Solana, Avalanche Meme Coin Fever Continues as Bitcoin Nears $43K
Traders have increasingly favored these networks over Ethereum for their lower transaction fees and faster speeds.
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Zcash Developer Electric Coin CEO Zooko Wilcox Steps Down, Swihart Named to Role
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Bitcoin Fees Spike to 2-Year High as Ordinals Bonanza Gives Windfall Profit to BTC Miners
Share prices of publicly listed bitcoin mining companies are “on fire” thanks to high transaction fees, one analyst said.
Bitcoin Hovers Over $41K as Memecoin, Ordinals Frenzy Clogs up Blockchains
Longs continue to get liquidated as the price of bitcoin and other major digital assets gyrate.
Bitcoin at Risk of Snapping Historic Winning Streak, but ‘Perfect Storm’ Brews for a Strong 2024
Investors moved the highest amount of BTC to exchanges since March, IntoTheBlock noted, signaling profit-taking after bitcoin’s first eight-week streak of gains since 2017.
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Ends the Week in Muted Mood
The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Dec. 15, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
‘Bitcoin NFT’ Hysteria Comes to Sotheby’s as Super-Mario-Style Mushroom Character Tops $200K
In the historic auction house’s first-ever sale of the Ordinals inscriptions known as “NFTs on Bitcoin,” a batch of three pixelated images from a mushroom-themed collection drew about $450,000, or roughly five times the highest estimates.
TradFi Goes All-In on Fed Rate Cuts. What It Means for Bitcoin
The Fed yesterday signaled that far easier monetary policy is in store for 2024.
First Mover Americas: JPMorgan Cautious About Crypto Markets in 2024
The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Dec. 14, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
JPMorgan Is Cautious About Crypto Markets Into 2024
Ether is expected to outperform bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies next year due to the Ethereum blockchain’s EIP-4844 upgrade, the report said.