Ethereum’s developers appear to be hastening the network’s shift toward Proof-of-Stake consensus and away from the Proof-of-Work mining community. On March 11, developer “Mikhail Kalinin” published specifications for Eth2’s future blockchain merge with the existing Ethereum network. The documentation notes the consensus upgrade from PoS to PoW will be the […]

Nonfungible tokens (NFT) have risen in popularity over the past couple of months as stories of record-setting multi-million dollar auction sales begin to emerge on a daily basis. While projects like Cryptokitties, Axie Infinity (AXS) and Aavegotchi (GHST) are some of the well-known NFT tokens in the space, several new […]

A collector of prized NFTs from Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shot has turned down a $1 million offer for a single token depicting New Orleans Pelicans’ pro basketball star Zion Williamson. The collector “jerlevine” bought the #1 Jersey Match S1 Holo Zion Williamson NFT on Jan. 25 for $100,000. The […]

Actor Terry Crews, known for his prominent character in the Brooklyn 99 TV series, is launching his own social currency, $POWER, through social crypto platform Roll. Talking to TechCrunch, Crews said that the currency is a means to empower artists. His vision for the currency is for people to earn […]

In a newly released report, Swiss cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift explores the potential role of so-called “staking derivatives” in addressing some of the challenges posed by Proof-of-Stake, or PoS, protocols. Yield Unchained: Exploring Staking Derivatives shines the spotlight on existing challenges with POS protocols – namely, the opportunity cost that comes […]

Bitcoin (BTC) may be having problems cracking all-time highs but one of its best-known analysts believes its sideways trading is “nearly complete.” In a series of tweets on March 11, Willy Woo pointed to multiple on-chain factors suggesting that fresh BTC price upside is imminent. BTC flows to those with […]

What highs (or lows) could Bitcoin reach by the end of the year? Watch Cointelegraph’s latest video to find out! The moderates The Stock-to-Flow (S2F) model created by PlanB is one of the most well-known price prediction apparatuses in the Bitcoin space. It forecasts the long-term price trend of Bitcoin […]

Long-term Bitcoin hodlers appear not to be selling despite 2021’s all-time highs, while nervous newbies have been taking profits along the way. According to Unchained Capital’s “Hodlwaves” chart — which visually illustrates the time since BTC wallets were last active on-chain, 2021 has seen an increase in both long and […]

Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has been broken past a major resistance level of $52,000 in the past few days and is approaching the all-time high region. However, other cryptocurrencies are rallying heavily as well. In the recent months, the market has seen massive surges for Cardano’s Ada, Polkadot’s DOT and Cosmos’ […]

Major South Korean commercial bank Shinhan Bank is looking to collaborate with the country’s central bank on developing a national digital currency. Shinhan Bank has developed a blockchain-based pilot platform for a central bank digital currency, or CBDC, in partnership with LG Corporation’s IT services arm, LG CNS, South Korean […]