In fall 2021, XYO cryptocurrency went through the second wave of popularity. The cryptocurrency was listed on Coinbase, Gate.io, and Kucoin exchanges – and here’s where the boom started. But what’s XYO actually about and will XYO price go up? The project was founded back in 2017, so there are a lot of milestones passed. Let’s explore the basics, and…
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Taproot Primer – An Upgrade for the Ages
One of Bitcoin’s biggest upgrades of all time is just around the corner, but few understand its potential impact. In Kraken Intelligence’s latest report, “Taproot Primer: An Upgrade For The Ages,” our team breaks down each of the three Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) included in the Taproot upgrade and explains the transaction efficiency and user privacy benefits the upgrade will…
Cross-Chain Bridges That Connect 5 Different Blockchains to Ethereum – Defi Bitcoin News
During the last few months, cross-chain bridge technology has grown a great deal and users can now swap assets between a myriad of networks. Today, between eight different bridges there’s $7.6 billion total-value locked across these platforms. Cross-Chain Bridges There’s a decent quantity of cross-chain blockchain bridges these days and it has allowed users to do a variety of different…
Cardano price dips after smart contract launch, Walmart working with Litecoin is fake news, Coinbase raises $2B from junk-bond sale: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 12-18
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekCardano launches smart contracts after successful hard forkAfter years of anticipation, Charles Hoskinson’s brainchild, Cardano, finally launched…
Bitcoin is great, but real crypto innovation has moved elsewhere
Something is brewing, and those with finely tuned noses can smell it. As traders have come to expect, Bitcoin (BTC) is doing “Bitcoin things” by bouncing around between the usual “key” support and resistance levels, and to be honest, it’s all starting to feel a bit boomerish.Bitcoin’s long-awaited “moon” depended on institutional investor buy-in, breaking the previous all-time high at…
Here’s why Bitcoin might be safe from a global stock market crisis
One of the reasons behind Bitcoin’s (BTC) volatility, the substantial price oscillations that occur regularly, is the discrepancy of its use cases. Some pundits deem it “digital gold,” a truly scarce and perfect store of value (SoV). Others consider Bitcoin a technology project or a type of software with a corresponding network.El Salvador’s adoption as legal tender will likely evidence…
100 years ago, Henry Ford proposed ‘energy currency’ to replace gold
In 1921, American industrialist Henry Ford proposed the creation of an “energy currency” that could form the basis of a new monetary system — offering striking similarities to the peer-to-peer electronic cash system outlined in Satoshi Nakamoto’s 2008 Bitcoin (BTC) whitepaper. Front page of the New York Tribune dated Sunday, December 4, 1921. Source: Library of CongressBitcoin as an energy currencyOn…
$1.2B in Ether withdrawn from centralized exchanges in record daily outflow
More than $1 billion worth of Ether (ETH) has been removed from centralized exchanges in the past 24 hours, leading to speculation about imminent price gains for Ether as supply shrinks on many trading venues.According to data shared by crypto analytics provider IntoTheBlock, $1.2 billion worth of ETH was withdrawn from centralized exchanges on Thursday to mark a new record…
Senator lobbies agencies over the use of crypto in ransomware
Some United States senators are ramping up the anti-crypto rhetoric again, urging federal agencies to take action against the illicit use of digital assets.Senator Maggie Hassan is the latest to raise concerns about the use of cryptocurrency as a means of payment for ransomware attacks.The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee member sent a letter on Thursday to several agencies,…
Bitcoin sees ‘quite healthy’ consolidation on $200M BTC options expiry day
Bitcoin (BTC) ranged around $48,000 on Friday as hopes of a bull run endured thanks to low supply and upcoming corporate disclosures.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewAnticipation builds for cross-crypto breakoutData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD continuing to consolidate into Friday, with the latest options expiry now due.The pair had made little progress since bouncing off $47,000…