Author: Sophia Brown

2024 was a great year for ethereum.org, and as we already have our hands full with projects and initiatives for 2025, it’s important to take a moment to celebrate the achievements made possible by the community this past year. With that in mind, we’ve put together a recap of our top highlights from 2024—we hope you enjoy reading it! Blobs everywhere: launching the Dencun FAQ In 2023, we built a comprehensive hub for Ethereum’s protocol roadmap on ethereum.org. A few months later, in March 2024, the Cancun-Deneb (aka Dencun) network upgrade was deployed. As questions started coming in, it was…

We’re evolving how we build ethereum.org. Starting January 20th, we’ve adopted Shape Up cycles – focused 6-week build periods followed by 2-week cooldowns. For Cycle 1, each project below will ship by the end of February – no automatic rollovers to next cycle. Quick point of clarification: this is the cycle roadmap for ethereum.org the website, not Ethereum the protocol. We’ll ship the following projects by the end of February in our first cycle: Core ethereum.org improvements Interactive roadmap 🛣️ Making Vitalik’s Ethereum roadmap more beginner-friendly and interactive, helping newcomers understand Ethereum’s evolution and future. Listen-to-learn 🎧 Implementing audio capabilities…

JustGiving now accepts over 60 cryptocurrencies for people to donate with 94% of crypto users are Millennials and Generation Z More than $2 billion has been donated to charitable causes over the past five years UK-based fundraising platform JustGiving is teaming up with The Giving Block, a digital asset company, to start accepting crypto donations. JustGiving now allows users to donate in more than 60 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether, and Doge, according to a report from UK Fundraising. The move comes as the crypto market is experiencing a surge in value, with Bitcoin recording a new all-time high of…

dtcpay has announced that it will be shifting its payment services to stablecoins only effective 2025 The Singapore-based platform will phase out Bitcoin and Ethereum by the end of the year Singapore-based payment institution dtcpay will no longer be supporting Bitcoin and Ethereum as payment modes. The licensed payment platform said the move will be effective in 2025, according to a report from Fintech News. It only intends to support stablecoins and fiat currency payment modes. The move focuses more on the stability of stablecoins and fiat currency rather than the volatile nature of crypto. Business operators and consumers are…

ETH is showing early signs of an upward rally with the surge to above $3,900 Bitcoin’s surge past $100k could lead to a major breakout for altcoins, and analysts see Ethereum leading the surge Ethereum (ETH) rose to above $3,900 as Bitcoin finally broke the psychological $100k level to reach its highest-ever price of $103,679 on December 5. Bitcoin soars past $103k The price of Ethereum was up more than 5% at the time of writing after spiking to intraday highs of $3,923 across major exchanges. Ethereum’s uptick comes as Bitcoin breaks key levels amid predictions of further gains. Ki…

The ongoing bull cycle has caused a notable rise in activity in the crypto market. For Bitcoin, CryptoQuant projects a $146,000 cycle high. In the meantime, the firm predicts Ethereum to follow a historical pattern in its MVRV Ratio to enter a second bull market. Despite the positivity in the top two cryptocurrencies, a growing number of investors are rushing into Rexas Finance instead. At just $0.125, many analysts believe this undervalued crypto could lead the next bull market run. CryptoQuant Projects $146,000 for Bitcoin Cycle Peak According to crypto-analytic outfit, CryptoQuant, Bitcoin’s price cycle could peak at around $146,000.…

Ethereum ETFs inflows are outdoing Bitcoin ETF inflows. BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) ETF leads with a $89.51M inflow on Dec 23, 2024. This Market shift may signal an altcoin season in 2025. In a surprising turn of events in the cryptocurrency market, Ethereum spot ETFs have been experiencing significant inflows, overshadowing the outflows noted in Bitcoin ETFs. On December 23, 2024, Ethereum ETFs recorded a net inflow of $130.8 million, with BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) ETF leading with $89.50 million and Fidelity’s Ethereum ETF (FETH) adding $46.40 million according to Coinglass data. In stark contrast, Bitcoin ETFs saw…

Bullish pattern signals Ethereum price rebound The road has been rather rough for the bulls since Ethereum hit a fresh three-year high in mid-December last year. Since then, it has declined by over 20% as the gains recorded in the past two weeks were reversed in the current week.   Even so, the bulls remain in control as the support level along $3,200 remains steady. Indeed, a look at its weekly chart signals a rebound. To start with, Ethereum price continues to trade above the 20 and 50-day EMAs.  Besides, the formation of the bullish inverted head and shoulder pattern indicates…

The crypto market trended lower last week, driven largely by risk-off sentiments on newly released Fed meeting notes and economic data The Fed expressed caution around inflation, especially as President-elect Donald Trump’s policies will kick in after his inauguration on January 20 Meanwhile, spot crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) logged outflows from Wednesday, January 8 Bitcoin Bitcoin’s price logged a negative week falling from a high of $102,733 to a low of $91,188 before eventually closing at $94,547. Technical analysis shows a break above the last lower high and a push back down into the H4 demand zone, which means that…

Bulls remain in control of the broader cryptocurrency market as investors’ optimism remains pegged on crypto-friendly policy measures, heightened adoption of these digital assets, and central banks’ strategic reserves. Even so, crypto majors have largely stalled in the absence of an immediate catalyst.  Amid the pullback, meme coins and particularly AI projects have shown immense growth and indismissible opportunities. iDEGEN, a unique social experiment is one such project. Even before hitting the public shelves, it has the potential to give the likes of Fartcoin and AI16z a run for their money.  Bitcoin’s under pressure from bets on fewer rate cuts…