In the past two decades, index and exchange-traded funds (ETF) have become some of the most popular forms of investing because they offer investors a passive way to gain exposure to a basket of stocks as opposed to investing in individual stocks which increases risk of loss. Since 2018, this trend has extended to the crypto sector and products like the Bitwise 10 Large Cap … [Read more...] about Just HODL! Bitcoin and Ethereum outperform ‘lower risk’ crypto index funds
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Price Analysis: Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Tezos (XTZ)
BTC, ETH, and XTZ have all rebounded above critical support levels, but remain vulnerable to downward pressure Ethereum’s ETH has correlated highly with BTC in 2021, and the latter’s uptick on Thursday also saw ETH/USD surge to break above $2,000. Popular crypto trader Michael van de Poppe suggests Bitcoin’s reclaiming of support at $31,000 could help it surge to $40k. … [Read more...] about Price Analysis: Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Tezos (XTZ)
‘Ethereum Improvement Proposal 3675’ for the Eth2 merge launches on Github
A formal Ethereum Improvement Proposal has been created for the network’s forthcoming chain merge, bringing Ethereum one step closer to realizing its highly anticipated Proof-of-Stake (PoS) transition.On July 22, ConsenSys researcher Mikhail Kalinin created a pull-request for EIP-3675 on Github, formalizing the chain merge as an improvement proposal for the first time. The EIP … [Read more...] about ‘Ethereum Improvement Proposal 3675’ for the Eth2 merge launches on Github
Decoupling ahead? Bitcoin and Ethereum may finally snap their 36-month correlation
Anish Saxena, a New Delhi-based automobile dealer, made "incredible" profits by investing in cryptocurrencies in 2020, just as his business took a hit from the coronavirus pandemic-induced lockdown."I had known about Bitcoin and Ethereum and dozens of other assets for years," the 33-year old businessman said. "But I only got to invest in them after the lockdown pushed me and my … [Read more...] about Decoupling ahead? Bitcoin and Ethereum may finally snap their 36-month correlation
Ethereum must innovate beyond just DApps for DeFi degens: Vitalik Buterin
During his keynote at the EthCC conference in Paris, Ethereum co-founder and lead developer Vitalik Buterin implored the Ethereum community to innovate beyond the confines of decentralized finance.Describing non-financial utilities as “the most interesting part of the vision of general-purpose blockchains,” Buterin lamented that financial applications currently “dominate the … [Read more...] about Ethereum must innovate beyond just DApps for DeFi degens: Vitalik Buterin