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Cardano Slips to 10th Position, Underperforming in a Surging Crypto Market
9.4.2024
After holding a leading spot among the top cryptocurrencies for years, cardano (ADA) has recently been relegated to the tenth position. This shift occurred as toncoin (TON) ascended, surpassing the market capitalization of cardano. Toncoin Overtakes Cardano in Market Cap Over the past year, bitcoin...
Double or Nothing: Proshares Unveils BITU and SBIT ETFs for Bullish and Bearish Bitcoin Bets
3.4.2024
On Tuesday, Proshares introduced two new offerings: the Ultra Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, sporting the ticker BITU, and the Ultrashort Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), known as SBIT. While BITU is designed to deliver two times the daily returns of bitcoin, SBIT is structured to produce double...
Hope Rises Among XRP Proponents for a Significant Upswing Amidst Crypto Market Expansion
13.3.2024
In the last week, XRP experienced a 19.9% increase in its value against the U.S. dollar, reaching a peak of $0.744 per coin on March 11, 2024. Its price has since retreated a hair, now trading at $0.685 per XRP. Although the digital currency’s market results haven’t captured as much...
Fixing Cumulative Layout Shift Problems on DavidWalshBlog
24.1.2024
Over 50 thousand developers visit DavidWalshBlog every month from around the world to learn JavaScript tricks and fix problems in their code. Unfortunately, some of them have a slow experience on the site. David tracks the performance of his Core Web Vitals and overall performance with Request...
AI Video Game Characters Seem As Soulless As You'd Expect
19.1.2024
Think of your favorite video game character. Picture them in your head, remember their stories and the actors’ performances that made them stick with you long after you put the controller down. Maybe you’re thinking of Astarion from Baldur’s Gate 3, whose actor Neil Newbon recently won the Best...
World Gold Council Anticipates Flat Performance In ‘Soft Landing’ Scenario
11.12.2023
The World Gold Council (WGC) is anticipating a flat demand for the precious metal in the expected case of a “soft landing” scenario. However, the institution states that a recession is still not off the table, given that the U.S. Federal Reserve has managed only to pull off two soft...
Elon Musk launches AI chatbot 'Grok’ — says it can outperform ChatGPT
5.11.2023
Grok costs $16 per month on X Premium Plus. But for now it is only offered to a limited number of users in the United States
2023: The Year AI Cryptos Soared, Then Faltered
10.9.2023
At the outset of the year, artificial intelligence (AI) cryptocurrencies embarked on a rising journey, recording substantial gains and witnessing a surge in global trade activity. However, as we now traverse the course of time, the AI crypto landscape has undergone a significant downturn. According...
Canaan to Launch Avalon 14 Series Bitcoin Miner With Advanced 1X J/TH Efficiency
7.9.2023
In mid-August, Bitmain revealed its intention to launch a new Antminer featuring an efficiency rating of 1X joules per terahash (J/TH). Three days after this disclosure, Canaan also announced plans to unveil a novel product but with little details. Canaan has since offered more information...
OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Enterprise — 4 times the power of consumer version
29.8.2023
OpenAI also claims it is two times faster than GPT-4 with enhanced privacy and security standards
Judge Denies CEL Valuation Boost; Evades CEL’s Security Classification in Celsius Saga
26.8.2023
In the unfolding saga of the Celsius bankruptcy case, a proposal was presented to elevate the defunct crypto enterprise’s native token, CEL, to a valuation of $0.80 each. Yet, the overseeing U.S. bankruptcy judge, Martin Glenn, dismissed this proposal. Consequently, Celsius’s...
Canaan Cuts Bitcoin Mining Power by 2 EH/s Amid US, Kazakhstan Challenges
20.8.2023
Canaan, a leading high-performance computing firm and mining rig producer, recently disclosed hurdles set to dent its bitcoin mining activities and revenue from Q3 2023 onward. These setbacks primarily stem from diminished operational hours of their mining devices. This revelation comes hot on...
Ordinals Reach 20 Million Milestone, But Bitcoin-Based NFT Sales Slide
30.7.2023
This week marked a milestone as the number of Ordinal inscriptions minted on the Bitcoin blockchain crossed the impressive 20 million threshold. But despite this achievement, Bitcoin-based non-fungible token (NFT) or Ordinal marketplace sales have witnessed a downturn since mid-July. Once...
Auradine Unveils Teraflux, New Line of US-Crafted Bitcoin Mining Rigs Providing Up to 270 TH/s
27.7.2023
According to a press release published July 25, 2023, Auradine, a new competitor in the blockchain infrastructure sector, is entering the application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin mining industry with a line of bitcoin mining rigs known as the Teraflux series. Auradine’s...
Solana records 1 outage in first half of 2023, 100% uptime in Q2
21.7.2023
The Solana network is seeing steady improvements in performance and reliability as outages become more infrequent
Matrixport’s Year-End 2024 Prediction: Bitcoin to Reach $125,000 as Strong Performance Fuels Bullish Sentiment
10.7.2023
While bitcoin has shown strong performance in the first half of 2023, Markus Thielen, the head of research at crypto firm Matrixport, released a prediction on July 5, 2023, stating that bitcoin (BTC) will reach $125,000 by the end of 2024. Thielen’s forecast is based on a signal indicating...
World Gold Council’s Mid-Year Report: Gold Set for a Neutral Second Half Under Economic Uncertainty
9.7.2023
On July 6, 2023, the World Gold Council (WGC) released its 2023 Mid-Year Outlook, revealing that a “strong first half for gold is likely to give way to a more neutral H2.” According to WGC researchers and market strategists, central banks are “nearing the end of their...
Monero Maintains Stability Amid Crypto Market Volatility, Remains Top Privacy Token With $3B Market Cap
8.7.2023
In the last half-year, there has been a remarkable surge in the value of crypto assets such as bitcoin and ethereum. BTC has skyrocketed by 77%, while ETH has experienced an impressive 44% leap. On the other hand, the leading privacy-focused cryptocurrency, monero (XMR), has displayed a rather...
Bitcoin Leaves Major Assets in the Dust: Surges 80% in the First Half of 2023, Soars to 12th Largest Global Asset
5.7.2023
In the first half of 2023, eye-opening statistics reveal that bitcoin (BTC), the leading cryptocurrency, demonstrated remarkable performance by surpassing various significant assets such as the Nasdaq Index, Nikkei 225 Index, Dow Jones, S&P 500, Russell 2000, spot gold, the U.S. Dollar Index...
Hut8 relocates 6,400 rigs, sees growth in AI & high performance computing
3.7.2023
Bitcoin mining firm Hut8 continues to relocate miners from idle North Bay site as demand for AI and high power computing drives new demand