The transition of Ethereum's consensus mechanism from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake was a difficult task, but was accomplished without downtime. Lido, the largest liquid staking protocol, has also undergone improvements, including the addition of a staking router mechanism.

At the Ethereum Community Conference in Paris, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin praised the elegance of modern account abstraction, which does not require changes to the underlying protocol. Account abstraction involves switching from Externally Owned Wallets to smart contract-based wallets, potentially making managing a crypto wallet as easy as managing an email account.

In the past 24 hours, there has been an increase in activity from crypto whales, with large amounts of coins being sent to exchanges as the market shows signs of weakness. Whale Alert, a blockchain monitoring service, has reported several large transfers of Bitcoin and other digital assets from large entities to various crypto exchanges.

A recent survey conducted by CryptoVantage found that 78% of Americans who invest in cryptocurrency believe that Bitcoin will reach a new all-time high. 23% of respondents predicted this would happen within the next year, while 47% believe it will happen within the next five years.

According to The Block's data dashboard, the outstanding debt of Compound, a decentralized lending protocol on Ethereum, has exceeded $1 billion. This marks a significant shift in the crypto market, which was previously affected by a credit crisis in 2022, resulting in the bankruptcy of lenders such as BlockFi and Celsius.

Neon Labs has launched the "Neon EVM", which allows developers to write Ethereum applications on top of Solana. This smart contract built on top of Solana enables developers to deploy Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) code, which was previously not possible on the network.

PeckShield, a blockchain security firm, has confirmed that criminals stole $480 million through DeFi hacks in the first half of 2023. The three main types of DeFi attacks were logic bugs, oracle manipulation, and privilege exposure. Despite a 75% decrease in DeFi criminal activity compared to 2022, Ethereum remains the main target for hackers. Chainalysis has reported a decrease in the flow of illicit funds to suspicious addresses, but ransomware attacks and impersonation scams have increased.

On Monday, Ethereum's price was at $1,915, experiencing a 0.8% wobble after sliding from a three-month high of $2,015 due to an aggressive take-profit drive over the weekend. Traders are wary of a potential pullback below the immediate support level of $1,900, especially with Bitcoin's price hovering around $30,000.

The creator of Ethscriptions, a protocol for creating and sharing digital objects on Ethereum, has reported that the platform's main marketplace was hacked. While the protocol itself was not impacted, a significant number of Ethscriptions listed on Ethscriptions.com were stolen, with around 123 individual addresses losing a total of about 202 ethscriptions. It is unclear how much was lost in terms of value, but some inscriptions have sold for as much as 5 Ethereum in the past month. The marketplace will be relaunched once necessary changes are made to the protocol itself.

According to recent data, Ethereum whales have been selling off their holdings, with one whale selling 4,549 ETH for $8.78 million. This sell-off pattern may have been triggered by the positive court decision in favor of Ripple's XRP, which had a ripple effect on several other cryptocurrencies, including Ethereum.

The global market cap has decreased by 0.4% in the past 24 hours, leading to a slow start to today's market session. Bitcoin is trading at $30.2K with a 0.2% drop in the past 24 hours and a 57% decrease in trading volume. Ethereum is trading at $1929 with a 52% decrease in price valuation and trading volume.

According to cLabs, They call to action for feedback and discussion around a proposal for Celo to return home to Ethereum by transitioning from being an independent EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain to an Ethereum Layer 2.

Tron's TVL growth has been impressive, outperforming most networks except for Ethereum. The network's growth has attracted a lot of liquidity, as seen through its TVL growth over the last few months. Tron had the second-highest TVL in the first half of 2023, outperforming all other networks except for Ethereum. Tron's TVL currently stands at around $5.79 billion, a significant improvement from its lowest YTD level of just over $4 billion. The recent bullish outcome on July 13th pushed TRX's marketcap to a new monthly high above $7.3 billion, with the number of users on the network reaching more than 2 million as of July 2023.

On July 14, the core team of the multi-chain revenue optimizer Beefy recently released an informal ARFC proposal and started voting, aiming to evaluate whether to quickly migrate BIFI tokens from Multichain. In the proposal, the core team proposes to redeploy BIFI on Ethereum and set up a unified governance pool, while bridging the pledged mooBIFI tokens through a new bridging solution managed by DAO.

The price of Ethereum has risen by over 7% and is now trading above $2,000 against the US Dollar. This increase follows a surge of over 80% in XRP, which cleared $0.90. Ethereum is currently trading above $1,980 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average, and could rise further towards the $2,050 and $2,120 resistance levels. However, if it fails to clear the $2,025 resistance, a downside correction could occur, with initial support near the $2,000 level.

Mayor Adams will update his financial disclosure form to include his investments in Bitcoin and Ethereum, according to his spokesman. The Daily News highlighted that the form did not mention his holdings in these cryptocurrencies.

Ethereum, Solana, and Cardano topped the first institutional-grade crypto ESG ranking, while Bitcoin lagged due to its heavy energy usage, according to a report by CCData and the Crypto Carbon Ratings Institute. The report evaluated 40 of the largest digital assets based on parameters such as decentralization, security, and climate impact.

The price of Ethereum has failed to surpass the $1,900 resistance level against the US Dollar and is currently decreasing, potentially revisiting the $1,825 support zone.

Kava, a blockchain that combines the power of Ethereum and Cosmos, has launched the Kava 14 upgrade which allows for seamless conversion of native Cosmos assets to and from Ethereum's ERC20 token standard. Tether has chosen Kava as the gateway for issuing native USDt on Cosmos, and with the launch of Kava 14, USDt can now be minted and easily converted on Cosmos to USDt on other layer one networks.

Ethereum gas fees have decreased, potentially leading to a breakout towards the $1,900 price level. This decrease in fees is a relief after the high fees observed earlier this month. The positive sentiment surrounding the improved affordability of Ethereum transactions may attract more users and investors to the platform. Despite holding support above $1,850, Ethereum faces resistance near $1,890 and needs to surpass this barrier to experience a significant increase.