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Bitcoin Hits Second-Highest Transaction Day Amid Price Surge, Record Influx of Ordinal Inscriptions
4.12.2023
Bitcoin marked its second most active day for transactions on December 3, 2023, as the cryptocurrency’s value soared past the $40K mark. This surge in activity comes closely after the record-setting day of November 19, 2023, when bitcoin miners validated 710,579 transactions. On Sunday...
Friend.tech Completes On-Chain Transaction for Ownership Transfer
4.12.2023
Source: Adobe / Joaquin Corbalan Friend.tech, a decentralized social app built on Coinbase’s blockchain Base, has successfully transferred the ownership of its smart contract and funds to “a new combination of multisig and professional custody.” The news that the necessary on-chain transactions...
Nettexx: A Definitive Business-Centric Cryptocurrency Platform
4.12.2023
Amidst the continuous transformation of the global marketplace, organizations across diverse industries proactively pursue novel approaches to improve customer contentment and optimize processes. The prevalent adoption of cryptocurrencies significantly impacts the dynamics of business transactions...
Hacker Drains Over $2 Million from Safe Wallet- What’s Going On?
4.12.2023
Source: Pixabay A malicious actor has stolen over $2 million from Safe Wallet users in the past week through address poisoning theft raising the total victim count to 21. Several blockchain security firms have tracked suspected activity from different transactions resulting in losses from Safe...
JPMorgan’s JPM Coin to Make Its Debut on Interbank Transactions
4.12.2023
Jpm coin, JPMorgan’s official token, might be used to make interbank transactions now that it debuted on Partior, a blockchain-based banking settlement system. The platform, launched jointly by JPMorgan, DBS Bank, Temasek, and Standard Chartered, allows customers to transact value between...
Jack Dorsey Backed Bitcoin Mining Pool Ocean Acknowledges Filtering Ordinal Inscriptions
2.12.2023
Ocean, a Bitcoin mining pool that recently raised $6.2 million in a seed funding round led by former Twitter (now known as X) CEO Jack Dorsey, is currently filtering ordinal inscription transactions. Giacomo Zucco, a bitcoiner, confirmed that Ocean was using Knots as a node, a software developed...
Crypto Mixer Sinbad Sanctioned by OFAC Over Alleged Ties to North Korean Hackers
1.12.2023
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on yet another cryptocurrency mixing platform, labeling Sinbad.io as a “key money-laundering tool” used by the North Korean Lazarus Group crime syndicate. Sinbad.io, in addition...
BNB’s Tech Roadmap for Opbnb Targets 10,000 Transactions per Second
29.11.2023
In a six-month roadmap unveiled on Nov. 29, the BNB Chain development team said it is targeting 10,000 transactions per second and fees of $0.001 on the layer two (L2) solution Opbnb. Sometime between 2024’s second and third quarters, the objective will be to lower the gas limit per block...
European Banking Authority Launches New Consultation on Crypto Travel Rule
28.11.2023
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has recently launched a new consultation process concerning implementing the so-called travel rule for cryptocurrency transactions. The institution is seeking feedback on the defined procedures that crypto assets service providers (CASPs) must complete...
With Just 0.0004% of Bitcoin’s Hashpower, Solo Miner’s 2 PH/S Effort Secures Block Reward
27.11.2023
On November 26, 2023, a stroke of remarkable luck befell a solo miner when they discovered block 818,588, verifying a total of 4,193 transactions. This achievement garnered the miner a total of 6.887 BTC, inclusive of the 6.25 BTC subsidy and transaction fees. Solo Miner’s Slim Odds Pay Off:...
Bitcoin Transaction Fees Dip Amid November’s Surging Miner Revenues
25.11.2023
Transaction fees for Bitcoin have eased, following their surge to more than $18 per transaction on two separate occasions last week. As of November 24, 2023, the average fee per transaction stood at roughly $5.89, with the median fee per transfer being $2.86. Bitcoin Fees Cool Down —...
DeFi Users Seek Clarity as Australia’s Tax Office Fails to Explain New Capital Gains Tax Rules
24.11.2023
The ATO’s opaque DeFi tax guidance perplexes Australian crypto investors. Image by Vadym, Adobe Stock. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) released new guidance on November 9, stating that capital gains tax (CGT) applies to certain decentralized finance (DeFi) transactions. The tax agency...
Is It Too Late to Buy Gas? Neo GAS Price Soars 11.5% as Viral Meme Coin MK Secures $2 Million – Next SHIB or DOGE?
24.11.2023
NEO’s native settlement GAS token, has undertaken a price explosion, with GAS price pushing up +11.5% despite serious retracement, is it too late to buy GAS token? GAS is a settlement token, generated by staked NEO, which is used to pay for transactions on the NEO network. In recent weeks...
Bitcoin Mining Pool F2pool Acknowledges OFAC Transaction Censorship; Backpedals After Community Backlash
24.11.2023
F2Pool, a Bitcoin mining pool, has admitted to filtering transactions coming from Bitcoin addresses flagged by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). After the situation was discovered by 0xB10C, a Bitcoin developer, F2pool co-founder Chun Wang acknowledged that his pool was indeed applying...
100,000 South Koreans Will Start Using CBDC Next Year
24.11.2023
Source: tktktk/Adobe The Bank of Korea (BOK) has announced that 100,000 South Korean citizens will start making “real-world” CBDC transactions next year. The central bank said that the digital won will be tested in the “fourth quarter of the next financial year.” Per the media outlet Newsway,...
Bitcoin user pays $3.1M in transition fee for one 139 BTC transfer
23.11.2023
A Mempool developer suggested that the user behind the transfer might not be aware of the non-cancellation of replacement fees policy, resulting in an accidental $3.1 million transaction fee
Stitch Launches Payment Service Allowing Customers to Settle With Crypto in South Africa
23.11.2023
A new product offering recently launched by Stitch, a South African payment service provider, now enables customers to settle transactions with crypto. According to Stitch, this new functionality makes it possible for customers to pay with bitcoin (BTC) or ether (ETH). Local Businesses to Receive...
KPMG and Chainalysis to combat fraudulent crypto transactions
23.11.2023
KMPG of Canada and Chainalysis have joined hands and, with the help of their collective experience, are preparing to fight the battle against cybercrime. As per the understanding between the two companies, KPMG will be connecting with the Chainalysis Solution Provider program. The association will...
Lugano Integrates Polygon Protocol into MyLugano Payment App for Crypto Transactions
23.11.2023
Source: Adobe/LianeM In a significant move towards solidifying its position as Europe’s emerging crypto-capital, Lugano city in the southern Switzerland Ticino region has seamlessly integrated the Polygon proof-of-stake (PoS) protocol into its crypto-friendly payment app, MyLugano. Polygon...
Social Media Speculates if F2Pool is Censoring Transactions, Founder Responds
22.11.2023
0x10BC, a Bitcoin development blogger, has unveiled data potentially suggesting that F2Pool has censored a number of recent transactions. What 0x10BC’s data says 0x10BC, who runs a mining pool observation project with the aim of detecting potential unrecognized potential Bitcoin transactions...