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Will Crypto Values Survive the Regulatory Wave?
6.5.2025
Ahead of the People’s Regulatory Roundtable at Consensus 2025, six leading crypto lawyers discuss whether core crypto principles, like decentralization and privacy, will be included in upcoming legislation and regulation
OP_RETURN Conflict: Ocean Mining Accuses Core Developers of Colluding to Fill Bitcoin With ‘Spam’
6.5.2025
Bitcoin Mechanic, the pseudonymous global head of sales at Ocean Mining, stressed that Bitcoin Core developers were colluding with Citrea, a Bitcoin Zero Knowledge (ZK) expansion product, to facilitate the inclusion of so-called “spam” in the blockchain. Ocean Hints at Citrea-Bitcoin...
Bitcoin Developers Plan OP_RETURN Removal in Next Release
6.5.2025
Bitcoin Core’s decision to lift its long-standing 80-byte OP_RETURN limit has reignited tensions within the network’s developer and node-running communities
Bitcoin Core to unilaterally remove controversial OP-Return limit
6.5.2025
Bitcoin Core developers have decided to remove a limit on transaction data in the next network upgrade, enabling more data to be included in a more efficient way. “Bitcoin Core’s next release will, by default, relay and mine transactions whose OP_RETURN outputs exceed 80 bytes...
Bitcoin Core to unilaterally remove controversial OP-Return limit
6.5.2025
Bitcoin Core developers have decided to remove a limit on transaction data in the next network upgrade, enabling more data to be included in a more efficient way. “Bitcoin Core’s next release will, by default, relay and mine transactions whose OP_RETURN outputs exceed 80 bytes...
Franklin Templeton Backs Bitcoin DeFi Push, Citing ‘New Utility’ for Investors
2.5.2025
"I don’t think focusing on Bitcoin DeFi will dilute or complicate Bitcoin’s core narrative." Farrelly said
Bitcoin Debate on Looser Data Limits Brings to Mind the Divisive Ordinals Controversy
30.4.2025
Removing the blockchain's OP_RETURN size controls would allow more data to be embedded in transactions. Critics say this will only be used for spam
Bitcoin price consolidation likely as US Core PCE, manufacturing, and jobs reports print this week
28.4.2025
Key takeaways: A week full of US macroeconomic reports could impact Bitcoin traders’ sentiment. Bitcoin’s rally could stall if there’s a sharp reduction in spot buy volumes.If PCE, the ISM PMI, and jobs data align with market expectations, BTC could rally. Bitcoin...
Bitcoin price consolidation likely as US Core PCE, manufacturing, and jobs reports print this week
28.4.2025
Key takeaways: A week full of US macroeconomic reports could impact Bitcoin traders’ sentiment. Bitcoin’s rally could stall if there’s a sharp reduction in spot buy volumes.If PCE, the ISM PMI, and jobs data align with market expectations, BTC could rally. Bitcoin...
Bitcoin Core Developer: Erosion of Security Budget May Undermine Bitcoin’s Monetary Fundamentals
28.4.2025
James O’Beirne, a Bitcoin Core developer, has raised concerns about the state of Bitcoin’s security budget and how its ongoing erosion might jeopardize what he refers to as ‘property rights.’ O’Beirne emphasized that there is little time to address this issue. Bitcoin Core Developer James O’Beirne...
Report: South Korea’s Bithumb to Spin Off Non-Core Units Ahead of IPO
22.4.2025
Bithumb is breaking itself in two as it races toward an IPO, carving out its exchange and investment units to streamline operations and court investors. Bithumb’s Corporate Split Sets Stage for IPO Local media reports that the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb is restructuring...
Ripple’s RLUSD Stablecoin Goes Live on Aave V3 Ethereum Market
22.4.2025
Aave users can supply and borrow the stablecoin on the lending platform's V3 Ethereum Core market
This Week’s Top Gainers: T Token Logs a 30% Advance, CORE and TFUEL Notch Gains
19.4.2025
On Saturday, the global cryptocurrency market cap ticked up 0.53%, landing at $2.68 trillion. Over the past week, both ethereum and bitcoin showed little change, with bitcoin inching ahead 0.3% and ethereum slipping 2.4%. Around eight digital assets notched double-digit gains during the seven-day...
Ethereum could be AI’s key to decentralization, says former core dev
15.4.2025
There is a “huge opportunity” for Ethereum to become a decentralized partner in solving current problems with artificial intelligence platforms, according to a former core Ethereum developer. Ethereum’s “biggest mainstream moment is waiting in the wings with AI,”...
Ethereum could be AI’s key to decentralization, says former core dev
15.4.2025
There is a “huge opportunity” for Ethereum to become a decentralized partner in solving current problems with artificial intelligence platforms, according to a former core Ethereum developer. Ethereum’s “biggest mainstream moment is waiting in the wings with AI,”...
Ethereum could be AI’s key to decentralization, says former core dev
15.4.2025
There is a “huge opportunity” for Ethereum to become a decentralized partner in solving current problems with artificial intelligence platforms, according to a former core Ethereum developer. Ethereum’s “biggest mainstream moment is waiting in the wings with AI,”...
Can Ethereum Be Truly Private? Developers Push for Encrypted Mempool, Default Privacy
11.4.2025
Ethereum developers have begun kicking around a series of ideas that could make the Ethereum network private at its core
U.S. CPI Declined in March; Core Rate Rose Just 0.1%.
10.4.2025
Whether the fresh inflation numbers boost rate cut hopes or the price of bitcoin is another story as the data is from prior to last week's sweeping tariff announcements
Bitcoin DeFi booms as Core blockchain hits $260M in dual-staked assets
9.4.2025
Core, a proof-of-stake blockchain built on Bitcoin, has surpassed $260 million in dual-staked assets as institutional interest in Bitcoin-based decentralized finance (DeFi) continues to grow.Core’s initial contributor, Rich Rines, told Cointelegraph that as of April 7, over 44 million Core...
Hotter-Than-Expected Core Inflation in Japan Sparks Rate Hike Talk, Threatens Crypto
21.3.2025
Japan’s headline inflation remains nearly 100 basis points higher than U.S.counterparts