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Prepare for a North American Bitcoin Mining Infrastructure Boom + More News
15.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / thodonal Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. In this edition: Prepare for the Next Bitcoin Mining Infrastructure Boom – BlocksBridge Consulting Bitcoin Miner Marathon...
Super Mario-Inspired NFT Fetches Over $240K at Sotheby’s Auction
15.12.2023
Source: sothebys.com Major auction house Sotheby’s first inscription auction has been a success, closing with nearly $451,000 raised. Between December 6 and 13, Sotheby’s New York held an online sale of select BitcoinShrooms from the Bitcoin ordinals project by Shroomtoshi. Per...
Bitcoin Bounces Back Above $43,000 After Strong US Retail Sales Data Prompts Brief Price Dip – Here’s Why BTC Could Soon Hit Fresh Yearly Highs
14.12.2023
Stronger-than-expected US November Retail Sales data released earlier on Thursday triggered a sudden near-$1,500 drop in the Bitcoin (BTC) price from just under $43,000 to around $41,500. Seemingly, the data, which showed an unexpected MoM leap in headline and core retail sales last month...
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...
Bitcoin Price Prediction as US Core Inflation Rate Data is Announced – Time to Buy?
12.12.2023
As the US announces its latest core inflation rate data, investors and traders alike are keenly focused on its implications for the cryptocurrency market, particularly Bitcoin (BTC). The world’s largest cryptocurrency, BTC, extended its upward trend and briefly surged to $42,069 in response...
Ripples in the Bitcoin Sea: Ocean Pool’s Transaction Blacklist Sparks Industry Uproar
10.12.2023
In recent days, discussions have intensified around the emerging bitcoin mining pool Ocean and its decision to exclude certain transactions, specifically those linked to Ordinal inscriptions and coinjoin activities. Luke Dashjr, a key figure in Ocean’s operations and a prominent Bitcoin Core...
Bitcoin Developer Luke Dashjr States Inscriptions Are Exploits, Hints at Future Fix
7.12.2023
Luke Dashjr, bitcoin developer and Mummolin’s CTO, has reiterated his negative opinion about Ordinal inscriptions, stating these leverage and exploit a vulnerability in the Bitcoin Core full node software implementation. Dashjr also hinted at correcting this “exploit” in...
Bitcoin Price Prediction: $44,000 Hike, ETF Buzz, and Blackrock Update
7.12.2023
In the ever-evolving landscape of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin continues to capture the attention of investors and market analysts alike. Currently trading at $44,002, marking a modest increase of 0.15% on Thursday, Bitcoin stands at the forefront of significant developments in the digital currency...
Bitcoin Core's 'v26.0' Upgrade Aims to Impede Eavesdropping, Tampering
6.12.2023
The v26.0 upgrade contains experimental support for the v2 transport protocol as defined by Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 324 (BIP324)
Bitcoin Core v26.0 Released, v27 Could Terminate Bitcoin Ordinals
6.12.2023
Bitcoin Core v26.0 offers faster syncing and better networking, but planned changes in v27 could stop the creation of new Bitcoin Ordinals. Image by Creative Clicks, Adobe Stock. The latest major release of the Bitcoin Core software, version 26.0, is now available. The upgrade includes changes that...
Developer Says Ordinals Are Exploiting a “Vulnerability” to Spam Bitcoin Network, Proposes Bug Fix
6.12.2023
Image Source: Pixabay Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr has proposed a bug fix to potentially alleviate the network congestion caused by new Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens. In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), Dashjr claimed that these tokens are taking advantage of a vulnerability within...
United Nations Development Program Partners Algorand to Train 22,000 Employees in Blockchain Technology
1.12.2023
Source: Pixabay The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has partnered with the Algorand Foundation to launch a blockchain academy in a bid to train staff on the technology. Speaking at the Algorand Impact Summit on Nov 30, Robert Pasicko, a UNDP expert announced the partnership to drive...
Top Crypto Gainers Today on DEXTools – MIND, BABYFROGE, BETROCK
30.11.2023
DEXTools Logo / Source: DEXTools X Account Blue-chip cryptocurrencies continue to consolidate within recent intra-day ranges, with Bitcoin (BTC) hovering in the upper $37,000s just below yearly highs as traders digest the latest US inflation figures and commentary from Fed policymakers. Core...
Northern Data Subsidiary Bolsters AI Capabilities With $362 Million Nvidia GPU Investment
29.11.2023
On Wednesday, Northern Data Group, headquartered in Frankfurt and specializing in bitcoin mining, disclosed that its subsidiary, Taiga Cloud, has secured a significant acquisition of about 8,200 Nvidia H100 Tensor Core Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). These newly acquired units will complement...
ZK community aligned with the core Web3 mission: zkDay Istanbul round-up
20.11.2023
The ZkDay Istanbul event offered exposure and networking opportunities to new and upcoming ZK-based projects and entrepreneurs
Microsoft and Tencent Join Forces with Infura for Blockchain Infrastructure
16.11.2023
Microsoft Office / Source: Adobe Crypto infrastructure giant Infura is taking its first step toward decentralizing core components of its service following years of criticism that the company is a ‘single point of failure’ for Ethereum. Over a dozen Web2 giants including Microsoft and Tencent have...
Ethereum L2 Starknet aims to decentralize core components of its scaling network
16.11.2023
Starknet has laid out its road map to begin decentralizing core components of its Ethereum layer 2 scaling network to defend against censorship and improve robustness
Bitcoin Price Prediction as US Core Inflation Rate is Announced – Is the Bear Market Officially Over?
14.11.2023
Bitcoin (BTC) Chart / Source: TradingView Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at daily lows in the $36,100s in wake of the release of the latest US inflation figures for October, despite the numbers coming in lower than expected across the board. The headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed prices remaining...
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Criticizes SEC for Losing Focus on Investor Protection
13.11.2023
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. Source: a video screenshot, Ripple / YouTube Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of the US-based blockchain payments firm Ripple, has expressed strong criticism of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), accusing the agency of deviating from its core mission to protect...
BIS Chief Touts Benefits of CBDCs, Says Crypto Reveals ‘Poorly Designed and Poorly Supervised Financial Systems’
8.11.2023
In a Wednesday speech in Basel, Switzerland, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) chief Agustín Carstens argued that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will “sit at the core of the future financial system,” bringing innovation and meeting public expectations. While Challenges Remain,...