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New BRC69 Token Standard Promises 90% Savings for Bitcoin’s Ordinal Inscriptions

While Ordinal inscriptions continue to rise, nearing the 15 million range, a new token standard was revealed on July 3 called BRC69. According to the creators of the concept, it can reduce the costs of inscriptions for Ordinal collections by over 90%. The launchpad Luminex, which announced the BRC69 token standard, insists that the “brilliance…
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Bitcoin’s Sats Names Ecosystem Flourishes: 370,000 SNS Names Inscribed

On June 26, 2023, the number of Bitcoin-based Ordinal inscriptions surpassed 14 million, just six days after exceeding 13 million. Inscription activity has continued to rise since then. In addition to text, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and fungible BRC20 tokens, Ordinal inscription technology has ushered in a new naming standard called Sats Names, built on top…
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Universities use blockchain-based storage to protect and democratize data

Decentralized solutions can make academic research more secure and more accessible. Academic institutions house some of the world’s most important data generated from years of research. Yet centralized data storage models are becoming a concern for many universities looking to keep critical information safe and accessible.  Danny O’Brien, a senior fellow at the Filecoin Foundation…
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Crypto mass adoption is coming, but how fast?

The latest Cointelegraph Report assesses the current growth rate of global cryptocurrency usage and tries to predict when crypto will reach mass adoption. Cryptocurrencies must reach mass adoption to unlock their maximum potential as a network technology and their value as financial assets.  As with other technologies, the adoption of crypto follows a classic bell…
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ChatGPT plugin goes live for Hedera network

Users can view account balances through a network explorer or programmatically retrieve them via the mirror node Rest API, which the plugin will utilize. A convergence of blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) has occurred between ChatGPT and Hedera (HBAR), the native cryptocurrency of the Hedera network. By capitalizing on the decentralized characteristics of blockchain networks,…
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BitGo terminates acquisition of Prime Trust

The acquisition was called off two weeks after BitGo publicly disclosed its non-binding letter of intent to acquire Prime Trust. On June 22, wallet infrastructure provider and digital asset custodian BitGo announced on Twitter that it had decided to cancel its acquisition of fintech infrastructure provider Prime Trust. According to BitGo, “This decision was not…
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Bitcoin miner Core Scientific files its Chapter 11 plan

The bankruptcy plan explained that holders of allowed debtor-in-possession claims would receive full and final satisfaction of their claims. Bankrupt Bitcoin (BTC) miner Core Scientific filed its Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan. The plan was filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Division. The plan was negotiated with key…
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US lawmakers introduce National AI Commission Act

A group of United States lawmakers introduced a bill to establish a commission on the approach toward artificial intelligence. On June 20, a bipartisan group of United States lawmakers introduced a bill to establish a commission to study the country’s approach toward artificial intelligence (AI).  The bill’s primary objective revolves around establishing regulations in the AI…
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Tech giant Alibaba announces crypto-friendly chair following Daniel Zhang stepping down

The next company chair of Alibaba has backed several crypto projects through his wealth manager and tweeted he “like[s] crypto” in December 2021. Joe Tsai, the soon-to-be former executive vice chair of China-based technology giant Alibaba, will replace Daniel Zhang as company chair. In a June 20 announcement, Alibaba said Zhang would be stepping down…
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Ethereum Core Devs Weigh Pros and Cons of Raising Validator Threshold From 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH

Ethereum’s core developers are engaged in discussions about raising the validator threshold from 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH. This proposal, put forward by Michael Neuder, a researcher from the Ethereum Foundation, aims to address concerns related to decentralization, inflation, and the size of the validator set. Neuder acknowledges that the existing threshold promotes decentralization, but…
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