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Optimism ‘Soft Launches’ Ethereum Throughput Solution With DeFi’s Synthetix
Optimism has “soft launched” its solution to Ethereum’s transaction problem, the Optimistic Virtual Machine (OVM). The startup announced Friday that OVM is now live, at a time when gas fees ... -
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Dips to $34.4K as Big-Name DeFi Tokens Trounce ETH
Bitcoin was slipping Friday on lower-than-average volumes for 2021 so far. In other news, while BTC and ETH are up this year, some DeFi tokens are doing even better. Bitcoin ... -
Goldman Sachs to Enter Crypto Market ‘Soon’ With Custody Play: Source
U.S. banking powerhouse Goldman Sachs has issued a request for information (RFI) to explore digital asset custody, according to a source inside the bank. When asked about timing, the Goldman ... -
Will Mayor Suarez’s Miami Be the First Major City to Buy Bitcoin?
The entrepreneurial mayor brings his recruitment of tech talent to the crypto space with the potential of a 1% investment of the city’s reserves into BTC. This episode is sponsored ... -
Tether’s Bank Says It Invests Customer Funds in Bitcoin; Backing Questions Reemerge
Deltec, Tether’s Bahamas-based bank, announced Thursday it was investing customer funds in bitcoin. The announcement, made by Deltec Bank & Trust Chief Investment Officer Hugo Rogers during a year-in-review video, ... -
What Crypto Can Expect From Gary Gensler at the SEC
This week, reports emerged that Gary Gensler, the former chairman of the Commodity Future Trading Commission (CFTC) is set to be President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to take over the Securities ... -
Bitcoin Miners Aren’t Responsible for Recent Price Dips, Data Shows
“Miners are selling” is a popular trope used to explain bitcoin’s occasional downward price action. But on-chain data doesn’t support this narrative, according to analysts and mining pools themselves. After ... -
Bitcoin Core’s Latest Release Is Out: Here’s What’s in It
Originally slated for Dec. 1, 2020, Bitcoin Core version 0.21.0 is now available for download, and includes a handful of notable changes to Bitcoin’s primary software implementation. Most notably, Bitcoin ... -
Bitcoin in Race for Adoption Before Central Banks Launch Digital Currencies: Australia’s Macquarie
With a runway of a year or more before the Federal Reserve and other major central banks can launch digital currencies, bitcoin and other private cryptocurrencies could gain a foothold ... -
Bitcoin Miners, Developers Narrow Down How Taproot Will Be Activated
Bitcoin miners representing roughly 91% of the network's hashpower have demonstrated support for Bitcoin’s biggest upgrade in years, Taproot. These activation methods vary the length of time required and whether ...
