TL;DR Starknet hit a new record of 857 TPS on its mainnet during a stress test. The test averaged 127.5 TPS over a 24-hour period, showing its potential for high-demand applications. StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson says Starknet's scalability is real and further developments are expected by 2025.

Ether {{ETH}} is primed for a period of upside price action after underperforming against bitcoin {{BTC}} in recent weeks. Skeptics have claimed that the emergence of layer-2 networks has seen Ethereum fall out of favor among DeFi traders, but the data tells a different story.

This week, bitcoin (BTC) is enjoying an 8.5% lift against the U.S. dollar, while ethereum (ETH), the second-largest digital currency, remains relatively quiet by comparison. Bitcoin and Ethereum: One's Soaring While the Other's Struggling It's an exciting time in crypto.

The Chainlink Runtime Environment upgrade is finally live in the Oracle network's bid to drive friendly developer engagements.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined “The Splurge,” an initiative aimed at enhancing the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) through various protocol upgrades.

In some sense, the protocol is keeping Ethereum's original vision of using sharding to scale the network alive.

The consumer-grade public chain Morph officially debuts on the Ethereum mainnet, enhancing blockchain accessibility.

Chainlink is evolving rapidly, with a major Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) upgrade now live on the mainnet. The decentralized Oracle service said this CCIP v1.5 upgrade has the power to transform how connected protocols share data.

RCO Finance is making a big impact in the crypto world with its innovative AI tool, designed specifically for trading Bitcoin and Ethereum. This advanced platform simplifies trading by creating personalized strategies tailored to each user's unique needs, making crypto trading more accessible.

As Bitcoin ($BTC), Solana ($SOL) and others have led the cryptocurrency fight-back, Ethereum (ETH) the number two cryptocurrency by market capitalization has seriously underperformed. However, now that $BTC has pulled back from its all-time high, $ETH has remained strong.

Although the broader crypto market outlook has been sideways, Ethereum price is traversing a smaller range. For the first time in the past 85 days, ETH has shown signs that it is edging closer to breaking out of this range.

Amid the ongoing bullish recovery in the crypto space this week, the BTC price has retested its $73,000 level. With this, major altcoins have added massive valuation to their respective portfolio within a short period.

Chainlink hopes CRE will be as important for Web3 as COBOL and JavaScript, which were important for automating finance and bringing it to the internet.

Chainlink's price has recently struggled to establish a close above $12, aiming to recover losses from the late July crash. Despite these challenges, LINK appears poised for a potential breakout, backed by increasing investor confidence.

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With the broader digital currency ecosystem in an uptrend, Ethereum's (ETH) performance has come to the fore. While Ethereum has not performed badly, many still consider its growth subpar, especially as Bitcoin almost retested its all-time high (ATH) recently.

PayPal, one of the biggest Fintech company with $82.5 billion in assets under management and 432 million customers, now holds more than $2.

Ethereum whales have been accumulating the asset as the Oct. 23 price drop brought a buying opportunity. According to data provided by IntoTheBlock, large Ethereum (ETH) addresses saw a net inflow of over 598,000 ETH over the past week—worth $1.

Why is Ethereum's price not surging? Will ever ETH price ever reach $3000 this quarter? Ethereum traders seem to be seeking an answer to the above as the Ethereum price is constantly failing to rise above $2,800.

The price of Ethereum (ETH) has risen above the moving average after hitting a low of $2,379. ETH price analysis by Coinidol.com.

Ethereum price has factored in a modest price increase in the last 24 hours. The altcoin's daily trading volume has decreased by 5.61% as per CMC data.

On-chain data shows that more institutional investors are more interested in Bitcoin compared to Ethereum but the narrative will change soon amid anticipated altseason.

Chainlink has introduced a major platform upgrade designed to make it more flexible and easier to use for developers and enterprises.

Chainlink (LINK) price, a key player in the blockchain industry, is gaining bullish traction with signs of further upward movement. Recently, LINK has shaped an ascending triangle pattern, hinting at potential gains ahead as it rebounds from prior lows.

Pyth Network's pull-based model has driven high transaction volumes, intensifying the Oracle's competition with Chainlink.

Bitcoin (BTC) soared past $73,000 earlier today as it rose to $73,544, reaching levels last seen when it posted its all-time high over eight months ago amid growing optimism in the markets, a potential Republican victory in the upcoming US elections, and positive technical indicators. Analysts believe BTC is poised to post a new all-time high as early as this week if current positive trends persist.

