Digital asset investment products staged a comeback last week, reversing prior outflows with $2.48 billion in inflows. August inflows now total $4.37 billion, which lifted year-to-date numbers to $35.5 billion. Activity was strong until Friday, when flows turned negative following the Core PCE release. The data dampened hopes for a September Fed rate cut and […]
The Ethereum validator exit queue peaked at just over 1 million ETH on Friday as the asset maintained its price gains, and selling pressure and profit-taking increased. This is only natural, considering that Ether has more than doubled in price in a little over two months after spending a couple of years in the doldrums. […]
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has revealed a plan for the next stage of its Trillion Dollar Security (1TS) project. This follows an ecosystem survey conducted to identify the most urgent issues within Ethereum’s infrastructure. Wallet Security Standard In an August 20 blog post, the EF announced that the security initiative’s first actions will mostly target […]
A Bitcoin wallet from several years ago showed activity just today, selling at a substantial profit and shifting strategies towards the second-largest crypto asset by market capitalization. Ethereum, the asset of choice, has meanwhile been garnering considerable attention from institutions and retail investors alike. Change of Heart A dormant BTC whale has resurfaced today, as […]
Tom Lee’s BitMine Immersion Technologies announced on Monday that it has become the second-largest crypto treasury in the world, behind Michael Saylor’s Strategy. The firm updated its Ether holdings figures to 1.52 million ETH worth around $6.6 billion. Even with the asset’s retreat, that huge stash is worth more than the $5.88 billion in Bitcoin […]
Last week, digital asset investment vehicles recorded $3.75 billion in inflows, their fourth-highest figure historically, in what appears to be a recovery from the subdued momentum of previous weeks. Interestingly, the surge was almost entirely tied to iShares and one particular product under its umbrella. With market prices pushing higher, total assets under management (AuM) […]
Ether prices have surged to their highest levels for almost four years, tapping $4,625 during Asian trading early on Wednesday morning. The asset has continued to build momentum and is now up a whopping 54% over the past month and 27% over the past week. Meanwhile, the latest move has taken it to within 5.3% […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may be entering a new phase in its approach to digital assets. This shift may have gone largely unnoticed by the market, according to Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management. Market Sleeping On SEC’s Pivot? In a recent investor note, Hougan pointed to the speech […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and developer Anders Elowsson have introduced EIP-7999, a proposal to overhaul the network’s fee structure by unifying multiple resource costs under a single maximum fee. The move aims to simplify transaction pricing while improving capital efficiency, addressing long-standing concerns about Ethereum’s complex fee market design. A Unified Approach to Ethereum’s Fee […]
The former gaming firm announced on Tuesday that it now holds 521,939 ETH worth close to $1.9 billion at current market value. Joe Lubin’s Ether treasury firm acquired 83,561 ETH for $264.5 million at an average price of $3,634 between July 28 and August 3. SharpLink stated that its ETH-per-share is now 3.66, up from […]