The Bitcoin blockchain is inching closer to half a terabyte, with only 40.49 gigabytes left to go. Thanks to the recent trend of ordinal inscriptions, the blockchain is expected to reach this milestone even faster. On February 12, 2023, the average block size peaked at 2.52 megabytes. However, it has since dropped to an average...Read More

For a long time now, El Salvador have made the news in the crypto world for their commitment to incorporating Bitcoin into the legal tender of the country, and to that effect were buying up the tokens until a financial setback caused them to stop.  However, renewed focus on the project has led the government...Read More

The crypto market has always been a volatile place by nature, but there are certain events which push it across the boundary from being inherently unstable to very unstable, and recent events have created that shift once again. The recent failed acquisition of the FTX exchange has triggered a collapse of the platform entirely, with...Read More

It’s been a tough year for crypto-enthusiasts, who saw their net worth plummet during the spring and summer sell off. But Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has them smiling once again. In a recent tweet, Mr Musk said he didn’t buy the firm “to make more money. I did it to try to help humanity,...Read More

Kim Kardashian has paid US regulators more than $1m to settle charges for failing to disclose that she was paid to promote a crypto asset in a post on her Instagram page. The reality TV star, social media influencer and entrepreneur, who is estimated to be worth $1.8bn (£1.6bn), has agreed to pay the Securities and Exchange...Read More

Thanks to Meta, users may now share their Ethereum and Polygon NFTs on Facebook and Instagram. The Flow and Solana blockchains’ digital collectibles, or NFTs, will also soon be able to be posted by users, according to an update from Mark Zuckerberg’s firm that was made public last week. Users of the IT behemoth may...Read More

A recent purchase by the crypto mining firm CleanSpark has seen a facility in Sandersville, Georgia be purchased for $33 million. The facility in question, formerly owned by Masson, is part of a deal that is expected to increase the hashrate of CleanSpark by some 1.4 exahashes per second (EH/s) in the coming months, driving...Read More

Almost one year ago, the country of El Salvador made Bitcoin a legal currency which could be used in everyday transactions in public settings. In doing so, El Salvador became the first country in the world to make cryptocurrency a legal tender. As part of this plan, they’ve been stockpiling Bitcoins for the last year....Read More

The crypto market has been in a state of volatility for quite some time now. On the 26th of August, Jerome Powell of the US Federal Reserve gave a speech at the Jackson Hole event, and it hit crypto hard. The total market cap on cryptocurrencies dropped below the $1 trillion mark for the first...Read More

Following an address given by the United States federal chair, the value of Bitcoin has temporarily fallen. At the time of writing, the current price of Bitcoin is $20,193.85, and there are approximately $39 billion worth of trades that take place every day. However, it has seen a 4.6% drop when compared to the previous...Read More