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The NFT market surpassed a valuation of $40 billion during late 2021, inching closer to the total annual sales volume of the fine art market.

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Ethereum developers have successfully merged the blockchain’s execution and consensus layers on the Kiln testnet. The achievement has market participants already anticipating the positive effects that the mainnet transition to PoS will have on the price of Ether (ETH). Ethereum’s transition to PoS will likely be positive for ETH Several factors are being noted for

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Ethereum’s merge on the Kiln testnet on Wednesday was a success, as the blockchain passed the final public test before its highly anticipated transition from a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism to proof-of-stake (PoS), which is expected to happen by the end of Q2, 2022. See related article: The best of Ethereum 2.0 is yet to […]

Cosmos is a permissionless decentralized network of interoperable and independent blockchains that exchange tokens and information. Cosmos was established in order to overcome some of the problems that modern blockchains have. Scalability, governance, and usability are among these concerns. Blockchains can be separated into three conceptual layers from architecture:  Application layer: It updates the state of blockchain based on the execution of transactions.  Networking Layer: It is in charge of ensuring that transactions and consensus-related messages are propagated.  Consensus Layer: It allows nodes to agree on the system’s present state. The Cosmos is a decentralized network of autonomous, scalable, and interoperable blockchains powered by the Tendermint Core Byzantine Fault-Tolerant (BFT) consensus algorithm. Cosmos is all about the multi-chain world, seamlessly communicating data and tokens between numerous sovereign blockchains. This establishes a collaborative ecosystem because no project or blockchain in the ecosystem exists to compete with others; instead, Cosmos connects them all.  Features of Cosmos: Tendermint Core Cosmos SDK IBC Tendermint Core Tendermint BFT combines a blockchain’s networking layer and consensus layer into a generic engine, allowing developers to focus on the development of the application layer rather than the complicated underlying protocol. Tendermint saves hundreds of hours of development time as a result. Tendermint is also the name of the byzantine fault-tolerant consensus method employed by the Tendermint BFT engine. The Application Blockchain Interface connects the application layer of blockchains with the Tendermint BFT engine through a socket. Any programming language of your choice can be used to wrap the protocol, allowing developers to use whatever language best suits their needs. Cosmos SDK The Cosmos-SDK is an open-source framework for creating multi-asset public Proof-of-Stake (PoS) and Proof-of-Authority (PoA) blockchains, such as the Cosmos Hub. Application-specific blockchains are blockchains that have been created using the Cosmos SDK. The Cosmos SDK’s purpose is to simplify developers to build unique blockchains from the ground up that can natively interact with existing blockchains. IBC It’s a protocol that enables different blockchains to communicate with one another. Considering the legalities and constraints that needed to be met to make this communication process a reality was hard. IBC makes it easy to transfer tokens and other data in a trusted and frictionless manner. It opens up a world of possibilities allowing for interoperability and value transfer, without facing the scaling issues which can be seen today in many blockchains. How does IBC work? The logic behind IBC is very simple. Let us suppose, there is an account on chain X, and it wants to send 20 tokens (for eg. ATOM) to chain Y.  Tracking Chain Y receives the headers of chain X continuously and vice versa. This allows every chain to have the track record of the validator set of every other blockchain. For this purpose, each chain runs a light-client of the other. Proof Relay Proof that 20 ATOM tokens are bonded is sent from chain X to chain Y. Validation  The proof sent to chain Y is verified against chain X’s header and if the proof is found valid, then 20 ATOM vouchers are created on chain Y. Keep in mind that, ATOM tokens created on chain Y are not real, because real ATOM tokens still exist on chain X. Tokens present on chain Y are just a representation of ATOM on chain X, along with proof that these ATOM tokens are frozen on chain X. A similar process is followed to unlock the tokens when they return to their origin chain.  Tokenomics Use Cases of ATOM Token ATOM can be used in three ways: as a spam-prevention system, staking tokens, and voting method in governance.  ATOM is used to pay fees as a spam prevention method. Similar to Ethereum’s idea of gas, the fee might be proportionate to the amount of computation required by the transaction. Taking fees is necessary so that malicious actors don’t misuse the blockchain. ATOM can be staked to obtain tokens as rewards. The quantity of ATOM staked determines the Cosmos Hub’s economic security. The more collateralized ATOM there are, the more skin is at stake and the cost of attacking the network rises. As a result, the more ATOM are staked, the better will be the economic security, Governance: ATOM holders can also govern the Cosmos Hub by voting on proposals with their staked ATOM. Initial Token Distribution of Cosmos(ATOM) The Interchain Foundation held multiple private investment rounds, and a public fundraising event on April 6, 2017.  According to the Interchain Foundation, private Contributors, Public Contributors, All in Bits Inc (AiB), and the Interchain Foundation were the recipients of these newly created ATOMs.  In exchange for a $1,329,472.3 donation, strategic and early adopters received 7.1 percent of the first supply or 16,856,718.97 ATOMs. In exchange for $300,000, the seed contributors received 5% of the initial supply or 11,809,947.91 … Continued

