USDC stablecoin developer Circle will replace the current version of its token with one running natively on the Arbitrum network. Circle recently announced plans for a June 8 launch of a new native version of its USD Coin stablecoin on the Arbitrum network. 1/ Circle is launching USDC natively on @Arbitrum on June 8th! Keep scrolling…
Collectors known as “sat hunters” are collecting satoshis from rare Bitcoin — and those fragments may eventually be worth more than regular Bitcoin. Since January, there have been over 10 million inscriptions on the largest blockchain in the world, and this number continues to grow exponentially. To provide some context, the Ordinals Protocol allows for…
Airdrops can be a great way to engage communities, but they also come with risks — from Sybil attacks to potential regulatory liability. Airdrops have emerged as a powerful tool for token distribution, user acquisition and community building as the blockchain industry has grown. They provide a unique opportunity for projects to distinguish themselves, incentivize…
Death threats, viral rap videos and a stream of frog-themed insults. That’s the state of my social media profiles after hosting a Twitter Space on May 8 about PEPE, the new token based on the “Pepe” meme. Poignantly hosted during a monumental PEPE price crash, Cointelegraph set out in the May 8 Twitter Space to understand…
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…
Memecoins are back in the headlines as PEPE booms, taking the market capitalization of speculative tokens over $20 billion. Memecoins have been part and parcel of the cryptocurrency space since the inception of Dogecoin back in 2013, with fortunes made and ruined in equal measure. But a new token on the block caused a stir in recent…