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Coinbase adds 'ETH2' despite tomorrow's Ethereum upgrade postponing difficulty bomb

Coinbase adds 'ETH2' despite tomorrow's Ethereum upgrade postponing difficulty bomb

Uverejnil používateľ | dec 7, 2021 |

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has added a mirrored version of the Ethereum blockchain’s native token Ether (ETH) to its crypto price index, just ahead of a key network upgrade on Dec. 10.Dubbed “ETH2,” the symbol appeared to have been tracking the original Ether market data synchronously. For instance, the cost to purchase ETH2 came out to be the same as that for ETH. Meanwhile, their market capitalization, volume, circulating supply, and price changes were also identical.Coinbase is already promoting eth2 as a new coin? pic.twitter.com/C67UxooLU0— Nuno (@nvcoelho) December 6, 2021Nonetheless, unlike the original, the ETH2 token had no Trading Activity, Popularity Score, or Typical Hold Time, underscoring that its role — for now — is to merely track the ETH market data at least until mid-2022.ETH vs ETH2.0 market data. Source: CoinbaseThat is probably as ETH2 seems to have been posing as the native token of Ethereum’s ongoing upgrade, dubbed Ethereum 2.0, which expects to go live fully by June 2022. But the Coinbase’s index listing appears closer to “Arrow Glacier,” a fork that would give developers more time to prepare for Ethereum 2.0.Before Ethereum 2.0The Arrow Glacier update aims to delay a so-called “difficulty bomb,” an incentive hardcoded inside the Ethereum blockchain since its launch in 2015, which would make it difficult for people to mine Ether. In doing so, the BOMB, if triggered, would slow down the Ethereum network, for as long as it remains proof-of-work.Tim Beiko, one of the core developers working on the Ethereum upgrade, noted that Arrow Glacier might be the last upgrade before Ethereum 2.0 goes live next year. Meanwhile, Coinbase appears to have been treating the Arrow Glacier fork as a confirmation that they would exist a new token called ETH2 after the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade.In detail, Ethereum 2.0, also known as “Serenity,” would enable significant changes to its design, including a full-scale transition from energy-intensive Proof-of-Work (PoW) — also used by Bitcoin (BTC) — to Proof-of-Stake (PoS).In the current version, nodes must validate every transaction to maintain Ethereum’s public ledger. But the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade would launch “sharding,” which would divide the network into various segments (called shards) and would randomly assign nodes to each shard. Beacon Chain and Sharding. Source: Vitalik.caThat would remove the need for each node to scan the entire chain, theoretically improving the speed and costs required to maintain the network. Meanwhile, individual shards would share the transaction details with a so-called Beacon Chain, which serves as the backbone of Ethereum 2.0.ETH2 is not a new cryptoBeacon Chain, which went live in December 2020, would validate the transactions on each shard, thus assisting the entire Ethereum 2.0 network reach consensus. It would also detect dishonest validators and initiate penalties by removing a portion of the validator’s stake from circulation.Related: Vitalik Buterin outlines ‘endgame’ roadmap for ETH 2.0At the core of Ethereum 2.0’s PoS design would be ETH (or ETH2), which primarily serves as a staking token for validators to participate in the network consensus and, in turn, to receive block rewards for it. Beacon Chain’s deposit contract has received over 8.42 million ETH tokens from 55,300 unique depositors (validators) since its launch in December 2020.The balance of the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract divided by the total ETH supply. Source: CryptoQuantThat being said, ETH2 is not a new coin and would not change the ETH amount one holds. Instead, as Coinbase’s index listing suggests, ETH2 may end up becoming a rebranded version of the original Ether, without needing holders to swap one version for another.The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.

