The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to sub-$10,000 across major exchanges again on Sep. 5, marking two consecutive days of testing the crucial level. Other major cryptocurrencies, including Ethereum’s Ether (ETH), fell by nearly 10%. The daily chart of Bitcoin. Source: TradingView.com Three factors likely contributed to the abrupt drop of Bitcoin include miners, a
An Ethereum All Core Devs call was held on Friday to discuss a variety of Ethereum Improvement Proposals as gas fees on the network remain historically high. The agenda included several discussion points on high gas prices and ways to mitigate the issue. Alexey Akhunov, an independent Ethereum researcher, opened with a comment on the
Bitcoin has sustained a strong drop over the past few days as legacy markets have undergone a strong correction after a record rally. The leading cryptocurrency traded around $9,800 on Friday morning as bears sent the cryptocurrency lower. This is a stark correction from the $12,000 local highs seen just days ago and the $12,500
A trio of United States House Representatives — two Democrats and a Republican — have officially introduced a new bill to spur more in-depth analysis of blockchain technology in Congress. On Sept. 1, Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL), Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) introduced a new bill to the House, which was
Two-sided marketplaces are more than a smart business model. These platforms can democratize access and promote widespread economic inclusion in previously inaccessible markets. They have worked wonders in myriad verticals already — e.g., stock exchanges — and the world of digital asset liquidity may now be fertile ground for this business model. Successful new platforms
Earlier today, IOHK presented its checkpointing proposal to the Ethereum Classic (ETC) community. This is meant as a short-term solution for preventing future 51% attacks. In the past several weeks, the network has suffered a number of such attacks, which has cast doubt on ETC’s future. One of these attacks cost OKEx $5.6 million. In
Growing Ethereum network transaction fees, which touched new highs recently, are a direct consequence of the increasing number of defi projects and yield farming. Yield farmers need to pay ETH for transactions like moving funds in and out of pools. The increased number of yield farmers leads to more transactions and slower confirmations making higher
Located at the intersection between Europe and Asia, Georgia is a small country with a big mission to drive blockchain adoption and education. In February 2017, the government of Georgia made a bold move by signing an agreement to use the Bitcoin blockchain to record land titles, making it the first national government to use
Sushiswap, a fork of the popular Uniswap exchange and one of the latest breakouts of the DeFi craze, has undergone its fair share of scrutiny in recent days. The platform’s token, known as Sushi, quickly came to represent 77% of the action on Uniswap as of Sept. 1, garnering more than $1.5 billion in locked value
Bitcoin (BTC) futures open interest just had its most extensive daily reduction in five months. Yesterday’s 11% drop move caused more liquidations than May 9 when BTC plunged 12.5% to $8,600. BTC futures open interest in USD terms. Source: Skew Skew data shows total open interest down by $653 million, reaching $4 billion on Sept.
Digital asset markets were on a parabolic surge until investor confidence took a major hit to close out the week with a bearish tilt due to a perfect storm of negativity. Before reading the rundown, catch up on the most-read stories centered around the price of Bitcoin, the macroeconomic picture and the DeFi phenomenon gaining
Bitcoin has been facing immense turbulence throughout the past several days, with sellers forcing its price down to lows of $9,900 this morning following yesterday’s ardent defense of the upper-$9,900 region. It now appears that the cryptocurrency is at risk of seeing further downside in the near-term, as the multiple attempts to shatter its $10,000
Editor’s note It is a cruel twist of fate that during the first hiatus week in Law Decoded’s existence, the SEC put out long-awaited updates to accredited investor qualifications. Upon reading the news, your faithful and ever-vigilant policy editor put down his phone, cast a wistful eye upon the sun’s reflection dancing in the midground
The liquidityThe SushiSwap community just approved a move from Uniswap to its own native platform — built by forking the original project. Almost 87% of the vote were in favor of the migration. Currently, there is close to $180 million worth of liquidity in the ETH/SUSHI pair on Uniswap. The SushiSwap’s total value staked has grown from zero
In his college-aged days, Chris Maurice, the CEO of African crypto exchange Yellow Card, said he put his life savings into Bitcoin (BTC), finding it stolen shortly after. “Bitcoin was about $200 at the time, and I decided basically I was just going to dump my entire savings account into into it,” Maurice told Cointelegraph in