ETH Weekly | CME will launch Ethereum futures on February 8 next year; V God said that he sold half of Bitcoin 7 years ago (12.14-12.20)

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2020-12-21 08:38 (UTC+8)

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The balance of the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract exceeded 1.6 million ETH.

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The balance of the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract exceeded 1.6 million ETH.

Author | Qin Xiaofeng

Produced | Odaily

1. Overall overview

Second, the secondary market

1. Spot market

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(ETH daily chart, picture from OKEx)

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(data from BiNuNiu)

(data from Tokenview)

Tokenview dataIt shows that the number of transfers on the chain rose slightly last week, and the number of large-value transfers of "above 5,000 ETH" and "above 10,000 ETH" increased by 3.48% and 10.14% month-on-month, but the number of large-amount transfers of "above 50,000 ETH" decreased by 29.4% month-on-month. %, the frequency of giant whale account transactions decreased.

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3. Ecology and technology

1. Technological progress

(1) The balance of the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract exceeded 1.6 million ETH

According to data from OKLink, as of 24:00 on the 20th, the balance of the Ethereum 2.0 mortgage contract has reached 1,684,033 ETH, accounting for 1.47% of the current supply of Ethereum.

On December 14, according to official news, Sigma Prime, the Ethereum 2.0 client Lighthouse development team, released Lighthouse v1.0.4. This release includes many stability and performance improvements and it is recommended that all users update to this release for improved stability.

2. Voice of the Community

(1) V God: He sold half of Bitcoin 7 years ago

V God tweeted, 7 years ago, before Ethereum started, I only had a net worth of a few thousand dollars. Still, I sold half of my bitcoins to make sure I wouldn't go bankrupt if they went to zero.

According to previous reports, V God posted a screenshot on Twitter showing someone borrowing money to buy BTC. He said, "Please don't do this. I would never recommend anyone to buy ETH or other Ethereum assets through personal loans."

(2) Co-founder of EthHub: Bitcoin will be a subset of the transaction volume of the entire Ethereum network

EthHub co-founder Eric Conner tweeted that Ethereum is the Internet of Finance. Bitcoin is digital gold. This means that Bitcoin will be a subset of the transaction volume transacted on the entire Ethereum network. You will need ETH to make these transactions.

Messari founder Ryan Selkis tweeted his views on ETH, which he believes is a defensive asset. ETH powers the Ethereum blockchain, which is incredibly valuable. You need ETH to stake and secure transactions.

3. Project trends

(1) Secret Ethereum Bridge provides privacy for ERC-20 tokens

The privacy public chain Secret Network now provides privacy functions for the Ethereum blockchain and 14 ERC-20 tokens. According to an official blog post, Secret Network has launched its Secret Ethereum Bridge on mainnet, which aims to allow Ethereum (ETH) and all ERC-20 token holders to create programmable versions of assets with privacy features. Secret Network also stated that it plans to launch Bridge mining rewards starting in January. Crypto users can earn SCRT tokens by locking assets on Secret Ethereum Bridge. (Cointelegraph)

(2) Lido Finance, an Ethereum 2.0 mortgage service provider, completed $2 million in financing

On December 15th, Lido Finance, an Ethereum 2.0 mortgage service provider, completed a $2 million financing. This round of investment was led by institutions such as Semantic Ventures, ParaFi Capital, Terra, Stakefish, and Staking Facilities, as well as Rune Christensen of MakerDAO, Stani Kulechov of Aave and Angel investors including Synthetix's Kain Warwick participated in the round. The fresh funding will put Lido on track to launch its mainnet this month. (The Block)

(3) Lido, the Ethereum 2.0 staking liquidity solution, started its first day with more than $1 million in pledged assets

On December 19th, Lido announced its official launch, and users can pledge ETH on Lido. That night, Lido, the Ethereum 2.0 staking liquidity solution, announced that the value of ETH assets pledged in the protocol exceeded $1 million. In addition, on December 20, the official said that Sigma Prime and Quantstamp had completed the audit of the Lido protocol contract.

Blockchain indexing protocol The Graph has launched its mainnet on December 17. The indexing protocol organizes all information on the blockchain, allowing developers of Ethereum-based applications to run their front-end operations more efficiently. The Graph says it also increases the accessibility of decentralized applications through a public and open API called subgraph. (The Block)

4. Borrowing

Defipulse4. Borrowing

The data shows that the value of locked collateral on the chain rose from US$14.39 billion to US$16.77 billion last week, a week-on-week increase of 16.5%; the previous week (11.7-12.13) saw a net decrease of US$27 million, and a net increase of US$2.38 billion last week, a month-on-month increase of 8914% .

Specifically, the amount of ETH mortgages rose from 6.987 million to 7.182 million last week, an increase of 2.7%; the amount of BTC mortgages dropped from 153,913 to 143,164, a decrease of 6.9%.

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(data from etherchain.org)

etherchain.orgThe data shows that the average computing power decreased by 0.42% month-on-month, and was temporarily reported as 285.6 TH/s; the average mining difficulty reached 3597 T, a month-on-month decrease of 0.49%; new addresses increased by 35% month-on-month, and the activity on the chain rose sharply; , the total mining revenue rose by 11.64% month-on-month.