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12 Cool Games We Saw At PAX East 2024
28.3.2024
PAX East was in Boston this past week, and while there were some heavy hitters at the show like Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios and Square Enix showing off Final Fantasy XIV’s Dawntrail expansion, the show didn’t have a ton of big names.Read more
Marathon Digital Holdings Unveils ‘M’ Block Art on Bitcoin Blockchain
27.3.2024
Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital Holdings has crafted a block that prominently displays the letter “M” by carefully arranging transactions and fee rates within its mining pool. This novel approach introduces a creative twist to block creation in the blockchain realm. Despite this innovative step...
Mega Whale Moves 2,000 Dormant Bitcoins From 2010 in Third Series of Transfers This Month
27.3.2024
On March 1, a well-known colossal whale holding bitcoins from 2010 activated 2,000 dormant bitcoins across 40 transactions in a single block. Just four days afterward, on March 5, this entity once more made waves by transferring 1,000 bitcoins originating from the same year. For the third instance...
Binance Faces Regulatory Hurdles as Philippines SEC’s Ban on Binance Takes Effect
25.3.2024
The Philippines SEC's Ban on Binance prohibits local access to the exchange's website and applications. This decision stems from Binance's alleged unlicensed operations and offering of investment opportunities to Filipinos.
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Report: Bitcoin’s Mining Landscape Braces for Shift as Halving Could Slash 100 EH/s of Hashpower
23.3.2024
Based on a recent analysis, numerous outdated bitcoin mining devices likely powered up in response to the latest uptick in bitcoin’s value. However, with the anticipated block reward halving, it’s projected that around 100 exahash per second (EH/s) of computing power might...
Bitcoin Miners on the Brink of Surpassing February Earnings as 2 Difficulty Adjustments Loom
21.3.2024
Bitcoin miners face two additional difficulty adjustments before the network’s halving event, which is rapidly approaching, with less than 4,300 blocks remaining. Data indicates the total hashrate has recovered from a minor dip, suggesting miners might see a decrease in difficulty at...
Solana Announces Recommendations and Measures to Deal With Network Congestion
19.3.2024
The Solana Foundation has announced several recommendations that developers should follow to cope with the high usage that the network is currently experiencing. The foundation recommended implementing priority fees, and a series of optimizations to avoid dropping transactions. Also, an improved...
Binance Asks Prime Brokers to Enhance KYC to Block U.S. Nationals: Bloomberg
19.3.2024
The presence of U.S. nationals on the platform has been a contentious issue for authorities as, officially, they are banned but continue to pop up
Next Big Meme Coin Dogecoin20 Smashes $2m While DOGE Price Slips 5% to $0.144
18.3.2024
Newest meme coin on the block Dogecoin20 ($DOGE20) has just raised $2 million as it throws down the gauntlet to Dogecoin, which saw its price slip 5% to $0.143 in early price action.
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Democrats Ask SEC's Gensler to Block Approval of More Crypto ETPs
15.3.2024
Senators say that retail investors face "enormous risks" from such products because thin order books for some cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin Mining Hits Record Difficulty as Countdown to 2024 Halving Begins
14.3.2024
On Thursday, Bitcoin’s network difficulty escalated by 5.79% at block height 834,624, signaling the year’s fourth rising adjustment. The mining difficulty now stands at an unprecedented peak of 83.95 trillion, with the forthcoming adjustment anticipated around March 27, 2024. Bitcoin...
Layer-2 Blockchain Blast Grinds to a Halt During Ethereum Dencun Upgrade
14.3.2024
A Blast block explorer reported that the Blast network had encountered a disruption in block production due to the Ethereum Dencun upgrade.
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Blast Network Temporarily Halts Amid Dencun Upgrade; Fix Deployed
13.3.2024
Blast, a new Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling solution, paused its block production due to issues arising from the recent Dencun upgrade on the Ethereum mainnet, with its team diligently seeking a fix. Since launching its mainnet on Feb. 29, 2024, and amassing billions in crypto assets through...
Jack Dorsey's Block Begins Shipping Bitkey Bitcoin Wallets
13.3.2024
Block unveiled Bitkey for pre-order in 95 countries last December having commenced beta testing during the summer
Poland’s Regulator Gets Authority to Block Crypto Access Ahead of MiCA Bill
12.3.2024
The new authority will enable KNF to independently block crypto accounts for 96 hours if any suspension arises.
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The Tale of the Mysterious 2010 Bitcoin Whale: A Pattern of Consistent Liquidation Uncovered
10.3.2024
Onchain analysts are focusing on the significant whale transactions occurring this month, revealing that 3,000 bitcoin from 2010 block rewards have been moved for the first time in nearly fourteen years. However, what many may not realize is that this sequence of block reward disbursements from...
Piers Ridyard, CEO of Radix DLT, on The Future of Web3, Wallets, Account Abstraction, and Creating the Game Engine for DeFi | Ep. 315
8.3.2024
Piers Ridyard, CEO of the decentralized network Radix DLT, talks about the “wild ride” through the worlds of smart contracts and Y Combinator, finding Ethereum, mining on its genesis block, selling ETH, getting into Radix, the project’s fundamental principles, and how it goes above and beyond...
Mega Whale Resurfaces: 1,000 Vintage Bitcoins From 2010 Moved as BTC Peaked at $69,210
6.3.2024
On March 1, 2024, an infamous and vast bitcoin mega whale moved 2,000 vintage bitcoins from 2010 and now, four days later, on March 5—the day bitcoin hit its peak value of $69,210 per coin—the same entity transferred another 1,000 bitcoins from 2010. 2010 Bitcoin Whale Moves Millions...
Marathon Mines Record-Breaking 4 MB Bitcoin Block Linked to Runestone Airdrop
5.3.2024
During bitcoin’s extraordinary price peaks in March, this week saw the mining of the biggest block by byte size, with Marathon’s mining pool producing a 3.99 megabyte (MB) block. This block, labeled as 832,849, carried a message linked to the Runestone airdrop. Bitcoin Blockchain...
Bitcoin Mining Revenue Jumps to $1.39 Billion in February Despite Fee Decline
2.3.2024
In February, bitcoin miners discovered a total of 4,446 blocks, amassing earnings of $1.39 billion, with $71 million of this sum coming from onchain transaction fees. The revenue from bitcoin mining in February rose by $40 million compared to January, though the amount collected from fees saw...