The price of Ether (ETH) nearly hit a new all-time high on Oct. 21 before falling below $4,000 after the $435-million options expiry on Oct. 22 soured the mood. The Ethereum network is set to take another step toward Ethereum 2.0 on Oct. 27 at epoch 74240 with the Altair upgrade to Beacon Chain. Eth2 will be an entirely proof-of-stake (PoS) network, for which the community has … [Read more...] about Ethereum 2.0 inches closer with the Beacon Chain’s Altair upgrade
Inches
Bitcoin inches to $61,000, but on-chain data turns ‘mostly bearish’
Bitcoin inched closer to its $61,711 all-time high price over the weekend amidst strong adoption and favorable sentiment for the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap.Booming Bitcoin and uptrending chartsSeveral companies have dipped into the asset last year, with names like business analytics firm MicroStrategy and electric maker Tesla picking up billions of dollars … [Read more...] about Bitcoin inches to $61,000, but on-chain data turns ‘mostly bearish’
Tokenized real estate inches forward despite legal, technical hurdles
An unusually rowdy (and informative) virtual panel at the Security Token Summit yesterday reveals the fractious difficulties of bringing regulated assets on-chain — as well as the promise and progress of the tokenized real estate use case despite those hurdles. Michael Flight of the Liberty Fund, Jude Regev of Jointer.io, and Mohsin Masud of AKRU spoke for 30 minutes on the … [Read more...] about Tokenized real estate inches forward despite legal, technical hurdles
Gensler inches closer to SEC Chair, will he withdraw the Ripple lawsuit?
Gary Gensler is edging closer to taking charge at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). With that, the Ripple faithful hold hope that one of Gensler’s first acts, if he clears the final hurdle, will be to withdraw the lawsuit.The suggestion comes from former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins, who served between 2002-2008. Atkins commented that it is within Gensler’s power … [Read more...] about Gensler inches closer to SEC Chair, will he withdraw the Ripple lawsuit?