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Ethereum bulls retain hopes of $10K despite ETH price chart bear flag

Ethereum bulls retain hopes of $10K despite ETH price chart bear flag

Uverejnil používateľ | dec 6, 2021 |

Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) looks poised to extend its selloff this week as it wobbles near a key support level of $4,000.ETH price dropped by over 5.50% on Dec. 6 to an intraday low at $3,913. In doing so, it slipped through upward sloping support that constituted an Ascending Channel that — more or less — appears like a Bear Flag, a bearish continuation setup.ETH/USD daily price chart featuring Bear Flag setup. Source: TradingViewConservative traders typically spot Bear Flags when an instrument consolidates higher inside a parallel channel after a considerable price drop (called Flagpole). They anticipate the price to break below the Flag’s lower trendline. And when it does, traders set their profit target by measuring the Flagpole’s height and subtracting it from the breakout level.Applying the Bull Flag strategy to Ether’s ongoing price trends, one can expect the cryptocurrency to drop towards $3,200 in the sessions ahead. Interestingly, the level is also near the 0.5 Fib line (~$3,264) of the Fibonacci retracement graph drawn from the $720-swing low to the $4,808-swing high.More confirmation neededWhile the Bear Flag setup hints at more pain for Ether ahead, some analysts believe the Ethereum token still has more room to run to the upside.For instance, PostyXBT, an independent market analyst, asked his massive follower-base on Twitter to turn attention to Ether’s deep price wick from Saturday, underscoring how the cryptocurrency’s sudden crash from near $4,240 to as low as $3,575 (data from Coinbase) was met by traders with an aggressive buying response.”The weekly close above $4k means that ETH is one of the strongest looking coins out there,” the pseudonymous analyst noted, adding that not many held the structure “despite the wick.”ETH/USD weekly perpetual futures contract chart. Source: TradingViewMeanwhile, another popular analyst Crypto FOMO also referred to the Saturday rebound as a reason to stay bullish on Ether. In an analysis published Monday, the analyst said that the cryptocurrency’s ability to hold its rising channel support (the Bear Flag structure) might prompt bulls to push its value to $10,000.”That is also because Ethereum is crashing a lot lesser than other cryptos, which is very bullish,” the channel noted while highlighting Ether’s growing strength against Bitcoin (BTC).Top ten cryptocurrencies’ performance against USD and BTC in the last 30 days. Source: MessariOn its weekly chart, Ether looks to have been eyeing a move toward $6,500 after breaking out of its Ascending Triangle.In detail, the ETH price left the Triangle range in the week ending Oct. 25 after consolidating inside it for a little over four months. Nonetheless, traders returned to test the structure’s upper trendline as support, as is common across bullish continuation setups.ETH/USD weekly price chart featuring Ascending Triangle setup. Source: TradingViewAs long the price holds itself above the Triangle’s upper trendline, its likelihood of continuing its rally upwards remains higher — by as much as the structure’s maximum height, as shown in the chart above. On the other hand, a decisive break below the Triangle’s lower trendline risked invalidating the bullish setup.Strong fundamentalsJames Wo, CEO/Founder of DFG Group — a Singapore-based venture capital firm, blamed Ether’s consistently positive correlation with Bitcoin behind its latest price corrections, noting that a spot market selloff in the BTC market, led by the ongoing Omicron FUD, has had exchanges liquidate $2 billion worth of traders’ margined positions, hurting ETH in tandem.Related: BTC sentiment ‘comparable to a funeral’ — 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this weekBut the analyst, too, anticipated a price rebound for ETH based on its successful adoption across the emerging nonfungible token (NFT), decentralized finance (DeFi), and metaverse space.Top five DeFi chains based on total-volume locked. Source: Defi Llama “The levels of open interest levels seen up to this correction for both BTC and ETH were an important indicator that a bearish scenario was highly probable,” Wo explained, adding:”We still believe that fundamentals are strong and long-term valuations are still very low based on the technological advancements and contributions we are witnessing from this industry.”ETH/USD was trading at $4,050 at the time of this writing.The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.

