Despite the long lead time, Alex Mashinsky is still optimistic about the future switch to ETH 2.0.

Ethereum 2.0 recently put its beacon chain into operation, completing phase 0 of the Ethereum project’s scaling efforts

Although Alex Mashinsky, CEO and founder of the crypto company Celsius, is confident that Eth2 will be successful, he warns that there must be rapid and significant progress in scalability so that the smart contract platform does not lose its market dominance.

„Ethereum now has to prove that it can scale its transactions 100 times without losing security and decentralization,“ as Mashinsky told Cointelegraph accordingly. And further: „If it doesn’t make it, Cardano and Polkadot will strike.“

At the time of going to press, the Ethereum network is doing 13 transactions per second, according to data from Blockchair. A hundredfold increase would mean a speed of 1,300 transactions per second.

Ethereum is currently the first point of contact for developers who build decentralized apps (DApps), as the blockchain network offers the best conditions for their operation. The decentralized financial services (DeFi), which became a real hype in 2020, are also predominantly based on Ethereum . DApps and DeFi have dramatically increased the use of the blockchain network, which is why transaction fees have recently soared to dizzying heights . However, it is not the increasing number of users that is the problem, because this is actually desired, but the lack of scalability of Ethereum.

With the upgrade to Ethereum 2.0, the blockchain network therefore wants to switch to the proof-of-stake consensus procedure, which enables significantly better scaling

Co-founder Vitalik Buterin is convinced that up to 100,000 transactions per second could be processed in the future.

The long-awaited upgrade, however, has been repeatedly postponed and has just successfully completed phase 0 this week. The founder of the wallet service MyEtherWallet suspects that the other phases could also take several years. Celsius boss Mashinsky does not want to make a forecast for the duration until the full introduction, despite any lengths he is still optimistic about the upgrade.

“I am absolutely convinced of ETH 2.0, even if it takes longer than expected to scale up and eliminate all errors,” says Mashinsky.

The price of the Ethereum cryptocurrency Ether ( ETH ), which currently amounts to just under 590 US dollars, could already be massively affected by the upcoming upgrade in the run-up to the changeover. In the course of phase 0, all participating users had to freeze 32 ETH each in order to provide the 524,288 ETH required for the start of the beacon chain. Since the ETH funds concerned have to remain frozen until the start of phase 2, which may not take place for several years , there is an additional shortage of the cryptocurrency. This will probably increase the price, as Mashinsky also suspected:

“The more ETH is frozen for ETH 2.0 or stored in DeFi projects, the more there will be a shortage, which in combination with an increasing user base will ensure a higher rate. In addition, almost all decentralized crypto exchanges (DEX) are denominated in ETH, which is a great advantage for Ethereum. “
The completion of Phase 0 of Eth2 comes at a time when the entire crypto market is soaring. The market leader Bitcoin ( BTC ) was recently able to climb to a new record high , which has also given all other crypto currencies the slipstream for their own gains.

Blockchain technologies have long been attractive for established companies too, after which they are used as an enterprise variant.

With its enterprise solution, VMware takes special expectations into account

For years, many companies were rather skeptical of the topic of enterprise blockchain . Recently, however, these blockages have dissolved more and more, which is due to the fact that many providers dispel concerns about the security of the infrastructure and have been able to convince companies of the many advantages of the decentralized ecosystem. In a press release The cloud computing and blockchain provider VMware informs about its new offer of such an enterprise platform.

The commercial availability of the Immediate Edge app offers companies a digital basis for building business networks and providing elementary applications on a decentralized basis. The VMware Blockchain is also a scalable enterprise-class platform that makes data available for a secure, private and immediate workflow.

VMware has worked for several years to make this blockchain platform commercially available. Before that, it was already used in some special and extensive projects. One of them was the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) ’s CHESS settlement solution. Originally, the operators relied on the blockchain from Digital Asset. But now one falls back on the ledger from VMware, using the smart contract protocol DAML from Digital Asset.

We have focused on building an enterprise-class blockchain platform that meets the most stringent application requirements of the financial services industry […] that require reliable, high-performance blockchain services.

VMware has to hold its own against strong competition

Even if solutions in the field of enterprise blockchain are still new territory for many interested parties, the listed company VMware is already facing some competition with its offer. First and foremost, there is certainly the Hyperledger Fabric project . Its biggest sponsor, IBM, is certainly not what one calls a small IT dumpster. Ethereum and Corda’s R3 consortium are also shaking up the market. The question of how VMware would like to gain a foothold seems entirely justified. The company emphasizes that it will serve the very important and fundamental expectations of its clientele. Expandability, security, data protection, performance and scalability are definitely in focus.

The software is easy to implement, manage and update and also offers first-class support. The latter point is noteworthy. Product support is an extremely important point for the company’s blockchain. However, neither IBM nor R3 are beginners in this area.

The developers of Ethereum Classic Labs and ChainSafe Systems have announced the launch of a new bridge between Ethereum Classic and Ethereum. Users will be able to exchange assets using the DAI sticklercoin.

