Ethereum (ETH)

Ethereum devs set tentative February testnet upgrade dates, marking key steps towards March’s long-awaited dank sharding launch aiming to supercharge network speed and slash costs.

The SEC has delayed its decision on approving BlackRock’s proposed physically-backed Ethereum exchange-traded fund to March 10th, 2024.

An Ethereum whale made substantial transfers, withdrawing funds from Binance and Bitfinex, staking with Lido, and making significant withdrawals from Aave, amidst a challenging time for the Ethereum market with significant liquidations and ETH struggling.

Some members of the Ethereum community have stressed the importance of diversifying away from Geth, the dominant client after a critical bug in Nethermind’s execution client resulted in processing issues and a subsequent hotfix.

Ethereum price failed to clear the $2,600 resistance and declined below the $2,550 support. ETH risks further losses unless the bulls defend the $2,500 zone.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink stated he sees value in an SEC-approved exchange-traded fund for the cryptocurrency ether, the native token of the Ethereum blockchain.

Polygon made history by surpassing Ethereum in daily NFT trades, reaching $10.25 million in a day, driven by impressive growth and successful collectibles.

Ethereum’s price briefly went positive before slipping after blockchain investment firm Paradigm transferred 6,500 ETH worth $14.67 million to Coinbase.

Arbitrum has become the leading decentralized exchange platform with $1.83 billion in 24-hour trading volume, surpassing Ethereum’s $1.44 billion DEX volume.

Etherscan purchased Solscan, a top Solana blockchain data provider, to grow its cross-chain offerings and better serve the wider crypto ecosystem.