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Eurozone Inflation Taps Highest Rate Ever Recorded Reaching 9.1%, as Nord Stream, Gazprom Halt Gas Supplies
31.8.2022
The Eurozone’s inflation rate reached a record high in August of 9.1%, the highest ever recorded in history, according to Europe’s statistics office Eurostat. The rate was higher than economists suspected and most of the rise was fueled by Europe’s rising energy prices....
Eurozone hits record inflation of 9.1% amid gas and energy crisis
31.8.2022
Eurozone inflation is up from 8.9% in July as the continent faces skyrocketing energy, gas and food prices due to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine
Ether, Bitcoin Could See Turbulence as Open Interest Leverage Ratio Soars to Record High
30.8.2022
"The rising ratio indicates open interest is outpacing market size and increases the risk of volatility," one researcher said
Bitcoin mining difficulty set for 8-month record gains despite BTC price dip
28.8.2022
Bitcoin network fundamentals seem not to care about spot price weakness, with both difficulty and hash rate making an impressive recovery
CME Bitcoin futures see record discount amid 'very bearish sentiment'
26.8.2022
Derivatives traders have become noticeably more conservative this month compared to last, new data shows
Ethereum Classic’s Hashrate Taps Another All-Time High Following Ethereum’s Hardened Merge Timeline
25.8.2022
On Thursday, following the official proof-of-stake (PoS) transition announcement from the Ethereum Foundation, Ethereum Classic’s hashrate tapped another all-time high at block height 15,806,925. The latest jump to 38.64 terahash marks the network’s second record high in five days,...
Latest Ghana Benchmark Rate Hike the Largest on Record — President Promises Action Against ‘Unacceptable Depreciation of the Cedi’
23.8.2022
After seeing Ghana’s inflation rate surge to 31.7% in July, the Bank of Ghana responded by hiking the benchmark interest rate by 300 basis points. In addition to the rate hike, the central bank said it will gradually raise banks’ primary reserve requirements. One expert has said...
Bitcoin 'liveliness' lowest since 2021 amid new 5-year BTC hodl record
18.8.2022
More of the BTC supply has stayed in its wallet for five years or longer than ever before
Witness Every Incredible Super Mario Bros. Speedrun Record Simultaneously
17.8.2022
Super Mario Bros. is one of the most storied games in the history of video game speedrunning, and an incredible new compilation shows just how far players’ mastery has come. Why watch just one world record run when you could watch all of them at the same time, in just 11 minutes?Read more
Half-Life Fans Rally And Set New Player Count Record On Steam
16.8.2022
Yesterday, Half-Life fans came together as part of a community-created online event. The goal? To get as many people as possible playing the original 1998 Half-Life on Steam in an effort to set a new record for concurrent players. And not only did they accomplish that, but they also had a fun time...
Only A Computer Could Do This Super Mario Bros. Trick—Until Now
10.8.2022
The Super Mario Bros. speedrunning community is constantly looking for new ways to push the state of the art, and one player just achieved what was previously thought of as an impossible feat…at least for a human.Read more
Litecoin Reflects Retracement; Will LTC Record a Breakout Soon?
10.8.2022
Litecoin is a faster, more efficient, and lower gas fees costing blockchain that empowers users with seamless peer-to-peer transactions. The only reason LTC has failed to repeat the success of Bitcoin is its four times larger token volume. While the early launch of bitcoin allowed the token value...
Super Mario Bros. World Record Now Just A Half-Second Short Of A Perfect Run
8.8.2022
Here’s a brief, non-exhaustive list of things that take less than four minutes and 55 seconds. Me devouring a plate of loaded nachos. Me eating an entire bowl of pasta (maybe a carbonara?). Me writing a lede while preoccupied with lunch. And a speedrunner blitzing through Super Mario Bros., setting...
SoftBank Reports Record Quarterly Loss
8.8.2022
The decline was attributed to the global sell-off in tech stocks
For 38 Consecutive Days Ethereum Gas Fees Record the Lowest Rates Since 2020
7.8.2022
In 43 days, the Ethereum network could finally see a full transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) via The Merge. Meanwhile, during the last 38 days, Ethereum’s layer one (L1) onchain transaction fees have dropped below the $5 mark and tumbled even lower by the end...
Rainbows, Log Charts, and S2F: Bitcoin’s 2022 Bear Market Has Broken the Community’s Most Popular Price Models
5.8.2022
The 2022 bear market has been brutal as more than $2 trillion in value has been wiped away from the crypto economy. In addition to record values lost, the crypto winter has managed to break a number of popular bitcoin price models like the rainbow price chart and Plan B’s infamous...
Gaming Claimed Record 60% of Blockchain Activity in July: DappRadar
4.8.2022
DappRadar's latest monthly report looked at blockchain gaming and NFT marketplace trends
Riot Blockchain's Bitcoin mining productivity dropped 28% YOY amid record Texas heat
3.8.2022
"The company voluntarily curtailed its energy consumption in order to ensure that more power would be available in Texas,” said Riot CEO Jason Les
Bitcoin miners now hold a record 1.856M BTC — new data
3.8.2022
Miners go from sellers to hodlers again as the worst of June's capitulation phase seems to pass
US Personal Consumption Expenditures Tap Record Highs, Stanford Economist Says Fed Should Increase Rates Above 9%
31.7.2022
On July 29, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on America’s personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index for the month of June, and the figure saw the largest 12-month increase since 1982. On the same day, Stanford University’s senior fellow at the Hoover Institution...