MENU Show navigation FXStreet Trading Studio ETH/USD Editorial Tools Latest Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin ETHEREUM TECHNICAL ANALYSIS (ETH US DOLLAR) Top 3 Price Prediction Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple: ETH outperforming its peers, BTC struggles and XRP bearish By Filip L. | 14:21 GMT Three reasons why Ethereum price is on the brink of breakout to new all-time high By Ekta Mourya | 06:34 GMT Cryptocurrencies Price Prediction: SafeMoon, Solana & Ethereum — Asian Wrap 02 Dec By FXStreet Team | 01:50 GMT Cryptocurrencies Price Prediction: Ethereum, Cardano & Bitcoin – American Wrap 1 December By FXStreet Team | Dec 01, 22:15 GMT Ethereum price builds the momentum to hit new all-time highs By Jonathan Morgan | Dec 01, 17:53 GMT Technical overview Big picture THEMES AFFECTING CRYPTOCURRENCIES LATEST ETHEREUM ANALYSIS EDITORS' PICKS Cardano price hits rock bottom as ADA prepares for 40% breakout A brief technical and on-chain analysis on Cardano price. Here, FXStreet's analysts evaluate different patterns and indicators that suggest ADA is primed to advance further. More Cardano News DeFi protocol Badger DAO loses $120 million in exploit, sending prices in a downward spiral Badger DAO fell victim to the latest hack in the DeFi ecosystem. The protocol lost a total of $120.3 million in wrapped Bitcoin and Ethereum. More Cryptocurrencies News Three reasons why Ethereum price is on the brink of breakout to new all-time high Ethereum is inching closer to the “merge,” or the transition from “proof-of-work” to “proof-of-stake,” and developers have invited the community to contribute. Ethereum is closest to its previous all-time high, awaiting a trigger to break into a price tally. More Ethereum News Top 3 Price Prediction Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple: ETH outperforming its peers, BTC struggles and XRP bearish The Bitcoin bull rally got stopped in its tracks this week after BTC price came under more pressure from the Omicron story, and the resulting market turmoil. Ethereum price, however, came just $16 away from making a new record high, making gains in contrast to the other two majors. More Bitcoin News Cyber Monday 2021 Discounts! Glued to your trading screen on Cyber Monday? Upgrade your skills by signing up for FXStreet’s Premium service, offered at a discount of up to 50%. Fellow traders have already taken advantage of Black Friday profits. What about you? Subscribe now! BTC ETH XRP WHAT IS ETHEREUM? Ethereum is an open-source cryptocurrency created by Vitalik Buterin, Garvin Wood, and Joseph Lubin. Launched in 2015, it is currently the second largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization. Among the functions that drove this cryptocurrency to that position is its technology, specifically the GAS. This system prevents errors and accidents during the different processes to occur in the Ethereum network. In addition, it serves to measure the effort and steps required by each computational process. The cryptocurrency is called Ether, while the blockchain enabling its operation is called Ethereum. It is based on a decentralized system called Turing machine and its operation has a technology not seen in cryptocurrencies until now, the so-called intelligent contracts. Its objective is to avoid accidents and verify that the agreed transactions are carried out as planned. 5 most predictable cryptocurrencies By Yohay Elam | FEB 07, 13:35 GMT The prices of cryptocurrencies change quite rapidly and can be wild. With high attention and trading volumes, patterns are emerging... The best times for trading cryptocurrencies for those that hate surprises By Yohay Elam | FEB 09, 14:41 GMT Trading cryptocurrencies can be wild, but sometimes too wild. Traders of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and all the rest need volatility... Cryptocurrency scams: 10 ways to identify scam coins By Yohay Elam | FEB 20, 15:36 GMT The fast-moving world of cryptocurrencies allows quite a few opportunities for traders. New cryptocurrencies and tokens often rise at a rapid clip... BEST CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGES TO BUY BITCOIN, ETHEREUM AND RIPPLE If you want to trade Bitcoin or Ethereum, the choices are endless. Yet when you begin going down the list of market capitalization, the options narrow. Even Ripple is not present on all exchanges. So, if you are interested in trade a specific coin, an easy way to eliminate potential candidates would be to check if they offer to trade in your desired one. If you are not sure which cryptocurrencies you want to trade, perhaps it is better starting from the most popular ones, but at an exchange that offers a relatively wide variety of coins, so you can change your mind easily before changing the exchange. Every exchange uses a different interface and different charting tools. You obviously cannot get familiar with every option available as it would take too much time. Reviews with screenshots may become handy in getting the look and feel of the platform. If you prefer advanced trading tools, there is a good chance that a broker might have more sophisticated tools. However, if you want a clean and simple one, most exchanges will have such an option. In addition to the ease of use, speed matters. If you are trading at a rapid clip or if you just need to have the system working properly without causing nervous breakdowns, watch out for reviews that complain about slow performance. Such exchanges could also have other issues. ETHEREUM VS BITCOIN While Bitcoin will have a total volume of 21 million somewhere in 2140, the Ether has no supply limits. Thanks to the lack of a maximum of Ether units, the Ethereum is not considered to be a deflationary cryptocurrency, which is the case of Bitcoin. The time of creation of a block and its subsequent union to the Bitcoin chain is 10 minutes, while that of Ether varies between 12 and 18 seconds. The Bitcoin security algorithm is the SHA256 while that of the Ethereum is the Ethash, similar to the SHA3. The programming language of Bitcoin is C ++ while that of Ethereum is Turing complete. The reward for mining Ethers recently dropped from 5 to 3 units per block, while for mining Bitcoin it remains constant at 12.5 units per block. Bitcoin has 8 decimals in the division of its entire part while Ether has 18. ©2021 "FXStreet" All Rights Reserved Disclaimer