The MiCA Crypto Alliance launched today with key blockchain players Ripple, Hedera, and Aptos Foundation joining as founding members.

The 7-day moving average (7DMA) for daily staker revenue on Ethereum recently fell to a six-month low.

Bitcoin's failure to hold $60,000 shows hesitation to buy at higher levels before the FOMC decision on Sept. 18.

Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson has said that the Cardano blockchain has the potential to surpass Solana in terms of speed if a key network upgrade is implemented.

Liquid staking is relatively unused on Solana, but Bybit claims it holds a key to Solana's price growth.

Ethereum (ETH) has underperformed against Bitcoin, with the ETH/BTC trading pair dropping to the lowest level since mid-2021. The decline comes as ETH price continues to struggle amid a decline in demand and a lack of interest from whales.

Cardano's ADA has been a divisive project over the years. The team behind Cardano, led by Charles Hoskinson, has been inspired by the world of science publishing and has adopted a peer-reviewed approach for their token.

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Inflows to crypto investment products rose over the past week, but Ethereum continues to lose investors' interest.

TL;DR Vitalik Buterin emphasized at Ethereum Singapore the importance of individual staking for the network's security and decentralization, highlighting that it prevents the concentration of power. Staking in Ethereum 2.0 requires at least 32 ETH, but many users turn to centralized services, which can increase vulnerabilities in the network.

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DLT Science Foundation (DSF), a non-profit organization formed in 2023, has launched the MiCA Crypto Alliance in partnership with Ripple, Aptos Foundation, and Hedera. The initiative seeks to enable crypto entities to comply with the European Union's Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation.

Ether's price hovers around a three-year low against Bitcoin, lagging behind BTC's 2024 performance. ETH is only 0.015% above its Jan. 1 level, while Bitcoin has soared by about 37% this year. As Ethereum is now at its weakest level against Bitcoin, investors might switch their focus toward Bitcoin.

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ETH is feeling the impact of BTC's latest dominance spike, as sell pressure wipes out last week's gains.

The cryptocurrency market is once again in flux, and while Solana (SOL) has maintained its place as one of the top contenders in the blockchain space, new tokens like GoodEgg (GEGG) are making waves.

Solana is one of the most talked-about and relevant cryptos of recent years, with an impressive growth that has made it one of the main blockchains for decentralized finance (DeFi) and NFTs, but what are the price predictions? Recent market conditions suggest that the bull trend that has characterized the growth

As of mid-September 2024, XRP is trading at approximately $0.6009, with a market capitalization of around $33.73 billion. This figure places XRP among the prominent cryptocurrencies but still far from the levels that some experts believe it could achieve if certain conditions were met.

TL;DR Rebound in Investment Flows: Inflows of $436 million into digital asset investment products, following a series of outflows of $1.2 billion. Bitcoin in the spotlight: Bitcoin attracted $436 million in inflows, recovering from a streak of outflows. Challenges for Ethereum: Ethereum continued to see outflows of $19 million due to concerns about its profitability.

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is set to receive an upgrade aimed at resolving a network issue. The primary issue that prompted this upgrade involved full history (FH) nodes failing due to an SQLite restriction in page sizing.

On September 16, 2024, during the Ethereum Singapore conference, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder and main face of Ethereum, highlighted a crucial aspect for the network: the importance of personal staking.

Hinkal Protocol, a multi-chain privacy layer for confidential on-chain transactions, said it is launching “hETH” 一 an ETH liquid privacy derivative.

Some analysts see this correction as a local price bottom for Ether, based on historical chart patterns.

Sellers are more powerful than buyers at the beginning of the week, according to CoinStats.

TL;DR Matrixdock officially launches its new gold token, XAUm, on September 16, 2024. XAUm is backed by physical gold with a minimum purity of 99.99% and meets LBMA standards. Users can purchase XAUm using USDT or USDC and redeem it for physical gold in Hong Kong and Singapore.

