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Filecoin Miners Start a Strike – FIL Validators Claim the Project’s Economic Model Is Not Working
19.10.2020
The Filecoin project has surely seen a lot of hype but during the last few weeks before the launch, the cooperative digital storage crypto project has been criticized a great deal. This weekend a few Filecoin miners have been on strike and claim the economic model is not working out for them. Just...
Digital Yuan Giveaway: China’s Shenzhen City Hands Out 10 Million Yuan in Central Bank Digital Currency
10.10.2020
A major Chinese city is giving away 10 million yuan in the country’s central bank digital currency this weekend. Recipients can use their digital yuan at 3,389 stores next week. The city aims for the giveaway to boost usage of the new government-backed digital currency. Chinese City Giving...
Bitcoin Options Traders Bet the Price of BTC Can Touch $36K by December
14.9.2020
This past weekend, data shows the most active bitcoin options contracts were calls for $28k, $32k, and $36k by the year’s end. This means a number of options traders are betting the price of bitcoin will exceed the all-time high (ATH) the decentralized currency touched in December 2017....
Whale Watch: 68 New Whales Join ETH Network, BTC Holds Lowest Concentration of Whales
7.9.2020
Onchain data shows that during the market carnage this past weekend the number of ethereum whales increased significantly, while ETH prices dropped by 30%. Analytics from the data firm Santiment shows 68 new whales joined the network during the last three days. During the last three days...
Chainlink, Binance Coin Weekend Rally Stalls On Monday
7.9.2020
On Monday, chainlink (LINK) and binance coin (BNB) corrected some of their gains gathered in a post-crash rally this past weekend.
While BNB jumped by around 20% in a matter of three hours yesterday, LINK increased by 35% during the weekend. At pixel time, (11:28 UTC), LINK corrected some of...
Fishy Business: What Happened to $1.2B DeFi Protocol SushiSwap Over the Weekend
7.9.2020
SushiSwap experienced a tumultuous weekend after its founder sold $13 million' worth of his stake in the project before turning the reigns over to investor and FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried
SushiSwap Moved Up Its Massive Liquidity Withdrawal From Uniswap to This Weekend
5.9.2020
Uniswap competitor Sushiswap has aggressively moved up its massive withdrawal from its rival's liquidity pools, and may go live this weekend
Money Market Protocol Aave Settles $300 Million in Defi Flash Loans
2.9.2020
This weekend the decentralized money market protocol Aave broke records as the community witnessed a massive flash loan of $14 million worth of the stablecoin DAI. So far, the Aave protocol has seen over $300 million in flash loans to-date and this trend doesn’t seem to be abating any time...
Defi Platform Uniswap Outpaces Coinbase Pro in Global Trade Volume
31.8.2020
The decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap has seen a massive amount of trade volume during the last seven days. Following Uniswap’s rapid increase in global trade volumes, the platform’s founder Hayden Adams celebrated the dex outpacing the centralized exchange Coinbase’s volumes...
Will Bitcoin Break $12,000? 4 Things to Know Heading Into the Weekend
14.8.2020
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as a whole remain bullish as $12,000 comes into view once more as the markets head into the weekend
Synthetix, Ontology Outperform Market on Quiet Weekend for Crypto
22.6.2020
After what has been a relatively quiet weekend in the crypto market, the two altcoins Synthetix (SNX) and Ontology (ONT) both stand out as two of the strongest performers over the past week, outperforming bitcoin (BTC) by a wide margin.
As of press time on Monday (10:32 UTC), SNX was one of the...
Market Update: Bitcoin World Reserve Theories, Market Cap Loses $16B, Analyst Predicts $7,500 ETH
15.6.2020
Digital currency markets are down on Sunday evening roughly 2.14% as global trade volume has slid by 31% this weekend. Coins like ethereum, bitcoin, litecoin, and bitcoin cash are all down between 1-2% in the last 24 hours. Crypto Assets Shed $16 Billion in Two Days At the time of publication,...
Ethereum Topped Bitcoin In Network Daily Fees Over Weekend
8.6.2020
Daily Ethereum network fees have surpassed those of the Bitcoin network and the gap is growing, recent data suggests
Bitcoin Hashrate Spikes to 120 Exahash: Difficulty Drops Allowing Miners to Rejoin the Competition
7.6.2020
The Bitcoin hashrate is up this weekend after the network experienced it’s fourth negative difficulty adjustment this year. The Bitcoin (BTC) protocol’s difficulty adjustment dropped over 9% on June 4, giving miners who shut off their machines a chance to join the competition once...
Wild Weekend for Bitcoin Price? US Lockdown Loosens on Memorial Day
23.5.2020
Bitcoin’s recovery to $10,000 is currently hindered by resistance at the 20-MA and with a holiday weekend coming up traders brace for volatility
How to Build a Chrome Extension
19.5.2020
I made a Chrome extension this weekend because I found I was doing the same task over and over and wanted to automate it. Plus, I’m a nerd during a pandemic, so I spend my weird pent-up energy building things. I’ve made five Chrome extensions with that energy, yet I still find it hard...
Accio Bitcoin! J.K. Rowling Gets a Hogwarts-Style Bitcoin Education
17.5.2020
Over the weekend, crypto Twitter poured all of the passion and energy normally reserved for Bitcoin breaking $10,000 into furiousContinue Reading
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Is Verge (XVG) Marching Towards a Bullish Weekend?
1.5.2020
While the pandemic is still not stopping its rise of the death toll in many major economies, a few countries are slowly lifting the lockdown. Because of this or just because the market is desperately waiting for a bullish cycle, the coins are seeing an escalation in their prices these days....
Weekend Attack Drains Decentralized Protocol dForce of $25M in Crypto
19.4.2020
dForce appears to have lost control of $25 million in bitcoin and ether held in its decentralized lending protocol
Weekend Trap? Bitcoin Price Hits $7.3K in Attempt to Finally Break Out
18.4.2020
Bitcoin price is looking bullish this weekend but still remains range-bound — will it finally break out?