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Ethereum acts as a 'hedge' in Bitcoin price crash as ETH/BTC hits 3-year high

Ethereum acts as a 'hedge' in Bitcoin price crash as ETH/BTC hits 3-year high

Uverejnil používateľ | dec 4, 2021 |

Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) plunged alongside other cryptocurrencies on Dec. 4. Still, its move downside did not deter it from hitting a three-year high against Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s leading crypto by market capitalization.The ETH/BTC exchange rate jumped a little over 11.50% to hit 0.0835 BTC for the first time since May 2018. The pair’s price rally appeared in contrast to Ether’s 15% price drop against the U.S. dollar on Saturday, which appeared in the wake of a market-wide selloff that saw Bitcoin plunging by as much as 21% intraday.ETH/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingViewThe ETH vs. BTC “hedge” narrative emergesWhile Ether’s losses were substantial, they were relatively milder compared to Bitcoin in USD terms as the ETH/BTC pair surged to a three-year high. At the same time, some analysts believed that investors started treating the second-largest cryptocurrency as a haven against Bitcoin during the Saturday crash.”It seems that investors are taking ETH as a hedge here,” said Crypto Birb, an independent market analyst in a tweet Saturday, pointing to a four-hour ETH/BTC price chart (as shown below) that showed the pair retracing sharply after testing its 200-period moving average (the orange wave) as support.ETH/BTC four-hour price chart featuring 200-period MA support. Source: TradingViewLukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad, chief product officer at Bitpanda, noted that ETH/BTC’s November close was the best one in the last 45 months, meaning bulls still had “some power left for an additional run.””Ethereum is outperforming Bitcoin by a large margin this year […] It increased its market dominance to 22%. The number of active addresses on the network continues to climb while the net issuance of ETH continues to fall which might be the main reason for its rapid rise.”Technical outlookAs Cointelegraph covered earlier, Ether has shown the prospects of continuing its upward trend due to a technical support pattern, dubbed Ascending Triangle.Related: Ethereum ‘about to go parabolic’ against Bitcoin as analysts weigh BTC bear caseOn Saturday, the ETH/BTC pair broke out of the Ascending Triangle range to the upside, accompanied by a slight increase in its trading volumes. In a “perfect” world, the pair’s move upside should stretch until it hits levels at length equal to the maximum distance between the Triangle’s upper and lower trendlines when measured from the breakout point.In a “perfect” world, the pair’s move upside should stretch until it hits levels at length equal to the maximum distance between the Triangle’s upper and lower trendlines when measured from the breakout point.ETH/BTC weekly price chart featuring Ascending Channel pattern. Source: TradingViewAs shown in the chart above, the Triangle’s upside target, from the breakout point near 0.077 BTC, puts the profit target near 0.1 BTC.The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.

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Traders say ATOM could eventually do an AVAX-like surge to $100

Traders say ATOM could eventually do an AVAX-like surge to $100

Uverejnil používateľ | dec 4, 2021 |

Cosmos (ATOM) has the potential to record major gains in the upcoming weeks primarily because its longer-timeframe chart is showing a bullish continuation pattern. Dubbed “bull flag,” the structure appears as the asset trends lower while bouncing between two downward sloping trendlines. However, it eventually breaks out of the range, in the direction of its previous trend, with a profit target at length equal to the size of its previous uptrend which is also known as the flagpole.ATOM/USD weekly price chart featuring Bull Flag setup. Source: TradingViewTherefore, in a “perfect” world, if ATOM is to break above the flag’s upper trendline (with a rise in trading volume), it may rise by as much as the flagpole’s height around $35. This sets a price target near $65 as when measured from the current potential breakout point.Nearly 64% of ATOM’s total supply is stakedThe bullish setup in ATOM appeared as the token rose over 330% from its June low at $7.82 to this weeks swing high near near $32.Circulating token scarcity could be playing a role in driving buyers into the market. Data fetched by Messari showed that nearly 64% of the current ATOM supply is staked.ATOM staking data. Source: MessariAccording to data, Cosmos investors have staked over 180 million ATOM tokens to become validators on its ‘Cosmos Hub,’ a proof-of-stake blockchain that constitutes one of many hubs on the network. In return, users receive a portion of the network transaction fees and block rewards.Pentoshi, an independent market analyst, noted that the rising number of staked ATOM tokens have been instrumental in pushing its price upward. The pseudonymous Twitterati added that ATOM sellers have been losing momentum, citing two corrections during the fourth quarter that got stopped midway due to a higher buying pressure near the token’s previous all-time high levels.ATOM/USD daily price chart by Pentoshi. Source: TradingViewAccording to the analyst, ATOM is seeing clear:”Signs of absorption”Related: Price analysis 12/1: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, ADA, XRP, DOT, DOGE, AVAX, SHIBAvalanche fractal highlights ATOM’s potentialAnother analyst, known by the pseudonym ‘Bluntz,’ anticipated that ATOM would continue its rally upward based on similar gains posted by one of its top blockchain rivals, Avalanche (AVAX), earlier this year.Like Pentoshi, Bluntz views ATOM’s chance of revisiting its previous record-high as a base to continue its bull run. In a similar setup, AVAX rallied by nearly 250% after finding a solid footing inside the $50 to $60 support area.ATOM/USD vs AVAX/USD daily price chart by Bluntz. Source: TradingViewAccording to Bluntz, ATOM could easily hit $100 in the medium-term.The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.

