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Is Ethereum gearing up for a major comeback?

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Ethereum (ETH) remains under pressure, struggling to reclaim the $2,800 level after shedding 21% of its value since January 31 as bearish sentiment grips the market.  However, signs of a potential rebound are emerging, with both technical indicators and fundamental factors suggesting a shift in momentum. At press time, ETH is trading at $2,693, up 1.09% in the past 24 hours. Despite the slight recovery, the second-largest cryptocurrency remains down 2.4% on the weekly chart, reflecting ongoing market uncertainty. Picks for you Bitcoin price prediction for February 28, according to historical returns 2 hours ago 2 cryptocurrencies to reach a $200 billion market cap in March 18 hours ago ...

Cardano’s Long-Awaited Chang Hard Fork Upgrade Scheduled for September 1st

A date has been set for the Cardano (ADA) blockchain to go ahead with its long-awaited Chang hard fork. In a post on the social media platform X, the Cardano Community says that the Chang upgrade will move forward on September 1st. The blockchain’s community leaders, the Cardano Foundation, development firm Input Output Global and others all unanimously agreed to initiate Chang 1 onto the Cardano mainnet, according to Intersect, a member-based organization for the Cardano ecosystem. The first Chang upgrade will introduce governance Features on Cardano, enabling decentralized voting and various other governance processes. Chang Upgrade 2 is expected to unlock more on-chain governance Features such as treasury withdrawals and delegated representative participation. Says Cardano creator Charles Hoskinson, “It’s the most significant milestone in the history of Cardano and for the industry as a whole. Cardano will be a decentralized civilization spannin...

Ethereum Shapella upgrade gets new date, making way for un-staking ETH

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The upgrade is only for the Sepolia network and a subsequent upgrade for Goerli network would be introduced in March. Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko announced the Shapella (Shanghai/Capella) upgrade is scheduled for Feb. 28. The Shapella network upgrade will activate on the Sepolia network at epoch 56832. Shanghai and Capella are the names of the upcoming Ethereum hard fork. Shanghai is the name of the fork on the execution client side, and Capella is the upgrade name on the consensus layer client side. Some of the key Ethereum improvement proposals (EIP) changes on the execution layer include Warm Coinbase and Beacon chain push withdrawals. The push withdrawals will make way for validator withdrawals from the beacon chain to the EVM via a new "system-level" operation type. On the other hand, WARM Coinbase could be a game changer that could reduce network fees for some of the key network participants called builders. Coinbase here is the name of the software that build...