Bitcoin ‘under siege’ by BRC-20 coins as fees soar, claims analyst

    Bitcoin transactions and fees are at high levels, and 400,000 of them are still unconfirmed on the blockchain. Increased fees and a backlog of transactions are besieging the Bitcoin network, and it’s due to a popular new “token” standard, according to a CryptoQuant analyst. Axel Adler Jr, an analyst with the crypto data firm, explained on May 9…

    Ordinals inscriptions approach 4.8M, nearly doubling in just over a week

    The BRC-20 token frenzy has seen the number of Ordinals inscriptions on the Bitcoin network soar 92% in 8 days. The number of Ordinals inscriptions on the Bitcoin network has witnessed another meteoric rise, almost doubling from 2.5 million to 4.78 million in just the last eight days. While the Ordinals protocol was initially used to…