BRC-20 Explained: How Tokens on Bitcoin Work and Why They Are Controversial

The idea of putting tokens on the Bitcoin blockchain isn’t anything new, but previous efforts haven’t exploded in popularity like BRC-20. On the weekend of...

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First Mover Americas: FTX’s Empire Is Crumbling

Crypto lender BlockFi has paused withdrawals, saying it cannot conduct business normally in the wake of FTX’s collapse. The move comes even though two days ago...

SHIB Surges 20%, DOGE up 5% as Traders Continue to Ape Into Meme Coins

The market’s love affair for all things Shiba Inu is continuing, with big gains in SHIB and DOGE during the last 24 hours. The Shiba...

Internet Computer Issues ‘Liquid Bitcoin,’ for Faster and Affordable BTC Transactions

ckBTC brings layer-2 capabilities to Bitcoin, providing faster and cheaper transactions on the Internet Computer network, while also ensuring greater security and decentralization than...

Market Wrap: Bitcoin in Recovery Mode, Crypto Stocks Outperform

Bitcoin (BTC) reached a session high of $43,300, its highest level in almost three weeks, as bullish sentiment improved among crypto traders. Some alternative cryptocurrencies (altcoins)...

Bitcoin Mixers: How Do They Work and Why Are They Used?

Bitcoin offers pseudonymity to users by design. But in order to be completely anonymous, you’ll need to use tools like bitcoin mixers. The Bitcoin blockchain is entirely public....

Proof of Insurance on the RiskBlock Blockchain

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and worldwide payment system. It is the first decentralized digital currency, as the system works without a central bank or...

Ethereum Merge Takes Place on Kiln Testnet

Ethereum merged on the Kiln testnet earlier this week ahead of the blockchain's eventual move to a proof-of-stake network, with network validators now producing post-merge blocks containing...

DrKissey NFT Art Collections Are Available On Opensea

Moving house upon retirement, I stumbled upon hundreds of my drawings and personal photographs from up to 50 years ago: having time, I converted...

Africa Moves to Lightning, Stablecoins as Bitcoin Transaction Fees Soar

Bitcoin (BTC) users in Africa are increasingly moving to the Lightning network and stablecoins as transaction fees have soared to their highest level in about two...

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Demand for Tokenized Treasury Bonds Soars as Crypto Investors Chase TradFi Yield

Demand for tokenized versions of U.S. Treasury bonds is soaring as rising yields in traditional financial markets attract fresh capital from crypto investors. The combined...

Bakkt Mass Delists Tokens Including Aave, Avalanche, Compound, Filecoin, MakerDAO and Uniswap

Regulatory guidance and industry developments have led Bakkt, Intercontinental Exchange's crypto business, to mass-delist a number of digital assets, including some prominent decentralized finance (DeFi)...

Pepecoin’s Bewildering Rise Turned a Pittance Into an Almost 5,000,000% Meme Coin Profit

The bewilderingly fast rise of pepecoin (PEPE), a meme coin introduced mere weeks ago that’s now worth more than $1 billion, is making gigantic...

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Ether Open Asia’s Trading Week Flat

Prices: The Consensus 2023 festival brought builders and investors to Austin, and wrapped up Friday night with attendance records that broke expectations. But bitcoin (BTC) is opening...

Crypto Investment Funds Have First Week of Outflows in 6 Weeks

Digital asset investment funds had net outflows for the first time in six weeks last week, totaling $30 million, according to a report by CoinShares. Outflows began...

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Bid as Real Bond Yield Remains Negative for Main Street

Good morning, and welcome to First Mover. Here’s what’s happening this morning: Market Moves: Bitcoin steady as the U.S. real yield remains negative for Main Street. Featured Story: Is rising real yield a blessing in disguise? And check out...

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Num Finance Raises $1.5M, Will Expand Stablecoins in Latin America, Middle East

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Num Finance has raised $1.5 million in a funding round and will expand its stablecoin offerings in Latin America and Middle East,...

Web3 Firm Artifact Labs Raises $3.25M From Blue Pool Capital, Animoca, Others

Artifact Labs, a Web3 company that works to preserve records of historical events on the blockchain, has closed a $3.25 million funding round. The round...

Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy Books a Much Smaller Bitcoin Impairment Charge

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy (MSTR) booked a far smaller accounting writedown tied to its bitcoin (BTC) hoard last quarter versus the final three months of...

Crypto Wallet Giddy Raises $6.9M in Funding to Further Self-Custody Adoption

Crypto wallet startup Giddy has raised $6.9 million in new funding, bringing total investments to in the company to more than $15 million to...

Olympus DAO Votes to Buy More ETH for Treasury Backing OHM Token

Decentralized reserve crypto project Olympus will increase holdings of “volatile assets” such as ether (ETH) in the treasury backing its OHM token after member...

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Earn and provide liquidity on the leading decentralized brc-20 DEX platform BitcSwap trading protocol

BRC-20 is an experimental token standard that enables the minting and transferring of fungible tokens via the Ordinals protocol on the Bitcoin blockchain. Taking a cue...

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Blockchain network BNB Chain is expected to undergo a network upgrade at block height 29,020,050, estimated to arrive on June 11 at 21:30 UTC, developers released...

Num Finance Raises $1.5M, Will Expand Stablecoins in Latin America, Middle East

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Demand for Tokenized Treasury Bonds Soars as Crypto Investors Chase TradFi Yield

Demand for tokenized versions of U.S. Treasury bonds is soaring as rising yields in traditional financial markets attract fresh capital from crypto investors. The combined market...

BRC-20 Explained: How Tokens on Bitcoin Work and Why They Are Controversial

The idea of putting tokens on the Bitcoin blockchain isn’t anything new, but previous efforts haven’t exploded in popularity like BRC-20. On the weekend of May...

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BitX Decentralized Exchange and the Rise of BRC20 Tokens: A Comprehensive Analysis Decentralized finance (DeFi) has seen unprecedented growth over the past few years, fueled by...

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Bakkt Mass Delists Tokens Including Aave, Avalanche, Compound, Filecoin, MakerDAO and Uniswap

Regulatory guidance and industry developments have led Bakkt, Intercontinental Exchange's crypto business, to mass-delist a number of digital assets, including some prominent decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens. The...