Ethereum

The Ethereum blockchain was built to serve as a single source of truth backed by a public transaction database and to function as a platform for a variety of decentralized applications ranging from financial services to games. Ether is the native token for the Ethereum ecosystem.

The Ethereum blockchain is preparing a significant upgrade, called the Ethereum Merge, tentatively scheduled for Sept. 13-16, 2022.

The Merge reflects a shift in Ethereum’s protocol in which the blockchain will move from a “proof-of-work” to “proof-of-stake” system.

Miners validate transactions by solving complex calculations before a new block can be added to the chain. This is the mechanism that Bitcoin ($BTC) runs on.

Miners are replaced by “validators,” who stake the ETH they own to validate new blocks on the chain. Avalanche ($AVAX) and Solana ($SOL) are proof-of-stake.

The Ethereum Foundation reports that moving to a proof-of-stake model will reduce the blockchain’s energy consumption by more than 99%.

Ether ($ETH) is Ethereum’s native crypto asset, while Ethereum is the underlying blockchain. No disruptions to ETH are expected following the Merge.

Unlike Bitcoin, the founder of Ethereum is publicly known. Vitalik Buterin published Ethereum’s introductory paper in 2013 and launched the project in 2015.

The Ethereum blockchain was built to serve as a single source of truth backed by a public transaction database and to function as a platform for a variety of decentralized applications ranging from financial services to games.

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Bitcoin

Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Joe Lubin says decentralization will be the main narrative that drives markets in the coming years. In a new interview with CNBC, Lubin, the chair of SharpLink, a gaming company with an Ethereum treasury, says his firm's ETH accumulation strategy is about generating more awareness of the leading smart contract platform.

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Solana

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Trump Media and Technology Group is looking to launch another Truth Social-branded crypto ETF for Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and more.

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Shares of SharpLink Gaming (SBET) surged after the online gaming firm said it snapped up another 7,689 ether (ETH) for its corporate treasury.

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Dogecoin

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Bit Digital has completed a sweeping pivot toward Ethereum, announcing it has fully transitioned its corporate treasury into ETH following a recent capital raise and the divestment of its Bitcoin holdings.

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Widely followed trader Michaël van de Poppe believes that new record highs are bound to happen for the crypto market. The analyst tells his 794,400 followers on the social media platform X that he's keeping an eye on the TOTAL chart, which tracks the market cap of all digital assets excluding stablecoins.

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Institutional digital asset investment vehicles have enjoyed over $18 billion in inflows over the last twelve weeks, according to crypto asset management firm CoinShares.

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Months after dropping sanctions against Ethereum coin mixer Tornado Cash, the U.S. Treasury has agreed to end a related legal battle.

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