Polygon (MATIC), one of the most prominent scaling initiatives on Ethereum, is preparing to launch a mainnet version of its new Layer-2 scaling solution, zkEVM, on March 27. For this reason, zkEVM will be a ZK-Rollup, which performs computations off-chain on a separate layer. This will facilitate safer, more convenient,
Lido, the liquidity staking protocol for Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchains has published a new proposal for Treasury choices. Lido holds more than $8 billion in staking and the number of Ethereum (ETH) tokens is valued at around $7.9 billion. The number of stakers on the network is approximately 275 K. The
The crypto community was recently taken aback when an Ethereum (ETH) address that had been dormant for an astonishing seven years suddenly sprang to life. However, the address contained a total of roughly 100 ETH (which currently amounts to around $149,980). Thus causing a flurry of speculation and excitement throughout
At this point, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has given at least two sizable donations. To aid those affected by the tragic earthquake in Turkey and Syria last week. On February 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria. One of the deadliest in decades, its death toll has reached
After six weeks of bullish, the overall cryptocurrency market is slightly down. At the time of writing, the global crypto market has a market cap of $1.05 trillion, which decreased by over 4.5% in the last 24 hours and 49% from the previous year. Crypto Market Current Status The upward
Three of Rihanna’s hits, including “B*TCH Better Have My Money,” have been certified platinum, and this will add another building brick to the music NFT platform. BBHMM is being released as an NFT by the song’s co-producer, Deputy, who will share a portion of the streaming income with fans. Rihanna’s
Today, a layer 1 blockchain Core DAO publicly launched its first-ever Airdrop for its native token CORE. Also, the token was made available to users with an opening price of $4.27. At the time of writing, CORE traded at $5.95, which surged over 40% in just half an hour of
The price of Ethereum has been steadily increasing over the past few years, with its value currently hovering around the $1,639 mark. However, could it be possible for Ethereum to experience, a dramatic crash, pushing its value down to as low as $1,000? Technically speaking, it is certainly possible–here’s why.
The credit card giant Visa aims to integrate Ethereum blockchain-powered solutions into its services. According to the firm, they have been experimenting with “how to accept payments from issuers in USDC on Ethereum and payout in USDC”. Additionally, there are large settlement payments. The President of the cryptocurrency division at
Interfax reported that Moscow-based state-owned financial services provider Sberbank is developing a decentralized finance (DeFi) application. According to Konstantin Klimenko, head of products for the blockchain lab at Sberbank, the platform is now under closed beta testing. Based on Ethereum, the platform will be compatible with the Web3 wallet MetaMask.
