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“Post-merge blocks are being produced by validators, and they contain transactions!” said Ethereum developer Tim Beiko. On Tuesday, Ethereum (ETH) developer Tim Beiko tweeted that Kiln successfully passed the Ethereum Merge, with validators producing post-merge blocks containing transactions. Kiln will be the last Merge testnet (formerly Ethereum 2.0) before existing public testnets are upgraded. “Merge”…

A combination of technical, fundamental and social sentiment indicators spell downside risks for XRP after its price rises over 8% week-to-date. Ripple‘s XRP price risks dropping by more than 25% in the coming weeks due to a multi-month bearish setup and fears surrounding excessive XRP supply.XRP descending triangleXRP has been consolidating inside a descending triangle pattern since topping out…

Since Yuga Labs partnered with Animoca brands, other plans for a blockchain game expected to release in Q2 of 2022 have been revealed. Yuga Labs, the creator of the Bored Ape Yacht Club, or BAYC, teased a new collaboration with blockchain game publisher Animoca Brands on Twitter on Thursday. The catch is that no details…

“The proverbial doors of policymakers are wide open, this is now a national conversation in the U.S.,” said Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire. Joe Biden has signed his 82nd executive order since being sworn into office in January 2021, directly addressing a regulatory framework for digital assets in a rare moment for the U.S. President.In a…

This integration is available for Behance creators with Phantom wallets, and the feature was powered by QuickNode. Behance, the creative showcase platform owned by Adobe, announced on March 7 that users can now connect their Phantom wallet to their Behance accounts and showcase Solana NFTs on their profiles. Phantom is a Solana wallet built for…

Coming every Saturday, Hodlers Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekUkraine has received $37M in tracked crypto donations so farCointelegraph compiled data this…

The venture capital firm said Lido’s liquid staking solution removes many “operational complexities” institutional investors have faced in staking ETH. Ethereum staking solution Lido Finance has raised $70 million from venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz, marking the protocol’s first funding round since May 2021. Andreessen Horowitz’s investment in Lido is intended to further support the adoption…

WAVES price rallied in excess of 100% after unveiling plans to launch a blockchain agnostic Metaverse and establishing a new partnership with Allbridge to facilitate cross-chain transfers. Development never stops in the blockchain sector and projects that continuously evolve are the ones that stay at the forefront and survive over the long-term. One project attempting to…

Crypto markets are expected to remain volatile for the foreseeable future, but BTC’s battle to reclaim $40,000 could be followed with rallies from LUNA, AVAX, ATOM and FTM. The geopolitical news flow is likely to result in volatile moves in Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins in the next few days. News of Russian President Vladimir Putin…

Bitcoin traders say the bottom is in, but it’s important to also consider BTC’s correlation to equities markets. Bitcoin (BTC) price traded down 23% in the eight days following its failure to break the $45,000 resistance on Feb. 16. The $34,300 bottom on Feb. 24 happened right after the Russian-Ukraine conflict escalated, triggering a sharp…

BTC and altcoins flashed a few bullish signals today, but traders say $38,000 is still the level Bitcoin needs to close above before a reversal can begin. Bitcoin (BTC) and several altcoins have bounced off their immediate support levels after buyers attempted to arrest the current decline. Bloomberg Senior Commodity Strategist Mike McGlone highlighted in…

BTC’s attempt to reclaim $40,000 was thwarted by bears, but any consolidation within the current range could benefit small and large-cap altcoins. Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $38,000 on Feb. 21 but the bulls are attempting to arrest the decline and start a recovery. The sustained weakness in 2022 seems to have toned down expectations of…

Announced live at ETH Denver, the upcoming NFT Passports also feature cross-chain support. On Friday, blockchain platform Harmony — whose mainnet runs on the Ethereum network, claiming to have two-second transaction finality and fees 1,000 times lower than Ethereum — announced the launch of its Bored Ape Yacht Club Passport. The Passport enables users to…

Thanks to vigilant crypto enthusiasts, the alleged scammers were stopped dead in their tracks. Late Wednesday, internet detective and Youtuber Coffeezilla published a new video documenting how himself, along with members of the blockchain community, took down an alleged $20 million nonfungible tokens, or NFT, scam before it could come to fruition. As told by…

The sharp increase in MineXMR’s mining hash rate in the past few months has led some XMR enthusiasts to suspect ulterior motives. On Tuesday, privacy coin Monero (XMR) mining pool MineXMR’s hash rate surpassed over 1.4 GH/s, accounting for 44% of the hash rate of the XMR network. MineXMR has about 13,000 miners and charges…

A fractal from 2018-2019 repeating could spell trouble for XRP’s long-term upside outlook, however. XRP price has continued to bounce back after falling by more than 70% in a correction between April 2021 and January 2022.Why the XRP/USD 50-week EMA is keyOn Feb. 13, XRP/USD reached as high as $0.916, above its 50-week exponential moving…