Ethereum

Ethereum is an open source, public, blockchain-based distributed computing platform and operating system featuring smart contract functionality. It supports a modified version of Nakamoto consensus via transaction-based state transitions.

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Despite Ethereum 2.0 Merge Hype, Crypto Payments Won’t Change
Despite Ethereum 2.0 Merge Hype, Crypto Payments Won’t Change
September 12, 2022  |  Blockchain

In cryptoland, there’s nothing bigger happening this week — likely this year — than “The Merge,” as Ethereum switches from slow and power guzzling bitcoin-style...

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Today in Crypto: Coinme Adds Dogecoin, Other Crypto to Grocery Kiosks; Judge Lets Voyager Pay Employee Retention Bonuses
Today in Crypto: Coinme Adds Dogecoin, Other Crypto to Grocery Kiosks; Judge Lets Voyager Pay...
August 24, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin kiosk company Coinme now sells ether, polygon, chainlink, dogecoin, litecoin and stellar from its 10,000 grocery store kiosks, a Coindesk report said Wednesday (Aug....

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Today in Crypto: EU Eyes Capping Banks’ Crypto Holdings; Bitcoin Miner Stronghold Restructures; JPMorgan Analyst: Coinbase to Benefit From Ethereum Merge
Today in Crypto: EU Eyes Capping Banks’ Crypto Holdings; Bitcoin Miner Stronghold Restructures; JPMorgan Analyst:...
August 17, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

EU banks exposed to cryptocurrencies could see caps and big capital requirements from a new financial services law as lawmakers look to curb risk from...

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Today in Crypto: Binance Recovers $450K Stolen From Curve.Finance; Buterin Estimates Sept. 15 for Ethereum Merge
Today in Crypto: Binance Recovers $450K Stolen From Curve.Finance; Buterin Estimates Sept. 15 for Ethereum...
August 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

India’s Enforcement Directorate, which works on probing financial crimes, announced Friday (Aug. 12) that it has frozen assets worth around 3.7 billion rupees ($46.4 million)...

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Crypto Insiders Edgy over Quantum Computing’s Looming Threat to Blockchain Security
Crypto Insiders Edgy over Quantum Computing’s Looming Threat to Blockchain Security
August 11, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

Chatter on the cryptographic side of cryptocurrency has been growing over the past couple of years about the threat posed by quantum computing, an entirely...

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PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: Decentralized Finance or DeFi
PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: Decentralized Finance or DeFi
August 10, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a confusing business with a language all its own, in part because it is a genuinely new way of doing business and also...

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NFT Weekly: Ethereum Founder Pitches Anonymous NFTs, Instagram Adds 100 Countries
NFT Weekly: Ethereum Founder Pitches Anonymous NFTs, Instagram Adds 100 Countries
August 09, 2022  |  NFTs

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has chimed in on a suggestion to create a privacy-focused non-fungible token (NFT) technology that will let users create an NFT...

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PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: The Basics
PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: The Basics
August 08, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a confusing business with a language all its own, in part because it is a genuinely new way of doing business and in...

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Ethereum 2.0 May Be Greener, but Is It Scalable Enough for Payments?
Ethereum 2.0 May Be Greener, but Is It Scalable Enough for Payments?
August 08, 2022  |  Blockchain

Next month, the Ethereum blockchain is scheduled to make the long-awaited switch to a much more environmentally-friendly Ethereum 2.0, which will in turn set the...

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