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Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade could lay groundwork for next market rally

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Ethereum’s highly anticipated Pectra upgrade could set the stage for the next phase of the 2025 crypto market cycle, according to analysts, even as Ether continues to underperform Bitcoin. The Ether (ETH) price fell over 32% during February, finding a local bottom at an over two-month low of $2,073 before recovering to the current $2,245 mark, Cointelegraph Markets Pro data shows. ETH/USD, 1-year chart. Source: Cointelegraph Ethereum’s upcoming Pectra upgrade, scheduled for March 5, could help ease long-term selling pressure, according to Gabriel Halm, a research analyst at blockchain intelligence…

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BitVM Just Got A Massive Upgrade

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The introduction of BitVM smart contracts has marked a significant milestone in the path for scalability and programmability of Bitcoin. Rooted in the original BitVM protocol, Bitlayer’s Finality Bridge introduces the first version of the protocol live on testnet, which is a good starting point for realizing the promises of the Bitcoin Renaissance or “Season 2”. Follow GG on X Unlike earlier BTC bridges that often required reliance on centralized entities or questionable trust assumptions, the Finality Bridge leverages a blend of BitVM smart contracts, fraud proofs, and zero-knowledge proofs.…

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Optimism network transactions surged 67% following Bedrock upgrade — Nansen

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Transactions on the Optimism network surged 67% following its June 7 “Bedrock” upgrade, according to a June 26 Twitter thread from blockchain analytics firm Nansen. The network had been seeing less than 300,000 transactions per day before the upgrade, but this figure increased to over 550,000 by the middle of June. Since Optimism’s Bedrock upgrade on June 6 Its daily transactions have increased by about 67% to ~500k And gas fees are reduced by about 50% to ~$50k pic.twitter.com/9ACIMMFHbl — Nansen (@nansen_ai) June 26, 2023 Optimism, a layer 2 of…

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Bitcoin Cash enables CashTokens upgrade on its network

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The Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network underwent a major upgrade, allowing developers to create tokens with the same properties as BCH. These are called “CashTokens,” and they can be issued by anyone using the network.  The network successfully upgraded the blockchain at the BCH block height of 792,772. According to BCH developer Jason Dreyzehner, the new upgrade includes support for CashTokens, which the developer believes to be a “tool for expanding financial access.” The upgrade also includes other features like future-proof multiparty vaults and technical improvements for transaction validation. Congrats on…

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