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Bitcoin wallet addresses created in November inches toward a million
29.12.2021
Retail could be right around the corner: New Bitcoin wallet addresses shot up by almost one million in November
LibreScan, the First Decentralized Blockchain Explorer Supported by QANplatform
23.12.2021
PRESS RELEASE. LibreScan, the First Decentralized Blockchain Explorer supported by QANplatform Estonia, Tallinn: The team behind QANplatform announces LibreScan, the first open-source self-hosted Decentralized Blockchain Explorer (DBE). Cryptocurrency holders will soon be able to self-host their...
Hundreds of Millions Worth of ‘Sleeping Bitcoins’ Woke up After BTC’s Mid-November Price High
19.12.2021
On Sunday, December 19, a dormant address that received 235 bitcoin in 2013 was activated after more than nine years of sitting idle. Bitcoin’s price has dropped lower after reaching its all-time high on November 10, and throughout December, records show a great number of so-called...
‘Financial Inclusion’ — A Buzzword for Central Banks Who Secretly Despise Economic Freedom
27.11.2021
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released its latest report on “digital currency governance” this month, addressing stablecoins, cryptocurrencies, and “barriers to financial inclusion.” Like most central banks, regulators, think tanks, and politicians, the...
Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Addresses Rise of NFT Gaming; Feels Some of It Is “Exploitive”
19.11.2021
Phil Spencer, executive vice president of gaming at Microsoft and the individual responsible for the Xbox program, has addressed the NFT gaming phenomenon trending recently. To Spencer, some of the platforms that leverage the use of NFTs feel more exploitive than entertaining. Some of the biggest...
Bitcoin bargain: 3rd biggest whale address adds 207 BTC at $62K
16.11.2021
Whales are broadly acting just like in the 2017 bull market, research suggests, as Bitcoin price action takes another breather
Finiko Fugitives Suspected of Moving 750 BTC From Crypto Pyramid’s Wallet
13.11.2021
A large amount of cryptocurrency has reportedly been withdrawn from a wallet previously controlled by the Finiko Ponzi scheme in Russia. The wallet’s unknown operators have transferred coins worth $48 million this month. The digital currency was split into smaller amounts and deposited...
Decentralized Indexing Provider Aleph.im Launches Serum Markets Analytics
7.11.2021
Crypto proponents and market observers can now gain insight into Solana’s and Serum’s liquidity infrastructure ecosystem via the analytics and decentralized indexing provider Aleph.im. The cross-blockchain computing project says the induction of Serum Markets will “help surface...
Total Value Locked in Defi Reaches $250 Billion — Uniswap, Quickswap, Trader Joe Dominate Dex Volumes
4.11.2021
During the second week of October, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols crossed $200 billion, and two weeks later in November, the TVL in defi surpassed $250 billion gaining 25% in value. Meanwhile, Ethereum commands more than 67% of the $253 billion TVL in defi...
Shiba Inu Soars Knocking Dogecoin Down a Notch — 20 Holders Own 75% of the SHIB Supply
28.10.2021
The meme-based digital asset shiba inu has entered the top ten largest crypto assets by market capitalization, knocking dogecoin down a notch. In the last 30 days, the shiba inu token climbed 976% capturing a market cap of over $40 billion. Meanwhile, the concentration of shiba inu whales is still...
CoinMarketCap hack reportedly leaks 3.1 million user email addresses
23.10.2021
3.1 million email addresses linked to CoinMarketCap accounts were reportedly being traded on hacking forums, according to Have I Been Pwned
17% of addresses snapped up 80% of all Ethereum NFTs since April
22.10.2021
According to research from Moonstream the top 16.71% of all NFT hodlers on Ethereum owned 80.98% of NFTs between April 1 and Sept. 25
Some Typography Links VIII
21.10.2021
Do you know what to use the @ sign for something other than email addresses and Twitter handles? I do! —  Pawel Grzybek notes how some old physical typewriters had an “Arroba” on them which was represented with the @
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As Bitcoin’s Price Spikes Pods of BTC Whales Begin to Shrink in Size
18.10.2021
Recent metrics from a variety of analytical web portals show that the quantity of bitcoin whales has been shrinking in recent times. The data indicates that the leading crypto asset has been distributed quite a bit since the price run-up started. Pods of Bitcoin Whales Shrink — Addresses...
Litecoin Surpasses Ethereum in Number of Active Addresses
13.10.2021
Santiment, the on-chain data provider, states that Litecoin has surpassed Ethereum in terms of active wallet addresses. In addition, according to the data provider, Litecoin payment count hit its all-time high at 600k daily users. The number allowed the UTXO crypto to beat the top DeFi and...
New Alliance Aims to Replace Crypto Wallet Addresses with “.Wallet” Usernames
5.10.2021
="https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/unstoppable-domains-and-30-global-crypto-wallet-providers-form-new-wallet-username-standard-885778643.html">said they will develop the wallet address standard by using Unstoppable Domains’ more easily readable “.wallet” domains.Other members in
Polygon briefly overtakes Ethereum for active addresses after 330% surge
30.9.2021
Layer two aggregator Polygon has seen a 330% surge in active addresses over the past 3 months
Blacklisted Suex Addresses Received Over $900 Million in Crypto, Report Reveals
23.9.2021
Cryptocurrency addresses allegedly used by Russian exchange Suex, recently placed under U.S. sanctions, have received more than $934 million in crypto assets, blockchain analysis suggests. According to the Treasury Department, over 40% of the platform’s transactions involved criminal actors....
US Treasury Targets Crypto Exchanges in Whole-of-Government Effort to Counter Ransomware
23.9.2021
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has taken actions targeting cryptocurrency exchanges “responsible for laundering ransoms” as part of the whole-of-government effort to counter ransomware. One cryptocurrency exchange has already been sanctioned along with related crypto addresses....
US Sanctions Russian Crypto Broker Suex for Laundering Millions in Illicit Funds
22.9.2021
The U.S. Treasury Department has blacklisted Suex, a cryptocurrency broker based in Russia, for its money laundering activities. The platform is suspected of processing hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto transactions related to scams, ransomware attacks, darknet markets, and the infamous...