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Swiss state-owned bank Post Finance AG has expanded its digital-asset offering by introducing staking for ethereum (ETH), allowing holders to earn passive income. The bank plans to add staking for other tokens soon.

With its recent performance demonstrating strength above $100,000, Bitcoin has been rising steadily. A more interesting view can be seen on the chart: Bitcoin might still be in a covert downward trend.

The overall cryptocurrency market has shown strong bullish potential ahead of President-elect and pro-crypto advocate Donald Trump's inauguration, scheduled for January 20, 2025. However, one thing that has been capturing the massive attention of crypto enthusiasts is the recent activity of crypto giants over the past week.

As staking gains traction across crypto, TradFi is slowly embracing the new trend.

Cryptocurrency markets are surging on the last trading day before the presidential inauguration. Cryptocurrency Price Gains +/- Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $105,607.81 +5.6% Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $3,426.67 +2.8% Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $216.86 +1.7% XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $3.24 -4% Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.4148 +7.6% Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.00002403 +7.5% Notable Statistics: IntoTheBlock data shows large transaction volume increasing by 6.4% and daily active addresses falling by 2.9%.

ETH price fell by 11% over the past 30 days but bullish sentiment and other data point toward a rally to $4,000.

Ethereum developers have set March 2025 as the target for deploying the Pectra upgrade. The timeline was finalized during the Execution Layer Meeting on January 16.

According to data provided by cryptocurrency analytics platform IntoTheBlock, Ethereum (ETH) whales now control 43% of the cryptocurrency's total circulating supply after another accumulation spree.

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Bitcoin's chance of hitting a new all-time high has increased, buoyed by expectations of the adoption of a US Bitcoin reserve.

Ethereum's (ETH) dominance has seen a sharp decline this year, driven by broader market consolidation that has kept the altcoin's price below $3,800 since January.

Ethereum Foundation developers have set early to mid-March of 2025 for the mainnet fork of the Pectra upgrade, setting the stage for the next phase of Ethereum development. The developers agreed on this tentative date at the Execution Layer meeting held on January 16.

Crypto hedge fund Wintermute predicts a potential Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) ETF launch in 2025 alongside other potentially revolutionary developments like the establishment of a strategic Bitcoin reserve in the United States. This forecast is part of a broader analysis that forecasts a series of pivotal changes in the digital asset market in 2025, including maturation of the options market and increased institutional participation.

Ethereum trades above the $3,400 price level with no significant price change. The developer team plans to deploy the Pectra upgrade in March 2025.

According to cryptocurrency analytics platform CryptoQuant, Ethereum's transaction fees have been consistently more expensive than those of Bitcoin over the past few months.

After months of stringent internal stress testing of devnets and testnets, Ethereum (ETH) developers agreed to transition toward implementing Pectra on mainnet this March. The largest upgrade in Ethereum's (ETH) history since migration to proof of stake, Pectra is expected to make Ethereum (ETH) dramatically faster and cheaper.

Developers will do a run through of Pectra on Ethereum's test networks, Sepolia and Holesky, throughout February before its March release.

Ripple's XRP outperformed most altcoins in 2024 after registering an over 300% price gain. This performance saw it emerge as the third-largest crypto asset by market capitalization.

Sam Ruskin from Messari highlighted post-election momentum, a potential XRP ETF filing, and the rotation toward “boomer coins” as key factors that could enable XRP to surpass ETH.

Ethereum (ETH) is in a weird place at the moment. While it is the second largest cryptocurrency in the world by market cap, it has underperformed its main rival, Bitcoin (BTC), over the course of the current bull run, by a pretty significant margin.

TL;DR StakeStone implements Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) for ETH staking on layer-2 networks such as Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism. CCIP offers level 5 security, with an independent risk management system that ensures cross-chain operations. The integration expands the Chainlink ecosystem, enabling a safer and more efficient staking experience for users.

One essential part of the Ethereum (ETH) ecosystem is the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), which functions as the operational hub for the deployment and execution of smart contracts.

Ethereum (ETH), the world's second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, experienced a significant 8.80% gain yesterday, January 16, 2025. However, the price has since retraced nearly 5%, dropping from $3,450 to around the $3,260 level today, January 17, 2025.

Ethereum's Pectra upgrade is set for March 2025, while strong institutional inflows highlight the network's continued dominance.