The Ethereum Merge

The historic upgrade casts aside the miners who had previously driven the blockchain, with promises of massive environmental benefits. The massive …

The negative spread between futures and spot prices has narrowed from $20 to almost zero following the Merge. The month-long ether futures market …

The immediate impact of the Merge on Bitcoin will probably be minimal. Ethereum, the blockchain behind ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency …

It's slim pickings for equity investors looking to trade one of the biggest events in the crypto industry, but there are a few options, including …

How to track the status of Ethereum’s shift to proof-of-stake with a few easy-to-use tools. All eyes in the cryptosphere are set on “the Merge,” …

Burn the night away, and the last blocks of proof-of-work ether, with these watch parties. The Ethereum Merge is becoming an occasion for celebration …

Investors are increasingly turning to futures markets over spot markets in order to readjust their exposure ahead of the Merge, researchers …

The fork will occur 24 hours following the Merge, according to an @EthereumPoW Twitter thread. Ethereum's proof-of-work fork will occur 24 hours …

Brian Norton, chief operations officer of MyEtherWallet, joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” to discuss the blockchain’s upcoming software update. The …

Kyle McDonald told CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover" the Bitcoin network may be regulated away because of its energy consumption. Kyle McDonald, an …

Crypto podcaster Laura Shin told CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” that the software update may allay the concerns of those worried about the industry's …

Lex Sokolin, head economist of decentralized protocols at ConsenSys, joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” to discuss why ether could be seen as a store …

With the ETH/BTC ratio trading at previous highs, some have started to unwind their long ETH/short BTC trade, one researcher said. With the U.S. …

Investors who are barred from buying tokens that run on proof-of-work systems may be able to buy ether after the blockchain switches to …

Do you have any Merge questions? Here's our FAQ on the blockchain's coming overhaul. We’ve spent the past several weeks of this newsletter wading into …

The price stability that prevailed after Ethereum's shift to a more energy-efficient proof-of-stake network suddenly evaporated as ether slid 9.1%, …

Vanity Blocks paid roughly 30 ether to crypto miner F2Pool to mint an NFT of Ethereum's final proof-of-work block. The entirety of Ethereum’s final …

Ethereum’s impending shift to proof-of-stake could not have happened without researchers, developers, volunteers and many, many client teams. Ethereum …

Ethereum now spews out less carbon dioxide than a few hundred U.S. households, according to a report. The Ethereum Merge lowered the world’s energy …

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 15, 2022. Price Point: Both bitcoin and ether trade flat after Ethereum successfully …

Earlier on Thursday, Ethereum switched to a system that does away with the need for miners. Computing power on the Ethereum Classic and Ravencoin …

The stETH derivative and its spread to ETH, a closely followed metric of the confidence in the Merge, sharply narrowed as Ethereum completed its …

Sandeep Nailwal told CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover" that the software update could lead to further upgrades that would increase "scalability" for layer …

Now-redundant, Ethereum miners are flocking to other proof-of-work tokens after the network switched to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism and …