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Bitcoin Transaction Backlog Shrinks, but Over 289,000 Still Await Confirmation
20.5.2023
Although Bitcoin’s network transaction fees have decreased and a portion of the unconfirmed transfer backlog has diminished, the protocol still grapples with over 289,000 transactions awaiting confirmation. As of this writing, more than 218 blocks must be processed to fully alleviate this...
Marathon and Brink Join Forces to Raise $1 Million for Bitcoin Core Developers
20.5.2023
Bitcoin mining company Marathon Digital Holdings and Brink, a nonprofit striving to support open-source Bitcoin development, recently revealed their collaboration to generate up to $1 million in funding for Bitcoin Core developers. Marathon pledged to match all contributions toward this cause...
Bitcoin Payments App Strike Expands to More Than 65 Countries From Three
19.5.2023
Strike, led by Jack Mallers, currently operates in the U.S., Argentina and El Salvador. The push into new markets in Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia and the Caribbean would add a host of additional countries, from Antigua and Barbuda to Vanuatu and Zambia
BitDAO passes BIP-21 token optimization and branding proposal
19.5.2023
A proposal to unify branding between the Mantle network and BitDAO passed with overwhelming support
Bankrupt Crypto Firm Celsius May Receive Second Chance from Wall Street
19.5.2023
The now-bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network may get a second chance with the help of Wall Street investment giants.
According to a Wall Street Journal article from Thursday, two groups of investment heavyweights are currently engaged in a bidding war for what remains of Celsius, close to a year...
Bitcoin Mining Gets Tougher as Network Difficulty Reaches New Peak
19.5.2023
On May 18, 2023, at block height 790,272, Bitcoin’s difficulty reached an all-time high after rising 3.22% on Thursday. The network’s difficulty is now at an impressive 49.55 trillion, or 0.90% away from 50 trillion hashes, making it the most difficult it has ever been to discover...
Privacy-Focused Network Horizen Expected to Undergo Node Upgrade in June
19.5.2023
The upgrade would bring enhancements to sidechains and bug fixes
Binance scouts Web3 entrepreneurs, yet TMS Network stays ahead of Solana & Uniswap
19.5.2023
Innovation is the core concept behind blockchain and crypto infrastructure, yet the innovation race is still on despite the technology being around for 15 years. This is being pushed by crypto giant Binance, which has been scouting for Web3 and DeFi entrepreneurs, keeping its beady eyes on tokens...
Litecoin Network Surges With Activity as Ordinal Inscriptions Drive Transaction Volume
18.5.2023
Based on recent data, the Litecoin (LTC) network has seen a considerable surge in activity due to an increase in Ordinal inscription minting happening on its blockchain. The cryptocurrency’s value has risen by more than 13% in the past week, although it has dipped more than 4% within...
Unidef Introduces Decemount to Expedite Global Shift to Decentralization
18.5.2023
PRESS RELEASE. Dubai, UAE — May 18, 2023 – Today, Unidef (unidef.org), a global network of organizations focused on hastening the global shift to a decentralized future, proudly unveils its latest initiative, Decemount. This ambitious project seeks to fund and empower talented individuals...
Hector Network Fight Centers on Efficacy of DAO Governance
18.5.2023
TMS Network dominates DEX markets, as GMX ups the DeFi ante with Arbitrum & Chainlink
18.5.2023
It’s been an interesting few weeks for the popular decentralized exchange GMX, as the perpetual exchange recently incorporated low-latency oracles from Chainlink (LINK) while ranking as the project with the total value locked on Arbitrum (ARB). However, savvy investors are still focusing...
Coinbase Cloud plugs into Chainlink oracle network to improve smart contract reliability
18.5.2023
Chainlink’s oracle network will welcome Coinbase Cloud as a node operator to improve high-quality data provision to a number of blockchain protocols
DRC20 Tokens Take Dogecoin Community by Storm, Driving Record-Breaking Daily Transactions on the Network
17.5.2023
With the BRC20 token economy maintaining a market capitalization of nearly $500 million, the introduction of the DRC20 token standard has sparked a flurry of excitement within the Dogecoin community. The emerging token type has ignited a surge of activity, leading to a substantial increase in daily...
Bittrex bankruptcy casts doubt over BNB & XRP, TMS Network shakes it off with a 1700% boost to the value
17.5.2023
Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex recently filed for bankruptcy in the US, becoming the latest crypto venture to go bust. Bittrex pledged to return customer funds and wind down its US operations while continuing to operate overseas, citing the increasingly strong regulatory environment in the US...
Lightning Labs launches rebranded 'Taro' amid Bitcoin's BRC-20 bottleneck
17.5.2023
Lightning Labs have unveiled a new solution to the clunky process for minting new assets on the Bitcoin network
Cashtokens Take Center Stage Following Bitcoin Cash Upgrade: Over 26,000 Tokens Created
16.5.2023
Following the recent Bitcoin Cash upgrade on Monday, data reveals that approximately 1,308 fungible tokens and 25,336 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have emerged on the blockchain. Moreover, the Cashtokens token ecosystem is now accessible through the blockchain explorers 3xpl.com and salemkode.com...
Bankrupt Celsius Network Channels $75 Million of Ether to Figment Staking Service – What's Going On?
16.5.2023
The bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network has staked close to $75 million worth of ETH via the staking service Figment, on-chain data has revealed.
The massive transfer from Celsius to Figment was made via fourteen separate transactions made between May 10 and 12, and totaled some 40,928 ETH...
Bitcoin Lightning company River raises $35M amid ‘new wave of institutional adoption’
16.5.2023
“We’re seeing another wave of Bitcoin interest, largely driven by business and institutional adoption,” says Alex Leishman, River CEO. “It’s not fueled by hype.”
The role of central limit order book DEXs in decentralized finance
16.5.2023
A look at the role of central limit order book DEXs in DeFi