Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, just fell under $1600. This market drop has caused many investors to ask if this is the right time to start buying again. At BlockOpulent.com, the team decodes and dissects the crypto market to provide readers with a clearer understanding of the underlying...
Ethereum has had an extremely volatile trading period, managing to build a solid support base above $1,550 before starting a big breakout. This cryptocurrency came under heavy sell pressure after shooting up to $1,690. At present, Ethereum appears to have capitulated as per recent trading activity with ETH down by...
With a total value locked (TVL) of $6.9 billion, Solana has firmly established itself as the second-largest blockchain TVL. This milestone highlights Solana’s increasing impact and adoption in the rapidly evolving decentralized finance (DeFi) space.Solana’s native token, SOL, had a rough time. It had a hard time continuing its bullish...
We’re all just constructing castles in the cloud, wishing on a binary star that our new digital empires are safe and protected. What if the base upon which that hard work is taking place—the foundation—is marred with problems? Imagine that a handful of dictatorial overlords monopolize the process of connecting...
Ethereum, a name so interconnected with the concept of blockchain goodness, has had an exciting adventure since 2017 until now in 2022. Its success during this recent time period is a testimony to its innovative technology. The never-ending creation of new ecocentric gameplay has fueled that development. After 2022, a...
$26 million. That’s all the data availability (DA) revenue Ethereum has snatched up since EIP-4844 landed in March. Let that sink in. Ethereum, the blockchain world’s supposed silver bullet and king of blockchains is failing. It’s leaving billions on the table in a space where it should be crushing the...
What’s the value of pursuing ‘Wen Moon’ if we destroy every other gain? We’re all caught up on price, last I looked Ethereum was at $1600, waiting for that moonshot! While all of this is exciting, let’s not lose sight of the magic that originally captured our hearts and imaginations...
The crypto world feels…still. Bitcoin’s crashed, ETH’s falling fast, XRP’s losing ground are all just the beginning of the carnage. Are we only experiencing a normal, healthy market correction, or are we about to collectively exhale before something very, very different. I believe it’s the latter and here’s why you...
I've seen the headlines. "$5 XRP by 2025!" They scream. And to be truthful, who wouldn’t want a slice of that money? Before you mortgage the house and focus on XRP, hold on just a second. As we come back to earth with this dream, we need to think about...
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, recently released an extensive privacy roadmap for the blockchain platform. He argues that privacy is a key component in safeguarding all individual liberties and resisting the pervasive encroachment of federal and corporate powers. Buterin’s proposals are mostly focused on utilizing ZK-proofs, AKA zero-knowledge proofs...