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Embattled Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Seeks Judicial Management in Order to Rehabilitate the Company
16.8.2022
Eight days ago, the crypto lender Hodlnaut announced that the platform was suspending withdrawals after citing volatile market conditions. This week the company says it is seeking judicial management that aims to “provide the best chance of recovery.” Hodlnaut Updates Customers...
Crypto Economy’s Top Privacy Coins Take a Hit After US Government Banned Tornado Cash
15.8.2022
Following the U.S. government prohibiting the use of the ethereum mixing service Tornado Cash, the crypto economy’s top privacy coins lost more than 8% in USD value the following evening after the ban announcement. The top privacy coins like monero and zcash managed to recover the losses...
Weekly NFT Sales Show Improvement, Fantom and Immutable X NFT Volume Spikes
14.8.2022
Non-fungible token (NFT) sales managed to climb higher during the last seven days than the previous week’s overall sales. This week’s NFT sales managed to jump over 6.3% after recording more than $153 million in sales compared to last week’s $144 million. Non-Fungible Token...
Proposed Ethereum PoW Fork Token Loses Half Its Market Value in Less Than 6 Days
14.8.2022
In 32 days, Ethereum is expected to upgrade from a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus algorithm to a proof-of-stake (PoS) system after the network used PoW for seven years. While the testnets have implemented the new rules, most people envision a relatively smooth mainnet transition. However, another...
Tornado Cash Governance Token TORN Shudders More Than 57% Since the US Government Ban
13.8.2022
Amid the crackdown against Tornado Cash, associated addresses, contributing developers, and anyone who uses the mixing platform, the project’s governance token called TORN has shuddered in value. TORN is an ERC20 with a fixed supply that is leveraged for governance proposals and voting....
While Gains Have Been Slower Than Most Crypto Assets, Meme Coin Economy Swells by 24%
13.8.2022
While a great number of crypto asset values have improved over the last month, meme-based crypto assets have also advanced against the U.S. dollar. 53 days ago on June 21, the top meme coins by market valuation were once worth $14.5 billion and since then, the meme coin economy has grown by 24.82%...
Bitcoin’s Mathematical Monetary Policy Is Far More Predictable Than Gold and Fiat Currencies
12.8.2022
This past April, records show that 19 million bitcoins have been mined into existence and 133 days later, there are 1.88 million bitcoins left to mint today. The network’s block subsidy halving is expected to occur on or around April 20, 2024, as there are less than 91,000 bitcoins left...
Ethereum’s Goerli Testnet Implements The Merge, ETH Price Jumps 74% Higher During the Past 30 Days
11.8.2022
The Merge has successfully been implemented into Ethereum’s third and final testnet, Goerli, after previously adding Merge support to the testnets Sepolia and Ropsten. The Merge was added to Goerli at approximately 9:45 p.m. (EST) on Wednesday, transitioning to a full proof-of-stake (PoS)...
Biggest Movers: UNI Drops to 1-Week Low, While FIL Extends Recent Declines
9.8.2022
Uniswap moved to a one-week low on Tuesday, as crypto markets were mostly in the red during today’s session. The latest red wave in crypto markets comes days after several high profile tokens rose to multi-month highs. Filecoin was one such token, however it too declined today, falling for...
Zipmex to Restart Ether, Bitcoin Withdrawals in the Next Few Days
9.8.2022
Cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex will release ether (ETH) to users' wallets on Aug 11 with bitcoin (BTC) following a week later, having blocked customers from taking direct custody of their coins last month
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...
L2 Scaling Solution Arbitrum Schedules Nitro Rollup Stack Upgrade for August 31
7.8.2022
On August 4, Arbitrum One, the layer two (L2) Ethereum scaling solution, announced the protocol will implement a significant upgrade called Nitro in 25 days. The highly anticipated Nitro migration will take place on August 31, exactly one year after Offchain Labs, the Arbitrum project maintainers...
A Second Ethereum PoW Chain Idea Gains Traction, Poloniex to List ‘Potential Forked’ Token Markets
6.8.2022
Five days ago, the influential Chinese crypto miner, Chandler Guo, explained that a proof-of-work (PoW) version of Ethereum is “coming soon” as the community prepares for the network’s transition to proof-of-stake (PoS) next month. As usual, the idea of a forked token gets...
Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Rises for the First Time in 57 Days, BTC Hashrate Slipped 1.7% Lower in Q2
4.8.2022
The mining difficulty tied to the Bitcoin network increased for the first time in 57 days, rising 1.74% higher than the last two weeks. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been below average as the network’s computational power is down 1.7% lower in the second quarter than in Q1 2022....
Biggest Movers: APE Hovers Close to 2-Month High, FIL up Nearly 70% in Last Week
1.8.2022
Apecoin was trading close to a two-month high on Monday, despite crypto prices mainly being in the red to start the week. Global crypto markets are currently down around 2% as of writing. Despite this, filecoin continued its own surge, with prices of the token up nearly 70% in the last seven days....
Survey That Asks if The Merge Could Cause an Ethereum Chain Split Sparks PoS Delay Discussions
31.7.2022
While there’s 50 days left until the week of September 19, the crypto community has been discussing whether or not Ethereum developers will delay the penciled-in date for The Merge. Moreover, on July 27, the crypto hedge fund Galois Capital published a survey on Twitter that indicates more...
Uniglo Is Getting More Investors Faster Than Ever Just Like Ethereum & Shiba Inu in the Early Days
31.7.2022
Picking up the right coin at the right time is key in crypto. While ETH and BTC might get most of the attention and introduce the newest people to crypto, they aren’t necessarily the best purchases right now if you want upside. They already had their massive price booms, and you need to start...
While the Bear Market’s Claws Drag ETH Prices Down, Ethereum Network Fees Remain Low
31.7.2022
While ethereum prices jumped 61% higher during the last 30 days, the crypto asset’s U.S. dollar value is still down more than 60% lower than ether’s all-time high recorded nine months ago. Amid the market downturn, the network’s average fees have been lower than $5...
Do Kwon, Terraform Labs Face Class-Action Lawsuit for Allegedly Selling Unregistered Securities
30.7.2022
While most of the crypto economy’s digital assets have seen significant gains this month, Terra’s luna 2.0 has been stagnant as it has shed 24.37% against bitcoin during the last 30 days. LUNA is down 89.8% from the token’s all-time price high two months ago on May...
Central African Republic Token Sale off to Slow Start — $1.26 Million Raised in Under 5 Days
30.7.2022
The Central African Republic’s token sale appeared to have gotten to a slow start after less than 13 million out of the 210 million Sango coins were sold since the commencement of the sale on July 25. The country has claimed its decision to adopt bitcoin has won praise from “other...