Fidelity's Ethereum ETF leads the market in institutional inflows, while Grayscale faces ongoing outflows, spotlighting key shifts in investor preferences in the Ethereum ETF space.

Ethereum (ETH) has had a challenging week, recording a significant drop of over 6%—the biggest decline among the top five altcoins. While some large investors, known as whales, are seizing this dip as a buying opportunity, the price action and market dynamics indicate that ETH could still slip further, potentially to $2.3K.

Despite being the most traded altcoin in the crypto market, Ethereum (ETH) has not performed to the expectations of many investors.

The asset management giant Fidelity takes the lead over its rival BlackRock in the race for Ethereum ETFs, with capital inflows reaching 5 million dollars. This remarkable performance comes after a two-day period with no notable activity, demonstrating a significant resurgence of interest from institutional investors in the second-largest cryptocurrency.

HBAR Foundation has joined the Chainlink ecosystem through Chainlink's scale program. The collaboration will see the integration of Chainlink Data Feeds and Chainlink CCIP on the Hedera testnet to give developers the diversified services required to build feature-rich dApps.

Binance announces new Earn Wednesday offers, including ETH and SOL staking, with flexible and locked products available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Ethereum price started a fresh increase above the $2,580 resistance. ETH is still very far from a new all-time high while Bitcoin is near ATH.

Bitcoin pulled back from near-new highs Tuesday, while stocks rallied on Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) better-than-expected third-quarter earnings. Cryptocurrency Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 8:30 p.m.

Prominent Ethereum contributor ConsenSys has made a decision to downsize.

Chainlink (LINK) price has experienced a noticeable price surge, driven largely by a new collaboration with the HBAR Foundation on the Hedera blockchain. The integration of Chainlink's data and interoperability services through Chainlink Scale will expand access for developers and provide Hedera-based decentralized applications (dApps) with essential resources.

Lido has announced the integration of Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to enable cross-chain staking across Ethereum layer-2 networks such as Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism, according to an Oct. 29 statement shared with CryptoSlate.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has unveiled “The Splurge,” a comprehensive set of protocol upgrades aimed at addressing a variety of challenges within the Ethereum ecosystem.

The Ethereum network maintained a staking rewards rate near 3% in the third quarter of 2024, showing a slight decline from over 3.5% earlier this year.

Consensys, a Web3 software company, is laying off 20% of its workforce due to economic and regulatory challenges. Despite these setbacks, Consensys says it remains committed to its vision for Web3 and plans to continue supporting the Ethereum project.

Cryptocurrency markets are surging on Tuesday amid Donald Trump's rising election odds, positive broader economic factors and subsiding geopolitical tensions. Cryptocurrency Price Gains +/- Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $72,870.84 +4.4% Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $2,662.43 +5.8% Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $179.25 +1.3% Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.1731 +10.4% Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.00001902 +6.8% Notable Statistics: IntoTheBlock data shows large transaction volume increased by 112.3% and daily active addresses grew by 18.2%.

For years, Ethereum has established itself as the second-best competitor to Bitcoin regarding technology, innovation, and use cases. If many consider Bitcoin as ‘digital gold,' Ethereum would be ‘digital silver.

As the cryptocurrency market evolves, new players emerge while established coins continually innovate. This article explores five coins and projects: Qubetics, Ripple, Avalanche, Chainlink, and Solana. With unique features and value propositions, these coins showcase various technologies, applications, and growth potentials in the crypto ecosystem.

Ethereum's significant outflows and positive technicals signal potential for a sustained bullish rally.

The "mini" trusts spun off from Grayscale's legacy Bitcoin and Ether funds in July.

Telegram-based Toncoin (TON) has seen significant growth since its inception, and the current trends show that it could dethrone Ethereum in holders count. CryptoQuant analysis shows that Toncoin has attracted massive investors, with TON holders increasing from 7.12 million to 108 million between 15 March 2024 and 17 October.

Investors are optimistic once again as the hope of the Ethereum price rallying to $5,000 hit the crypto market. In a recent report, Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin spoke at length about upcoming solutions to Ethereum's (ETH) staking, block production issues, and prevent centralization of proof-of-stake to Ethereum L1.