Weekend Wrap: Germany moves $80M more BTC, Vitalik donates 100 ETH and more
    08 Jul 2024
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    Germany shifts another 1,400 BTC The German government has transferred another 1,400 Bitcoin — worth $80 million at current prices — in its latest string of Bitcoin movements. On July 6, a wallet address associated with the German government transferred 700 BTC to an unknown wallet address. A day later, on July 7, the same address…

    Bitcoin ATM network shrinks by 334 machines in 40 days
    07 Jul 2024
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    Coinciding with the decline in Bitcoin prices, the global network of active Bitcoin ATMs decreased by 334 machines in less than 40 days. In June, 107 Bitcoin ATMs went offline, ending the 10-month trajectory of month-on-month increases in net installation. The reduction was further catalyzed in July. Within five days, as of July 5, 227 crypto…

    Tron is building a gas-free stablecoin solution for Tron, Ethereum chains
    07 Jul 2024
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    Tron founder Justin Sun has revealed his team is building a gasless stablecoin solution to make peer-to-peer transfers free for all. Sun hopes to integrate the stablecoin solution on the Tron blockchain this fourth quarter, followed by Ethereum and other Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible public chains soon after. “Transfers can be made without paying any gas tokens, with…

    Up to 99% of Mt. Gox’s $8.2B Bitcoin could be sold — Analyst
    06 Jul 2024
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    Most of the Bitcoin being repaid by defunct exchange Mt. Gox will likely be sold, threatening to cause more downside pressure on the price of Bitcoin. The Mt. Gox repayments could add $8.2 billion worth of additional selling pressure to the Bitcoin price, according to finance analyst Jacob King. The analyst said that onchain movements already…

    Aptos launches keyless wallets that use ZK-proofs to verify identities
    05 Jul 2024
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    According to a July 3 announcement, the Aptos blockchain has launched a web-hosted keyless wallet application that uses ZK-proofs to verify users. Called “Aptos Connect,” the new wallet allows users to connect to decentralized applications using a Google login without needing hardware security modules, passkeys, or a multiparty computation network. According to the announcement, Aptos…

    Web3 users reached an all-time high of 10M in Q2: DappRadar
    05 Jul 2024
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    According to a July 4 report from blockchain analytics platform DappRadar, the number of users using Web3 applications reached a record high in the second quarter. The number of daily unique active wallets (dUAW) was approximately 10 million over the quarter, a 40% increase from the first quarter and the highest number ever reached. According…