In November of 2021, El Salvador hosted two Bitcoin conferences and a plethora of international Bitcoiners descended upon the country. Most Bitcoiners seemed bullish on El Salvador, however, some have criticized the roll-out as “heavy-handed and in contradiction to the Bitcoin ethos.” While it’s important to provide constructive criticism, verifying these claims is equally important. […]
The good news for developers is that the next time someone (usually a reporter) asks them when Ethereum 2.0 is coming, they’ll have an answer: Never. The bad news? They’ll have to get a bit technical to explain why. The Ethereum Foundation today, following the lead of the blockchain’s core developers, announced that the term […]
Despite the fact that the digital currency market has experienced a huge drop in market Cap and lost a substantial amount of pips in their various assets. Yet market investors are on the look for profitable opportunities to invest their money amidst the downhill movement taking place in the market. With rate hike expectations coming […]
After trading lower for the majority of Monday’s session, cryptocurrency prices were slowly starting to find support, with a few markets rallying, as we headed toward the end of the day. Cosmos One such crypto was cosmos (ATOM), which was the biggest gainer in the top 20, climbing by almost 10% to start the week. […]
Central bank digital currencies are “the inevitable evolution of today’s electronic currencies” and one in the U.S. could be released as soon as 2025, Bank of America said today. The bank said in a Monday report titled “U.S. CBDC: First Step in a Long Journey” that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) would differ from […]
As digital asset markets have shed significant value during the last two weeks, the top meme coins by market capitalization have dropped considerably against the U.S. dollar. The top meme asset dogecoin has lost 23.9% over the last seven days, while shiba inu’s value was reduced by 31.1% this week. Dogecoin Down 80% Since All-Time […]
The largest Bitcoin miner in North America, Core Scientific Inc, is set to go public. Investors have approved a $4.3 billion merger with a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). The Texas-based Bitcoin mining firm will merge with Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. Core Scientific is going public Core Scientific is the largest Bitcoin mining […]
The creator of PlayStation, Ken Kutaragi, is not buying into the metaverse hype. Kutaragi noted that he is not excited about the virtual world despite the attention it has been receiving in recent months. The metaverse is currently a hot topic in the tech sector. Towards the end of last year, Facebook rebranded into Meta, […]
The Bitcoin mining difficulty recently reached an all-time high. This comes as Bitcoin mining reaches full recovery after being greatly affected in May and June last year after China imposed a mining ban. According to BTC.com, the Bitcoin mining difficulty currently stands 26.643 trillion at an average hash rate of 190.71 exahash per second (EH/s). […]
Crypto YouTubers have been the latest victims of hacking attacks. Several YouTube accounts dealing in the crypto niche were targeted on January 23, as hackers hijacked the accounts and posted unauthorized videos. The hackers’ objective was financial extortion by directing followers of these accounts to send crypto to a wallet address owned by the hacker. […]
The cryptocurrency market has not been performing well, and with over $1 trillion being liquidated in the market, most tokens are trading in the red zone. Torum (XTM) is one of the worst-hit tokens during the recent recession. Torum has dropped by around 91% from its all-time high. This high was created in November last […]
Lloyd Blankfein says crypto has benefited from trillions of dollars in investment and that though he remains skeptical, he’s practical about crypto’s potential. Crypto has matured to a point it’s attracting trillions of dollars from institutional investors, pushing the burgeoning sector towards greater adoption. That certainly is the view of former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd […]
The selloff in cryptocurrencies continued to start the week, with bitcoin falling to its lowest level since July. Ethereum was also trading in the red, hitting multi-month lows in the process. This comes as the overall global market cap in cryptos was down close to 9% at the time of writing. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC), which […]
While the Solana network hasn’t experienced a full outage since September’s extended downtime, it hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing the last few months for the rising layer-1 blockchain. Following recent network performance issues, Solana Labs co-founder and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko has detailed the platform’s “growing pains” as it scales to meet demand. Late last week and […]
Harbor Custom Development will accept bitcoin for its real estate properties. The company said the integration would be facilitated by a third party, which would also handle an escrow arrangement. Harbor operates in Washington, California, Texas, and Florida. Real estate development company Harbor Custom Development Inc. will start accepting bitcoin as payment for its listed […]
Jane Street actively trades global equities, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), bonds, and options. Global market maker and trading firm Jane Street Group, whose growing footprint across Wall Street has come amid a massive growth in the market, says it sees more adoption across the crypto trading space. The firm, according to Bloomberg, says cryptocurrency trading offers […]
The good news for developers is that the next time someone (usually a reporter) asks them when Ethereum 2.0 is coming, they’ll have an answer: Never. The bad news? They’ll have to get a bit technical to explain why. The Ethereum Foundation today, following the lead of the blockchain’s core developers, announced that the term […]
CheckTemplateVerify (CTV) is a soft fork proposal for Bitcoin specified in the Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) 119. It aims to enable new use cases for the network by adding more complex types of “covenants,” or smart contracts, than what can be achieved at the moment. Why Covenants? Bitcoin, as is, doesn’t possess a lot of […]
Education and awareness campaigns are still viewed as important channels that draw people to cryptocurrencies and blockchain. This has been particularly true in some parts of Africa where bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are proving to be a useful alternative to fiat currency. Blockchain Education and Advocacy From Uganda Despite a surge in the use of […]
Bitcoin slumped to lows of $33,064 and could tank further given the negative sentiment seeping through the markets. Robert Kiyosaki says he’d buy more BTC if prices sink to retest the $20,000 region. “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” author Robert Kiyosaki says he’s ready to add to his Bitcoin holdings if further declines in the benchmark […]
Solana (SOL)—now valued at $86—has crashed by more than 16% during the last 24 hours and roughly 40% over the previous week, during what has been a brutal price crash for the broader crypto market. SOL’s current price is now a full 68.3% shy of its all-time high of $259, set on November 6, 2021. […]
Crypto lottery platform Lucky Block lists on Pancakeswap this Wednesday 26 January, bringing forward its plans after the surprise early sellout of its presale. The exact time of the listing on the day is 18:00 GMT/UTC. Lucky Block has rapidly amassed 8,611 investors in its innovative lottery platform that breaks the mould with an industry-first […]
