Fantom Cuts Staking Requirements By 90% in a Bid to Bolster Security
Back in June of 2023, the Fantom Foundation held a vote to determine whether the network should maintain its minimum staked token requirement at 500k FTM tokens or slash it…
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Vitalik Buterin Proposes Measures to Simplify PoS Design, ETH Surges
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has proposed measures to reduce the load on the Ethereum blockchain and simplify its proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus. The proposal aims to decrease the number…
EthereumPoW Shifts Gears: Core Team Disbands for Complete Autonomy
The EthereumPoW (ETHW) announced its decision to dissolve the organization after in-depth discussions and based on a consensus among the majority, thereby fulfilling the commitments made during the initial fork.…
Ripple’s Partial Win in XRP Case Sparks Alt Rally as PoS Coins Post Impressive Gains
XRP appears to be leading the altcoin rally fetching over 66% in the past day alone. This comes after Ripple Labs managed to score a victory in the SEC case…
Lido Risk to Ethereum Grows as SEC Targets Exchange Staking Services
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is convinced that all crypto assets aside from Bitcoin are securities. Its latest war on crypto exchanges has included staking services, which the regulator…
Ether (ETH) Stored on Centralized Exchanges Hits 5-Year Low: Data
Ether balance on the centralized crypto exchanges has reached a five-year low. According to the latest data from Glassnode, there are currently 17.8 million ETH on exchanges – a level not…
1 Month After Shapella Staked Ether (ETH) Exceeds 20M
Ether holders are rushing to stake their tokens with network validators. This has pushed the deposit activity to the highest level since the Shapella upgrade last month. In fact, the…
These Are the Most Profitable Proof-of-Work Algorithms Since Ethereum Moved to Proof-of-Stake
Since the transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), ethereum cannot be mined and miners are now dedicating hashrate to different PoW chains. Since ethereum can no longer be mined,…
Prominent Ethereum Mining Pools Extends Support to ETHW Mining
Ethereum finally transitioned its underlying consensus model to proof-of-stake (PoS) on September 15th at block 15537393. The historical event, however, failed to shed off the appeal of the new proof-of-work…
Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson Hits Back at Jack Dorsey Over PoS Debate
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s latest tweet did not sit well with the Cardano creator, Charles Hoskinson, who squarely aimed at the Bitcoin proponent and said the Merge will kick…