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Bitcoin’s Blockchain Growth Accelerates With Trend of Ordinal Inscriptions
28.2.2023
The Bitcoin blockchain has 40.49 gigabytes (GB) to go until it reaches half a terabyte (TB), and with the recent trend of Ordinal inscriptions, it’s likely to get there faster. The average block size reached a high of 2.52 megabytes (MB) on Feb. 12, 2023, but block sizes have subsided...
Stacks (STX) surges as Bitcoin NFT hype grows, but its blockchain activity raises concern
28.2.2023
The possibility of hosting Bitcoin NFTs on Stacks pushed STX price to new yearly highs, but there are concerns on whether the bullish thesis becomes reality
Bitget’s Social Trading Platform Could Be a Game-Changer in the Crypto Industry – Here’s Why
28.2.2023
Blockchain Economy London Summit was the stage for an insightful interview between Cryptonews and Jay Lee, the Associate Marketing Director at Bitget crypto exchange. The topic of discussion was social trading and how it can revolutionize the crypto industry.
During his interview, Jay explained...
Could 2023 be the year of DeFi tokenisation?
28.2.2023
So far 2023 has been characterized by breakout narratives - from the AI boom to the hype around Chinese crypto. Could DeFi Tokenization of Real World Assets (RWA) be the next big thing?
Industry Players from across the space gathered at the 6th Annual Blockchain Economy Summit - the UK’s largest...
Report Claims Visa and Mastercard Plan to Pause New Partnerships, Visa’s Head of Crypto Insists ‘Story Is Inaccurate’
28.2.2023
According to a recent report from sources familiar with the matter, Mastercard and Visa, the credit card and payment services giants, are halting new partnerships with cryptocurrency firms. This news comes after the collapse of several cryptocurrency ventures that offered crypto debit cards...
Ledger Releases Hardware Support for Trust Wallet's Browser Extension to Bring Added Security
28.2.2023
Ledger has released hardware support for the Trust Wallet Browser Extension, a multi-chain crypto wallet that acts as a gateway to thousands of Web3 decentralized applications (dApps).
A hardware wallet securely keeps a crypto user's private keys offline, bringing an additional layer of security....
Today in Crypto: Casper Labs' Collab with Google Cloud, Yuga Labs' Experimental Collection, Robinhood's Subpoena, Trezor's Silicon Chips, UAE's Digital Asset Companies Free Zone
28.2.2023
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Read More: Today in Crypto: Casper Labs' Collab with Google Cloud, Yuga Labs' Experimental Collection, Robinhood's Subpoena, Trezor's...
Disinvitation From Denver Crypto Conference Reveals Tensions Between Aptos, Sui Blockchains
28.2.2023
Tensions have spilled into public between Aptos and Sui, two startup blockchains staffed by teams of individuals who emerged from Facebook's defunct Diem stablecoin project
Top 5 universities to study blockchain in the UK
28.2.2023
Universities in the U.K., including Cambridge, Imperial, Edinburgh, Oxford and University College London, offer blockchain-related programs
How Blockchain Revolutionized Modern Warfare: Lessons from Ukraine
28.2.2023
On the second day of the Blockchain Economy London Summit, Cryptonews was present at a talk by Patrick Sweeney, the CEO of DaVinci 3.0 and a Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author.
Sweeney discussed how blockchain had altered the dynamics of the Ukraine conflict.
Patrick Sweeney, emphasized...
Payment Giants Visa and Mastercard Push Back Launch of Crypto Products due to Uncertain Market Conditions
28.2.2023
Visa and Mastercard, the two largest payment card network processors in the world, have decided to push back the launch of their crypto-related products and services due to uncertain market conditions. ...
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Solana Faces Renewed Criticism After 10th Downtime and Bumpy Restart, but Developers Remain Optimistic
28.2.2023
Following the initial incident on Feb. 25, Solana resolved the blockchain’s performance degradation after validators decided to restart the network. According to an outage report following more than 24 hours of downtime, Solana developers detailed that the “root cause is still unknown and under...
Bitcoin-Based NFTs Cross 200,000 Ordinal Inscriptions, Yuga Labs Launches Twelvefold Collection
28.2.2023
On Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, the number of Ordinal inscriptions on the Bitcoin blockchain crossed 200,000 at 1:02 p.m. Eastern Time. In addition to the 200,000 inscriptions, Yuga Labs, creators of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible tokens (NFTs), revealed that the team had created...
Crypto Funds Hit by Third Week of Outflows as Macro Backdrop Worries Investors
28.2.2023
Crypto-backed investment funds saw capital outflows last week, while bearish sentiment also drove speculators into short bitcoin (BTC) funds as worries spread about potentially higher interest rates in the US....
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LATAM to speed up Web3 adoption through Ripio & Polygon integration
28.2.2023
Ripio, which happens to be the absolute top-of-the-line digital asset platform based in Argentina, is all geared up to connect with the Polygon ecosystem. The aim and intention behind this are for the quickening of adoption of Web3 applications, so far as Latin America is concerned. The company...
Iskra Leads DappRadar Games Ranking to Kick Off 2023
28.2.2023
Web3 gaming platform Iskra breaks into the Top 10 Games ranking list on DappRadar, the world’s leading directory for decentralized apps or dApps, in a promising start for the project in 2023. Iskra also reached another milestone as the #1 app on the Klaytn blockchain after seeing an impressive...
Three Arrows Capital NFTs are About to be Sold Off by the Liquidator
28.2.2023
Some of the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) once held by bankrupt Singaporean crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) will be put up for sale as part of efforts to retrieve funds for its creditors, according to the failed company’s liquidators....
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Upbit Operator Denies it Wants to Buy a Securities Firm
28.2.2023
Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, South Korea’s biggest crypto exchange, has denied it is poised to buy a securities company – and says it is instead eyeing non-fungible token (NFT) expansion.
The operator has recently been linked with a takeover move for an unnamed domestic securities provider....
‘Metaverse’ Term Creator Neal Stephenson Not Bullish About Massive Adoption of Virtual Worlds
28.2.2023
Neal Stephenson, ostensibly the first to coin the term “metaverse,” issued his opinion about the future of the adoption of virtual worlds. The sci-fi writer and co-founder of Lamina1, a blockchain metaverse company, believes that building experiences that millions of people consider...
Futuristic business-art atmosphere awaits you at #NFTSE 2023!
28.2.2023
From July 14th to 15th, 2023, the Spanish city of Valencia will host the second edition of NFT Show Europe, one of the world’s leading events on web3, Blockchain, Metaverse, Virtual Reality, and Digital Art. Designed as a B2B event, the organization’s main goal is to foster...