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Starknet Foundation Rewards Early Contributors with STRK Tokens before Trading Unlock
31.10.2023
The Starknet Foundation has taken a step to acknowledge the early contributors to its network by allocating 50 million STRK tokens. This gesture comes even though these tokens are locked and not yet tradable until April 2024. Starknet, a Layer-2 blockchain network built atop Ethereum, aims...
Starknet Foundation Showers STRK Tokens on Contributors, Though They're Not Trading Yet
30.10.2023
The foundation, formed in November 2022 after the initial developer StarkWare minted 10 billion STRK tokens, is now awarding early contributors to the Ethereum layer-2 network – even though they're locked for trading at least until next April
Stablecoin Market Navigates Shifting Sands as Tether Announces New CEO and USDR Depegs
13.10.2023
The stablecoin landscape has been stagnant for the last two months, barely exceeding $123 billion as we approach the third week of October. Even though fiat-pegged token trading saw a spike this week, on October 13, stablecoin transactions made up 22.96% of the global crypto economy’s trade...
October Resurgence: Decade-Old Bitcoin Wallets Awaken, Moving Over $50 Million in Vintage BTC
7.10.2023
Though Bitcoin’s value has risen from its position last month, September saw a surge in dormant Bitcoin transfers from long-inactive BTC wallets. This trend hasn’t slowed; in the initial week of October, several 2014 wallets came alive, moving 860 BTC — valued at over...
Monetary Transfers Readily Displace Inscriptions on Bitcoin, Glassnode Reveals
27.9.2023
Ordinal inscriptions have quickly consumed Bitcoin’s available block space since their debut last year, a study by blockchain analytics firm Glassnode found. These text and image files act as “packing filler,” filling any remaining space in blocks after higher-value...
Bitcoin ETFs Explained: A Closer Look at BTC Exchange-Traded Products
24.9.2023
Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, that track the price of bitcoin have become a popular means for mainstream investors to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency market without directly owning bitcoin. Though the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved a spot bitcoin ETF in the U.S....
Economist Peter Schiff Warns US Dollar Collapse ‘Inevitable’
5.8.2023
Economist Peter Schiff has warned of an impending collapse of the U.S. dollar even though he sees Fitch’s downgrade of the U.S. rating this week as “meaningless.” While cautioning about a financial crisis and a crash, Schiff emphasized: “Given the trajectory of U.S....
Binance US Records Massive Discrepancies as USD Exchange Rates Plummet by 16% in July
17.7.2023
As of July 17, 2023, fresh data indicates a concerning rise in discrepancies between Binance US’ exchange rates and the global average. Initially, at a mere 2% to 5% in late June, the disparity sharply soared to an astonishing 16% by mid-July. Even though bitcoin lingered just above $30,000...
Dang, This Rough Lord Of The Rings: Gollum UI Though
25.5.2023
There’s a new Lord of the Rings video game out that focuses on Gollum, the corrupted hobbit once known as Sméagol. It isn’t very good, though, rapidly becoming one of the worst-reviewed games to have launched this year—and we’re only halfway through 2023. One particular aspect that’s being singled...
European Central Bank: Digital Euro to Offer 'Maximum Privacy,' Though Not as Much as Cash
25.4.2023
A new central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Europe would be designed with privacy in mind, although it would never be as private as cash is, according to a European Central Bank (ECB) official.
Speaking before the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs on Monday,...
Physical Copies Of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Still Require Digital Downloads Even Though It's Single-Player
25.4.2023
The next big Star Wars game is nearly here and it sounds way too big for the Blu-ray disc it’s copied on. Jedi: Survivor requires 155 GB of available space to install on PC, and a warning on the front of the box indicates at least some of the data will have to be downloaded, whether you own...
Bitcoin Bears May Still Be a Bit Early, Though Caution Urged: Matrixport
3.3.2023
Crypto investors should cut exposure by 50% if bitcoin prices fall below $22,800, the report said
New York Attorney General Sues Crypto Exchange Coinex — Claims Trading Platform Offers Unregistered Securities
23.2.2023
New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued cryptocurrency exchange Coinex “for failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and for falsely representing itself as a crypto exchange.” The NY attorney general also stressed that Coinex is not registered with...
SEC Chairman Proposes Amending Federal Custody Rules to Cover ‘All Crypto Assets’
16.2.2023
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler has proposed amending federal custody rules to cover “all crypto assets.” The SEC chief said: “Though some crypto trading and lending platforms may claim to custody investors’ crypto, that does not mean they...
More Than 7,000 Ordinals Inscriptions Have Already Been Included on the Bitcoin Blockchain
6.2.2023
Ordinals inscriptions, viewed as a kind of Bitcoin-native NFTs, are picking up steam among some Bitcoin circles, even though the procedures to issue them are far from user-friendly. The protocol, which was unveiled in January, has already served to bring more than 7,000 inscriptions directly to...
Defi More Scalable Than Traditional Finance, New Study Says
22.12.2022
Despite the market conditions that prevailed in much of 2022, decentralized finance (defi) still demonstrated its greater scaling potential than that of the traditional financial industry, a new report has said. Even though the total value locked dropped from the peak of $180 billion in Dec. 2021...
Economist Peter Schiff Warns Bitcoin May Not Rise When Other Financial Assets Rebound
21.12.2022
Gold bug and economist Peter Schiff has warned that the price of bitcoin may not rise when other financial assets rebound, even though the crypto fell alongside them. “The bitcoin bubble popped and collectors will be selling no matter what happens to financial assets,” he predicted....
Oryen Network multiplies market cap by 3X during presale even though TRON and USDD are under pressure
14.12.2022
As TRON and USSD struggle to stabilize their prices, ORY is generating 3X greater gains for investors in its presale. TRON (TRX) and USDD A decentralized, open-source network called TRON aims to give millions of users access to various financing options. It offers various earning and trading...
CSS is OK, I guess.
6.12.2022
Nothing but ear-to-ear smiles as I was watching this video from @quayjn on YouTube. (No actual name in the byline, though I think it’s Brian Katz if my paper trail is correct).
The best is this Pen you can …
CSS is OK, I guess. originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of...
Bitcoin’s Third Largest Wallet Changed Hands, but Onchain Data Shows It’s Likely the Same Owner
4.12.2022
Last year and during the first half of 2022, speculators assumed the third-largest bitcoin address was a ‘mysterious whale,’ even though the wallet had shown strong characteristics of being a cryptocurrency exchange. The address known as “1P5ZED” has since been replaced...