Ethereum Breaks Multiple Records As ETH 2.0 Launch On 1st December Approaches

Ether (ETH) has hit multiple records amid news that Ethereum 2.0 could launch as early as Dec. 1, according to crypto analytics firm Glassnode. Today’s launch of the deposit contract introduced the ability for users to deposit 32 Ether required to participate in staking. ETH 2.0’s beacon chain genesis will take place on Dec. 1…

Bitcoin Moves Closer To Mass Adoption With PayPal Addition

Bitcoin has rallied $1,000 in the last 24 hours after payments platform PayPal (PYPL) announced that it would begin accepting payments in digital currency. PayPal has over 26 million merchant accounts and 345 million users on its platform that will soon be able to buy, hold, and sell Bitcoin. The announcement also stated that Ethereum,…

Ethereum Expands Blockchain Capacity by 25%

Ethereum’s network capacity has been expanded by the mining community to allow more transactions to be processed on the network per second. This is in light of increased traffic on the network, largely due to controversial stablecoin Tether and a gambling game called Fair Win. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin relayed last week that block producers…