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Avalanche gains 20% in hrs after Amazon collaboration news

Avalanche gains 20% in hrs after Amazon collaboration news

Avalanche (AVAX) grew by 20% in a few hours after Ava Labs’ partnership with Amazon web Services went live.According to reports, the partnership will help scale blockchain adoption across enterprises, institutions, and governments. With Ava Labs joining the AWS Partner Network (APN), it can deploy products on AWS with more than 100,000 partners worldwide. Howard
5 Features That Make Bitcoin a Unique Asset Class

5 Features That Make Bitcoin a Unique Asset Class

With hedge funds, family offices, and institutional bankers adding Bitcoin to their portfolio, the cryptocurrency has finally attracted the recognition of being a unique asset class.  Although this is a well-cemented fact for those in the space since Bitcoin’s early inception, this digital token is strikingly different from traditional asset classes such as real estate
XT.COM Lists SLEEPEE in its Main Zone

XT.COM Lists SLEEPEE in its Main Zone

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored press release. Readers should conduct their own research prior to taking any actions related to the content mentioned in this article. Learn more ›Singapore, 12th, January, 2023 – XT.COM, the world’s first socially infused trading platform, is thrilled to announce the listing of SLEEPEE on its platform in the main
hashrate tripled in 2 months- The Cryptonomist

hashrate tripled in 2 months

Bitcoin has now recovered almost all the hashrate lost during the Chinese mining crisis.  The problems of Bitcoin mining in China The first symptoms of a crackdown on mining in China were already there in the second half of April, but they only caused a temporary drop in hashrate so that by mid-May, it had
What is the future of Bitcoin mining?

What is the future of Bitcoin mining?

Will the price of Bitcoin recover? Historically, Bitcoin was seen as a hedge against potential economic downturn; operating outside of market cycles and offering investors an opportunity to diversify their portfolios. More recently, however, we have seen that Bitcoin – now considered an asset class by many – is inextricably linked with the macroeconomic environment.
Virtually $9B well worth of ETH was shed in 1.4 years

Virtually $9B well worth of ETH was shed in 1.4 years

The second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, Ethereum (ETH), implemented a token burn mechanism on Aug. 5, 2021, through the Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559 upgrade. Since then, nearly $9 billion worth of tokens have been burned cumulatively, data from Glassnode indicates.A total of around 2.8 million ETH tokens have been removed from the supply
Bitcoin: hashrate is being changed

Bitcoin: hashrate is being changed

As was expected, the third halving led to an adjustment of Bitcoin’s hashrate, the computational power of the blockchain network.  From the highs reached in the hours right before the halving, when it scored its absolute all-time high at 137.57 exahash/sec, the hashrate dropped in the last few hours, or rather collapsed, breaking the 100
Bitcoin extracting firm penalized with Russia permissions

Bitcoin extracting firm penalized with Russia permissions

The US Treasury has placed BitRiver, a Bitcoin mining company operating in Russia, on the blacklist of companies subject to sanctions.  Sanctions against Russia also affect Bitcoin mining  The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has placed BitRiver on the list of companies subject to sanctions.  The official release states that the US
Much Deeper Dive Into DeFi & & Smart Contracts

Much Deeper Dive Into DeFi & & Smart Contracts

Web3 is becoming the general term used to describe technology built on top of the blockchain. The term essentially means we are broaching the next generation of the internet. Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT), and various token based economies which are fundamentally and technologically different from Web 2.0. The following will offer a deeper understanding