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Increased utility in DeFi, NFTs back Ethereum’s 3-year high in its ETH/BTC pair

Increased utility in DeFi, NFTs back Ethereum’s 3-year high in its ETH/BTC pair

Uverejnil používateľ | dec 3, 2021 |

This week, Ether (ETH) price reached a new 2021 high against Bitcoin (BTC), bringing its year-to-date returns slightly above 350% and according to technical analysis, the rally could extend even further.On Dec. 1, bids for the ETH/BTC pair hit 0.0835 BTC on Coinbase for the first time this year. The upside move came as a part of an uptrend that started mid-October after Ether bottomed out against Bitcoin at 0.0630 BTC to carve out almost 41% price retracement.ETH/BTC daily price chart. Source: TradingViewGrowing adoption propels Ether’s boomThe ETH/BTC price rally reflect deep interest in Ethereum, which is currently the world’s leading smart contract platform by users and market capitalization. This is slightly different than the scenario for Bitcoin, which typically functions as a speculative hedge against inflation across global economies.As of late, Ethereum has been become a core asset within crypto growth sectors like nonfungible tokens (NFT), decentralized finance (DeFi) and the Metaverse. The firms operating in this space require Ether to run their smart contracts, which in turn, has increased demand for the altcoin and supported a steady uptrend in its price.Total valued locked inside ETH-based DeFi platforms (including staking). Source: Defi LlamaDemand for Eth is expected to remain robust in the coming year and this simple fact has many analysts projecting prices within the $6,000 to $10,000 range. ETH/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingViewMatt Maley, the chief market strategist for Miller Tabak + Co., anticipated additional gains for Ether should it break above its mid-November high around $4,900. According to Maley, Bitcoin bulls remain under pressure near the cryptocurrency’s mid-November and mid-April highs of $69,000 to $65,000. If Ether manages to hit and hold a new all-time high while BTC trades in a downtrend, Maley said: “It will show that Ether has become the new crypto of choice for most investors.”The technical outlook for Ether against Bitcoin has also been suggesting stronger bull runs for the former in the future.Related: Ethereum approaches a new ATH, but derivatives data reflects mixed emotionsA prolonged bullish breakout could be in playThe latest bout of buying has had ETH/BTC break above a multi-month resistance trendline that constitutes an ascending triangle pattern and now the pair eyes an extended bull run towards 0.1 BTC, as shown in the chart below.ETH/BTC weekly price chart featuring Ascending Triangle setup. Source: TradingViewTypically, ascending triangles are continuation patterns, meaning, they tend to send the price in the direction of its previous trend by as much as the maximum height between the upper and lower trendline when measured from the breakout point.ETH/BTC’s breakout point comes out to be near 0.077 BTC while its triangle’s maximum height is 0.022 BTC. In a “perfect” world, this would place the ETH/BTC pair on path to 0.1 BTC, but given the volatile nature of the cryptocurrency sector, anything is possible. The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision.

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