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Despite Significant Difficulty and Low BTC Price, Bitcoin’s Hashrate Continues to Climb Higher
16.10.2022
Following the largest difficulty increase the Bitcoin network has seen in 2022, the network’s hashrate has not been affected by the 13.55% increase. In fact, five days ago at block height 758,138, the network’s computational power surpassed the all-time high (ATH) recorded on October...
Chinese Digital Currency Transactions Exceed 100 Billion Yuan, Central Bank Says
14.10.2022
Spending with China’s state-issued digital currency has surpassed 100 billion yuan, close to $14 billion, by the end of August, the country’s monetary authority revealed. More than 5 million merchants now accept the digital yuan in 15 Chinese regions as Beijing continues to expand the pilot areas....
Progress Toward Bitcoin’s Halving Is 60% Complete, Block Times Suggest Reduction Could Happen Next Year
9.10.2022
According to countdown statistics based on the average block generation time of around ten minutes, progress toward the next Bitcoin block reward halving has surpassed 60%. However, while most halving countdown clocks leverage the ten-minute average, the countdown leveraging the most current block...
Fed’s Inflation Nowcasting Data Shows Future CPI Increases, US Gross National Debt Hits $31 Trillion
5.10.2022
A recently published forecast stemming from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s Inflation Nowcasting data indicates upcoming U.S. consumer price index (CPI) metrics will likely be elevated. The newly predicted CPI levels were recorded the same day America’s gross national debt...
Data Shows Bitcoin’s Hashrate Has Grown by More Than 4 Quadrillion Percent Since 2009
3.10.2022
Following the network difficulty change six days ago on September 27, Bitcoin’s hashrate surpassed the 295 exahash per second (EH/s) range two times during the first two days of October. Presently the network is coasting along at 229 EH/s and block intervals have been faster than...
Bitcoin Mining Industry Reveals Mergers, Hashrate Increases, and New Facilities Amid Market Downturn
29.9.2022
While bitcoin is down more than 72% from the crypto asset’s all-time high, bitcoin mining operations are expanding at a rapid pace during the downturn. On Tuesday, the bitcoin miner Cleanspark said its hashrate has surpassed 4 exahash per second (EH/s), and the Texas mining company Rhodium...
DeFi lending protocol created by ex-QuadrigaCX co-founder surpassed $50M in TVL
26.9.2022
Michael Patryn was doxed earlier this year to be the co-founder behind DeFi project Wonderland, which collapsed shortly after
Ethereum Classic Hashrate Taps All-Time High Nearing 50 TH/s Ahead of The Merge
5.9.2022
Ethereum Classic’s hashrate surpassed the 40 terahash per second (TH/s) region last Wednesday and four days later, the network’s hashpower reached an all-time high (ATH) at 48.82 TH/s on September 4. Ethereum’s transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS)...
Ethereum Classic Hashrate Taps Another All-Time High, ETH Hashpower Remains Unchanged
1.9.2022
On August 31, 2022, Ethereum Classic’s hashrate reached another all-time high (ATH) this year at block height 15,850,811. Ethereum Classic’s global hashpower surpassed the 40 terahash per second (TH/s) region on Wednesday. Despite the fact that the network’s hashrate has risen...
Publicly-Listed Bitcoin Miner Cleanspark’s Hashrate Exceeds 3 Exahash, Firm Records Daily Production High of 13.25 BTC
30.8.2022
Bitcoin miner Cleanspark says it experienced accelerated growth amid the crypto winter this year and the operation’s hashrate has surpassed 3 exahash per second (EH/s), tripling in less than twelve months’ time. The news follows a number of expansions bitcoin mining operations have...
Cryptopunks and BAYC Floor Values Go Head-to-Head, as the Punks Briefly Surpass Bored Apes
22.8.2022
On Sunday, August 21, 2022, the floor value of the Cryptopunks non-fungible token (NFT) collection briefly surpassed the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT collection’s floor value. While it’s not by a huge amount, at the time, Cryptopunks floor was ​​66.45 ether, while...
The Number of Cryptocurrency ATMs Installed Worldwide Surpasses 39,000
8.8.2022
This week the number of cryptocurrency automated teller machines (ATMs) operating worldwide has surpassed the 39,000 mark. Since January 2017 when the count was approaching 1K machines, the number of crypto ATMs has grown by 3,925% since then. Crypto ATM numbers saw exponential growth during...
This oracle data provider platform has surpassed 4 million nodes since inception
16.6.2022
The protocol has weathered multiple bear markets and has nearly 250 million data payloads and counting
How Gate․io Grew to Become One of the World’s Largest Crypto Exchanges – 9 Years Retrospective
23.5.2022
Gate.io is one of the longest running secure exchanges in the world and over time, surpassed 10 million users worldwide. To mark this milestone, the exchange is launching a rebranding and a sweepstake with $9,000,000 in prizes! Read on to find out more about what makes Gate.io such a success...
Cumulative NFT Sales Among 18 Blockchain Networks Surpass $36 Billion
20.5.2022
Statistics recorded this week show that the aggregate number of non-fungible token (NFT) sales, settled across more than a dozen different blockchains, has officially surpassed $36 billion. While there are 18 competing blockchains offering NFTs, Ethereum-based NFT sales dominate by more than 75%....
Ethereum Name Service Domains Surpass 1 Million Registered Names
3.5.2022
Ethereum Name Service, or ENS, surpassed a million created names this week, according to statistics from the crypto metrics dashboard Dune Analytics. Data shows that there’s been a significant spike in ENS names registered during the last 30 days, and 24-hour statistics indicate ENS has been...
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...
Number of Addresses Holding BTC Taps 40 Million, Non-Zero Bitcoin Address Metric Grew 92% Since 2018
25.3.2022
While bitcoin has risen in value in recent times, jumping 8% during the last seven days, statistics show that the number of addresses holding bitcoin has surpassed 40 million addresses. Metrics from the analytics web portal intotheblock.com show addresses that hold any fraction of bitcoin tapped...
Price of Gold Spikes Over $2,060 per Ounce While Risk Assets Continue to Capitulate
8.3.2022
On Tuesday, the price of gold soared to new heights as an ounce of the precious metal surpassed $2K per ounce during the early morning trading sessions (EST). Hours later, gold tapped a high of $2,064.27 per ounce as the Russia-Ukraine war and global commodities surge has fueled demand....
Ethereum Beacon Chain Surpasses 300K Validators, Over $28 Billion in Ether Deposits Locked
1.3.2022
The Ethereum protocol has reached another milestone as the number of Ethereum 2.0 validators has surpassed 300,000. At the time of writing, the Ethereum 2.0 contract has over 9.6 million ether deposited worth more than $28.4 billion. Ethereum Beacon Chain Validators Jump Past the 300,000 Mark...