Bitcoin Is ‘Big Barbie’ Energy
Director Greta Gerwig’s reimagined and empowered Barbie would love Bitcoin. (Elena Mishlanova/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Why You Should Care About Litecoin: It’s the Backbone of Dogecoin
Litecoin, a blockchain cloned from Bitcoin in 2011 that underwent a key milestone on Wednesday known as a “halving,” provides network security to Dogecoin via a process called “merged mining.”
GameStop to Remove Crypto Wallets Citing ‘Regulatory Uncertainty’
Leading game retailer GameStop will suspend its crypto wallets due to regulatory uncertainty in the United States, just one year after launching, the company announced Tuesday.
The Ordinals Team is Creating a Non-Profit to Support Bitcoin NFT Developers
The team behind the Ordinals protocol, led by Casey Rodarmor, has created the Open Ordinals Institute to grow its ecosystem without compromising neutrality.
Bitcoin Has Been More Stable Than Gold and Stocks; Violent Price Action Could Ensue
Prior uneventful periods preceded major eruptions in volatility for BTC’s price, crypto analytics firm K33 Research noted.
How AI, Web3 and Humans Can Work Together to Solve Complex, Global Problems
Fear abounds about AI, but the technology combined with blockchain can serve as an excellent complement to human ingenuity.
Don’t Pop the Champagne on U.S. Crypto Bills – Progress in Congress Has Been Costly
The crypto industry has never made it this far in its quest for a new system of U.S. oversight for digital assets, but the recent flurry of legislative progress may still be too contentious for it to become law.
DeFi Died and We Didn’t Even Notice
The behavior of Curve founder Michael Egorov is warning to all, and proof that DeFi isn’t really that different from traditional finance.
Longtime Environmentalist RFK Jr. Not So Sure Bitcoin Is Boiling the Oceans
The environmental argument “should not be used as smokescreen to curtail freedom to transact,” U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr wrote on Twitter.
Curve Debacle Triggers Transaction Frenzy, Sending Ethereum ‘MEV’ Rewards to Record High
On July 30, over 6,000 ETH ($11M worth) in so-called Maximal Extractable Value rewards were paid out to Ethereum validators, the most ever for a single day.