Ethereum News

Ethereum (ETH) was launched in 2015 by Vitalik Buterin and a team of co-founders as the world's first programmable blockchain, enabling smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps) that extend far beyond simple peer-to-peer transactions. After transitioning from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake consensus through "The Merge" in 2022, Ethereum now processes transactions more efficiently while maintaining its position as the foundation for decentralized finance (DeFi) and Web3 innovation.

The Ethereum ecosystem encompasses thousands of decentralized applications, from DeFi protocols like Uniswap and Aave to NFT marketplaces, gaming platforms, and layer-2 scaling solutions like Arbitrum and Polygon. Developers, validators, and users interact within this programmable economy where ETH serves as both a digital currency and the fuel powering smart contract execution through gas fees.

CoinDesk covers all aspects of Etherum, from protocol upgrades and scaling developments to DeFi innovation and regulatory implications. Our reporters track everything from Ethereum's roadmap milestones and staking developments to the broader implications of programmable money and decentralized autonomous organizations.

DISCLOSURE: This text was written with the assistance of AI, then reviewed by a person.

Vídeos

IBC Group Moves Out of China, Pavilions Hotels to Accept Crypto

IBC Group to end Bitcoin and Ethereum mining in China. The Pavilions Hotels and Resorts to accept crypto. Blockchain leads to rise of crypto natives. We’ll have more on these stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

6 de jul. de 2021, 11:05 a.m. ET

Mercados

EY Releases Zero-Knowledge Layer to Tackle Increasing Ethereum Costs

The tool was built to address network congestion and rising transaction costs brought about by the growth of decentralized finance (DeFi).

Por Jamie Crawley5 de jul. de 2021, 7:40 a.m. ET

Moonshot AI IPO push follows Kimi, Alibaba AI releases that shook bitcoin. (Pixabay)

Política

Reinvent Money to Reward Virtue

Bitcoin wrested control of money from the state. Ethereum and other technologies will return it to the heterogeneous communities that dot the globe, write Matthew Prewitt and Steven McKie.

Por Matthew Prewitt, Steven McKie3 de jul. de 2021, 12:00 p.m. ET

Allegorical figures representing virtue and abundance, 1760

Finanças

USDC on Tron Blockchain Surpasses $100M 2 Days After Public Unveiling

The growth could be the result of traders looking for faster and cheaper transactions compared with Ethereum.

Por Muyao Shen2 de jul. de 2021, 2:26 p.m. ET

Podcasts

Easier Said Than Done: Why This Change on Eth 2.0 Would Require ‘Immense’ Work

Por Christine Kim, Ben Edgington1 de jul. de 2021, 12:00 p.m. ET

Luck or Skill? Allnodes’ CEO Spills the Beans About Eth 2.0 Staking

Vídeos

Is Now the Time to Buy Bitcoin?

QCP Capital Co-Founder and CIO Darius Sit discusses mixed signals for bitcoin and whether this is a smart time to invest now. “Bitcoin is “the king coin,” Sit said. While Ethereum can potentially trade higher than bitcoin, he said he believes that bitcoin will hold value better in the long run.

1 de jul. de 2021, 11:00 a.m. ET

Mercados

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Outperforms Top Cryptocurrencies in June

The outperformance came despite a negative month for the leading cryptocurrency by market cap.

Por Damanick Dantes, Frances Yue30 de jun. de 2021, 4:30 p.m. ET

Bitcoin 24-hour price chart, CoinDesk 20

Vídeos

Stablecoins to Watch: USDC Could Expand to 10 More Blockchains

USD coin (USDC), a stablecoin currently on four blockchain networks with a market cap of $25 billion, could soon be on as many as 10 more networks, including Tezos. USDC is an Ethereum-based stablecoin managed by the CENTRE consortium, started by fintech firm Circle and crypto exchange Coinbase.

30 de jun. de 2021, 2:45 p.m. ET

Vídeos

Get Virtual Clothes in This Shopping District in Decentraland Metaverse

Digital real estate NFT investment fund Republic Realm's Janine Yorio on launching Metajuku, a shopping district in Decentraland. It's an Ethereum-based virtual world, or metaverse, owned by its users and governed through a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). "Metajuku is a natural evolution of the retail environment that went from 2D websites to 3D immersive retail stores that people can shop in," Yorio said.

30 de jun. de 2021, 10:52 a.m. ET

Tecnologia