Solana devs target April 15 for failed TX fix — it’s ‘not a design flaw’

    Solana developers are targeting April 15 to implement a fix for an “implementation bug” that recently caused the transaction failure rate on Solana to skyrocket. “Solana’s current issue is not a design flaw, it’s an implementation bug,” stressed Mert Mumtaz, the CEO of Helius Labs, a blockchain infrastructure firm that provides back-end support exclusively to…

    Ethereum boosts 8% amid ‘ultra-strong’ social and market activity

    Ether accelerated 8% in spot crypto markets on Monday amid an uptick in social sentiment and optimism among derivatives traders. Ether prices have gained around 8% over the past 24 hours, with the asset hitting an intraday high of $3,722 on April 9, outpacing Bitcoin and most of its closest peers, according to CoinGecko. It is the…

    Bitcoin ‘Bollinger Band’ signal suggests BTC could double by July

    The price of Bitcoin could double from its current value of $69,000 in as little as three months time, according to an analysts’ take on a widely-used momentum indicator. Pseudonymous analyst TechDev told their 440,000 followers on X that Bitcoin had closed two consecutive months above the upper Bollinger Band, adding that every time Bitcoin had…

    Crypto VC sees a ‘new class’ of profitable memecoins this cycle

    Memecoins that can capitalize on deeper “culture” this cycle could be far more profitable than standard meme tokens based on animals and simple jokes, according to Mechanism Capital co-founder Andrew Kang. In an April 7 post to X, Kang said a new class of “culture coins” — memecoins centered around cultural values such as politics, brands,…

    Base hits $4B TVL as monthly txs outstrip Ethereum and Arbitrum

    Crypto exchange Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Base has seen its total value locked (TVL) surge by over 13.2% in the past week to surpass $4 billion for the first time as its 30-day transactions beat out Ethereum and its top rival Arbitrum. L2BEAT data updated on April 7 shows Base’s total TVL at $4.15 billion, including $1.45…

    Bitcoin halving will have to battle with ‘weak time of year’ — Coinbase

    Many crypto traders are eyeing the Bitcoin halving event as a primary driver for a potential price spike, but the time of year will be an obstacle, according to cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. The crypto market will need to find another narrative to further push up prices across the board, Coinbase further explained in its April 5…