Throughout this month, bitcoin and ethereum have risen to their highest valuations in years. These two pivotal crypto assets have substantially influenced the cryptocurrency market, with bitcoin currently holding a 51.9% market dominance and ethereum at 17% as of mid-March 2024. Furthermore, in recent years, derivative tokens of bitcoin and ether have garnered significant popularity.…
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In the last two months, the crypto community has been buzzing about a wallet affectionately named ‘Mr. 100.’ This moniker originates from its pattern of receiving 100 bitcoin deposits every few days, leading to speculation that it might belong to a wealthy individual from the Middle East. However, onchain analysts from Arkham Intelligence suspect that…
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According to Brendan Cooper, a core contributor at Andromeda, the widespread distribution and adoption of the Web3 operating system (OS) will likely result in the emergence of new business models, much like what happened with the Web2 OS. The Web3 OS is also likely to simplify “how developers and users interact with the resources provided…
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In tandem with the broader downturn of the cryptocurrency market this week, the non-fungible token (NFT) sector also experienced a downturn in sales over the preceding seven days. From March 9 to March 16, 2024, the NFT market witnessed sales amounting to $358,080,260, a decline of 16.55% from the previous week. NFT Sales Decline Across…
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While the Bitcoin network is poised to see significant growth in its Layer-2 (L2) ecosystem, “finding an optimal mechanism to maintain finality” on the network remains an inherent limitation that prevents this from happening, Mithil Thakore, the co-founder and CEO of Velar, has said. Thakore also identified the yet-to-be-optimized “bridging of native Layer-1 (L1) assets…
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In a recent development, the Bitfrost Foundation has allied with the Stacks Foundation to explore new opportunities within the Bitcoin ecosystem. This partnership is dedicated to harnessing Bitcoin’s potential by introducing innovative use cases and improving interoperability with assets and protocols based on Bitcoin. Bitfrost and Stacks Foundation Partner to Expand Bitcoin Ecosystem On Thursday,…
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On Thursday, the team behind BNB Chain introduced a novel Rollup-as-a-Service (RaaS) offering for the development of layer two blockchains (L2s) atop the BNB Chain. The team detailed that the service equips sizable decentralized applications (dapps), enterprises, and the BNB Chain with the essential technological framework required for launching specific L2s on BNB Smart Chain…
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Goldman Sachs, the CBOE, Standard Chartered, and other financial institutions participated in the pilot of the Canton Network, a protocol aiming to achieve interoperability in apps using resources from various blockchains. Digital Asset, the company behind the pilot, stated that this test showed the opportunity to reduce costs, risk, and inefficiencies by using this kind…
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Ethereum (ETH) has completed a major software upgrade, Dencun, that promises to make utilizing the network ecosystem more cost-effective. This update specifically targets Layer 2 (L2) networks, such as Arbitrum (ARB), Polygon (MATIC), and Coinbase’s Base, which are interconnected with Ethereum. With Dencun, transaction costs on these networks have significantly decreased, with fees dropping from…
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The Dencun upgrade was seamlessly integrated into the Ethereum mainnet at 9:55 Eastern Time (ET) on March 13, 2024. The upgrade officially went live at Beacon slot 8626176. Ethereum’s Leap Forward with Dencun Upgrade Expected to drastically lower the transaction costs for layer two (L2) networks, Dencun introduces vital improvements aimed at boosting Ethereum’s scalability.…
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