Ethereum exceeds $4,000 as Dencun day lands March 13, 2024 Today is the day of the long-awaited Ethereum Dencun upgrade. Dencun will reduce Layer 2 transaction fees and involve “blobs” and "Proto-dank sharding". On Monday, Ethereum punched above $4,000 for the first time since December 2021. This new cycle high has happened even in the face of the perceived diminishing likelihood of an Ethereum spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) being approved by the SEC.
War in Ukraine continues to dominate the economic narrative March 11, 2022 For the third week running there is only one subject that dominates the Friday update – the ongoing fallout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Elon’s Tesla play sends Bitcoin ballistic like one of his SpaceX Falcon 9 Rockets! February 9, 2021 Crypto at a Glance Well, the inevitable indeed happened. After week’s of batted eyelashes, flirty texts, and pumping Doge, Elon Musk finally put up and put out. Musk has boarded the big bus to bitcoin city, population 21 million AND NEVER ANY MORE THAN THAT. via GIPHY That’s right, Elon Musk’s car firm Tesla yesterday [...]
Coinbase is flying despite regulatory attacks February 19, 2024 Each day, Coinrule will run through the state of the digital assets market for Blockbeat, your home for news, analysis, opinion and commentary on blockchain and digital assets In Coinbase’s latest advertisement, President Abraham Lincoln is depicted on a United States Cent asking to be ‘taken off this piece of scrap metal’ and to be [...]
Digital is eating the world, but… May 18, 2022 Crypto AM columnist Dr Chris Kacher explains why patience is the key to successful cryptocurrency trading.
PayPal launches Crypto service as institutions keep betting on Bitcoin October 26, 2020 This week CryptoCompare data shows the price of Bitcoin (BTC) moved up from around $11,480 to test the $13,000 numerous times on several positive developments for the cryptocurrency space. At press time, it’s at $13,070. Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, moved from $375 at the beginning of the week to a $420 [...]
What a week it’s been for cryptocurrency February 11, 2022 Jason Deane rounds up a remarkably eventful week in the world of global economics and cryptocurrency.
Crypto crash: Gains wiped out as host of coins collapse May 12, 2022 The prices of Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies plummeted to 16-month lows yesterday in a major crash that wiped out the gains made during the past year’s bull market. The past week has seen the price of Bitcoin drop by more than a fifth and the price of Ethereum drop by more than a quarter, [...]
Bitcoin is a game of musical chairs – and the music is stopping August 27, 2020 This headline might be the single most bullish news story for Bitcoin this year: “MicroStrategy® (Nasdaq: MSTR), the largest independent publicly-traded business intelligence company, announced that it has adopted Bitcoin as their Primary Reserve asset, purchasing 21,454 bitcoins for $250 million.” What it means is that 0.1% of all seats in this game have just [...]
Bitcoin Whale Numbers Hit All-Time high As New BTC ETN Launches November 30, 2020 This week CryptoCompare data shows the price of Bitcoin (BTC) moved from around $18,700 after the weekend to a high of $19,200 before enduring a sell-off that saw it move back down to $16,500. Bitcoin’s price recovered and is now back at $18,550. Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, managed to briefly breach [...]