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While Ethereum (ETH) fans are enthusiastic about the successful Merge, Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten believes the upgrade will lead Ethereum into a “slow slide to irrelevance and eventual death.” 

At the time of writing, Solana’s (SOL) seven-day performance was pretty sluggish as it failed to register any promising gains. Though the prevailing crypto-market is a factor behind this performance, there might be other reasons as well. Nonetheless, there have been several positive developments in the Solana ecosystem that have the potential to change SOL’s fate.

Disclaimer: The datasets shared in the following article have been compiled from a set of online resources and do not reflect AMBCrypto’s own research on the subject.

Disclaimer: The datasets shared in the following article have been compiled from a set of online resources and do not reflect AMBCrypto’s own research on the subject.

Proof-of-Stake (PoS)-based blockchain, Tezos [XTZ], upgraded a protocol on its mainnet. The upgrade, called Kathmandu, was first proposed to the Tezos community in July, and was the eleventh time there has been an upgrade. 

Avalanche [AVAX] developers recently pushed a newupgrade named [email protected]. This version is backwards compatible with v1.8.0, which is optional but recommended by developers.

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Cosmos [ATOM] has been gradually recovering from its bottom range since June. Its recovery pace might be about to receive a healthy boost now that the Cosmos network transitioned to a new phase in its development.

Data from blockchain analytics platform, Santiment revealed that Bitcoin [BTC]‘s Market-Value-to-Realized-Value (MVRV) stood at -43. This was close to the lowest position the metric has clinched before a rebound. Historically, the king coin’s lowest was a negative value of -53 in December 2018.

U.S.-based crypto exchange Coinbase is in the news again. And this time, the exchange faces a lawsuit filed by Veritaseum Capital LLC over an alleged patent infringement. The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court in Delaware, claims that Coinbase infringed a patent held by Reggie Middleton, founder of Veritaseum Capital. 

In the early days of Bitcoin (BTC), crypto enthusiasts only required a basic personal computer with an internet connection to generate new BTC tokens through a distributed computing process known as mining. 

Ethereum 2.0 following the iconic ‘Merge’. The Merge is an upgrade to the Ethereum blockchain, which powers innovations in the crypto ecosystem. The Ethereum Merge has shifted the Ethereum security mechanism from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), which in turn has greatly impacted the crypto economics of the blockchain and has many significant implications for the crypto market. Ethereum’s transition from PoW to PoS is here to prove that a decentralized and permissionless network can operate in an energy-efficient manner. The merge will likely cause a renewed interest in Web3 projects aiming to build on top of the Ethereum network. Moreover, the merge will improve nearly all metrics of the Ethereum blockchain, making way for future innovation of applications and experimentation.Some of the longer-term advantages of the «Merge» include:

The much-awaited 1.2% tax burn was implemented on the Terra Classic [LUNC] blockchain recently. Thus, giving massive hope to investors for the token’s revival. Though the protocol received much support from multiple crypto exchange platforms, including KuCoin, LUNC’s price did not correspond accordingly.

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Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have taken the gaming world by storm. Whether it’s through limited edition collectibles, avatar enhancement or play-to-earn incentivization, digital assets have given in-game ownership a new meaning.

Solana [SOL] has joined the league of blockchains that have done over a billion transactions. According to the information from its official website, the SOL ecosystem was able to reach the milestone, thanks to the power of 2,011 validator notes. Also, these transactions were completed in an average of 3,448seconds.

It’s raining new users for the Algorand [ALGO] chain following its partnership with FIFA. Recall that the world governing body and the DeFi blockchain had agreed to collaborate on the idea centered around digital collectibles.

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Elrond [EGLD] recently took its “new internet” blockchain mission by securing a partnership with Opera. Daniel Serb, head of business development for Elrond, released a statement related to the same. He stated that the collaboration was a move to grant users of the multi-platform browser access to its blockchain and Decentralized Applications (DApps).

Many companies and industries are incorporating Web3 technologies into their business structures, and the travel industry is no exception.

On 22 September, at 9:44 p.m. UTC, the Cardano Vasil Hard Fork upgrade went live. Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK) tweeted on Thursday (22 September) that the hard fork of Cardano’s mainnet had been successful.