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Ether risks over $2.5 billion in long liquidations below $2K, with volatility increasing the chance of a retest of $1,800 support. Ether (ETH) traded lower on Thursday after a fresh knee-jerk reaction to yesterday’s US interest rate decision and a higher inflation outlook. Key takeaways: ETH dropped 7% to $2,100 on Thursday, liquidating $144 million in longs. Read more

Ethereum is outpacing Bitcoin as tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran continue to shape global markets. Data from CryptoSlate shows ETH has risen 18% against the dollar since the start of March, compared with a 13% gain for Bitcoin over the same period. The ETH/BTC ratio has also moved higher, rising 7.6% to […] The post Ethereum is outperforming Bitcoin when it shouldn’t be — what’s driving it? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum’s FCR aims to reduce bridge times by up to 98%, bringing L1-to-L2 and exchange deposits down to 13 seconds without a hard fork. Ethereum client teams are testing an opt-in fast confirmation mechanism that could cut the time some layer-2 networks and exchanges wait to recognize mainnet deposits to about 13 seconds. The proposed Fast Confirmation Rule (FCR) would reduce “deposit time from Ethereum L1 to L2s or exchanges to about 13 seconds, an 80-98% reduction for most L2s and exchanges,” Ethereum researcher Julian Ma wrote on X. Most users today rely on canonical bridges, where transfers typically wait for multiple block confirmations or full finality, a process that can take around 13 minutes. However, many exchanges and L2s do not wait for finality, instead relying on “k-deep” confirmation rules, which offer no formal guarantees. In k-deep confirmation, a transaction is considered finalized only after k blocks (with k being a specific number). Read more

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About two-thirds of the company’s tokens are currently staked, generating an estimated $180 million in annualized revenue. Bitmine Immersion Technologies has accelerated the pace of its Ether purchases in recent weeks, chairman Tom Lee said Monday, following the company’s over-the-counter purchase of 5,000 ETH directly from the Ethereum Foundation. Lee said Bitmine added 60,999 Ether (ETH) over the past week, up from a recent weekly average of about 45,000 to 50,000 ETH. The purchases bring the publicly traded company’s Ethereum treasury to 4.596 million ETH, giving Bitmine control of about 3.81% of the token’s total supply. The company said its combined crypto holdings, cash and other investments total about $11.5 billion. Read more

Polkadot (DOT), up 8.5% from Friday, joined Ethereum (ETH) as a top performer.

The blockchain co-founder said the goal is to make the "self-sovereign" method of Ethereum users running their own nodes a user-friendly experience. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted a proposal, or a pull request, on Saturday that would merge the backend programs used by nodes to interact with Ethereum’s Beacon Chain, which handles consensus and staking, and the protocol’s execution layer into one unified code structure to simplify node setup. Ethereum node runners, also called validators, currently have to run two separate programs, which each require setup and synchronization to coordinate and communicate the data produced by Ethereum’s consensus and execution layers. This raises the technical complexity of running a node or providing validation services for the Ethereum network, preventing ordinary users from running their own infrastructure and forcing reliance on third-party service providers. Read more

Global market volatility persists, yet when Alibaba’s AI models are fed a carefully engineered prompt, they reveal strikingly optimistic forecasts for XRP, Bitcoin, and Ethereum heading into the latter part of 2026.Bolstering the broader crypto outlook, a recent agreement between the SEC and CFTC to align their regulatory strategies signals that comprehensive U.S. cryptocurrency legislation […] The post China’s Alibaba AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Bitcoin and Ethereum by The End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

A crypto trader lost over $50 million in Aave-wrapped USDT on March 12 after sending a single large order through the DeFi lending protocol's swap interface and clearing a slippage warning on a mobile device. Data from Etherscan shows the wallet swapped $50.43 million aEthUSDT for 327.24 aEthAAVE through CoW Protocol in Ethereum block 24,643,151. […] The post Miss this warning and you too could lose 99.9% in one swap while Ethereum bots walk away with the rest appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ether’s road to recovery looked clearer, especially if the balance in Ethereum accumulation wallets and the staked supply continue rising at their current pace. Ether (ETH) traded about 30% below its yearly open of $2,990, as traders grow increasingly risk-averse amid a global conflict and macroeconomic uncertainties. Still, stronger network usage and increasing inflows into ETH accumulation addresses could provide a spark that may see the price finally break $2,200 resistance. Key takeaways: Read more

