Smart Contracts

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) traded 4.47% higher at $3,039.51 over 24 hours early Thursday morning at press time. What’s Moving? The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has fallen 2% over the last seven days. ETH gained 1.21% against the apex cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC...

Popular crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe is bullish on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) and Solana CRYPTO: SOL) and believes they are ready for an “explosive” fourth quarter. What Happened: Van de Poppe, who goes by the username of Crypto...

Avalanche (CRYPTO: AVAX) a smart-contract-oriented rival of Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) touched an all-time high on Wednesday night but its founder is okay without a boost from celebrities like Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk. What Happened: The CEO and Founder of Ava Labs, the firm behind AVAX,...

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) traded 4.86% lower over 24 hours at $2.43 in the early hours of the new week after implementing smart contracts earlier on Sunday evening. What’s Moving? Cardano has fallen 15.8% over a seven-day trailing period.  See Also: How To Buy Cardano (ADA) Against Bitcoin (...

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) is launching smart contracts on the blockchain on Sunday, September 12 at 21:44:51 UTC with the implementation of the Alonzo hard fork. What happened: Caradano currently ranks as the third largest blockchain based on market cap, behind Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and top...

Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), often described as an Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) killer, continues to rally despite major cryptocurrencies taking a beating on Tuesday. What Happened: The token of the project focused on decentralized apps, decentralized finance, and scalability traded 3.48% higher at $178.57 even...

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) or Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), which is better? Massive gains in the latter have prompted that question on Twitter. What Happened: Kraken Founder Dan Held asked on Twitter recently if Solana was a better smart contract platform than Ethereum and got several noteworthy...

Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) has displaced Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) as the seventh-largest cryptocurrency by market cap as the latter’s relentless ascent continues. What Happened: Solana now has a market capitalization of $40.05 billion, which is greater than DOGE’s market cap of $38.6 billion....

Ethereum Classic (CRYPTO: ETC) rose 4.25% to $67.63 in the early hours of Thursday. What’s Moving? ETC has shot up 9.86% over a seven-day trailing period as of press time. ETC declined 2.10% over 24 hours against Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and was larget flat rising 0.06% against the apex...

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) shot up over 9% to a new all-time high in the early hours of Thursday. What’s Moving? The Charles Hoskinson-founded cryptocurrency touched the $3.04 mark minutes before press time. At press time, ADA was trading 9.06% higher at $3.02 over 24 hours. For the week, ADA is...

Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) has spiked over 100% in the last 3 -days and is currently seeing high interest by investors on social media platforms. What Happened: Cardano was among the most mentioned cryptocurrencies on Twitter at press time, as per data from Cointrendz.com. See Also: How To Buy Cardano (...

What Happened: Popular decentralized NFT marketplace OpenSea hit a record $1 billion in weekly sales. According to data from DappRadar, the total value to smart contracts on OpenSea’s marketplace stood at 450,000 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) or $1.44 billion over the past week, up 177% from the one...

Popular cryptocurrency analyst Kaleo said he has bought more of Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) and also believes “selling the news” on Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) is a bad idea. What Happened: The pseudonymous technical analyst said he has bought more Dogecoin as it hits a critical...

Every week, Benzinga conducts a survey to collect sentiment on what traders are most excited about, interested in or thinking about as they manage and build their personal portfolios. This week we posed the following question to over 1,000 Benzinga visitors on cryptocurrency investing: If you had $...

Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) is swimming against the current as major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), and Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) plunged on Thursday night. What’s Moving? SOL traded 13.69% higher at $82.45 over 24 hours at press time and was up 12.17% for the...