Ethereum News

ETHDenver Looks Cringey to You Because Ethereum Has an Actual Community
Like any good punk or hip hop show, this year's Colorado event for coders will feature events that will "scare away normies," CoinDesk Chief Insights Columnist David Z. Morris writes.

ConsenSys to Launch zkEVM Public Testnet March 28
ConsenSys, a top software firm working on the Ethereum blockchain, is rolling out a zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) public testnet on March 28, intensifying the race among top crypto firms to be first to go fully live with the fast-emerging technology. "The Hash" panel discusses what this means for the Ethereum community.

Bitcoin, Ether Fall as Market Continues To Digest Silvergate
Bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and most other major cryptocurrencies are sinking as customers fled crypto bank Silvergate. Forex.com Global Head of Research Matt Weller discusses the reaction from the broader crypto market and his outlook on Ethereum ahead of the Shanghai upgrade. Plus, why bitcoin long liquidations hit the highest level since August, according to Glassnode data.

Flashbots Makes Privacy-Enhanced Block Builder Open Source on Ethereum Testnet Sepolia
Research shared by the team details that block builders will be able to build blocks without accessing private data of users' transactions.

ConsenSys, Developer of Ethereum Software, Says zkEVM Public Testnet to Go Live March 28
Zero-knowledge, or ZK, a type of cryptography, is seen as one of the year's hottest blockchain technologies. ConsenSys launched a private zkEVM testnet in December but is now opening it up for anyone to join.

Bitcoin, Ether Drop Over 5% in Massive Sell-Off as Market Continues to Digest Silvergate
Bitcoin plunged to $22,277 and ether hit $1,563 as crypto tumbled during the opening hours of East Asia's trading day.

Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Will Not Crash Ether Price, Analysts Say
Crypto analysts CoinDesk interviewed are saying concerns are overblown and selling pressure will be limited.

Regulators Are Bringing the Multichain Era to a Close
The high cost of understanding multiple chain environments means enterprises are likely to stick to what they know, argues Paul Brody, head of blockchain at EY.

Shanghai + Capella = 'Shapella': How Ethereum Devs Now Refer to Upcoming Upgrade
Technically the Shanghai upgrade is only on the execution side of Ethereum. Capella is the simultaneous upgrade happening on the consensus side. Hence the merging of the two names to “Shapella.”


