Stablecoin market cap hits new all-time high amid 11 months of growth

The Bitcoin Gold (BTG) blockchain has suffered a 51% attack resulting in over $70,000 worth of BTG being double spent. According to a GitHub post by James Lovejoy, a researcher at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative, the hard-fork of Bitcoin was hit by two deep reorganizations of over 10 blocks on Jan. 23 and 24.A 51%…

The working paper traces the effects of operations with CBDC through several scenarios and concludes the Fed will have it under control. 152 Total views 11 Total shares On Tuesday, the United States Federal Reserve released a study on the possible effects of a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) on U.S. monetary policy implementation.…

The Ethereum network could generate $66 billion in free cash flow from transaction fees by 2030, VanEck estimates.

BSC-based projects will get a chance to gain insight from Animoca Brands and assistance from the BSC community. 1217 Total views 13 Total shares Binance Smart Chain (BSC) and Animoca Brands are launching a $200 million investment program to incubate early cryptocurrency-focused gaming projects building on BSC.BSC and Animonica announced Dec. 6 that they are…

Cryptocurrencies could not exist without cryptography. Advances in this field can have far-reaching impacts on blockchain technology and its potential. We will examine the opinions of industry experts on the latest cryptographic advances and their potential for cryptocurrencies.Zero knowledge proofs: more than just privacyDirector of research at blockchain firm Blockstream and mathematician Andrew Poelstra told…

Hurricanes and typhoons, earthquakes, cyberattacks and solar flares: There are many disasters, both natural and human-made, that have the potential to disrupt our digital-centric societies. With an estimated 4.5 billion people using the internet, many communicate with cell phones and email, while financially transacting using credit cards, apps and ATMs. But each of these critical…

The Metaverse has been become one of the biggest buzzwords in the blockchain and crypto, as it promises to provide a more immersive, interactive and collaborative experience than what the internet has accomplished to date. This promise of a new world has huge enterprises like Meta (formally known as Facebook) investing huge sums in the budding…

The number of crypto automated teller machines (ATMs) installed worldwide has surged past the 4,000 mark, data from industry statistics aggregator Coin ATM Radar indicates on Jan. 10.The current rate of growth is 4.9 new ATMs installed each day, according to Coin ATM Radar’s gauge scale — tipping into the highest speed class, despite persistently…

Total crypto market cap briefly surpassed that of Saudi Aramco. 1933 Total views 12 Total shares Amid another bullish trend on cryptocurrency markets, total crypto market capitalization has broken a new historical record just unde $2 trillion.The market cap of all cryptocurrencies surpassed $1.9 trillion on March 31, according to data from major crypto monitoring…