As the volume of transactions on layer-2 networks keeps increasing, the median price of sending a transaction on the Ethereum blockchain has fallen to its lowest point in five years, with low-priority transactions falling to about 1 gwei or even lower. On August 10th, Dune Analytics data showed that the
August has been challenging for altcoins, with Ethereum, the leading altcoin, hitting a seven-month low of $2,111. Despite the market downturn, significant whale movements are drawing attention. A prominent ICO-linked whale recently deposited another 5,000 ETH ($13.2 million) to OKX, just 12 hours before Ethereum’s price dropped further. Since July
Pitchbook data shows that the overall number of deals fell in Q2 compared to Q1. But crypto entrepreneurs still managed to obtain a little more venture capital investment than in Q1. According to a report from Pitchbook published on August 9th, total invested money increased by 2.5%, totaling $2.7B. But
Zooko Wilcox, the renowned founder of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash, has recently joined forces with Shielded Labs, a blockchain development company. Jason McGee of Shielded Labs proposed his idea of starting this independent organization to help Zcash a year ago i.e., in Jan 2023. This strategic move comes as Wilcox
MicroStrategy, an American business intelligence firm founded in 1989, took a bold leap by adopting Bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset. Michael Saylor, former CEO, and one of the co-founders of MicroStrategy, initiated this decision due to the company’s sluggish stock performance over the past years. However, MicroStrategy’s BTC
The crypto market has suffered a notable price drop over the last 24 hours. Overall global crypto market cap has dropped by 4.07% to $2.05 trillion over the last day. Leading cryptocurrencies have fallen to considerable support levels, like in July. Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) have fallen over 4%
As Bitcoin (BTC) faces a notable dip, the Solana-based memecoin Dogwifhat (WIF) has recorded significant volatility with a double-digit loss. In the last 24 hours, WIF displayed a sharp decline of over 13.3%, reflecting the broader impact of Bitcoin’s downturn on the memecoin market. The memecoin, which fell to $1.09
One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance was banned in Venezuela due to the presidential disputes. In the past few weeks, the nation has banned several prominent platforms including Elon Musk founded X. The Binance ban occurred on Friday, following which the anti-censorship organization, “VE sin Filtro” reported it on
Solana, one of the leading altcoins, is facing an 8% decline amid an overall bearish market. The total cryptocurrency market cap has dropped by 4%, with Bitcoin, the dominant cryptocurrency, experiencing a similar 4% decline, currently trading at $58,601. Despite the downturn, Solana has shown resilience in the past week.
David Schwartz, chief technology officer of Ripple, has tweeted more details on XRP Ledger’s (XRPL) clawback feature. The significance and utility of this feature have been clouded by Schwartz’s recent insights, which have contributed to the ongoing debate within the XRP community. Schwartz claims that fixing errors in the ledger
