It’s a debate as old as Bitcoin itself: How can the world’s first cryptocurrency achieve true mass adoption? While the Bitcoin community focuses on improving user experience (UX), rolling out custody solutions, battling legislators, and onboarding institutions, core Bitcoin developer and CEO of Synonym John Carvalho has proposed a simpler solution: deprecate satoshis and remove …
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Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. Readers should conduct further research prior to taking any actions. Learn more › Blockchain sharding, worded in the most succinct way possible, is the division of network activity into smaller, more manageable parts, to enhance performance and scalability. Execution sharding, more specifically speaking, involves breaking down the execution of …
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Over the past week, data reveals that the Bitcoin blockchain has witnessed the departure of nearly 100 exahash per second (EH/s) of hashrate. Much of that exodus unfolded after difficulty climbed to 123.23 trillion on April 19. Will the Upcoming Retarget Restore Bitcoin’s Equilibrium on May 4? Data from hashrateindex.com shows that 91 EH/s has …
Mountain City may soon welcome a bitcoin mining operation, as Cleanspark has secured preliminary backing from local planners, contingent upon final evaluations of the site and energy arrangements. Cleanspark’s Bitcoin Mining Facility Proposal Moves Forward in Mountain City The Mountain City Planning Board has expressed early favor toward a bitcoin mining data center proposed by …
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Crypto VC firm RockawayX has launched a $125 million fund focused on early-stage Solana-based projects. With a track record of success and a hands-on investment strategy, the firm aims to capitalize on yield-generating DeFi opportunities. RockawayX Bets Big on Solana Again with Strategic Investment RockawayX, the Prague-based venture firm that backed Solana before it even …
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Wells Fargo customers may be eligible to be beneficiaries of a $185 million payout from the bank following a court’s approval of a massive class action settlement. A lawsuit initiated last year claims that during the Covid-19 era, Wells Fargo issued mortgage forbearances to its customers when they didn’t want them, causing unnecessary hardship while …
A widely followed crypto analyst and trader is leaning bullish on a mid-cap Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) competitor. Pseudonymous analyst Altcoin Sherpa tells his 244,900 followers on the social media platform X that Pepe (PEPE) memecoin is primed to go up by around 100% after undergoing consolidation and accumulation in a manner similar …
A popular crypto trader believes one top-10 altcoin will likely outperform Ethereum (ETH) once the crypto market takes off on a bull run again. Pseudonymous analyst Inmortal Crypto tells his 232,000 followers on the social media platform X that Solana (SOL) is already outperforming ETH in the latest market bounce this month, signaling the trend …
Crypto market remains vulnerable to structural weaknesses, including the lack of weekend liquidity, despite a significant improvement in investor sentiment. Crypto investor sentiment has seen a significant recovery from global tariff concerns, but analysts warn that the market’s structural weaknesses may still result in downside momentum during periods of weekend illiquidity. Risk appetite appeared to …
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BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes says Bitcoin (BTC) will likely benefit from the ongoing trade war and a US-China decoupling. In a new interview with the host of the Forward Guidance YouTube channel, Felix Jauvin, Hayes says governments around the world will likely have to print money to offset the impacts of the trade war, which …
Reciprocal tariffs are reshaping global trade policy — but their ripple effects could impact everything from mining hardware costs to crypto regulation. Reciprocal tariffs might sound like textbook trade jargon, but the idea is pretty straightforward: If one country slaps tariffs on your goods, you hit back with the same. Think of it as a …
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Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, has been named the most crypto-friendly city in the Multipolitan Crypto Friendly Cities Index. The ranking is attributed to the city’s strong digital asset environment, clear regulations, and widespread adoption of cryptocurrency payments. Slovenia Leads in Cryptocurrency Wealth per Capita The Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, has officially claimed the top spot in the …
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Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority and the Dubai Land Department have issued a public warning about entities falsely claiming involvement in their real estate tokenization project pilot. Possible Violation of Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulation The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has issued a public alert cautioning consumers and market participants about entities misrepresenting their involvement …
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Switzerland’s fierce defense of tradition faced a seismic crypto challenge as calls to add bitcoin to national reserves intensify amid global economic turmoil and geopolitical shifts. Swiss National Bank Chairman Warns Bitcoin’s ‘Very High’ Volatility Risks Currency Stability Swiss National Bank (SNB) Chairman Martin Schlegel strongly opposed integrating bitcoin into the institution’s currency reserves during …
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Cryptocurrency analyst Benjamin Cowen is saying Bitcoin (BTC) is primed to continue outperforming altcoins over the near term. Cowen tells his 894,000 YouTube subscribers that, based on the social risk metric, which gauges crypto market sentiment based on the social media activity of market participants, altcoins could continue underperforming the crypto king. “I have often …
