Folks, the moment we have all been waiting for has arrived! The Merge is finally happening on Ethereum, slated for September 14–15 at time of writing.

Early last year, we wrote 20 Charts of “Numba Go Up”, highlighting the insanely positive ROI in January 2021. It turned out to be the beginnings of a major bull run. …

Fake or ‘spoof’ ERC-20 token transfers are not a new occurrence in Ethereum. However, wider adoption of the blockchain in the last year has caused a sharp uptick in these cases. …

2021 was a huge year for Ethereum and the wider ecosystem. Adoption shot through the roof with DeFi and NFTs leading a new generation of users to actually use blockchains for the first time. While bull markets are exciting for end-users, it can be tough for builders. Distractions abound, while…

On 23rd November, prominent blockchain researcher Hasu made the following statement, sparking length debates on Crypto Twitter. One definition of self-custodying ETH refers to storing ETH on your own addresses on-chain instead of trusting a third party to secure it for you. …

The Altair hard fork for Ethereum’s Beacon Chain went live on 27th October, marking a significant milestone before the Merge of the current Ethereum execution chain with the Beacon Proof of Stake (POS) consensus chain. To mark the occasion, we take a look at how the Beacon chain deposit and…

In June, we took a look at activity around bridges on Ethereum. Key highlights included the dominance of Polygon and USDC as well as the peaking of growth in May. A lot has happened since then. …

On 11th August, we saw the single largest cryptocurrency hack of all time. $611 million dollars were stolen from PolyNetwork. The humongous amount wasn’t the only unique characteristic of this hack. Unlike most hacks, this one had an ongoing narrative accompanying it, supplied by messages sent to and from the…

At block 1,265,000, Ethereum pushed its London upgrade with the long-awaited EIP 1559. The upgrade went off without a hitch and had thousands tuning in to watch parties celebrating the occasion. In this article we look at data from the blockchain in its first 2 days after London. …