The price of the cheapest Bored Ape NFT for sale is now 53.9 Ether (ETH), or $215,067, while the minimum asking price for a CryptoPunk is 52.69 ETH, which is currently worth $210,239, according to OpenSea. All month long there has been speculation about the possibility of Bored Ape flipping CryptoPunks in terms of NFT floor price. Earlier this week, Cointelegraph…
Month: December 2021
Scalability or stability? Solana network outages show work still needed
Solana is a highly scalable decentralized blockchain developed with a unique method of ordering transactions that significantly improves its transaction throughput, to the point that it has consistently been processing over 2,500 transactions per second. It claims to be able to process 50,000 transactions per second. The power of Solana’s cheap transactions is felt when it’s time to pay transaction fees,…
Justin Sun to Fly to Space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Rocket Next Year
In brief Tron founder Justin Sun in July bid $28 million to accompany Jeff Bezos on a flight to space. Sun missed the launch but will next year fly on one of Bezos’ Blue Origin rockets to space with five other “warriors,” he said today on Twitter. Tron founder Justin Sun today announced that he will fly to space via…
Decrypt’s Coin of the Year: Solana (SOL)
It’s been a wild year in crypto. The surging popularity of NFTs, the maturing DeFi landscape, and new all-time highs for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies dominated headlines and captured a great deal of attention in 2021. Yet one project managed to wade through the noise and emerge as our pick for Coin of the Year: Solana. The title is…
Fact Checking Media Tries to Debunk Great Reset Theories, Articles Ignite Heated Discussions Over Reboot Agenda – Featured Bitcoin News
On December 22, Twitter trends indicate that thousands of people on social media are talking about the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) “Great Reset” agenda, as Reuters and the BBC had run fact-checking posts on the subject. According to the reports, the Great Reset has been tied to various conspiracy theories and the initiative was launched in June 2020. BBC, Reuters…
100 digital payment token firms in Singapore fail to win licenses: Report
More than 100 out of 170 “digital payment token services” in Singapore have reportedly failed to obtain licenses from the local financial regulator, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, or MAS. 103 companies related to the digital payment industry in Singapore found their regulatory exemptions removed amid apparently tough regulation, Japan’s financial publication The Nikkei reported Monday, citing data from the…
Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs Flip CryptoPunks Floor Price in Ethereum
In brief The cheapest-available (or floor price) Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT topped the floor CryptoPunks NFT for the first time this morning. The two largest Ethereum profile picture projects have varying approaches to community engagement and commercialization rights. For the first time, the cheapest-available (or floor price) Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT now costs more than the lowest-priced CryptoPunks…
Michael Saylor Owns $866M of Bitcoin: Report
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor reportedly owns at least 17,732 bitcoin.Saylor’s bitcoin holdings are worth about $866 million.The executive targets a $6 million BTC price. The Bitcoin bull ahead of software intelligence firm MicroStrategy, Michael Saylor, reportedly disclosed a personal bitcoin stash worth $866 million. According to a Markets Insider report, Saylor said in a November interview with The Information that…
BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, ADA, XRP, LUNA, AVAX, DOT, DOGE
Bitcoin (BTC) is attempting to break above the psychologically critical level at $50,000 and close the year on a strong note. The up-move in Bitcoin has led to a sharp recovery in the value of the Crypto Fear & Greed Index from 27 to 45 within a day, signaling improving sentiment. BlockFi co-founder Flori Marquez said in a recent interview…
Shiba Inu Surges 16% Following Whale’s $136 Million SHIB Buy
A crypto whale bought $136 million worth of Shiba Inu (SHIB), sending the dog-themed meme coin soaring by over 16% in just a single day. According to the Whale Stats website—which tracks big value crypto purchases—the crypto whale purchased approximately 4 trillion SHIB tokens, with a value of about $136 million at the time. SHIB opened the day with a…