Author: Michael Johnson
The EF’s Ecosystem Funding Initiative team is proud to announce the launch of the 2025 Academic Grants Round, a pioneering initiative aimed at empowering and expanding the frontiers of Ethereum-related academic research. With a dedicated fund of $2 million, we are eager to build upon the success of the previous rounds by supporting innovative research in diverse fields critical to the growth and strengthening of the Ethereum ecosystem. Round Scope The scope of this round includes, but is not limited to, projects in Economics & Game Theory, Applied and Theoretical Cryptography, Consensus Algorithms, Protocol Design, Networking & P2P Technologies, Client…
The Ecosystem Funding Initiative team is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2024 Academic Grants Round! This round, we are proud to support 41 projects from researchers and institutions worldwide. These projects address fundamental challenges and opportunities in areas critical to Ethereum’s growth, including cryptography, consensus mechanisms, security, execution,… Source link
The crypto market trended lower last week, driven largely by risk-off sentiments on newly released Fed meeting notes and economic data The Fed expressed caution around inflation, especially as President-elect Donald Trump’s policies will kick in after his inauguration on January 20 Meanwhile, spot crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) logged outflows from Wednesday, January 8 Bitcoin Bitcoin’s price logged a negative week falling from a high of $102,733 to a low of $91,188 before eventually closing at $94,547. Technical analysis shows a break above the last lower high and a push back down into the H4 demand zone, which means that…
PostFinance AG launches Ethereum staking, expanding its crypto service offerings. The move aligns with rising global crypto adoption and Switzerland’s crypto-friendly stance. The US political shift under Trump is expected to boost crypto market stability and growth. In a pioneering move that underscores the growing integration of cryptocurrencies into traditional banking, Switzerland’s state-owned PostFinance AG has launched Ethereum staking services. This move comes at a time when the global financial landscape is witnessing a significant embrace of digital assets, particularly with expectations of a transformative year for cryptocurrencies in 2025. PostFinance AG’s forays into crypto PostFinance AG, already known for…
Bulls remain in control of the broader cryptocurrency market as investors’ optimism remains pegged on crypto-friendly policy measures, heightened adoption of these digital assets, and central banks’ strategic reserves. Even so, crypto majors have largely stalled in the absence of an immediate catalyst. Amid the pullback, meme coins and particularly AI projects have shown immense growth and indismissible opportunities. iDEGEN, a unique social experiment is one such project. Even before hitting the public shelves, it has the potential to give the likes of Fartcoin and AI16z a run for their money. Bitcoin’s under pressure from bets on fewer rate cuts…
Bullish pattern signals Ethereum price rebound The road has been rather rough for the bulls since Ethereum hit a fresh three-year high in mid-December last year. Since then, it has declined by over 20% as the gains recorded in the past two weeks were reversed in the current week. Even so, the bulls remain in control as the support level along $3,200 remains steady. Indeed, a look at its weekly chart signals a rebound. To start with, Ethereum price continues to trade above the 20 and 50-day EMAs. Besides, the formation of the bullish inverted head and shoulder pattern indicates…
ETH is showing early signs of an upward rally with the surge to above $3,900 Bitcoin’s surge past $100k could lead to a major breakout for altcoins, and analysts see Ethereum leading the surge Ethereum (ETH) rose to above $3,900 as Bitcoin finally broke the psychological $100k level to reach its highest-ever price of $103,679 on December 5. Bitcoin soars past $103k The price of Ethereum was up more than 5% at the time of writing after spiking to intraday highs of $3,923 across major exchanges. Ethereum’s uptick comes as Bitcoin breaks key levels amid predictions of further gains. Ki…
Ethereum ETFs inflows are outdoing Bitcoin ETF inflows. BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) ETF leads with a $89.51M inflow on Dec 23, 2024. This Market shift may signal an altcoin season in 2025. In a surprising turn of events in the cryptocurrency market, Ethereum spot ETFs have been experiencing significant inflows, overshadowing the outflows noted in Bitcoin ETFs. On December 23, 2024, Ethereum ETFs recorded a net inflow of $130.8 million, with BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) ETF leading with $89.50 million and Fidelity’s Ethereum ETF (FETH) adding $46.40 million according to Coinglass data. In stark contrast, Bitcoin ETFs saw…
Corporations, US presidential candidate Mitt Romney reminds us, are people. Whether or not you agree with the conclusions that his partisans draw from that claim, the statement certainly carries a large amount of truth. What is a corporation, after all, but a certain group of people working together under a set of specific rules? When a corporation owns property, what that really means is that there is a legal contract stating that the property can only be used for certain purposes under the control of those people who are currently its board of directors – a designation itself modifiable by…
In the first part of this series, we talked about how the internet allows us to create decentralized corporations, automatons that exist entirely as decentralized networks over the internet, carrying out the computations that keep them “alive” over thousands of servers. As it turns out, these networks can even maintain a Bitcoin balance, and send and receive transactions. These two capacities: the capacity to think, and the capacity to maintain capital, are in theory all that an economic agent needs to survive in the marketplace, provided that its thoughts and capital allow it to create sellable value fast enough to…