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The Ethereum Merge is slated for Sept. 15, which will see the Ethereum blockchain move from its current proof-of-work (PoW) mining consensus to proof-of-stake (PoS). The Merge is being touted as one of the biggest upgrades for the Ethereum blockchain as it would help the network move to a more energy-efficient way of
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What’s “The Merge”? The merge is when Ethereum transitions from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS). This will end ETH mining, reducing 99% of its power usageBut that’s not all the merge will do. Will it Lower Gas Fees?Gas fees are caused by network demand. Switching to PoS has little impact on
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With just over two weeks until The Merge, Ethereum network fees have reduced significantly as the average ethereum transfer fee has dropped to 0.00092 ether or $1.37 per transaction on August 28. Median-sized fees have slid to 0.00036 ether or $0.544 per transfer, and etherscan.io’s gas tracking tool notes a
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Jamie Redman Jamie Redman is the News Lead at Cryptox.trade News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than
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With just over two weeks left until The Merge, ethereum’s value against the U.S. dollar has lost all the gains the crypto asset recorded leading up to the hardened date. In mid-August, ether managed to climb above the $2K zone but since then, the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap
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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has updated its information related to Ethereum transitioning to proof-of-stake to include forks that could arise.In a Thursday update to an Aug. 16 blog post, Coinbase said it would evaluate any potential forks in the Ethereum blockchain on a “case by case basis.” The crypto exchange previously
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“Should an ETH PoW fork arise following The Merge, this
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“If the Merge fails to successfully be launched, we will have delays on DeFi protocols that will affect stablecoins,” Herrera told CryptoX. “But from the supply dynamics perspective, this can also take a toll on how stablecoins will be used for liquidity pools, in the DeFi space and beyond.” Source
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Ether’s (ETH) price jump from mid-July until mid-August may continue to fade as investors seek to better understand the implications of the Merge, Ethereum's tech upgrade that will transform it to a proof-of-stake network, along with future blockchain upgrades, Bank of America said in a note Friday. Original Source
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The decision came after Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, also made room for forked tokens with plans to credit users’ accounts with alternatives from “the minority chain.” It, too, plans to review those tokens against the exchange’s listing policy before making them available to trade. Original Source
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