BlackRock ETF will be ‘big rubber yes stamp’ for Bitcoin: Interview with Charles Edwards
22 Jul 2023
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Bitcoin’s future is overwhelmingly bright, and short-term price pressures should not distract investors from a future global asset class, says the Capriole Investments founder. Bitcoin stands to win big thanks to the BlackRock exchange-traded fund (ETF), investor and analyst Charles Edwards believes. In his latest interview with Cointelegraph, Edwards, who is founder of quantitative Bitcoin and digital asset fund…

The last Bitcoin: What will happen once all BTC are mined?
22 Jul 2023
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According to some experts, miners will always be essential to the Bitcoin ecosystem, even after mining the last coins. Satoshi Nakamoto mined the genesis block on Jan. 3, 2009, minting the first 50 Bitcoin in history and kicking off what would become a billion-dollar industry centered around mining crypto. However, with a cap on Bitcoin supply, the…

Solana records 1 outage in first half of 2023, 100% uptime in Q2
21 Jul 2023
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The Solana network is seeing steady improvements in performance and reliability as outages become more infrequent. Layer-1 blockchain network Solana has shown an improvement in reliability and uptime so far this year only having one outage in 2023, according to a report from the Solana Foundation. On July 20, the Solana Foundation released its latest…

Liquid staking claims top spot in DeFi: Binance report
21 Jul 2023
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A Binance spokesperson highlighted that there are things to be wary of when liquid staking, including smart contract vulnerabilities, slashing risks and price fluctuations. Liquid staking is a decentralized finance (DeFi) subsector that lets users earn yield by staking their tokens without losing their liquidity. It has become the biggest DeFi sector in terms of total value…

Aptos’ new user growth hits 900% after integration with social media app Chingari
21 Jul 2023
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Chingari started the migration to Aptos in July, seeking an enhanced experience for users following Solana’s network outages in 2022. The Aptos blockchain has seen a surge of activity following its integration with Chingari, an Indian social media platform previously powered by Solana. According to on-chain data, the number of new users jumped 900% over the previous…

Why isn’t smart money’s effect on crypto’s original promise discussed more?
20 Jul 2023
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Prioritizing the ideas in the Bitcoin white paper instead of perceiving crypto as a forex market could have dramatically changed today’s cryptocurrency use cases. Ignoring the original, utility-driven ideas introduced in the early documents on digital cash became the new normal once adopters stumbled upon a cryptocurrency price ticker. Are new price tickers a sign…