Ethereum

Programming languages like Solidity, which is used to build smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain network, are frequently used in blockchain development. Ganache helps developers test and debug their applications before deploying them on a live blockchain network. Also, developers must be well-versed in blockchain technology, including its underlying architecture and concepts like consensus algorithms,

Over 1 million Ether (ETH) worth $2.1 billion has now been withdrawn from Ethereum’s Beacon Chain within the first four days of the Shapella hard fork and Ether has pushed over $2,100 for the first time in 11 months. The 1.03 million ETH withdrawals have come from 473,7000 withdrawal requests, with Saturday, April 15 being

A “temperature check” proposal to deploy the decentralized exchange (DEX) Aave on the zkSync Era Mainnet has passed with overwhelming support from the Aave community.  When voting closed on April 16 more than 99% of Aave (AAVE) token holders voted in favor of launching the third version of the lending and borrowing protocol on the

Digital art auction house Sotheby’s has altered its latest art sale significantly after receiving community feedback regarding a lack of diversity, meanwhile a novice player in Illivium: Beyond has made a staggering profit of 140,525% by finding the most elusive character in the game yet. Sotheby’s reboot Glitch Digital Art Sale after addressing diversity concerns

Blockchain security tech firm BlockSec has launched a new toolkit that enables collaborative testing on private chains “forked from arbitrary (transaction) positions” and block numbers on the Ethereum mainnet. The developer and security researcher-focused toolkit is dubbed the “Phalcon Fork” and was launched by BlockSec on April 14. We’re thrilled to introduce Phalcon Fork, a

The email addresses of some MetaMask users may have been exposed to a malicious party due to a recently discovered cyber-security incident. According to parent company ConsenSys, the incident affected users who submitted a customer support ticket to MetaMask between August 1, 2021 and February 10, 2023. According to the April 14 blog post, unauthorized actors

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week. The past week in DeFi was filled with anticipation leading up to the Shapella upgrade on the Ethereum mainnet. The hard fork was successfully completed on April 12, allowing

Ether (ETH) prices have topped the psychological $2,000 level following the Shapella upgrade this week and the result is a decline in Bitcoin (BTC) market dominance. According to data from the analysis site btctools.io Ether’s market share climbed to 19.8%, an over 1.1% boost in the last 24 hours while Bitcoin’s dominance slid by just

A researcher at the Ethereum Foundation (EF) revealed that the IP addresses of Ether (ETH) stakers are monitored as part of a broader set of metadata, causing the cryptocurrency community to flag Ethereum for privacy concerns. In an April 12 interview on the crypto podcast Bankless, EF researcher Justin Drake revealed that he learned this

In this week’s episode of Market Talks, Cointelegraph welcomes Miguel Morel, CEO of Arkham Intelligence — a blockchain intelligence company that has built a platform that provides information on real-world entities and individuals behind crypto market activity. In today’s discussion with Morel, we will explore how and why on-chain data is useful and perhaps some ways that

Decentralized exchange Uniswap has launched a mobile wallet that features built-in support for the exchange, according to an April 13 announcement from the company. The app is available for iOS devices in select countries and can be found in Apple’s App Store. 1/ THIS IS NOT A DRILL The Uniswap mobile wallet is out of

Ethereum mainnet successfully completed the Shapella upgrade on April 12. The successful execution of the Shapella upgrade means Ethereum validators can finally withdraw their staked Ether on the Beacon chain. A total of 126,955.07 ETH were withdrawn by validators at the time of writing. Presently, 248,043 out of the 559,549 active validators, or about 44%

Despite some fears of a new supply of Ether (ETH) hitting the markets after the much anticipated Shapella update, ETH surpassed the $2,000 price point almost a day after the upgrade.  Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro shows that the token entered the $2,000 level on April 13, the highest level reached since August. The surge

The price of Ethereum’s Ether (ETH) token came just a few dollars from hitting $2,000 a day after the launch of the network’s long-anticipated Shanghai upgrade. Ethereum ducks sell-the-news fears On April 13, Ether’s price gained roughly 4% to reach an intraday high of $1,996 on Coinbase, ignoring the potential selloff pressure the Shanghai upgrade could

The much-awaited Shapella update on Ethereum has gone live, paving the way for new features such as the unstaking of Ether (ETH). Members of the community celebrated with various responses to the newest update in the Ethereum ecosystem.  Shapella is a term used by the community that blends together “Shanghai” and “Capella,” the upgrades that

Bitcoin (BTC) miners have pocketed over $5 million from creating nonfungible token (NFT)-like inscriptions using the Ordinals protocol. Transaction fees for Ordinals transactions exploded 240% from $1.5 million on March 10 to 5.2 million by April 12, according to Dune Analytics data. The rise came on the back of a rather slow period between Feb.

The Shapella hard fork has officially been executed on the Ethereum Mainnet— meaning that Ethereum validators can finally withdraw their staked Ether (ETH) from the Beacon Chain. The long-awaited upgrade took effect at 10:27 PM UTC on April 12. Through Ethereum Investment Proposal EIP-4895, staked ETH was pushed from the Beacon Chain to the Ethereum

The Ethereum network’s planned Shanghai hard fork is nearly here. Planned for April 12, this is the first major upgrade since The Merge in September 2022. The “Shapella” upgrade (a combination of the two major proposals Shanghai and Capella), includes EIP-4895 which enables validators to withdraw staked ETH from the Beacon chain (Consensus layer) to

On April 12, Ethereum-based noncustodial lending protocol Euler Finance announced that it would open redemptions after hackers returned the vast majority of assets stolen in a $197 million flash loan exploit last month.  Euler says it will repay all sub-account liabilities at the block the protocol was disabled on March 13. The on-chain price oracle,

LayerZero is a communication method that facilitates cross-chain applications. Its low-level messaging capabilities enable the development of omni-chain functionalities on top of it, such as decentralized exchanges, money market protocols and numerous other DeFi applications that can benefit from cross-chain liquidity provisions. The LayerZero platform was launched in September 2021 with Stargate Finance, a cross-chain