Ethereum

What is the intrinsic value of ether?  This is a question I’ve been wrestling with this past week as the ether price set a new all-time high of $1,439.33, according to CoinDesk’s price index. Similar to how many view the current bitcoin price bull run as being credibly different from previous cycles for reasons to do with greater institutional involvement and mainstream interest, among other reasons, I get the sense that the valuation of ether by investors is being looked at this time… Source link

Little more than a month after launching, the Ethereum 2.0 blockchain now holds 2.7 million Ether (ETH), worth $3.8 billion. The combination of the Ether price rally and an ever increasing amount of stakers have propelled the Ethereum 2.0 blockchain to become the third largest blockchain by staked funds. This is an increase of more than 1 million ETH since Cointelegraph’s last progress report on Dec. 18. Since then, Ethereum surpassed Tezos (XTZ) but is still lagging behind both Polkadot… Source link

What happened Shares of Grayscale Ethereum Trust (OTC:ETHE) were soaring on Tuesday. As of noon EST, the stock was up 22%. This is likely related to the movement the funds’ underlying asset: Ether. Ether is the token native to the Ethereum blockchain, and it’s been going up rapidly over the last few days. In fact, today Ether tokens surpassed the price of $1,400 per token — a level not seen since 2018. So what Ether tokens reached all-time highs of $1,448.18 back in January 2018,… Source link

Ether (ETH), the largest altcoin by market cap, finally reached new all-time highs against the U.S. dollar on Jan. 19. ETH/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: Tradingview At the same time, Bitcoin futures open interest has also reached a new record high of over $4.5 billion on Jan. 19, according to Glassnode.  $ETH open interest at an ATH. Chart https://t.co/Gdq1xWC22U pic.twitter.com/j53Fp8GJKW — glassnode (@glassnode) January 19, 2021 Ether price is back after 3 years Data from 

Background The Ethereum network today is overrun with traffic, causing transaction fees to spike to levels that are not affordable for many use cases. This is partially due to the success of DeFi projects, where users don’t mind paying the high transaction fees because of the financial value of the transactions being made. (In Ethereum, transaction fees are typically referred to as “gas” costs, since the fees do not just fund transactions but actual applications… Source link

The price of Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain network, has been soaring since the beginning of the new year. What’s more, it has outperformed Bitcoin (BTC) since Jan. 1, gaining roughly 81% compared to Bitcoin’s 26% in their respective USD pairs year-to-date. Bitcoin, Ether YTD performance. Source: Digital Assets Data There are three main reasons why ETH has been outpacing BTC throughout the past several days. The factors are Ethereum’s accelerating growth,… Source link

The daily volume of transactions on the Ethereum (ETH) network is now 28% greater than on Bitcoin (BTC), according to crypto analytics firm Messari. On Jan. 19, Messari’s Ryan Watkins tweeted that Ethereum’s daily transaction volume “is going parabolic” alongside a chart indicating that Ethereum and Ethereum-powered stablecoins have processed $12.3 billion in transactions over the past 24 hours — dwarfing Bitcoin and Omni-based USDT’s $9.3 billion. Ethereum’s daily transaction… Source link

Bitcoin (BTC) continues to trade in a tightening range within a pennant pattern and while the price has moved above the 20-day moving average, it’s clear that the bulls and bears are fighting over the direction the digital asset will take.  Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView show that BTC traded in a range between $34,955 and $37,850 over the weekend but traders buying each dip appear to be doing so with less bullish conviction. Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: Source link

TipRanks These 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Are Top Picks for 2021, Say Analysts Some traditions are too time-honored to shirk, and on Wall Street, the annual ‘top picks’ are one. Usually made at the very end or very beginning of a year, the Street’s analysts publish reviews on the stocks they believe will show the best performance in coming months – their top picks. The analysts have been analyzing each stock carefully, looking at its past and current performance, its trends on a variety… Source link

While Bitcoin continues to remain the “blue chip” of cryptocurrencies, 2020 has seen Ethereum trail in second place, as well as the rise in popularity of altcoins built on Ethereum, said Hong Fang, CEO of OKCoin. “2020,… Source link