin’s issuer Tether. According to an update from on-chain analytic firm PeckShield, A zero transfer scammer grabbed 20 million USDT from the victim address 0x4071…9Cbc. The intended address that the victim

The cryptocurrency market is having its worst month of 2023, according to a report from Web3 outlet De.Fi shared with Cointelegraph. Losses for July totaled $486 million, more than six times the total from 2022: Source: Document shared with Cointelegraph, via De.Fi The report comes on the heels of several high profile hacks and exploits

The S&P 500 Index (SPX) continued its march toward its all-time high with a 3% gain in July. Signs of receding inflationary pressures and expectations of an end to the Federal Reserve’s tightening cycle are the factors that boosted risk-on sentiment. However, this bullish mood did not benefit Bitcoin (BTC) as it largely remained range-bound

After years of leaving 39,712 Ether (ETH) locked at the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) auction, a whale using the domain “darkmarket.eth” has reclaimed the digital assets and transferred over $119 million in ETH to a new wallet.  After 2.7 years of dormancy, darkmarket.eth reclaim 39,712 $ETH ($74.17M) locked in the ENS auction just now. And

The Ethereum ecosystem has continued to see fascinating developments in the past weeks. Among the most notable is the sudden movement from a participant in Ethereum’s initial coin offering (ICO), who, after a roughly eight-year slumber, has sprung into action due to a reason. The Ethereum ICO participant, whose address remained inactive for 2,922 days,

The crypto community has come together to celebrate the 8th birthday of the Ethereum network, marking eight years since when the Ethereum Foundation first sent the network live. On July 30, 2015, former Ethereum Foundation CCO Stephan Tual penned a blog post, officially announcing that the network had been rolled out. “The vision of a

Galaxy Digital’s founder Mike Novogratz shared what an ideal investment portfolio would look like for a young and high-risk tolerance investor during an interview with Bloomberg Wealth, saying that he’d invest in the Chinese giant Alibaba, silver, gold, Bitcoin (BTC), and Ethereum (ETH). “If they were young and had a high-risk tolerance, I’d be buying

Ethereum is currently the leader in decentralized finance, non-fungible tokens, and smart contracts, and it continues to maintain its position as the dominant cryptocurrency in the altcoin market. This has led to Ethereum having the highest rate of creation of new addresses when compared to the other blockchains. However, data suggests most of these new

The 25 basis point rate hike by the Federal Reserve on July 26 and the subsequent commentary by Fed Chair Jerome Powell failed to catapult Bitcoin (BTC) out of its range. This suggests that the event did not have any surprises and the outcome was already priced in by the markets. The crypto markets continued

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. The past week in DeFi was dominated by exploits and hacks, with three DeFi platforms losing nearly $39 million. Alphapo’s hot wallets were exploited for over $32

Proof of humanity protocol Worldcoin released its audit reports on July 28 as criticism of its data collection practices continues to mount. The new reports were conducted by security consulting firms Nethermind and Least Authority.  According to an accompanying announcement from Worldcoin, Nethermind found 26 security issues with the protocol, of which 24 were “identified

Social media platform X — formerly known as Twitter — may soon advance plans to add financial services to its users, hoping to become the American equivalent of the Chinese super-app WeChat. The concept of super-apps isn’t new. Tech giant Tencent, the company behind WeChat, has been refining the model since 2011. Like Twitter, it