The Merge


Tech

ETH Reverts to Inflationary Asset Following Fee-Reducing Dencun Upgrade

Transaction fees are four times lower on average following the recent Dencun upgrade.

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Tech

Ethereum Has Become More Centralized Since the Merge and Shanghai Upgrades: JPMorgan

The increase in staking has reduced the appeal of ether from a yield perspective, the report said.

Ether becomes deflationary for the first time since the Ethereum blockchain's software upgrade dubbed the "Merge." (SB7/Shutterstock)

Tech

Ethereum's Lifetime Energy Use Before the Merge Equaled Switzerland's for a Year

If Bitcoin’s energy consumption can be thought of as a skyscraper, Ethereum’s energy use post-Merge, would be the size of a raspberry, according to University of Cambridge research.

Ethereum's post-Merge energy consumption is comparable in size to a  raspberry (CCAF)

Markets

Ether Turns Deflationary Again, Led by Spike in NFT Sales

Nearly one-fourth of ether burned stems from NFT trades over the past seven days, according to data from ultrasound.money.

Ether’s annualized inflation rate returned to a negative value as network usage recently increased. (ultrasound.money)

Videos

Ethereum Forking Time

Is the merge euphoria returning? That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Opinion

There Will Be No Lessons Learned From FTX

There’s so much more to blockchain than crypto and we’re just not getting there fast enough, says EY's blockchain innovation leader.

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Tech

Staked ETH Passes 16M

The $22.38 billion worth of staked ETH will be impossible to withdraw until Ethereum’s next big upgrade.

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Videos

Privacy-Focused Gnosis Chain Executes Proof-of-Stake ‘Merge’ of its Own

Privacy-focused Gnosis, one of the first sidechains to Ethereum, conducted its own version of the Merge to replace its proof-of-authority (PoA) chain with its Gnosis proof-of-stake (PoS) beacon chain. Gnosis co-founder Martin Köppelmann joins "First Mover" to discuss the significance of the upgrade and how it compares to the Ethereum Merge.

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Tech

Privacy-Focused Gnosis Chain to Undergo Its Own Proof-of-Stake ‘Merge’

This will mark the second time in blockchain history that a chain swaps out its old model for proof-of-stake.

Activist investor reported to have been pushing Riot to move into HPC. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether Turns Inflationary as Network Usage Slows

The current positive inflation rate indicates the volume of ether being minted now outpaces the amount being burned.

Ether’s annualized inflation rate returned to a positive value after making a “V-shape” from November's market volatility triggered by FTX. (ultrasound.money)