Bitcoin is struggling to climb above the $60,000 mark after a devastating downtrend this week. Bitfinex analysts have shared their latest insights on BTC for May, predicting that the world’s leading cryptocurrency will continue to serve as the price action benchmark for the market, indicative of the entire asset class’s market cap. Bitcoin Consolidation to […]
The largest American cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has added support for the Lightning Network on its platform to enable faster and cheaper payments. According to a blog post, the Lightning Network integration on Coinbase will reduce the cost of sending bitcoin (BTC) globally by 20x compared to the 2% charged on United States credit card transactions […]
On April 30, the popular millennial trading platform Robinhood announced that its crypto Connect feature was now available on the Uniswap mobile application. It added that eligible Robinhood customers can get $10 in the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin as a reward when they buy the equivalent amount of crypto using Robinhood Connect as a payment […]
Bitcoin prices slumped to a nine-week low just below $57,000 on May 1, shedding a further 4% on the day. The asset has now bled a whopping 11% since the same time last week. Market dips and flush-outs are not uncommon for crypto assets, but Glassnode analyst James Check thinks this time is different. Large […]
BTC prices fell to a two-month low of $59,130 in early trading on May 1, a public holiday for most of Asia. It is the first time the asset has fallen this low since the end of February, when momentum was bullish. With monthly support now broken, analysts are eyeing the next levels and the […]
On April 30, Ripple announced a partnership with HashKey Group, furthering its collaboration with financial services giant SBI Group. The joint venture with HashKey DX, a Tokyo-based specialized consulting company of the HashKey Group, aims to introduce XRP Ledger (XRPL) enterprise solutions to the Japanese market. HashKey DX will deploy supply chain finance solutions to […]
Uniswap, the most widely used Layer 2 decentralized exchanges (DEXs) built on Ethereum, now accounts for approximately 37% of the total trading volume on L2. This represents a remarkable increase compared to the trading volumes observed two years ago. Uniswap L2 Volumes Surged Over 650% In a post on X, Tom Wan, a researcher at […]
A griefing attack on the Bitcoin testnet recently caused a surge in network activity, resulting in the generation of over 165,000 blocks, equivalent to three years’ worth of blocks in just one week. The attacker, Jameson Lopp, co-founder and Chief Security Officer of Casa, publicly took credit for the incident, facing backlash from other Bitcoin […]
Business intelligence company MicroStrategy continues to increase its bitcoin stash, with a recent purchase of 122 BTC for nearly $8 million. In 2024 alone, the NASDAQ-listed giant has bought over 25,000 BTC. The company, which continues to remain the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, also reported a net loss and a decline in revenue […]
Business intelligence company MicroStrategy continues to increase its bitcoin stash, with a recent purchase of 122 BTC for nearly $8 million. In 2024 alone, the NASDAQ-listed giant has bought over 25,000 BTC. The company, which continues to remain the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, also reported a net loss and a decline in revenue […]