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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...
Jack Dorsey Muses on Social Media ‘Takeover,’ Ethereum Weaknesses; Plus the Latest in Crypto Mining — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
24.4.2022
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey ponders Ethereum’s “single points of failure” and whether one man should be able to control an entire social media network, while Bitcoin.com News gives you the latest scoop in the world of ETH and BTC mining rigs. To top it all off, one economist...
Shiba Inu’s New Burn Portal Rewards SHIB Burners for Destroying Their Tokens
24.4.2022
Shiba inu holders can now get rewards for burning their SHIB tokens as the project’s development team officially launched the Shibaswap burn portal. According to the team, SHIB burners generate passive income in the form of RYOSHI rewards by holding on to a new token called...
Devs Send the First Dogecoin Transaction Without Internet via Radio Doge
23.4.2022
According to Dogecoin developer Michi Lumin, a DOGE transaction was sent via radio using a protocol called “Radio Doge.” Dogecoin proponents say Radio Doge will “enable access to dogecoin for people outside the reach of the internet.” 4.20 Dogecoin Sent via Radio...
Polygon Reveals Supernets Project to Bolster Web3 Adoption, Pledges $100 Million to Early Users
23.4.2022
On April 22, the layer two (L2) scaling network Polygon introduced the new Supernets network, a blockchain protocol that’s built to bolster Web3 technology. Furthermore, Polygon is pledging $100 million to early Supernet users “who can help fast-track adoption.”...
KyberSwap Launches on BitTorrent Chain With $1.5M in Liquidity Mining and Incentive Rewards
23.4.2022
Kyber Network and BitTorrent have announced the integration of KyberSwap with BitTorrent Chain (BTTC) as their 11th chain integration, with more than $1.5M in liquidity mining and trading incentives available to users immediately. The partnership will accelerate DeFi’s adoption with...
5 Projects Enabling Smart Contract Development on Bitcoin
23.4.2022
Smart contracts were made famous by the Ethereum (ETH) network, which offers Turing-complete smart contracts that enable the development of decentralized products and services. What not everyone may be aware of, however, is that smart contracts also exist on Bitcoin (BTC).
Read on to learn...
Broxus CEO Vlad Ponomarev on Everscale and Developing a Universal Bridge Mechanism
22.4.2022
Everscale is the most scalable network in DeFi. With the capacity to process over a million transactions per second, Everscale is able to offer users some of the fastest transaction speeds paired with fractional fees. The Everscale ecosystem includes a cross-chain bridge platform with a unique...
Tron’s Justin Sun Reveals Decentralized Algorithmic Stablecoin USDD
21.4.2022
On April 21, Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, announced the launch of a decentralized algorithmic stablecoin called USDD. Sun said on Thursday that the USDD Network will “provide custody service for the $10 [billion] worth of highly liquid assets raised from blockchain industry initiators...
A Use Case You Can Eat: California Crabs Tracked by Helium Network
21.4.2022
A quirky use-case from the Helium Network has saved one user $1000s on crab pots every year
Algorand aims to convert network transaction fees into carbon offsets
21.4.2022
The smart contract will automatically allocate part of the Algorand blockchain’s transaction fees to purchase carbon credits at the carbon offset marketplace ClimateTrade
Frax, Terra-Backed 4pool Goes Live on Fantom Network, Attracts $31M
21.4.2022
Frax is working on supporting Fantom projects interested in joining the yield pool, its founder confirmed
$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...
Doge Day Then and Now: Lackluster Buzz as Dogecoin’s Price Is 65% Lower Than Last Year
20.4.2022
While April 20 or 420 is synonymous with cannabis culture, the day is also considered “Doge Day,” by a great number of dogecoin supporters. The day prior on Twitter, the Doge network’s co-founder Billy Markus asked what people should expect on Doge Day and for dogecoin’s...
Makerdao Plans to Integrate Ethereum L2 Solution Starknet to Lower DAI Transaction Costs
20.4.2022
The decentralized finance (defi) project Makerdao has announced its plans to support the zero-knowledge (ZK) rollup solution Starknet in order to make DAI transactions faster and network costs cheaper. Starknet will be integrated into the defi protocol on April 28, 2022, as part...
MakerDAO deploys on layer-2 network StarkNet to enhance functions of DAI stablecoin
20.4.2022
MakerDAO is currently the 4th largest DeFi protocol as per TVL rankings with $14.24 billion in locked value
Brazilian Development Bank Sets Deadline for Completion of Blockchain Network
20.4.2022
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) has partnered with the Court of Accounts of the Union (TCU), a constitutional institution of the Brazilian government, to complete the development of the Brazilian Blockchain Network. The partnership, established through a memorandum of understanding...
Privacy-Centric Monero Plans for July Hard Fork, Plans Include Ring Signature, Bulletproof Upgrade
19.4.2022
According to a recent update on Monero’s Github repository, the privacy-centric crypto network plans to hard fork in July, at block height 2,668,888. Monero is the largest privacy crypto asset in terms of market capitalization and during the last seven days, monero climbed 13.4% against...
Terra’s Algorithmic Dollar-Pegged Crypto UST Is Now the Third-Largest Stablecoin
18.4.2022
The algorithmic stablecoin stemming from the Terra (LUNA) network has become the third-largest stablecoin token in terms of market capitalization at $17.54 billion. As of today, UST’s market capitalization has surpassed the BSC-based stablecoin BUSD by more than $67 million. Stablecoin...
Dvision Network to Launch the Third Land Sale on Shopify Utilizing Both Polygon Network and BNB Chain
18.4.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Dvision Network has announced the third LAND Sale to be conducted on both the Polygon Network and the BNB Chain. The most exciting aspect of the third LAND Sale is that 50% of the available LAND NFTs will be sold through the Shopify Marketplace. Moreover, the LAND NFTs pre-minted...