Ethereum

The Ethereum blockchain was built to serve as a single source of truth backed by a public transaction database and to function as a platform for a variety of decentralized applications ranging from financial services to games. Ether is the native token for the Ethereum ecosystem.

The Ethereum blockchain is preparing a significant upgrade, called the Ethereum Merge, tentatively scheduled for Sept. 13-16, 2022.

The Merge reflects a shift in Ethereum’s protocol in which the blockchain will move from a “proof-of-work” to “proof-of-stake” system.

Miners validate transactions by solving complex calculations before a new block can be added to the chain. This is the mechanism that Bitcoin ($BTC) runs on.

Miners are replaced by “validators,” who stake the ETH they own to validate new blocks on the chain. Avalanche ($AVAX) and Solana ($SOL) are proof-of-stake.

The Ethereum Foundation reports that moving to a proof-of-stake model will reduce the blockchain’s energy consumption by more than 99%.

Ether ($ETH) is Ethereum’s native crypto asset, while Ethereum is the underlying blockchain. No disruptions to ETH are expected following the Merge.

Unlike Bitcoin, the founder of Ethereum is publicly known. Vitalik Buterin published Ethereum’s introductory paper in 2013 and launched the project in 2015.

The Ethereum blockchain was built to serve as a single source of truth backed by a public transaction database and to function as a platform for a variety of decentralized applications ranging from financial services to games.

The Ethereum Foundation

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Bitcoin

Dogecoin

Crypto markets were hit with nearly $900 million in liquidations to start the week, wiping out overleveraged longs after a sharp correction in both bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH).

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ETHzilla has approved a $250 million stock repurchase program while disclosing $489 million worth of ETH holdings. The company plans to stake its ETH through a proprietary yield protocol, highlighting its dual strategy of shareholder returns and blockchain-driven growth.

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Leading cryptocurrencies dived further on Monday as rising institutional outflows hampered the risk-on sentiment. Cryptocurrency Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 9:10 p.m.

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Bitcoin hit its lowest price in weeks on Monday afternoon, with Ethereum, Solana, Dogecoin, and other assets also deep in the red.

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Bitcoin is tumbling below key support levels, with technical indicators flashing warning signs across the board.

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On Aug. 25, ethereum plunged to $4,352 just hours after it breached the $4,900 mark for the first time. Market cap dipped from nearly $600 billion to $529 billion.

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Hopes for a quick reversal from the weekend crypto plunge faltered on Monday with bitcoin (BTC) slipping all the way back $110,000, just barely ahead of its then-euphoric price of $109,400 touched ahead of President Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration.

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Bitcoin ETFs logged their second-largest weekly outflow at $1.17 billion, while ether ETFs ended a 14-week inflow streak with a $238 million exit. Despite midweek rallies, heavy early outflows defined the trend. ETF Shake-up: Bitcoin Funds Post Second-Highest Weekly Loss While Ether Snaps Record Inflow Run The tide finally turned.

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ETHZilla shares are down 52% over the last week, but the Ethereum treasury has announced a fresh ETH purchase and a stock buyback program.

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ETHZilla (ETHZ) has authorized a $250 million stock repurchase program as the company doubles down on its ether-focused treasury strategy, the firm said in a press release Monday.

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The leading Ethereum treasury bolstered its coffers significantly again last week.

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Bitcoin's brief post-Jackson Hole rally collapsed after a major wallet offloaded 24,000 BTC, triggering a $500 million liquidation cascade. Meanwhile, ether outperformed as institutional flows rotated into ETH.

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Corporate crypto treasuries expanded significantly last week as Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR), Metaplanet Inc. (OTC:MTPLF), and BitMine Immersion Technologies (NYSE:BMNR) all reported fresh purchases of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) or Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH). In its Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 25, Strategy Inc. disclosed the acquisition of 3,081 Bitcoin the prior week.

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Last week, fellow Ethereum DAT SharpLink Gaming said its board approved a stock repurchase program of up to $1.5 billion.

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BitMine Immersion grew its ether holdings to 1.71 million ETH, with a balance sheet of over $8.82 billion as companies capture over 2% of Ethereum's supply.

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Cryptocurrency markets are trading lower on Monday, despite Ethereum making a new all-time high on Sunday. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $111,217.31 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $4,588.97 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $196.37 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $2.93 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.2189 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.00001238 Notable Statistics: Coinglass data shows 166,734 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $839.78 million.

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BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the public ether (ETH) treasury company led by Fundstrat's Tom Lee, continued its buying spree acquiring over 190,500 tokens through last week, the firm reported on Monday.

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