Ethereum’s Exit Queue Jumps To Record High As Celsius Unstakes
The waitlist for Ethereum stakers seeking to exit the network has jumped to a record high as Celsius moves to unstake its ETH holdings. The queue for stakers exiting Ethereum’s consensus layer,…
Ethereum Developers Confirm Dencun Testnet Dates, Look To Following ‘Pectra’ Upgrade
On Jan. 4, Ethereum developers wrapped up the first All Core Devs Execution (ACDE) call for 2024. Dates for Dencun’s testnet deployments were locked in during the meeting, starting with a Goerli deployment on…
Analysts Say Spot Bitcoin ETF Approvals Still Likely For Next Week
Finance analysts have resumed bullish pronouncements that pending spot Bitcoin ETF applications may soon receive approval in spite of yesterday’s short-lived BTC flash crash. On Jan 3, Fox Business published…
Inscriptions Activity Dries Up On EVM Chains
The surging activity surrounding inscription protocols on networks supporting Ethereum Virtual Machine smart contracts has died down from an initial frenzy just a couple of weeks ago. Data from Dune Analytics…
Is Matrixport To Blame For The Violent Crypto Flash Crash?
The crypto community has been quick to chastise Matrixport, a digital asset investment platform and research provider, for possibly contributing to the violent 6% flash crash that wiped $100B from the crypto…
New IRS Rule Mandates Businesses Report Crypto Transfers Worth $10K+
A sweeping new tax reporting rule targeting U.S. businesses took effect on Jan. 1, comprising the U.S. Treasury Department’s latest bid to clamp down on the crypto industry. The new…
Flash Crash! $100B Wiped From Crypto Market Cap In Three Hours
Cryptocurrency speculators are drowning in a sea of red today after a whopping $100B was wiped from the market cap of digital assets. The combined crypto market cap currently sits…
DeFi Market Cap Tags Highest Level Since Terra Collapse
DeFi is mounting a comeback amid the recent bullish momentum across the crypto markets, with the sector’s market cap and total value locked rebounding to its highest level since mid-2022.…
Ether Supply Grows Amid Activity Lull During New Year Holidays
Ethereum started the year with inflationary supply growth after spending the majority of 2023 as a deflationary coin. Ether’s supply has grown by 3,051 coins ($7.2M) since tagging a record post-merge low…
Solana Flips Ethereum By Stablecoin Volume and Google Search Traffic
Solana continues to captivate the crypto community, with the surging Layer 1 blockchain posting several landmark milestones over the past week. Data from Artemis shows the value of stablecoin transfers…
What is NEAR Protocol? | A Comprehensive Overview & Future Prospects
Episode Description Illia Polosukhin is the Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol, which is a sharded, proof-of-stake, Layer 1 blockchain. Originally conceived as an Artificial Intelligence endeavor, NEAR underwent a transformation, pivoting…
Orbit Bridge Suffers $81.6M Exploit
Orbit Chain has become the latest cross-chain bridge to suffer a hefty exploit, with the protocol losing more than $81M worth of assets on Dec. 31. Orbit announced the hack…
Tellor Accused Of TRB Market Manipulation After Violent Pump and Dump
The team behind Tellor, a protocol providing oracles for smart contracts, is facing market manipulation accusations after the price of its TRB token soared 172% in a day before the…
CRYPTO HAS A BIG PROBLEM says MakerDAO Co-Founder
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