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Bitcoin coin pinned beneath a closing metal door in a wet office corridor as a wall clock emphasizes the final minutes before a major options expiry

Bitcoin price just collapsed because the macro selloff collided with a $14 billion options expiry this morning

Roughly $14.1B in Bitcoin options and $2.2B in Ethereum options expired on Friday, Mar. 27. History suggests more volatility around expiry.

2 weeks ago

Analysis

Not so fast, are “Eth killers” as speedy as they claim?

So-called “Eth-killers”, Layer-1 blockchains competing with Ethereum, are supposed to be much faster and much cheaper. While this is true for fees, are Eth-killers really as fast as they claim to be?

4 years ago

Analysis

Bitcoin was the third-worst performer last year as low cap altcoins showed the biggest returns

While Bitcoin posted huge returns when compared to TradFi, it significantly underperformed the rest of the crypto market.

4 years ago

Analysis

Cardano’s transaction volume flips Ethereum as value rises by over 30%

Available data has shown that despite processing more transactions Ethereum blockchain, Cardano’s blockchain was only able to generate a negligible amount for its transactions fees.

4 years ago

Analysis

Concepts, scaling solutions and representative projects of Layer 2 ecosystem

Layer 2 blockchain protocols are built atop Layer 1s, and exist to make transactions faster and lower gas fees, while solving scaling problems.

4 years ago

Analysis

Ethereum gas fee tokens poor performers, Ponzi accusations

Two fresh tokens of late have put focus on Ethereum gas fees and airdropped tokens to network users. The tokens in question have performed poorly and there are accusations of ponzi schemes.

4 years ago

Analysis

Could Bitcoin’s security be weakening? Let’s talk about it

Questioning Bitcoin’s security model in the context of declining network usage relative to other cryptocurrencies.

4 years ago

Stablecoins

USDC supply surpasses USDT on Ethereum

The amount of USDC stablecoin issued on the Ethereum blockchain has surpassed that of the number one stablecoin USDT. The “flippening” is telling of the recent growth of USDC.

4 years ago