5 things to know as Bitcoin price heads for $65,000

While Cardano and Polkadot are extending their staking dominance, Tezos has plummeted from the top ten by staked capitalization. 2406 Total views 31 Total shares The stakes have been upped for Cardano and Polkadot, with the two networks continuing to dominate the staked capitalization rankings.According to data from StakingRewards, Cardano is currently the top blockchain…

We ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and we throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes!This week, our 6 Questions go to Mati Greenspan, a crypto analyst and the founder and CEO of Quantum Economics, an investment analysis and consulting firm…

Dfinity's clown-based collectables are seemingly inspired by musical duo Insane Clown Posse, and the early NFT project, Cryptopunks. 2141 Total views 16 Total shares Dfinity's Internet Computer has announced the release of 10,000 non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. Users are eligible to claim their free token Wednesday at 8pm UTC .Conceptualised by brothers Przemek and Tomasz…

The next release of major Bitcoin (BTC) wallet software Electrum will support off-chain scalability solution Lightning Network (LN).The Electrum official Twitter account announced the upcoming LN integration in a tweet sent on Oct. 14. The tweet announced:“The next release of Electrum will support Lightning payments. Our lightning node implementation has been merged into Electrum's master…

The Pantera boss cited three primary reasons why crypto markets dumped a trillion dollars in market cap. 515 Total views 5 Total shares The chief executive of Pantera Capital, Dan Morehead, is confident that the big crypto selloff is slowing because he thinks “we’ve seen the most of this panic”.In the monthly newsletter published on…

Monero (XMR) has shown a surprising resilience against the Federal Reserve's hawkish policies that pushed the prices of most of its crypto rivals — including the top dog Bitcoin (BTC) — lower last week. XMR's price closed the previous week 2.37% higher at $217, data from Binance shows. In comparison, BTC, which typically influences the broader…

Changpeng Zhao, CEO and founder of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, said that the reasons why Binance Coin (BNB) dropped over 50% from its all-time high in June do not make much sense. “Markets often confuse people”Zhao explained that new services such as margin trading, an increased number of fiat onramps, peer-to-peer (P2P) trading, and futures trading…

As the weekend kicked off Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped below $6,900 and at the time of writing the cryptocurrency is struggling to keep hold of $6,800. Earlier in the week, Cointelegraph contributor Michael van de Poppe suggested that $6,900 was a crucial level for Bitcoin to hold and dropping below this level could kick start a…

Satoshi Nakamoto left a large pair of shoes to fill after releasing the code for Bitcoin (BTC) to the world, helping to establish the network, then vanishing without so much as a trace. Over the years, the crypto ecosystem has seen many developers and protocol creators rise in stature to become crypto messiahs for faithful holders…