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Record-high Hash Rates and Mining Difficulty Pushed Miners to Sell BTC: Compass Mining
29.1.2024
Bitcoin miners were forced to liquidate a portion of their Bitcoin holdings to cover operational expenses due to the surge in hash rates and mining difficulty, according to data from Compass Mining. In its annual review of the Bitcoin mining ecosystem, Compass Mining highlighted that the older...
Ethereum Will Continue Losing Ground To Bitcoin: Glassnode
21.12.2023
Source: Pixabay / vjkombajn The price of Ethereum (ETH) has continuously lost ground to that of its older brother, Bitcoin (BTC), throughout the year – and on-chain data suggests it will continue to do so. As of Thursday, Bitcoin’s market cap dominance stood at 53.3%, versus Ethereum’s 16.7%. A...
Lucky Solo Miner With 11 PH/s Bags Bitcoin Block Reward Amid Giant Pools
30.10.2023
Recent insights reveal that a solo miner successfully mined block 814,308 employing a mere 11 petahash per second (PH/s) of mining power. This feat was achieved through Solo Ckpool, a service for solo miners endowed with lower hashrates or older, less efficient hardware. Solo Miner Finds Another...
Cambridge Revises Bitcoin Mining Index, Lowers BTC’s Estimated Power Use
1.9.2023
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance has significantly revised its Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index, lowering its estimates of the cryptocurrency’s energy use after finding its previous model greatly overstated power consumption. Cambridge Centre Revises Bitcoin Energy Estimates...
Urbit, a Network Older and Weirder Than Bitcoin, Finally Turns Toward Growth
10.5.2023
The peer-to-peer network started in 2002 says it's taking on "MEGACORP," much in the same vein as many blockchain networks. A bit more fun are the "secret code names" that users are assigned
Here's why India held on to older crypto reforms in national budget 2023
1.2.2023
Experts opine that the Indian government needs more data and time to decide on rigid tax policies, given it has been only ten months since the tax laws were introduced in March 2022
Bitcoin UTXOs Older Than 5 Years Surged During Bear Market
1.2.2023
UTXO or unspent transaction output is the amount of bitcoin someone is left with after executing a transaction
Epic Is Cutting The Servers For 17 Older Online Games
14.12.2022
Fortnite developer Epic Games announced today that it will no longer provide online service or servers for 17 older games, including six from the Unreal series dating back as far as 1998, and it will end access to some additional games entirely. The shutdowns are already starting to be enacted,...
Death Stranding 2 Stars An Older Sam Bridges And ... Octopus Babies?
9.12.2022
After teasing it for a few weeks, Hideo Kojima’s next project has been announced tonight, and it’s a bit of a surprise: it’s a direct sequel to Death Stranding.Read more
Charles Schwab: Cryptocurrency Is a Top Method for Retirement Savings
28.10.2022
A study published by financial giant Charles Schwab shows that cryptocurrency is a top method for retirement savings. “Gen Z and millennial workers are more likely to also invest in cryptocurrency, real estate, annuities, and small businesses, unlike older generations.” Crypto...
Bank of America’s Survey of Wealthy Americans: Younger People Are 7.5 Times More Likely to Hold Crypto in Their Portfolios
16.10.2022
Bank of America has found that younger wealthy Americans are 7.5 times more likely to hold crypto in their portfolios than investors aged 43 and older. “If the youngest cohort isn’t confident in stocks, where do they see opportunities for investment growth? Alternatives, including...
MetaMask warns of security vulnerability from older versions of popular crypto wallet
15.6.2022
"Ultimately, we've learned that our password encryption feature's security was partially undermined by browser behavior," said the team at MetaMask
Dubai Property Developer Completes Real Estate Deals Worth $50M via Crypto
4.6.2022
According to an executive with the Dubai-based DAMAC Properties, the real estate development “company has already succeeded in concluding real estate deals worth $50 million via cryptocurrencies since the beginning of this year.” The executive, however, says his company is facing...
As Bitcoin Price Slides, Older Mining Rigs Are Becoming Less Profitable
25.5.2022
Even as Bitcoin's mining difficulty adjusts downward, the price trend might spell a crisis for retail miners. On the other hand, it could be an opportunity for those looking to buy rigs
Amid the Hottest US Inflation in 40 Years, Biden Administration Blames Rising Prices on Shipping Industry
21.3.2022
During the last few months, inflation has risen significantly in the United States as it has climbed at its fastest pace since 1982. Data shows younger families with children have been struggling to make ends meet, while reports further indicate retirees and older folks with fixed incomes...
Artists and Activists Turn to NFT Sales to Support the Ukrainian People
14.3.2022
NFTs are showing the brighter side of humanity as real support transcends the boundaries of nations and reaches Ukraine through the metaverse. In light of the ongoing military conflict, people from all around the world send their donations to Ukraine via NFT sales, as artists and activists turn...
Spellfire: Crypto Project Older Than Crypto Starts a ‘10 Days Growth’ Sprint
18.2.2022
Spellfire has packed 30 years of history into an amazing experience and combined it with the latest trends of tomorrow. Defining the future of NFTs and adding new standards to collectible card games has become the core aims of game developers. St. Valentines day has marked an important date in...
No Man's Sky Dev Brings Back Older Games To Brighten One Kid's Life
27.1.2022
Before Hello Games made a name for itself with the procedurally generated space adventure No Man’s Sky, its developer was all about Joe Danger, a cartoonish motorcycle stuntman racing through an eponymous series of console and mobile games. After years of being defunct due to iOS updates, the...
Crypto in 2022 Will Bring New and Older Emergent Trends to the Fore
1.1.2022
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Crypto is an emergent phenomenon. Put simply, this means it has properties that we can’t extrapolate from the properties of its parts, or to put it even more simply, no one knows exactly what crypto will do in the future....
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2021’s NFT Boom Pushes Collectors Toward Rare and Older Collections
20.12.2021
In 2021, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been extremely popular and have become a billion-dollar industry this year. There’s been a number of NFT marketplaces and collections that have seen a massive number of sales and individual digital collectibles have sold for millions. The NFT hype...