The Merge


Markets

First Mover Americas: Ethereum Merge Spawns Watch Parties, But 'Jail Kwon' Token Gets More Hype

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 14, 2022.

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV, modified)

Tech

Ethereum's Biggest Mining Pool to Stop Offering Services for the Network

Ethermine will make the move once the Merge is completed, which is expected to occur on Thursday.

Ethereum classic(Shutterstock)

Tech

Monitoring the Merge: What a Successful Ethereum Upgrade Will Look Like

How to track the status of Ethereum’s shift to proof-of-stake with a few easy-to-use tools.

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Finance

Everybody's Throwing a Watch Party for the Ethereum Merge. Here's Where to Go

Burn the night away, and the last blocks of proof-of-work ether, with these watch parties.

Check out these watch parties if you want to see the Ethereum Merge. (Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock)

Markets

4 Things Blockchain Analysts Are Saying About the Ethereum Merge

Investors are increasingly turning to futures markets over spot markets in order to readjust their exposure ahead of the Merge, researchers said.

The upcoming Merge comes with some risks, says DappRadar. (ryasick/Getty Images)

Opinion

Nansen Casts Doubt on Merge-Initiated Staked ETH Sell-Off

More than 70% of staked ETH is worth less today than when first purchased, the crypto analytics firm found.

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Opinion

Bitcoin Should Change ... Slowly

Reconsidering the first cryptocurrency's slow-and-steady approach to development, as Ethereum's "Merge" nears.

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Finance

Ethereum Proof-of-Work Fork Timing Posted

The fork will occur 24 hours following the Merge, according to an @EthereumPoW Twitter thread.

The Ethereum Merge could cast a long shadow if stakeholders decide to fork. (Sunbeam Photography/Unsplash)

Tech

Ether May ‘Inevitably’ Turn Into a Store of Value After Ethereum’s Merge, ConsenSys Economist Says

Lex Sokolin, head economist of decentralized protocols at ConsenSys, joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” to discuss why ether could be seen as a store of value as regular and institutional users stake their tokens on the network.

ConsenSys Head economist of Decentralized Protocols Lex Sokolin (CoinDesk)