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Ethereum’s Bellatrix upgrade was successful Ethereum’s Merge came closer last week with its Bellatrix upgrade going live on Sept. 6. Bellatrix is the final step before the Ethereum blockchain switches to a proof-of-stake consensus model from its current proof-of-work model. The Bellatrix upgrade prepares Ethereum’s proof-of-stake Beacon Chain for The Merge with its mainnet Execution…

LUNA, the collapsed token of the Terra ecosystem, saw a price spike Friday morning. With more than tripled in price, its market cap jumped 210% within 24 hours. Spike could be tied to the ATOM ecosystem pump earlier, The Block’s researcher suggests. LUNA, a governance token of the recently collapsed Terra ecosystem, has more than…

Written off by some as a big bubble, non-fungible tokens represent a step change for forgery management, royalty payments, and identity, Ari Juels, professor at Cornell Tech says on CoinDesk. If you stop people on the street and ask what they think non-fungible tokens (NFT) are all about, what will you hear? Something about outlandish…

The Ethereum Merge could flood the crypto industry with out-of-work miners, impacting not only Ethereum but all PoW coins. This is likely to force many crypto miners to give up and abandon their expensive mining rigs amid plunging profits. As Cointelegraph reported, the transition of the Ethereum blockchain from a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus is likely…

Decentralized and traditional finance can thrive in tandem to fund renewable energy and other pressing needs, but only with clear standards and rules – Michael Casey, CoinDesk chief content officer, shared his opinion with International Monetary Fund (IMF). The cryptocurrency industry is in the throes of a crypto winter. Tokens like bitcoin and Ethereum’s ether…

The blockchain isn’t just cryptocurrency, and Market Research Future says it’s growing quickly — explains Ray Fernandez on TechRepublic. In 2023, the Web3.0 blockchain technology sector will be worth more than six trillion dollars, according to Market Research Future, and Web3.0 will continue to grow at a CAGR of 44.6% from 2023 to 2030. Because…