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The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Dec 14-Dec. 20, with live updates throughout.
Ethereum's inscription token eths rose to $14,000, up more than 30% in 24 hours
On December 17th, EtchMarket data shows that the price of one Ethereum Name Service token, eths, has risen to $14,000, with a 30% increase in 24 hours. It is reported that eths is the first text token issued based on the Ethereum Name Service protocol, Ethscriptions.
A whale address that has been dormant for a year sold 18,865 ETH and still holds 5,588 ETH.
On December 16th, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale address that has been dormant for a year is selling ETH on the chain. So far, 18,865 ETH has been sold through 4 new wallets at a price of 42 million US dollars in DAI, with an average selling price of 2,229 US dollars. The address still has 5,588 ETH (approximately 12.5 million US dollars) that has not been sold.
The Ethereum community officially adopts ERC-3643 as a compliant asset tokenization standard
The Ethereum community has officially signed the Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) ERC-3643, establishing it as the recognized standard for tokenization of real-world assets (RWA). The proposal has reached its final state, meaning that it has been formally reviewed, discussed, and agreed upon within the Ethereum community, similar to the process of establishing ERC-20 and other standards in the past.
Ethereum Layer 2 solution Enphyr completes $1 million in seed round financing
Enphyr, an Ethereum Layer 2 solution, announced the completion of a $1 million seed round financing at a valuation of $10 million. Waveslab Ventures led the investment with participation from a group of industry private equity investors. Enphyr mainly helps projects use the security of Ethereum and build the next generation of Web 3 applications through its data privacy, data tokenization, and blockchain-supported KYC verification services. The new funds will be used to expand the team and build strategic partnerships.
A giant whale withdrew 15,896 ETH from Coinbase in 24 hours
According to Scopescan monitoring, a whale with an address starting with 0x597c withdrew 15,896 ETH (worth 34 million US dollars) from Coinbase within 24 hours.
Ethereum 2.0 client Teku V23.12.0 has been released
On December 13th, the Ethereum 2.0 client Teku posted on X platform that Teku V23.12.0 has been released. The main changes are as follows: Added checkpoint-sync-url option; Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Ethereum L2 TVL is US$15.57 billion, Immutable X TVL increased by more than 33% on the 7th
According to L2BEAT data, the total value locked (TVL) in Ethereum Layer2 network is currently 15.57 billion US dollars, with a 7-day increase of 1.94%. The top six locked values are: Arbitrum One ($8.09 billion, 7-day decrease of 1.16%), OP Mainnet ($4.47 billion, 7-day increase of 8.85%), Base ($0.65 billion, 7-day increase of 2.51%), zkSync Era ($0.515 billion, 7-day decrease of 4.62%), dYdX V3 ($0.354 billion, 7-day decrease of 1.22%), Immutable X ($0.267 billion, 7-day increase of 33.28%).
A whale sold 6,955 ETH at an average price of $2,187.
On December 13th, according to Yu Jin monitoring, a whale sold 6,955 ETH on the chain at an average price of $2,187, 9 hours ago.
A giant whale once again spent 50 ETH to buy 1.16 million MUBI
According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, Golden Finance reported that the ETH wave whale 0x828...fc0ab has once again spent 50 ETH to buy 1.16 million MUBI. On December 7th, the whale had already bought 1.26 million MUBI at a cost of $0.086 per coin. After this purchase, the cost has increased to $0.088 per coin. Currently, the whale holds a total of 7.26 million MUBI, worth $650,000. Due to the positive impact of SATS being listed on Binance, MUBI's price has risen by as much as 30% today.
A certain whale withdrew 6,000 ETH from Binance within 24 hours, equivalent to approximately US$13.4 million.
According to Scopescan monitoring, a whale withdrew 1500 ETH (worth 3.36 million USD) from Binance 2 hours ago.It is reported that within 24 hours, the whale has withdrawn 6000 ETH (worth 13.4 million USD).
Galaxy Digital transferred 2,615 ETH from Gemini 2 hours ago, equivalent to approximately US$5.85 million
According to Scopescan monitoring, 2 hours ago, Galaxy Digital transferred 2,615 ETH (5.85 million USD) from Gemini.
A total of 3,817,500.32 ETH were destroyed on the Ethereum network
According to Ultrasound data, as of now, the Ethereum network has destroyed a total of 3,817,500.32 ETH. Among them, OpenSea has destroyed 230,050.80 ETH, ETH transfers have destroyed 316,153.25 ETH, and Uniswap V2 has destroyed 213,142.54 ETH. Note: Since the introduction of EIP-1559 in the Ethereum London upgrade, the Ethereum network will dynamically adjust the BaseFee of each transaction based on transaction demand and block size, and this part of the fee will be directly burned and destroyed.
Hashkey related addresses deposited over 17,000 ETH to Binance in the past 17 hours, approximately US$38.1 million
According to Lookonchain monitoring, within the past 17 hours, Hashkey related addresses deposited 17,108 ETH, approximately $38.1 million, into Binance after a sharp drop in ETH price, resulting in a loss of over $2 million.
Ethereum investors: Ethereum can fully pay for its own security without increasing supply
Management consultant and Ethereum investor DCinvestor stated on social media that Ethereum can fully pay for its own security costs without increasing the supply of ETH, and pointed out that this may be the lowest level of block space requirements. The cost consumption is not so severe that it is reducing the supply of ETH to zero, which is not the goal, but to ensure that users do not simply subsidize the security of ETH by holding ETH (although this is still a possible backup plan).
3 new addresses withdraw 14,000 ETH from Binance after ETH drops
According to Lookonchain monitoring, on December 11th, 3 new addresses withdrew a total of 14,000 ETH from Binance after today's ETH price drop, worth approximately $31.13 million.
Justin Sun once again transferred 1,600 ETH to the multi-signature address
According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, on December 11th, Justin Sun transferred 1600 ETH to a multi-signature address just a few minutes ago. Previously, this address had received tokens and had gradually deposited ETH into multiple trading platforms such as Binance and Kraken through the intermediary address 0x8fC...990b8. In the past three days, Justin Sun has deposited a total of 4800 ETH worth $11.13 million into CEX.
A whale address transferred 5,500 ETH to Binance, making a current profit of US$16.25 million
According to Spot On Chain data monitoring, a certain whale address deposited 55 million ETH into Binance about an hour ago, making a profit of 16.25 million US dollars. The whale is inclined to deposit a large amount of stablecoins into Binance before starting a new round of ETH transactions.
Two new addresses have just withdrawn 30,482 ETH from Coinbase
The Data Nerd reported that just now, two new addresses, 0x28b and 0x0ab, withdrew a total of 30,482 ETH (68.8 million USD) from Coinbase at a price of 2,259 USD.
DWF Labs withdraws 280 ETH from Bitfinex
According to data monitored by Spot On Chain, a whale starting with 0xb15 earned $16.25 million from ETH and just deposited 55 million USDT into Binance about 15 minutes ago. Whales tend to deposit large amounts of stablecoins into Binance before starting another round of ETH trading. DWF Labs withdrew 280 ETH (worth $626,000) from Bitfinex about 11 minutes ago, which is their largest ETH accumulation in the past 2 months.