The next major Ethereum update, Pectra, is already sparking heated debates within the crypto community. Intended to improve the network's efficiency and scalability, this crucial update might, however, be split into two.

Bulls have failed to hold the weekend's rise, according to CoinMarketCap.

XRP is struggling to maintain a steady momentum above the $0.60 mark, causing concern among investors. Despite a positive start earlier in the year following Ripple's partial legal victory, recent developments have cast a shadow over its performance.

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Ethereum (ETH) is seeing intense bearish pressure today along with the broader crypto market. Moreover, recent whale movements are adding to this negative sentiment on the market.

In this ongoing bearish market sentiment, the price of First Neiro On Ethereum (NEIRO) has skyrocketed by 850%, rising from $0.00003612 to $0.000415 following its listing announcement on Binance.

Explore the critical differences between Ethereum ETPs and ETFs, their implications for the crypto industry, and the broader financial market.

The DLT Science Foundation (DSF) announced the launch of the MiCA Crypto Alliance on Sept. 16, with Hedera, Ripple, and the Aptos Foundation as founding members, according to a statement shared with CryptoSlate.

The recent OI drop suggests short-term sentiment was bearish despite the mid-range resistance now serving as support.

An analyst has explained how losing this on-chain demand zone could cause Ethereum to witness a crash to as low as $1,800. Ethereum Is Currently Retesting A Major On-Chain Support Zone In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has discussed about how Ethereum is looking like in terms of investor cost basis distribution right now, citing data from the market intelligence platform IntoTheBlock.

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The Solana price has fallen to $131.74 on a bad day for the cryptocurrency market as a whole, with the alt now down by 3.5% in 24 hours and by 5.5% in the last 30 days.

BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes reportedly says that layer-1 blockchain Aptos (APT) is capable of solving many problems for the traditional finance (TradFi) world.

Over the last 24 hours, Ethereum declined by 5.41%. Despite the prevailing bearish trend, an analyst predicts a rally.

Ethereum's (ETH) performance relative to Bitcoin (BTC) has seen a sharp decline since July 24, with the ETH/BTC pair now at its lowest point in three years. As market sentiment for ETH turns increasingly bearish, many analysts predict further declines in the coin's value.

With a correction of ~5% over the past 24 hours, the Ethereum price has recorded the highest loss among the top 14 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Moreover, it is on the verge of breaking down its $2.3k level, indicating increased bearish sentiment in the market.

The latest flows report from Coinshares, led by its top market analyst James Butterfill, uncovers a strong recovery in digital asset investments, hitting a total of $436 million. The report emphasizes bitcoin as the frontrunner, while ethereum is still facing challenges with continued outflows.

In August, Cardano managed to outperform Bitcoin, a notable achievement considering Bitcoin's historical dominance in the crypto market. ADA's performance has positioned it among the top five cryptocurrencies that have exceeded Bitcoin's gains over the month.

There is a clear performance difference between Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs based on recent data. Since their launch, Ethereum ETFs have experienced a net outflow of 189,200 ETH, while Bitcoin ETFs have experienced a sizable net inflow of 305,000 BTC, marking a massive contrast between the two assets.

Ethereum continued its freefall against Bitcoin, falling to its lowest level since April 2021. It has dropped by over 55% from its highest point in 2021.

The Rollup Coaster #31 delves into Ethereum's advancements, focusing on rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, TEEs, MEV/PBS, and more, according to Taiko.

Amid increased price volatility, top crypto categories have recorded a rise in their trading volume. Notably, the NFT market has picked up pace with some projects recording a double-digit surge in the weekly time frame.

XRP whales have recently moved a significant amount of crypto, totaling 40 million coins, amid the conclusion of the legal dispute between Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This movement involved two major transactions where 20,800,000 XRP were transferred to Bitstamp and 20,000,000 XRP were moved from Upbit to an unidentified