Bitcoin power consumption ‘66 times higher than in 2015’: Citigroup
By Martin Young
However energy consumption has not matched the 170X price increase over the same period. The Bitcoin energy consumption debate is heating up faster than the planet, with corporations facing pushback from the public and shareholders over Bitcoin investments.According to a…
ShapeShift Launches Decentralized Trading Through THORChain, RUNE at ATH
By Martin Young
In an announcement on April 13, the Switzerland-based non-custodial crypto company stated that it was now fully integrated with THORChain, enabling users to trade native Bitcoin with Litecoin and Ethereum for the first time. The move is a big deal…
Nifty News: Kevin Smith sells horror flick rights as NFT, Megadeth’s ETH, farming MEMEs ...
By Martin Young
MEME NFT farming platform launches the new and improved v2, Megadeth NFT nets $18K, and Kevin Smith tokenizes the rights to “Killroy Was Here”. Filmmaker Kevin Smith is releasing his latest horror anthology “Killroy Was Here” as a non-fungible token. The…
Exodus Wallet raises almost $60M in crypto in regulated offering
By Martin Young
Exodus’ claimed record share sale is set to be shattered by Coinbase later today. Crypto wallet provider Exodus has raised more than $59 million in just five days as investors flocked to participate in the public offering.Exodus Movement, Inc., a…
The biggest event in crypto this week ISN'T Coinbase’s IPO: Erik Voorhees
By Martin Young
The first truly native cross-chain DEX is about to go live. ShapeShift CEO and crypto industry stalwart, Erik Voorhees, has suggested the launch of Thorchain is arguably the biggest event in crypto this week.And considering all eyes in crypto are…
‘Rick Astley’ Hodlers Keep Bitcoin Prices Above $60K
By Martin Young
Bitcoin market momentum is being buoyed up by the upcoming Coinbase IPO on April 14 among other things. The latest report from on-chain analytics provider Glassnode has reported that additional momentum has come from Grayscale’s intent to convert its Bitcoin…
‘Rick Astley’ Hodlers Keep Bitcoin Prices Above $60K
By Martin Young
Bitcoin market momentum is being buoyed up by the upcoming Coinbase IPO on April 14 among other things. The latest report from on-chain analytics provider Glassnode has reported that additional momentum has come from Grayscale’s intent to convert its Bitcoin…
USDT, USDC, and BUSD represent 93% of stablecoin market cap
By Martin Young
The three largest stablecoins represent a combined capitalization of $60 billion. Research from on-chain analytics provider Glassnode has revealed that the top three stablecoins represent more than 90% of the sector’s entire market cap.Glassnode’s April 13 “Week On-chain” report found…
Keep Network unveils v2 specs for tBTC protocol
By Martin Young
A second iteration of tBTC hopes to improve on the failings of the first. The Keep Network has released details for the second iteration of its “trust-minimized” Bitcoin tokenization protocol, tBTC.In a blog post on Sunday, Keep Network developer Evandro Saturnino outlined…