Ethereum’s Constantinople Fork Won’t Occur For Another few Weeks

This week has not been overly positive for Ethereum enthusiasts. It would appear the promised Constantinople hard fork will be postponed until late February or even early March. Initially, it was planned to go into effect this month. Fixing some lingering flaws and bugs is the smart approach, but it will also leave investors somewhat … Read more

The Daily: Sapphire Develops GPU for Grin, TSMC Sees Drop in Mining Revenue

In The Daily this Saturday, Sapphire has designed a new graphics card suitable for mining the recently launched Mimblewimble cryptocurrency Grin. In other news related to the minting of digital coins, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has reported a significant decrease in its revenues from the mining segment, and some Ethereum miners have switched to Constantinople … Read more

The Daily: Derivative Market Hits $12B in Volume, Reports of Layoffs, Another Fork

Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has announced reaching $12 billion in cumulative trading volume on its derivative market in December. The news comes amid reports of job cuts at its Shenzhen office. Also in The Daily this Saturday, major trading platforms have confirmed support for the upcoming Constantinople hard fork in the Ethereum network.    Also read: … Read more

Ethereum Price Watch: Bears Remain in Control as Currency Sits Around the $205 Mark

At press time, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency by total market capitalization (Ethereum) is trading at a stagnating price point of $204.31, thereby showcasing a relative value gain of around 0.1% since yesterday afternoon. Additionally, as can be seen from the chart below, over the course of the past 24 hours, ETH was able to touch … Read more

Ethereum Price Watch: Currency Makes Impressive Recovery, Stabilizes Around the $220 Mark

After experiencing a barrage of bearish pressure over the past few days, Ether has once again garnered fresh market support and crossed the $215 threshold. As can be observed from the chart below, the premier digital asset started its upward ascent early today morning, with the price of a single ETH token scaling all the … Read more

3 Key Takeaways From Ethereum’s Problematic Constantinople Testnet Upgrade

Most Ethereum enthusiasts will have noticed the activation of the Constantinople hard fork on the testnet hasn’t gone off without a hitch. Major issues occurred when the Ropsten testnet stalled. Although all issues have been resolved ever since, the following three takeaways provide valuable insight as to how things need to be handled in the … Read more