As Ether, Bitcoin Wilt, Trading Firms Blame Lack of Bullish Catalyst for Market Swoon

Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency by market value, slipped to $18,300, the lowest since June 19, according to CoinDesk data. Meanwhile, ether, the native token of Ethereum’s blockchain, which ...

Ankr Scores Partnership with ssv.network for Advanced Ether Liquid Staking

Vladislav Sopov Ankr, top-tier infrastructure platform for Web3, shares details of its partnership with staking heavyweight ssv.network Contents Ankr has entered into a partnership with ssv.network Li...

Bitcoin and Ether Close the Week Lower

● Bitcoin (BTC): $19,621 −0.9% ● Ether (ETH): $1,434 −4.4% ● CoinDesk Market Index (CMI): $974 −1.4% ● S&P 500 daily close: 3,873.24 −0.7% ● Gold: $1,684 per troy ounce +1.1% ● Ten-year Treasury y...

Ether staking could trigger securities laws — Gensler

Ethereum’s upgrade to proof-of-stake (PoS) may have placed the cryptocurrency back in the crosshairs of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Speaking to reporters after the Senate Banking Com...

Bitcoin slips below $20,000, ether teeters on the edge of $1,500 after The Merge

Crypto markets slumped during a subdued trading day following Ethereum’s official shift to proof of stake. Bitcoin was trading at $19,763 on Coinbase, down about 0.48% over the past 24 hours, ac...

Ethereum Merge Has Tied Ether Futures Activity to Staking Yields, Traders Say

The bigger the reward for staking, the greater the number of stakers and the stronger the demand for shorting or selling futures. That’s because staked ether cannot be withdrawn before the next ...

Is Ether Deflationary Now? It Depends!

Ether is currently deflationary when gas costs 15 gwei or greater The rate of issuance depends on the number of ETH staking validators The major consequence of the Merge was its drastic reduction in E...

SEC Chair Gensler Says He Supports CFTC Having Oversight Over BTC, Ether ⋆ ZyCrypto

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler says he supports the proposal to give oversight of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum...

Nansen Reports Five Entities Control About 64% Of Staked Ether

The long-awaited Ethereum upgrade, the Merge, has been released. With the transition from PoW to PoS network, the Ethereum blockchain will become more energy efficient. Also, miners will cease to be t...

Ether (ETH) Tanks 9% As Merge Optimism Fizzles Out

The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency Ethereum (ETH) faced severe correction soon after the Merge was successfully live on Thursday, September 15. As of press time, Ethereum (ETH) is trading at $1...

Ether Tumbles Below $1.5K; Ethereum Merge May Ding Demand for Chips, but Semiconductor Stocks Could Still Be a Good Buy

Good morning. Here’s what’s happening: Prices: Ether plummets in the hours after the Merge; bitcoin declines. Insights: The Ethereum Merge could lessen the need for chips powering GPUs, but semiconduc...

market intermediaries not following SEC guidance on listing tokens

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler signaled that he sees broad violations of securities laws by crypto exchanges and broker-dealers.  “In the exchange space and the broker-dealer sp...

Ether Price Flat After Merge as Miners Hunt for Hashrate Home

Crypto markets are weighed heavily by macroeconomic factors, regardless of the Merge’s significance Some existing proof-of-work chains are seeing booming hashrates in the hours since Ethereum switched...

Price of ether (ETH) falls heading into The Merge

Ether was trading down on Wednesday with a little over 20 hours to go to The Merge, where the blockchain will transition to proof of stake. The Terminal Total Difficulty required for the upgrade is fa...

Live coverage of Ethereum’s major upgrade

More on The Merge See all Merge-related content here. Latest news  Sorare CEO Nicolas Julia: The Merge makes Ethereum ‘fit for the long-term future’ Update: 9:40 pm UTC, Sept. 14 Sorare CE...

Merge-Focused Hedging Makes Ether Shorts Most Expensive in 16 Months

While the probability of the Merge failing is relatively low, ether’s price could drop after the upgrade for two reasons. First, ether has gained nearly 55% in the two months leading up to the M...

