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Bitcoin Blockchain Surpasses Half-Terabyte Amid Soaring Transactions and Increased Block Capacity
20.12.2023
Although bitcoin’s price hasn’t eclipsed its historic peak, this year the network has shattered multiple records. These include reaching the highest level of difficulty, achieving an all-time high in total hashrate, and setting a new record for daily confirmed transactions. In 2023...
Elastos Unveils New Bitcoin Layer-2 Network to Enable Bitcoin Staking
19.12.2023
Source: Pixabay Public blockchain project Elasto has unveiled BeL2, a ‘Bitcoin roll-up’ introducing Bitcoin staking and other comprehensive Layer 2 solutions. BeL2’s Rollup introduces the implementation of smart contracts, enabling irreversible digital agreements between parties...
The Rise of DeFi and NFTs on the Bitcoin Blockchain
18.12.2023
With a growing interest in Bitcoin, especially with the anticipated ETF launch, its ecosystem has been rapidly expanding. One of the most popular developments happening on Bitcoin right now is BRC-20, which is not only driving the growth of the Bitcoin NFT market but also expanding the DeFi sector....
Bitcoin Celebrates One Year of Ordinal Inscriptions With 48 Million Mark Hit, Signaling Longevity Despite Ongoing Debate
15.12.2023
On Dec. 15, 2023, a significant milestone was achieved in the Bitcoin blockchain world, just a day shy of the anniversary of the first Ordinal inscription. The total count of Ordinal inscriptions has impressively hit the 48 million mark. Despite initial skepticism about their longevity, these...
Bitcoin Developer Luke Dashjr Registers Ordinal Inscriptions Workaround as a Vulnerability
13.12.2023
Luke Dashjr, Bitcoin developer and CTO of Mummalin, has registered a method that allows Ordinal inscriptions to be saved on the Bitcoin blockchain as a code vulnerability. The vulnerability, CVE-2023-50428, states that “datacarrier size limits can be bypassed by obfuscating data...
NFT Sales Boom in November — Bitcoin Dethrones Ethereum in Market Surge
2.12.2023
Sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) experienced a notable surge in November, with a 129.01% increase in sales volume compared to October. Additionally, NFTs created on the Bitcoin blockchain surpassed those on Ethereum in terms of sales this past month. This shift can be attributed to a marked rise...
First-of-its-Kind NFT-Centric Wallet by Magic Eden Set to Transform Digital Collecting – NFTs Making a Comeback
28.11.2023
Source: MagicEden / Twitter Cross-chain non-fungible token (NFT) platform Magic Eden has rolled out its Magic Eden Wallet in Beta, with the desktop browser extension to follow. According to the press release, this is a cross-chain self-custody software wallet created in partnership with crypto...
Bitcoin User Unwittingly Pays $3.1 Million in Single Transaction Fee
23.11.2023
Onchain data reveals a staggering incident where a bitcoin user inadvertently paid a fee of 83.65 BTC, amounting to a costly mistake of $3.1 million, in a single transaction. This blunder occurred in block 818,087, mined by Antpool, marking the highest fee ever recorded on the Bitcoin blockchain....
3 metrics DeFi traders can watch in order to spot the next crypto bull market
17.11.2023
TVL, fee revenue and wallet activity are just three metrics investors can use to assess the health of the DeFi sector
Today in Crypto: Sino-US Bitcoin ASIC War May Be Starting, Neon EVM Testing Alternative Gas Payments
17.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / William W. Potter Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. __________ Mining news We may be witnessing the start of a Sino-US bitcoin silicon war, according to the latest Miner...
Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX) and dYdX produce double-digit gains as Bitcoin reclaims $37K
15.11.2023
SOL, AVAX and DYDX rank among the top-performing altcoins this month. Cointelegraph investigates what is behind the move
Bitcoin Wallets Created Before 2016 May Be Vulnerable – Billions at Risk?
15.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Zerbor The US-based cybersecurity firm Unciphered has warned users globally that their bitcoin (BTC) wallets created before 2016 may be in danger – as are billions in BTC. Early crypto adopters and participants in a number of blockchain platforms between 2011-2015 may...
Bitcoin Hits 40 Million Inscriptions Milestone and Second-Highest Day of Confirmed Transactions
14.11.2023
Data reveals a milestone in the Bitcoin blockchain, with a tally of 40 million Ordinal inscriptions etched into its ledger. Inscription records were shattered on November 12, 2023, when a daily peak saw 505,345 inscriptions created in a single day. This burst of activity propelled Bitcoin to...
Bitstream White Paper Proposes Bitcoin Payments to Disrupt File Storage Economy
12.11.2023
Robin Linus, the creator behind BitVM — a computing construct atop the Bitcoin blockchain — released a new white paper on November 11, 2023, entitled “Bitstream.” The document explores a system aimed at reforming the economic structure of file storage, suggesting...
Is it altseason? Altcoin 30-day performance and total market cap flash bullish
9.11.2023
3 key data points highlight the 60-day strength shown by altcoins
Bitcoin Flips Ethereum for the First Time in 24-Hour NFT Sales Shift
8.11.2023
On Wednesday, November 8, 2023, the Bitcoin blockchain saw its non-fungible token (NFT) asset sales surpass those on the Ethereum platform, marking a historic shift during a single-day span. According to the analytics provided by cryptoslam.io, Bitcoin-based NFT transactions amounted to $17.17...
Bitcoin supply held by long-term holders hits all-time high — Research
7.11.2023
Bitcoin’s recent rally to a 2023 high is backed by on-chain and sentiment data
Bitcoin’s Ordinal Inscriptions Surge to Second-Highest Daily Count, Causing BTC Transaction Spike
5.11.2023
As September 2023 waned, there was a noticeable dip in the creation of Ordinal inscriptions, but as the month of October closed, a significant rebound occurred. This upward trend peaked on November 4, 2023, when the Bitcoin blockchain recorded the second-highest daily total of Ordinal inscriptions...
Today in Crypto: ‘End of NFT Winter is Not Yet Visible’, Tattoos Come With Digital Twins, NEAR Partners with Berklee College of Music
3.11.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. __________ NFT news Blockchain data analytics platform Nansen‘s analyst Sandra Leow found that “based on our study, the...
Today in Crypto: Xapo Bank Enables Non-US Members to Invest $10 in S&P 100 Stocks, Nym Technologies Reveals NymVPN Upcoming Launch and Info
2.11.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. __________ Investment news Bitcoin and stablecoin custodian and licensed private bank Xapo Bank announced the launch of a new Stocks...