Infura Mistakenly Leaves Venezuelan Users Without Metamask Support

Infura, the service provider of Metamask, one of the most used smart contracts-based wallets, blocked the access of Venezuelans to the Ethereum blockchain. Reports about this happening circulated on social media, attributing it to the existence of sanctions that the infrastructure provider might have applied to Venezuela. However, Infura later stated this was the result … Read more

Ethereum Suffers from Unintended ‘Chain Split,’ Few Third-Party Services ‘Got Stuck on Minority Chain’

According to a number of third party infrastructure providers, the Ethereum blockchain suffered an unintended hard fork or chain split on Wednesday. The service providers Infura, Binance, and Blockchair all reported issues with consensus at block height 11,234,873. The cryptocurrency community has been discussing an unintended chain split that took place on the Ethereum blockchain … Read more

Ethereum Price Watch: Currency Struggles to Anchor Around the $210 Mark, Future Still Remains Unclear

At press time, Ethereum, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency by total market capitalization is trading at a relatively stable price point of $209.73. However, as can be seen from the chart below, Ether has been struggling to stay above the $200 threshold for the past week or so — with the premier crypto asset even … Read more