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Tech

Bernstein: Arbitrum Has Strongest User Momentum Among Leading Blockchains

There is speculation that a token launch may be near, rewarding early users, a report from Bernstein said.

The co-founders of Offchain Labs, the firm behind Arbitrum. (Offchain Labs)

Markets

JPMorgan Sees Concerns for Ethereum Blockchain After the Merge

The platform has become less decentralized after the switch to proof-of-stake, the bank said.

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Markets

Citi Says Ether Remains Relatively Stable Despite Significance of the Merge

ETH token issuance is estimated to drop 90% to around 600,000 a year, the bank said.

The hot topic now is the upcoming Merge on the Ethereum network, and specifically, about the possibility of having a forked proof-of-work ETH and a proof-of-stake coin. (Riho Kroll/Unsplash)

Finance

JPMorgan: China’s Metaverse-Related Economy Could Reach $4T

The metaverse could triple China’s online-gaming market alone to $131 billion, the bank said.

Shanghai, China (R.Nagy/Shutterstock)

Markets

Bernstein: Strong Institutional Adoption of Ether Expected Following the Merge

The new economic model under the Merge combined with token burn could lead to negative token emission during periods of high demand, the report said.

Institutional Adoption explodes in 2024 (Peter H/Pixabay)

Markets

Actualización de Ethereum puede generar mayor adopción institucional de ether, según Bank of America

El banco afirmó que los inversores a los que se les prohíbe comprar tokens que funcionan con proof-of-work podrían comprar ether luego de que la blockchain cambie a un mecanismo proof-of-stake.

La actualización de Ethereum podría atraer más inversores institucionales. (DAPSGDP/Pixabay)

Markets

Ethereum Blockchain’s Upgrade May Lead to Greater Institutional Adoption of Ether: Bank of America

Investors who are barred from buying tokens that run on proof-of-work systems may be able to buy ether after the blockchain switches to proof-of-stake, the bank said.

La actualización de Ethereum podría atraer más inversores institucionales. (DAPSGDP/Pixabay)

Markets

Bernstein: Bitcoin’s Correlation With Other Tokens Will Weaken as Its Dominance Declines

The BTC to ETH market cap ratio has fallen to around 1.9 from as high as 20 in 2016, the report said.

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Markets

Morgan Stanley Says Stablecoin Market Cap Is Contracting Again

The bank said it sees little evidence of leverage rebuilding in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.

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Markets

Morgan Stanley Says Tightening in the Crypto Market Has Paused

While the market cap of stablecoins, an indicator of crypto liquidity, has stopped falling, demand for leverage has yet to start recovering, the bank said.

Tightening in the crypto market appears to have paused. (Lucio Alfonsi/Pixabay)