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Minority Mining Pools Threaten to Collude Against Contentious Ethereum Update
21.1.2021
A small band of Ethereum miners are trying to pick off larger mining pools’ subscribers in a bid to shoot down EIP 1559
YfDFI Finance: Much Anticipated Farming Platform Released
21.1.2021
PRESS RELEASE. As of today, YfDFI Finance is launching not one, not two, not three but four farming pools, locking up a huge chunk of its circulating supply. The team could not have achieved this without the continuous support from the community. Starting off 2021 the right way! “Our team...
Proof-of-Work and Yield Farming: Binance and Poolin Launch Tokens Backed by Bitcoin Hashrate
14.1.2021
There’s a new type of token gaining popularity in the crypto space with the launch of coins that are backed by a specific amount of proof-of-work (PoW) hashrate. On January 6, 2021, Binance launched a new project called the bitcoin standard hashrate token (BTCST), a coin that represents...
Rapid Profits: Bitcoin Hashrate Accelerates While Mining Difficulty Touches All-Time High
14.1.2021
The Bitcoin network’s hashrate has been operating at very high processing speeds during the last few weeks, as the overall hashrate touched a whopping 171.2 exahash per second (EH/s) on Monday. Moreover, the network’s mining difficulty has also touched an all-time high (ATH) at 20.61...
Gravity SuSy Introduces Pools on PancakeSwap
6.1.2021
Gravity Protocol team recently announced introducing pools on PancakeSwap and mainnet alpha of SuSy dApp, which users were previously utilizing to swap WAVES tokens between Waves and Binance Smart Chain platforms. The Gravity is a blockchain decentralized Oracle-based protocol in which SuSy...
All Major Mining Pools Now Support Taproot, Bitcoin’s Biggest Upgrade in Years
30.12.2020
Binance Pool represents 11% of Bitcoin’s mining hashrate. Adding it to the “yes” column pushes mining pool support for Taproot to about 91%
DYP Launches Staking and Governance DAPP
22.12.2020
DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP) has launched its staking and governance DAPP that looks to improve earning opportunities for users. A unique feature of the launch is that liquidity providers will be rewarded in Ethereum and all the liquidity pools are deployed with anti manipulation features as well...
Here’s 5 key Bitcoin factors to watch as new investors buy BTC in 2021
14.12.2020
Bitcoin price may have hit a multi-year high, but numerous fundamental factors signal that even better days are ahead
Nimera Swap Offers DeFi Exchange Platform With Low Fees and Support for Any Blockchain
8.12.2020
The Defi revolution has brought about a new world of opportunities for crypto investors, but major improvements are still needed in the current ecosystem. For example, the most popular coin swapping service today is dependent on ethererum and its ridiculously high gas prices. Nimera Swap offers...
Analysts: Institutional Investor Interest Fueling BTC Rally, Liquidity Crunch Narrative Debunked
22.11.2020
Crypto analysts are pushing back against the narrative that the current BTC rally is being fuelled by a liquidity crunch afflicting bitcoin mining pools in China. The liquidity crunch, which is caused by an ongoing regulatory crackdown in that country, has reportedly left miners unable to sell...
Jumping into the pool: How to earn a profit mining Bitcoin and Ether
21.11.2020
Where can you mine Bitcoin and Ether in 2020? Here are the top tips about mining pools and what you need to know before joining one of them
OKEx Mining Pool Flatlines After 99.5% Hash Power Drop as Withdrawal Suspensions Spook Clients
18.11.2020
The pool's hash power has dropped from 5,000 to barely 20 PH/s
The rise of major Bitcoin mining institutions is inevitable
15.11.2020
2020 marks a new era for mining institutionalization, bringing with it both benefits and challenges
‘Slippery slope’ as new Bitcoin mining pool censors transactions
12.11.2020
The launch of a new 'censored' mining pool has some Bitcoiners worried its a harbinger of things to come
Decentralized Exchanges That Use Automated Market Makers Now Represent 93% of the Market
6.11.2020
A recent report by Consensys says the surge in decentralized exchange (DEX) volumes in Q3 of 2020 is down to their adoption of the automated market maker (AMM). According to the report, DEXs that use AMM, a software that algorithmically creates token trading pairs, now represent 93% of the market....
Bitcoin Network’s Mining Difficulty Sees Largest Epoch Drop Since 2011
4.11.2020
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty saw the second-largest drop in history on Tuesday, as the difficulty dropped to 16.78 trillion, losing a touch over 16% since last week’s all-time difficulty high. The last time bitcoin’s mining difficulty dropped so low was in October 2011, when...
Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Sees Largest Percentage Drop in 9 Years
3.11.2020
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty just recorded its largest percentage decrease since the advent of ASIC mining machines in late 2012
Mempool Clog: Bitcoin Hashrate Drops 40%, Backlog Shows Over 100K Unconfirmed Transactions
29.10.2020
The Bitcoin network hashrate has dropped significantly over the last four days sliding from a high of 161 exahash per second (EH/s) to 90 EH/s on October 27. Today, the Bitcoin hashrate has improved a hair as the network’s security is currently hovering around 100 EH/s. However, the mempool...
Defi Protocol Harvest Finance Hacked for $24 Million, Attacker Returns $2.5 Million
26.10.2020
Decentralized finance (defi protocol) Harvest Finance was hacked on Monday for $24 million. The attacker targeted the protocol’s liquidity pools, performing an arbitrage attack using a large flash loan – a type of uncollatarized loan – but later returned $2.5 million. In seven...
‘Enormous Wall of Money’ Coming Into Bitcoin, Price to Reach $1 Million in 5 Years, Says Raoul Pal
14.10.2020
Macro strategist Raoul Pal says the price of bitcoin will reach $1 million in five years. He attributes the price increase to adoption by large pools of investors and the “enormous wall of money” coming into bitcoin, rather than because “the world is collapsing.” $1 Million...