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Post-Shapella Hard Fork: Ethereum Deposits Exceed Withdrawals, Wait Time Climbs, ETH Transfer Fees Jump
19.4.2023
It has been a week since Ethereum’s Shapella hard fork, and statistics indicate that ethereum deposits on April 18 have exceeded withdrawals for the first time since the upgrade. At present, 929,999 ether worth $1.94 billion is pending withdrawal, and over the past three days, 112,568 ether...
NFT Marketplace Looksrare Launches Version 2, Cutting Protocol Fees by 75% and Introducing Bulk Purchases
9.4.2023
Looksrare, the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, has launched version two, also known as v2, which reduces protocol fees by 75%. According to statistics from Dune Analytics, Looksrare was the tenth-largest NFT marketplace in terms of trader count during the past week. NFT Market Protocol...
Saudi Arabia and OPEC Reveal Surprise Oil Production Cut; White House Insists Cuts Aren’t Advisable Right Now
3.4.2023
On Sunday, Saudi Arabia and several major oil producers announced their plan to cut oil production by 1.15 million barrels per day, starting in May and continuing until the end of 2023. According to the Saudi Energy Ministry, the move was coordinated with some members of the Organization of...
China Makes Advances in Ditching the US Dollar for Settlements — Inks Deal With Brazil and Completes First Yuan LNG Purchase
31.3.2023
China has been advancing its goal of positioning the yuan as an alternative to the U.S. dollar for settling international payments. The Chinese government recently struck a bilateral deal with Brazil to settle trades using their national currencies and completed a purchase of Liquefied Natural...
Nimiq adds support for gas-abstracted USDC transactions on Polygon
22.3.2023
Silicon Paradise, Costa Rica, March 22, 2023 – Blockchain ecosystem Nimiq has introduced gas-abstracted USDC transactions for Polygon users within its native wallet. The novel feature, incorporated into Nimiq’s non-custodial wallet, makes it easier and more feasible for merchants to accept...
Crypto Wallet Giddy Lets Polygon Users Pay Gas Fees in USDC
2.3.2023
Wallet startup Giddy has a new "autogas" feature for easy onboarding into Polygon
Square Enix to Use Polygon’s Network in Symbiogenesis, Its Upcoming Web3 Experience
17.2.2023
Japanese gaming company Square Enix has announced that it will be using Polygon, an Ethereum sidechain, as a base for Symbiogenesis, its upcoming Web3 experience. Naoyuki Tamate, producer of the game, cited the high transaction speeds and low transaction gas costs as the reasons for making this...
Bitcoin Miners Surface for Air as Sliding Natural Gas Price Provides Cost Relief
9.2.2023
Energy producers finally have incentives to work with bitcoin miners as the price of natural gas drops from historic highs
Ethereum gas price spikes 29% in January as user activity grows: Report
8.2.2023
Ethereum block statistics show that the average number of blocks mined each day showed little to no change, while the total block size per month increased by 7%
Ethereum Network’s Rising Gas Fees in 2023: A Balancing Act of Growth and Cost
3.2.2023
Ethereum gas fees have increased 13.71% in the last two weeks, with the average fee rising from $4.52 per transaction to $5.14 per transfer on Feb. 3, 2023. Despite ethereum’s price seeing significant growth this year, its network’s gas fees have also seen a similar increase. As...
Ethereum Developers Commence Finalizing Shanghai Upgrade ‘Shadow Fork’ for Testing and Bug Identification
23.1.2023
Ethereum developers have begun finalizing the Shanghai upgrade “shadow fork,” according to software engineer Marius van der Wijden. The “shadow fork” will serve as a testing environment for the Shanghai upgrade, allowing developers to identify bugs and any potential...
OpenOcean Integrates Verse DEX to Deepen Available Liquidity on Ethereum
22.1.2023
PRESS RELEASE. OpenOcean, a leading Web 3 middleware developer and DEX Aggregator across 19 chains, backed by top investors – Binance Labs, CMS, Altonomy, and more – has integrated with the recently released Verse DEX, Bitcoin.com’s decentralized exchange (DEX), to provide...
Ethereum Gas Fees Spike as ETH Value Rises: Average Onchain Fees Jump by More Than 50%
19.1.2023
While the second-largest crypto asset by market capitalization, ethereum, has risen 27% against the U.S. dollar in the last two weeks, the network’s average and median-sized gas fees have increased by more than 50%. On the first day of 2023, the average fee to spend ether was around $2.93...
Polygon Completes Hard Fork to Reduce Gas Fee Spikes, Disruptive Reorgs
17.1.2023
The software upgrade to the Ethereum scaling project went live on Tuesday and included two proposals from December that Polygon validator teams voted to approve
SHIB Token Sees Rise Ahead of Shibarium Beta Launch
16.1.2023
The meme token shiba inu has seen a rise against the U.S. dollar during the last seven days as the coin’s supporters anticipate the beta launch of the layer two (L2) scaling solution Shibarium. Developers detailed on Jan. 15, 2023, that the L2 platform, “Shibarium beta,” is about...
Polygon primed for hard fork aimed at reducing gas fee spikes: New details revealed
15.1.2023
Polygon told Cointelegraph that the hard fork will take effect at block 38,189,056, which will be initiated without the influence of centralized actors
Polygon Announces Upcoming Hard Fork to Address Gas Spikes and Chain Reorganizations
15.1.2023
The Ethereum scaling blockchain, Polygon, has revealed plans to initiate a hard fork on Jan. 17, 2023. According to the team, the network upgrade will “reduce the severity of gas spikes” and “address chain reorganizations (reorgs) in an effort to reduce time to finality.”...
Dollar Loses to Digital Currencies in 2023, Former Russian President Medvedev Says
30.12.2022
Digital fiat currencies will spread next year while the U.S. dollar will be losing its status of global reserve currency, according to Russia’s former head of state. In a string of tweets, Dmitry Medvedev gave his two cents on what the future holds for the world, a “humble contribution,” as he...
Bitgert partners with USM & develops the world’s 1st zero-gas fee Blockchain
27.12.2022
Bitgert and USM, short for the United States of Mars, have joined hands to enable Bitgert to establish its headquarters in the metaverse. It would be a virtual headquarters with its presence in the USM metaverse. More details are awaited on the development; however, users have already started...
Web3 Applications Will Increasingly Be Built on Custom Blockchains, Says Ankr’s Head of Product
16.12.2022
As blockchain developers compete for traffic and resources for their respective dapps (decentralized applications), the downside to this, according to some in the industry, can be a poor user experience which in turn undermines the mass adoption cause. Therefore, unless current blockchains —...