The partnership aims to make the Decentralised Finance Sector (DeFi) more accessible to the ETC community.

The new tool uses a technology similar to renBTC: assets are blocked in smart contracts with an appropriate number of tokens.

The launch of the bridge managed by ChainSafe Crypto Bank Systems is scheduled for 18 November. Moving the DAI to the Ethereum Classic blockchain will allow users to access the third most popular token, after Tether and USDC, stablecoine used in DeFi applications.

„The bridge that facilitates the use of DAI advances our core mission of creating a level playing field when it comes to access to financial instruments worldwide,“ says ETC Labs.

Earlier, the developers of Ethereum Classic Labs decided to strengthen protection of the network against future attacks 51% by involving law enforcement agencies and regulators.

NBA TopShot öffnet für die Öffentlichkeit, nachdem die geschlossene Beta-Version 2 Millionen Dollar an NFT-Verkäufen bringt

NBA Top Shot, das offiziell lizenzierte Krypto-Sammelobjekt des Teams hinter CryptoKitties, hat seine Beta-Version für die Öffentlichkeit geöffnet.

NBA TopShot, das von Dapper Labs auf ihrer Flow-Blockkette gebaute Flaggschiff-Spiel mit nicht fungiblen Spielsteinen (NFT), ist in der offenen Beta-Phase gestartet.

Der Übergang zur öffentlichen Beta kam am 1. Oktober, zeitgleich mit dem Start von Top Shot im Samsung Galaxy Store. Top Shot ist die erste App, die auf einer bei Bitcoin Revolution Blockkette basierende Sammlerstücke anbietet und im Samsung-Mobilgeschäft eingeführt wird. Sie ist noch nicht im Android App Store erhältlich.

Top Shot ermöglicht es den Nutzern, multimediale „Momente“ unterschiedlicher Seltenheit zu sammeln, die bedeutende Höhepunkte in der Geschichte des Basketballs darstellen. Die Token in limitierter Auflage enthalten Videos und Statistiken, die ein Ereignis – wie einen Buzzer-Beater-Shot – darstellen. Die Benutzer können extrem seltene Token freischalten, indem sie bestimmte „Sets“ von Token vervollständigen, die verwandte Momente zeigen.

Der professionelle NBA-Spieler und Investor von Dapper Labs, Aaron Gordon, sagte:

„NBA Top Shot, auf einer skalierbaren Blockkette wie Flow, ist das erste Mal, dass Fans einen Teil des Spielgeschehens auf dem Platz besitzen können.

Die 17.000 Closed-Beta-Benutzer von Top Shot haben bisher fast 43.000 Packungen NFTs gekauft und damit mehr als 2 Millionen Dollar Umsatz erzielt.

Etwa 10.500 Spielsteine wurden über den Marktplatz der Plattform gehandelt, der teuerste davon war bisher ein „Lebron James Cosmic Dunk“, der für 5.200 Dollar den Besitzer wechselte.

Lebron James „Kosmischer Dunk“ NFT: NBA Top Shot Marktplatz

Am 1. Oktober brachte Dapper außerdem die zweite von fünf Wellen seiner seltenen „Premium Pack 2“-Marken auf den Markt, wobei alle 1.492 Packungen in weniger als fünf Minuten laut Bitcoin Revolution zu einem Preis von je 24 Dollar ausverkauft waren. Die erste Welle war ebenfalls innerhalb weniger Minuten ausverkauft, so dass am 28. September Verkäufe im Wert von mehr als 40.000 Dollar zu verzeichnen waren.

Das gemeinsame Basis-Set der „Early Adopters“ von Top Shot war in der vergangenen Woche ebenfalls ausverkauft, nachdem Dapper angekündigt hatte, dass alle unverkauften Packungen aus der geschlossenen Beta-Phase vor der Öffnung der Plattform für die Öffentlichkeit verbrannt würden.

• Bitcoin ha recuperato dopo un forte calo all’inizio di questa settimana.
• Dopo essere sceso sotto i 10.200 dollari poco più di un giorno fa, la criptovaluta è tornata sopra i 10.500 dollari.
• La moneta ora commercia a 10.800 dollari, avendo subito un forte rally solo poche ore fa.
• La moneta è salita di circa il 5% nelle ultime 24 ore, con un aumento del 5%, mentre il rally del dollaro americano comincia a diminuire.
• Alcuni attribuiscono il rally a una scadenza in corso nei mercati dei futures e delle opzioni, che probabilmente causerà l’apertura e la chiusura di posizioni da parte dei trader.
• In ogni caso, gli analisti stanno cercando di determinare cosa verrà dopo per Bitcoin.

MOVE LIQUIDA MILIONI DI POSIZIONI BITCOIN

Il recente passaggio al rialzo di Bitcoin ha portato a milioni di dollari di liquidazioni nel mercato dei futures per BTC.

