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Understanding staking pools: The pros and cons of staking cryptocurrency
9.5.2022
A popular investing strategy for long-term crypto investors, staking pools promise a regular income stream for the tokens staked with certain riders
Transient Presents: SPLASH– Your Web3 Home of Prediction Pools
4.5.2022
Transient is thrilled to present to users Splash, a decentralized hub for prediction pools covering all possible outcomes across a huge range of industries and opportunities — featuring in the first version: Crypto, Esports, and Sports — all powered by Transient’s ecosystem of smart contracts....
Transient Presents: SPLASH – Your Web3 Home of Prediction Pools
2.5.2022
Transient is thrilled to present to users Splash, a decentralised hub for prediction pools covering all possible outcomes across a huge range of industries and opportunities—featuring in the first version: Crypto, Esports and Sports—all powered by Transient’s ecosystem of smart contracts. Splash...
Attackers Steal $80 Million From Rari Capital’s Fuse Platform, Fei Protocol Suffers From Exploit
30.4.2022
According to a report from the blockchain company Blocsec, Rari Capital’s Fuse platform has lost roughly $80 million from a “reentrancy vulnerability.” On Saturday, Fei Protocol’s official Twitter account confirmed it lost funds from the Rari Fuse platform exploit....
Bitcoin network hash rate hit a new record high amid price volatility
28.4.2022
Bitcoin network hash rate hit a new record high, seeing a 400% increase since the mining ban by China last year
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits a Lifetime High After a 5.56% Increase, Metric Nears 30 Trillion
27.4.2022
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty reached a lifetime high on April 27, at block height 733,824, after jumping 5.56% higher than two weeks ago. The difficulty jump further indicates that Bitcoin’s difficulty is also nearing 30 trillion, as the change on Wednesday shows the current difficulty...
Uncollateralized Lending Platform Truefi Reveals $100 Million Single-Borrower Pool Designed for Blockchain.com
25.4.2022
The crypto firm Blockchain.com has revealed it has secured up to $100 million in liquidity from Truefi’s single-borrower pool. The pool will be initially capped at $100 million over the first year and Blockchain.com aims to use the funds to bolster its own “liquidity pools, leverage...
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Surges Reaching a Lifetime High, Difficulty Expected to Jump Next Week
24.4.2022
Bitcoin’s hashrate tapped a lifetime high this weekend reaching 271.19 exahash per second (EH/s) on Saturday, April 23 at block height 733,197. Currently, the computational power is coasting along at 233.81 EH/s with a network difficulty change expected three days from now on April...
$19.2 Billion in Staked Assets — Liquid Staking Solution Lido Set to Surpass Curve’s TVL
21.4.2022
While the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) hovers just above the $214 billion mark, a defi protocol called Lido has been moving closer toward taking Curve’s top spot in terms of TVL in a defi protocol. Currently, the liquid staking solution Lido has $19.2 billion...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops for the Third Time in 2022, Just Over 100K Blocks to Go Until the Halving
14.4.2022
Bitcoin miners have received their third break this year as the network’s mining difficulty adjusted downward by 1.26% on April 14 at block height 731,808. Currently, miners have more than 200 exahash per second (EH/s) in computational power dedicated to mining the Bitcoin blockchain...
13,233 Blocks Found by 16 Pools — A Look at the Top Bitcoin Mining Pools in Q1 2022
12.4.2022
During the first quarter of 2022, Bitcoin’s hashrate averaged between 180 to 200 exahash per second (EH/s) and during the course of that time, 13,233 block rewards were found by 16 mining pools. According to three-month statistics, Foundry USA was the network’s top mining pool...
Ethereum’s Hashrate Taps an All-Time High as Miners Race to Mint ETH Before The Merge
9.4.2022
While the Ethereum community is getting prepared for The Merge and the protocol’s transition to a full proof-of-stake (PoS) system, the network’s hashrate reached an all-time high (ATH) on April 7, 2022. On Thursday, Ethereum’s hashrate reached a high of 1.131 petahash...
The race for semiconductors: Are crypto miners taking the lion's share?
7.4.2022
Semiconductors are making headlines again this year but to what extent can the shortage be attributed to crypto miners?
EverLend, First Lending Protocol on Everscale Network, Kicks off Operations With Successful LEND Token Launch
6.4.2022
EverLend.app is a secured lending protocol powered by Everscale. The platform was successfully launched on the 18th of March, 2022 together with its own utility token. The platform facilitates DeFi lending by hosting funding pools with interest rates based on Everscale’s asset supply...
'Green oasis' for Bitcoin mining: Norway has almost 1% of global BTC hash rate
4.4.2022
Norway’s Bitcoin mining credentials are impressive: The small European country hosts 0.77% of Bitcoin’s hash rate using 100% green, renewable energy
With Over 90% of BTC’s Supply Issued, Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Reaches a Lifetime High
2.4.2022
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty increased this week on March 31, 2022, at block height 729,792 for the first time since February 17. The network’s difficulty jumped 4.31% higher bringing the metric to a lifetime high at 28.59 trillion. Since the increase, the network’s hashrate...
As Bitcoin’s Hashrate Remains Elevated, BTC’s Mining Difficulty Expected to Reach a Lifetime High
30.3.2022
During the last month, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been coasting along above the 200 exahash per second (EH/s) zone, minus a number of drops here and there above and below that range. Following two difficulty changes that saw the difficulty decrease by 1.84%, the network’s difficulty...
Bitcoin Miners Catch a Second Break With Another Downward Difficulty Adjustment
18.3.2022
Five days ago, Bitcoin’s hashrate had shown improvement as it increased 15% over the course of ten days and today, the computational power remains above the 200 exahash per second (EH/s) region. Meanwhile, bitcoin miners caught another break on Thursday, as the network’s mining...
Stranded no more? Bitcoin miners could help solve Big Oil's gas problem
18.3.2022
Can Bitcoin mining be part of the solution for greenhouse emissions rather than part of the problem?
The Top Three Crypto Liquidity Pools to Watch in 2022: Uniswap (UNI), Balancer (BAL), and Firepin (FRPN)
15.3.2022
Liquidity pools are a rather new concept in the cryptocurrency world. Cryptocurrencies such as PancakeSwap (CAKE), Balancer (BAL), and FIREPIN (FRPN) offer these to holders. Liquidity pools are pools of crypto tokens securely stored under smart contracts. Liquidity pools assist in executing deals...