Thirty-nine days ago, on July 27, 2024, Bitcoin.com News posed a question to a few AI-powered chatbots: Who will win the U.S. presidential election in 2024? At that moment, the match-up was between former President Donald Trump and the current Vice President Kamala Harris. Interestingly, the bots leaned toward Trump as the likely winner. Fast…
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In a nod to the ever-growing global impact of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin.com News has launched Spanish and Russian versions of its site, aiming to provide non-English speakers with the latest in crypto news and insights. Spanish and Russian Speakers Gain Direct Access to Crypto News as Bitcoin.com News Expands Language Offerings In a move informed by…
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2023 proved to be an extraordinary year for bitcoin and the broader crypto economy, surging significantly in value once the dust settled from the FTX debacle and as major players such as Blackrock and Franklin Templeton lodged applications for spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Alongside the ever-changing crypto markets, the global economy commanded attention with…
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According to the crypto exchange Bybit, the trading platform plans to list Paypal’s stablecoin soon. Amid Bybit’s announcement, Paypal’s PYUSD token has seen little movement as most of the supply is held by the contract and the Paxos Treasury. Dubai-Based Bybit Prepares to List Paypal’s New Stablecoin, PYUSD On Thursday, August 17, 2023, the Dubai-based…
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In the course of the previous week, the value of worldcoin (WLD) against the U.S. dollar has plummeted by 24.6%, while a broader view of the past fortnight reveals a decline of 21.4%. Simultaneously, five days ago when the contract recorded 408,721 unique addresses in possession of WLD, the figure modestly rose by 14.61% or…
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While the crypto economy has reached a value of $1.2 trillion, meme coin markets have experienced substantial gains this week, with the top five meme tokens recording both 24-hour and seven-day gains. According to recent data, pepe is leading the pack with a 34% increase in the last 24 hours and a 66% increase over…
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The meme-based token pepe (PEPE) has experienced a 14.9% decline against the U.S. dollar over the last 24 hours, continuing its downward trend from the last five days. Thus far, PEPE has seen a 60% drop in value from its all-time high on May 5. Rival Meme Tokens Challenge PEPE’s Dominance as Meme Token’s Value…
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On April 5, 2023, the independent blogger Andy Baio published a post on his Waxy Blog that explained every version of macOS from Mojave 10.14.0 to the current version hosts a copy of Satoshi Nakamoto’s seminal Bitcoin white paper. Mac users can type a simple command in the terminal, and all nine pages describing Nakamoto’s…
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On April 3, 2023, at Ethereum block height 16,964,664, a group of MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) bots were exploited for $25.3 million. An analysis of the exploit revealed that a renegade validator switched the MEV bots’ transactions and seized various crypto tokens, such as 7,460 wrapped ether and 64 wrapped bitcoin. While the Mechanisms Behind…
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On March 2, Xapo Bank announced its partnership with Lightspark, a company led by David Marcus, former crypto boss at Facebook. The partnership aims to extend the utility of bitcoin and the Lightning Network. Xapo revealed on Thursday that it is the first fully licensed private bank to offer payments through the Lightning Network. Xapo…
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