Secondo Skew.com, circa 12-15 milioni di dollari sono stati liquidati nelle ultime 24 ore a causa del movimento al rialzo. Queste sono statistiche solo per il mercato dei futures BitMEX Bitcoin. Questo suggerisce che ci sono state probabilmente decine di milioni di dollari in più liquidati su altre piattaforme di futures e con altre crittocorse come Ethereum.

I dati di ByBt suggeriscono che la pompa non ha portato ad un overleveraging su entrambi i lati dei mercati dei futures.

Tutti i principali mercati dei futures Bitcoin, compresi BitMEX, OKEx, Huobi e ByBit, hanno tutti tassi di finanziamento neutri al momento. Questo suggerisce che il prezzo del futuro è scambiato intorno al prezzo a pronti, cementando ulteriormente l’idea che nessuno dei due lati è in overleveraged.

Questo significa che Bitcoin potrebbe continuare a muoversi più in alto in modo sostenibile, fintanto che il movimento è in gran parte a spot.

RIALZISTA COME BTC RIACQUISTA I LIVELLI CHIAVE

Gli analisti dicono che la recente mossa più alta è stata un breakout rialzista in contrapposizione a un test ribassista di resistenza.

Un analista ha condiviso il grafico sottostante, indicando come il recente rally possa portare Bitcoin al di sopra di un livello di tendenza cruciale intorno ai 10.550 dollari. Bitcoin riprendendo questo livello su base giornaliera può suggerire che il trend prevalente è rialzista.

Il grafico mostra che la criptovaluta ha raggiunto quel livello esatto in due occasioni nell’ultimo anno, suggerendo che è un punto da tenere d’occhio.

Bitcoin è pronto a riprendere quel livello perché al momento della stesura di questo articolo, un’ora prima della chiusura giornaliera, la criptocurrency si trova quasi 300 dollari al di sopra di quel supporto.

«Septembre a été un mois unique sur les marchés de la cryptographie», a déclaré Elie Le Rest, associé de la société de trading quantitatif ExoAlpha. „Crypto est devenu beaucoup plus finement négocié“, a-t-il ajouté.

En effet, après l’ouverture du mois avec un jour rarement vu d’un milliard de dollars sur les principales bourses le 3 septembre, le volume de bitcoins s’est affaibli.

C’était à 202 millions de dollars mercredi au moment de la publication

Alors que le marché du bitcoin reste tiède, l’indice du dollar américain, une mesure du billet vert par rapport à un panier d’autres devises fiduciaires, rebondit par rapport aux creux de 2020, dans le vert de 0,40% au moment de la publication.

Les traders de crypto-monnaie aiment garder un œil sur la force du dollar, mais beaucoup ont des points de vue divergents sur ce que pourrait signifier la hausse de l’indice.

« Je vois que l’indice du dollar augmente comme une correction après sa performance pendant la pandémie», a déclaré Alessandro Andreotti, un commerçant de crypto en vente libre en Italie. «À moyen et à long terme, je suis personnellement toujours optimiste sur le bitcoin ainsi que sur les métaux précieux comme l’or.»

Henrik Kugelberg, un autre négociant européen de gré à gré basé en Suède, a déclaré qu’il s’attend à ce que le dollar devienne déflationniste, là où les prix des biens et des services baissent

«Je suis maintenant convaincu que ce que nous voyons et verrons est la déflation et non l’inflation», a-t-il déclaré. «Si cela est correct, les gens vendront des obligations et achèteront des produits plus sûrs, comme des biens immobiliers haut de gamme, de l’or et du bitcoin.

Quel que soit le discours du commerçant sur le dollar, cela est vrai: sur la base des données de la Réserve fédérale, il y a plus de dollars flottant dans l’économie mondiale que jamais auparavant.

Quant à la performance tiède de Bitcoin ces derniers jours, une perte d’élan pour la finance décentralisée, ou DeFi, cette semaine peut être en partie à blâmer pour un marché de la crypto terne. „Le récent krach de DeFi peut expliquer le silence actuel du marché ces deux derniers jours alors que les traders et les prêteurs déterminent les prochaines étapes pour allouer des capitaux et exécuter des stratégies de trading“, a déclaré Le Rest d’ExoAlpha.

Valeur xDai verrouillée en double

La deuxième plus grande crypto-monnaie par capitalisation boursière, l‘ éther (ETH), était en baisse mercredi autour de 327 $ et en baisse de 4,7% en 24 heures à 20h00 UTC (16h00 HAE).

En savoir plus: Le site de données DeFi Pulse corrige un bogue et indique que la valeur verrouillée a atteint 13 milliards de dollars la semaine dernière

Stablecoin xDai, développé via une collaboration entre MakerDAO et POA Network, a vu sa valeur augmenter à 1,2 million de dollars mercredi contre 559 000 dollars le 20 septembre.

Le stablecoin offre des capacités sur le réseau Ethereum avec des frais moindres et sans les tracas des confirmations de bloc lentes, un problème à mesure que DeFi se développe. xDai accomplit cela en agissant en tant que «sidechain» hors du principal réseau de chaînes de blocs Ethereum où les transactions ont souvent obstrué le système lors d’une activité à forte transaction au cours des derniers mois.