According to reports on social media, crypto forums, onchain metrics, and the Solana Status Twitter account indicate that Solana’s blockchain has stalled. Solana mainnet-beta suffered a four-hour downtime and is still down after a technical glitch. ** Editor’s Note: At 3:30 p.m. (EST) on Sept. 14, 2021, this post was updated with a statement written…
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The cryptocurrency solana reached another all-time high on September 9 at $213 per coin. The digital currency’s market valuation has swelled significantly, pushing dogecoin from its position in the top ten last week. Today, solana’s crypto market capitalization has managed to surpass XRP’s overall valuation, taking the sixth position in the top ten this week.…
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After touching a high of $52,956 on Monday evening, the very next day the price of bitcoin slid to a low of $42,900 at around 11 a.m. (EST). Bitcoin is currently trading for prices between $46K-$47K per unit and down 8% during the last 24 hours. Bitcoin Price Slides Significantly After Nearing $53K Crypto advocates…
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Weekly BTC trade volume has surged to dwarf the previous record by 100% amid Bitcoin’s dramatic run up to $40,000. Bitcoin’s meteoric rally to $40,000 has seen BTC smash its previous all-time high for ‘real’ volume by roughly 100%. On Jan. 7, Quantum Economics founder Mati Greenspan shared a chart showing that weekly spot volume…
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Binance has reported a new record of more than $80 billion in daily volume across its spot and derivatives platforms. Changpeng Zhao, the chief executive of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trade volume, reported a record of $80 billion in 24-hour trade activity on Jan. 4. On Twitter, CZ compared the recent activity…
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Peer-to-peer Bitcoin trade in Sub-Saharan Africa has rallied, surpassing the previous combined volume record posted at the heights of 2017’s rally. Crypto investors in Sub-Saharan Africa appear to be accumulating ahead of Bitcoin’s (BTC) halving next week. According to data published by Useful Tulips, surging African demand has driven record peer-to-peer (P2P) Bitcoin trading volume…
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Real estate security tokens are steadily gaining popularity — comprising 14.5% of total trade in tokenized securities. The nascent real estate security token, or REST, sector experienced consistent growth in Q1 2020. Three new properties were also listed on RealT during March — doubling monthly real estate token trade. RESTs now represent nearly half of…
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Quarterly Ethereum DApp volume has grown 650% year-over-year, while EOS activity has dropped nearly 12% and Tron has fallen 74%. Crypto analysis firm DappReview published its quarterly report examining transaction volumes for decentralized applications (DApps) on April 8. The report finds a significant increase in total DApp activity during the past three months when compared…
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OTC order book aggregator B2B2 identified Bitcoin spreads of between 5% and 10% during the record crypto market crash of March 12–13. Over-the-counter (OTC) liquidity provider B2C2 has published a report analyzing the trading spreads exhibited across its Bitcoin (BTC) market and three leading institution-facing spot exchanges throughout March. The study finds that spreads widened…
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Crypto exchanges saw record trade in March, with the global market crash driving all-time highs for both spot and derivatives trading. CryptoCompare has published its monthly report analyzing the trade activity on crypto exchanges. The record-breaking crash of March 12 and 13 drove new all-time volume highs in both the spot and derivatives markets. March…
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