BlackRock's new staked Ethereum ETF (ETHB) is easy to misunderstand. This is not the first time ETH staking has finally reached exchange-traded products, as Grayscale has already crossed that bridge. What's interesting about the launch is that BlackRock is now standardizing the way Ethereum is explained to mainstream investors. With ETHB, Ethereum is being repackaged […] The post BlackRock’s new product just made Ethereum income impossible to ignore appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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The iShares Staked Ethereum Trust will distribute staking rewards on a monthly basis from institutional-grade Ethereum validators run by Figment, Galaxy Digital and Attestant. BlackRock’s staked Ethereum exchange-traded fund has tallied $15.5 million in trading volume on its first trading day, which a market analyst described as “very, very solid” despite falling short of two similar Solana staking products that launched last year. Nasdaq data shows the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust (ETHB) had 592,804 shares traded on its debut on Thursday, with Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart noting on X that the product turned over around $15.5 million. “Very, very solid for a day 1 ETF launch,” Seyffart said. Read more

The price of crypto king Bitcoin continues to trade above $70,000 despite ongoing war-related inflation fears.At the same time, the SEC and CFTC are now harmonizing their crypto approach in a sign that the U.S. CLARITY Act could pass the Senate soon.When that happens, the US is likely to have the most comprehensive crypto approach […] The post Crypto Price Prediction Today 12 March – XRP, Bitcoin, Ethereum appeared first on Cryptonews.

The integration allows institutions to stake Ether held in Anchorage custody and receive Puffer’s liquid restaking token while earning staking and restaking rewards. Anchorage Digital has integrated with Puffer Finance to give institutional clients access to Ethereum liquid restaking through its custody platform. According to Thursday’s announcement, institutions can stake Ether held with Anchorage and receive Puffer’s liquid restaking token, pufETH, directly into their accounts. The token represents a restaked ETH (ETH) position that can be transferred or deployed across supported onchain applications while continuing to earn staking and restaking rewards. Institutions using the platform can participate in restaking without running validators or managing staking infrastructure themselves. Read more

The firm plays a central role in the development of Optimism, an Ethereum layer-2 scaling network designed to make transactions faster and cheaper by processing activity off the Ethereum main chain.

Ethereum’s co-founder wants developers to stop forcing blockchain into every problem and start treating it as a reliable, shared memory for the digital world.

BlackRock’s iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF will trade on the Nasdaq, offering spot exposure and staking income with a reduced 0.12% fee on the first $2.5 billion. BlackRock is expanding its crypto investment lineup with a new Nasdaq-listed product tied to Ethereum staking. BlackRock on Thursday introduced its iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF, or ETHB, describing it as an exchange-traded product (ETP) that combines spot Ether (ETH) exposure with “monthly income potential” by staking a portion of its ETH holdings. The product expands BlackRock’s digital asset offerings, which include the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) and the iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA). Both ETPs are the largest in their class, with more than $55 billion and $6.5 billion in assets under management, respectively. Read more

Global geopolitical tensions may be rattling markets, but after some carefully calibrated prompting, DeepSeek AI suggests the three biggest cryptocurrencies could still be heading for a very bullish year.Its data-driven outlook draws on improving technical indicators, positive industry developments, and a regulatory environment that is slowly becoming clearer.Here’s why DeepSeek’s predictions are gaining attention.XRP (XRP): […] The post China’s DeepSeek AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Bitcoin and Ethereum by The End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

The price of Bitcoin is holding above $70,000 despite the high-stakes war between the United States and Iran, a sign that crypto markets may have already priced in the instability beforehand.Meanwhile, crypto supporters argue that the passage of the U.S. CLARITY Act could ignite the next major crypto bull market in 2026.So, given the right […] The post Crypto Price Prediction Today 10 March – XRP, Bitcoin, Ethereum appeared first on Cryptonews.