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Ethereum (ether or ETH) is the native token of the Ethereum blockchain. The Ethereum blockchain is open-sourced and enables anyone to write smart contracts on it for the development of decentralized applications (dApps). Most of the dApps that are developed in the Ethereum blockchain are hosted as ERC-20 tokens which are in their hundreds of thousands. Presently, transactions in the tokens are carried out by using ether in buying the gas fees. What is Ethereum? Ethereum is a cryptocurrency that was co-founded by Russian Vitalik Buterin with other cofounders like Gavin Wood, Charles Hoskinson, and others in 2013. It raised over $18.3 million through its public sale of 60 million Ether in 2014 at an initial coin offering price of $0.311. It uses the Solidity programming language that is highly secured to ensure that assets stored in private wallets are saved from attacks. Ethereum is a community-driven coin that wants to ensure that everyone in the world can transact with ease and also launch their projects on the platform. The native token Ether attained an all-time high price of $4,891.70 on November 16th, 2021 during the bullish run of some of the top 100 cryptocurrencies. Let’s see the Ethereum price analysis for the coming years. Price Analysis of Ethereum Coin Flashback: Fundamental Analysis of Ethereum Fundamental analysis has to do with ways through which news and announcements can affect the price of an asset. In the Ethereum community, there is news that has increased the positive sentiments that investors have for it in the long term. In recent news, it was announced that the Ethereum blockchain will be migrating to the Proof-of-Stake (POS) consensus mechanism from the present Proof-of-Work (POW) algorithm that it uses. This news is a welcome development among the users of the Ethereum blockchain since the POS mechanism will reduce the high fees paid by users in carrying out transactions on the blockchain in the form of gas fees. This exorbitant fee is one of the reasons why Ethereum competitors are attracting projects that are previously launched on Ethereum to either move multi-chain or move away from it to platforms with almost the same capacity and minimal transaction fees. Also, in another news on continuous Ether burn is increasing the trust that investors have for the coin, since all the ETH burned are forever lost and can be traded again. Burning is a mechanism where a given quantity of a coin/token is sent to a dead wallet where it not never be transferred into circulation again. This reduces the quantity of the asset in circulation and can sometimes increase the price depending on the volume of buyers. Ever since the launch of the Ethereum London fork in August 2021, ETH worth over $1 billion had been burnt. Now, we shall use charts to discuss the price analysis of Ethereum. From the link above, the relative strength index (RSI) value of Ethereum is 46.79 which means that the present trend is weak since it lies between 30 and 50. More buyer’s pressure can change the present bearish trend to be bullish. The link above represents a 1day chart of ETH/USDT using the Keltner channel that helps to know the direction of a trend. Since the present candlestick is within the second part of the curve from the top and is bearish, the price of Ethereum might plummet further. From the link above, since the 200-MA is above the 100-MA, we can deduce that Ethereum is bullish in the long term. The section below shows the Ethereum (ETH) price prediction for the next five years. Ethereum Price Prediction 2022 By the end of the first quarter of 2022, the price of ETH might reach $2,870. However, it will be within the range of $2100 and $3,100 by the end of the second quarter of 2022. By the end of the third and fourth quarters of the year 2022, ETH prices will be within $2950 to $3,900 and $2,500 to $6,500 respectively. Ethereum Price Prediction 2023 The price of Ethereum might reach $7,000 by the end of the first quarter and $8,000 by the end of the second quarter. In the third and fourth quarters of 2023, ETH prices might be $6000 and $9000 respectively. Ethereum Price Prediction 2024 The price of Ethereum might reach $10,000 by the end of the first quarter and $12,000 by the end of the second quarter. In the third and fourth quarters of 2024, ETH prices might be $16000 and $19000 respectively. Ethereum Price Prediction 2025 The price of Ethereum might reach $17,000 by the end of the first quarter and $18,500 by the end of the second quarter. In the third and fourth quarters of 2025, ETH prices might be $20,000 and $22,000 respectively. Ethereum Price Prediction 2026 The price of Ethereum might … Continued

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Ethereum 2.0 has over $26 billion worth of ETH in its deposit contract leading up to the chain's full upgrade this year.

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Cryptocurrencies and DeFi are experiencing a period of blistering growth: The total value locked (TVL) of tokens in DeFi protocols rose 357% to $255.39 billion among all blockchains.Over $2.5 trillion in cryptocurrencies was traded in January 2022 alone.Global crypto market cap is now over $2 trillion. Within the space, crypto lending has become the most …

BSCPad and ADAPad Public Sale On March 14th. Cryptocurrencies and DeFi are experiencing a period of blistering growth: The total value locked (TVL) of tokens in DeFi protocols rose 357% to $255.39 billion among all blockchains. Over $2.5 trillion in cryptocurrencies was traded in January 2022 alone. Global crypto market cap is now over $2 […]

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Solana’s ambitious design aims to solve the blockchain trilemma; however, it still suffers from various drawbacks such as its vulnerability to centralization.