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Second Ethereum 2.0 launch rehearsal puts it on track for 2020 release
No participation issues this time as much fewer bugs are reported.
Ethereum successfully launched yet another dress-rehearsal testnet for the upcoming Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0, dubbed Zinken.
The launch occurred on Monday at 12 P.M. UTC and…
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Aztec launches private smart contracts as Ethereum rollup
Aztec 2.0 is both a scaling and a privacy solution rolled into one.
Aztec, a privacy protocol developing on Ethereum, announced on Monday the launch of its second iteration, promising private transactions and smart contracts while being…
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Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust Granted SEC Reporting Company Status
Oct 12, 2020 at 13:30 UTCUpdated Oct 12, 2020 at 13:45 UTC
Michael Sonnenshein at Invest: NYC 2019(CoinDesk archives)
Grayscale Investments’ Ethereum Trust on Monday became a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…
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First Mover: Bitcoin’s Best Week Since July Shows Limited Toll of UK Retail Crypto Futures Ban
Oct 12, 2020 at 12:38 UTCUpdated Oct 12, 2020 at 13:29 UTC
The U.K.’s prohibition on retail trading of cryptocurrency futures looks to have limited impact and might be misconceived. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)…
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It’s Time to Launch the Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain
Oct 12, 2020 at 12:16 UTCUpdated Oct 12, 2020 at 12:31 UTC
It’s Time to Launch the Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain
It’s time for the Ethereum 2.0 beacon chain to launch.
We’ve spent the last nine months testing the life out…
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Grayscale Ethereum (ETH) Trust Is Now Officially an SEC-Reporting Company
The leading digital currency asset management company Grayscale Investments announced that its Ethereum Trust will report directly to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Grayscale filed a Form 10 with the SEC a few…
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Ethereum Active Addresses Decline is Good News for Gas Prices
On-chain analytics provider Santiment has reported that there has been a decline in unique addresses interacting on the Ethereum network, particularly since mid-September. Both August and September witnessed spikes in address activity,…
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Defi Community Members Aim to Sue Yearn Finance Creator Andre Cronje and Fork YFI
Members of the decentralized finance (defi) community are upset with Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje over the mishap with Cronje’s secret Eminence (EMN) project. The Eminence protocol gathered $15 million before the project was…
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NFT Craftiness: Mint a Non-Fungible Token Art Collectible in Less Than 15 Minutes
In the last few months the non-fungible token (NFT) art space has exploded and data shows that there’s been over 4.9 million sales worth well over $128 million to-date. This week I decided to create an Ethereum-based NFT leveraging…
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Report: Q3 2020 Was The Best Quarter For DeFi
A recent report exploring the Q3 2020 developments in the decentralized finance ecosystem confirmed the narrative that it was the best quadrant for the entire field.
Additionally, it highlighted Ethereum’s massive role as the underlying…
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