Cardano, Ether Aim For Biggest Breakout In September — What To Expect For ETH And ADA Prices ⋆ ZyCrypto

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp Three pivotal events in September are set to dictate the pace of the cryptocurrency market for the rest of the year and beyond. These events could le...

US Inflation Data Roils Markets, Bitcoin and Ether Fall

● Bitcoin (BTC): $20,272 −9.5% ● Ether (ETH): $1,615 −6.4% ● CoinDesk Market Index (CMI): $1,019 −7.1% ● S&P 500 daily close: 3,932.69 −4.3% ● Gold: $1,712 per troy ounce −0.9% ● Ten-year Treasury...

Interest in Ether Derivatives Surges Ahead of Merge

Average daily volume for CME Group’s ether futures contracts in September is up 15% from August A record 288,000 crypto futures contracts traded on Coinbase’s platform on Sept. 9 Demand for ether futu...

Macro matters, The Merge and bitcoin back above $22,000: This week in markets

Bitcoin hit a three-week high on Monday as the leading cryptocurrency by market cap soared more than 11%. Bitcoin was up 11.6% at $22,282 over the past week ahead of inflation data in the U.S. on Tues...

CME Group Launches Ether (ETH) Options Ahead The Merger

CME Group announced on Monday that it has launched Ether (ETH) options on futures. The new contracts will deliver one Ether futures, sized at 50 ether per contract that is based on the reference rate ...

Crypto Lender Maker Turns to Staked Ether to Reduce USDC Influence

Some $49 million worth of stETH has flowed into the vault since the ceiling was raised, data from tracking service Daistats shows. Staked ether is a token supplied to users who lock up ether on Lido, ...

Bitcoin Has Not Bottomed Out, Data Suggests; Ether and Other Altcoins Fall in Monday Trading

In an interview on CoinDesk’s “First Mover” TV program, Lex Sokolin, head economist of decentralized protocols at software company ConsenSys, said that cryptocurrencies respond to ex...

CME Group Rolls Out Ether Options for Upcoming Merge

CME Group, a leading derivatives marketplace, has launched the options of Ether futures, given that the much-anticipated merge has been pushing demand. Tim McCourt, the global head of Equity and FX pr...

Ether and PoW Coins Outperform Rivals as The Merge Draws Near

As The Merge draws near, ETM is beating most other top digital assets, trading recently for $1,700, up 14% since September 7. However, a few Proof-of-Work (PoW) tokens are surging even more as traders...

CME Group Launches Ether Trading Options Ahead of the Merge 

American-based leading derivatives exchange Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group announced Monday the addition of Ethereum (Ether) trading options in its futures marketplace, a few days before the ...

Ether Options Launched by CME Group

Alex Dovbnya Chicago-based derivatives trading behemoth CME Group has introduced Ether options Chicago-based derivatives trading giant CME Group has announced the launch of Ethereum options. According...

CME set to launch ether options

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced plans to launch ether options.  The move comes as ether derivatives are surging ahead of the Ethereum blockchain’s move to proof-of-stake, dubbed ...

CME Clears Regulatory Hurdle, Launches Ether (ETH) Options Ahead Merge

The world’s leading derivatives marketplace CME Group on Monday said it has launched Ether (ETH) options on futures. CME earlier announced launching the Ether options contact but was pending regulator...

Ether Loses Steam Days Before Merge, Bitcoin Holds Steady

Bitcoin is leaving ether in the dust as investors move toward a “sell the event” reaction to the Merge Uncertainty about the Merge’s success and implications weigh on traders as the deadline looms Wit...

Actualización de Ethereum puede generar mayor adopción institucional de ether, según Bank of America

Por su parte, un protocolo de seguro descentralizado, como Nexus Mutual, necesita generar rendimiento en sus reservas para poder convertirse en una alternativa viable a las compañías de seguros tradic...

Ether Lags Bitcoin as Ethereum Merge Nears. Here Is Why.

With the U.S. dollar restrained and the Ethereum blockchain’s software upgrade known as the Merge almost here, stars seem to be aligned in favor of ether (ETH). And yet, the native token of Ethe...