Transactions on Optimism recently eclipsed the Arbitrum network, but do the project’s fundamentals support a sustainable growth trajectory? Optimism is a layer-2 scaling solution that operates as a separate blockchain built on top of Ethereum. Despite having a smaller total value locked (TVL) than its rivals, Optimism may still have the potential to thrive in the increasingly competitive…

U.S. senators including Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders claimed crypto tax evaders are siphoning off billions from the government. A number of United States’ lawmakers have urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury to speed up the closure of tax loopholes being exploited by “crypto tax evaders.” In an Aug. 1 letter, Democratic Senators…

Robinhood achieved profitability for the first time since becoming a public company in the second quarter of 2023. Its crypto revenue, however, continues to decline. Robinhood released its second-quarter results, achieving profitability for the first time since becoming a public company, despite a drop in revenue in the second quarter of 2023. According to its quarterly report…

The scheme consists of mirroring addresses and sending dust transactions to users to trick them into sending funds to the scammer’s wallet. Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao warned his followers on X — formerly Twitter — about a tricky and increasingly popular scam targeting the crypto community in which fake wallet addresses are used to defraud users…

Metcalfe’s Law in crypto Metcalfe’s Law is a fundamental principle used to comprehend the network effect of communication systems such as cryptocurrencies and blockchain networks. Metcalfe’s Law was first used in the telecommunications industry, and has subsequently been applied to several social and technological networks. Metcalfe’s Law was created by Robert Metcalfe, the co-inventor of…

The Open Ordinals Institute aims to bolster the protocol’s future development as Ordinals inscriptions hit a milestone of 21 million. A non-profit organization dedicated to growing the development of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) on Bitcoin has been launched by the team behind the Bitcoin Ordinals protocol. The California-based nonprofit called the Open Ordinals Institute will bolster the…