Ethereum

NFTs

Enjin to Tackle Soaring Gas Fees, Scaling With New Blockchain Products

Sebastian SinclairMar 3, 2021

Dubbed JumpNet and Efinity, the company says its two scaling solutions will increase support for NFTs while removing Ethereum's expensive gas fees from the equation.

Coinbase

Valid Points: What Coinbase’s Public Listing Means for Eth 2.0

William Foxley Christine KimMar 3, 2021

Coinbase's IPO introduces a new set of stake holders in Ethereum's governance community.

Ethereum

Controversial Dapps Test Binance Smart Chain’s Decentralization

David PanMar 3, 2021

Developers built politically sensitive applications on Binance Smart Chain as a way of showing the increasingly popular blockchain platform is not as decentralized as Ethereum. The dapps remain online.

Ethereum

Amazon Managed Blockchain at Last Supports Ethereum, Ending a Two-Year Tease

William FoxleyMar 2, 2021

There are over 8,000 nodes on the Ethereum network. Amazon’s new management feature should increase that number.

ether ETFs

Second Ethereum ETF Filed in Canada

Tanzeel AkhtarMar 2, 2021

A second preliminary prospectus for an ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) has been filed Tuesday by Evolve Funds Group in Canada.

Ethereum

Market Wrap

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Faces Long Odds in Bid for Sixth Straight Monthly Gain

Muyao Shen

Bitcoin started March nicely but whether it can match its previous winning streak is yet to be seen.

CoinDesk 20

Cardano’s ADA Token Tripled in February to Outperform CoinDesk 20

William Foxley

Traders are betting on the "smart-contract" blockchain, which aims to compete with market leader Ethereum, even though it doesn't yet have smart-contract functionality.

Matter Labs

USV Leads Round in Matter Labs as Ethereum Scaling Wars Intensify

William Foxley

The round was joined by a host of cryptocurrency projects that are considering adding zkSync, including Coinbase, Aave and Curve Finance.

Bitcoin Price

Bitcoin Tumbles to $43K, Lowest in Three Weeks

Bradley Keoun

Some analysts worry that rising bond yields might prompt the Federal Reserve to tighten historically loose monetary policy, prompting a correction in assets perceived as risky.

Opinion

Where Value Is Going in Blockchain Networks

Amos Meiri

Will wealth flow to layer 1 or layer 2? It depends on the use case, says a long-time observer and investor.

Market Wrap

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Heads for Worst Week Since March as Prices Hold Around $46.5K

Muyao Shen

“Cash is king in times of distress, not bitcoin,” said one market watcher.

NFTs

How Hashmasks Are Setting the Standard for Digital Art

William Foxley

Hashmasks sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. But they also might set the bar for what digital art should look like.