Ethereum News

Alchemy Supports Another Ethereum Scaling Solution. This Time It’s Optimism
The blockchain developer platform is set to offer devs access to multiple layer 2 solutions.

Why Ethereum's Price Is Built on Firmer Ground Than Bitcoin
Bitcoin's thesis rests on a theory of money and power. Ethereum has a more durable footing: creative computation.

Ethereum’s Fee Market Upgrade Explained
The most expensive blockchain to use is Ethereum, with users paying over $5 million per day in transaction fees, compared to Bitcoin's $1.5 million. This July, Ethereum's fee market is expected to undergo a radical change known as Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559. CoinDesk's Christine Kim breaks down her comprehensive report on the key findings and investment implications for the upgrade.

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Slides to Two-Week Low, Ether to Below $2K as China Reiterates Crypto Ban
CME's bitcoin futures goes into "backwardation" and BTC inflows to exchanges rise as China "FUD" continues.

Crypto Long & Short: The Market Says Bitcoin Is for Speculation, Not Dollarization
Data from services on Bitcoin and Ethereum shows what's real in crypto adoption stories.

4 Common Misperceptions About Ethereum’s EIP 1559 Upgrade
Here's a look at the promises of EIP 1559, expected for activation sometime next month.

'Weird DeFi' Gets Weirder
We've entered a new era of Weird DeFi, one that's more finance, less meme than last year's bizarre crypto projects.

Institutional Investors Come to Polygon Amid Rising Ethereum Layer-2 Demand, Blockchain Data Shows
Questions remain about promised scalability improvement from Ethereum 2.0.

2 Ethereum Projects Are Officially Merging; 'Keanu' Aims for August Launch
Keep and NuCypher have agreed to merge their protocols into a DAO. Coming soon: a more capital-efficient version of Keep's bitcoin-on-Ethereum token, tBTC.


