Ethereum Surges 8% in Past 24 Hours as ETH2 Deposit Contract Drops

The ETH 2.0 deposit contract can only be unblocked after the PoS transition, postponed to the latter half of the year. The deposit contract for staking Ethereum (ETH) on the Beacon chain reached a balance of 12 million ETH on Friday. The total locked value of Ether in the Eth2 contract is worth about $34.5 billion.The deposit contract was launched in November 2020 and currently holds around 10% of the total circulating supply of ETH. Beacon chain staking contract. Source: EtherscanThe Beacon Chain is the first major step in Ethereum's transition from a proof-of-work (PoW) to a....

There's buzz that the Eth 2.0 deposit contract appears to have been deployed but there has been no official announcement. Excitement is stirring in the Ethereum community after the deposit contract was apparently posted on Github, however the lead developers are yet to officially confirm the deployment.Ethereum developers have warned in the past about the danger of fake deposit contracts, so users should not send any Ethereum to the contract until after an official announcement. The repository on Github was posted a few hours and appears to have been uploaded by Ethereum Foundation....

Statistics now show the Eth2 deposit contract has more than 5.2 million staked ether worth over $13 billion locked into the smart contract. The contract launched on November 4, 2020, and three weeks later, the contract met the required threshold to initiate the Beacon Chain. It’s not cheap to become a validator these days, as today’s exchange rates show the 32 ether to get started will run a user more than $84k. More Than $13 Billion Worth of Ether Locked Into the Eth2 Deposit Contract Ethereum users have added quite a bit of ether to the “Eth2 deposit contract,” as....

Ether price has surged above $580 in recent days, but the impending release of Ethereum 2.0 isn't the only catalyst driving the current rally. Alongside the high anticipation for Ethereum 2.0, the high time frame breakout and daily gas usage on Ethereum remain key positive factors.Eth2 momentum accelerates in correlation with priceThe Eth2 mainnet will launch when the number of Ether (ETH) staked in the Eth2 deposit contract address hits 524,288.Data from CryptoQuant found that the value staked in the Eth2 deposit contract address is showing a correlation with the ETH price.ETH price....

Additional transactions have been deposited into the Ethereum 2.0 contract to ensure a Dec.1 launch of Eth2's beacon chain The highly anticipated launch of Ethereum 2.0, or Eth2, is scheduled to take place next week. Specifically speaking, Eth2’s proof-of-stake blockchain known as “the beacon chain” has been confirmed to run alongside the Ethereum network starting Dec. 1. Although some members of the blockchain community remained skeptical about a Dec. 1 launch date for the beacon chain, an impressive 524,288 Ether (ETH) from 16,384 validators has been deposited into the Eth2 contract. As....