Technology
Analysis
Here’s Bitcoiner Eric Wall’s 27 predictions for 2022
What will happen in crypto in 2022 is anybody’s guess, though some things are more predictable than others. Famous bitcoiner Eric Wall puts forth 27 predictions for the coming year.
Payments
Chamath Palihapitiya: Visa and MasterCard biggest business losers for 2022
Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya predicts that Visa and MasterCard lose out and be overthrown by Web3-based payment projects in 2022.
Investments
MicroStrategy has purchased an additional 1,914 bitcoins
With only a day left of the year, MicroStrategy announced the company has purchased another batch of bitcoin.
Analysis
Research: Yes you can calculate the total supply of ether
Can you calculate the total supply of ether? This is an ongoing debate in the community and there has been no clear answer until now.
Technology
Gas DAO drops GAS tokens, becomes gas guzzler of the day
Few like to pay gas fees. However, a newly formed DAO brings at least some consolation for at least the most active gas guzzlers on Ethereum.
NFTs
These 300 CryptoPunks may be lost forever
The Larva Labs studio created 10,000 CryptoPunks back in 2017, but not all of them remain till this day. In fact, as many as 300 Punks may be lost forever.
Partnerships
German telecom giant supports Polkadot, acquires DOT tokens
T-Systems MMS, a subsidiary of German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom, participates with its infrastructure in securing and maintaining the Polkadot network. As part of the partnership, T-Systems MMS acquires DOT tokens.
Analysis
Chainlink price surges, regains important threshold despite uncertain sentiment
Chainlink’s native token LINK gained the $23 threshold in the early hours to start the week. This comes as the crowd has had the most sustained negative sentiment toward the asset since October.
Analysis
Bitcoin, Ethereum beat gold in 2021, big time
Bitcoin and Ethereum broke their previous all-time-high in 2021, appreciating by 71.8 and 456 percent respectively.
Adoption
Polkadot developer Parity and Energy Web partner to bring blockchains to fuel energy sector
Parity Technologies, developers of the Polkadot system, partners with Energy Web to launch Energy Web Consortia Relay Chain bringing blockchain technology to the energy sector.
Technology
Ethereum splinternet, are scaling solutions breaking up the ecosystem?
As Ethereum transaction fees rise, there is a discussion being had about how to scale growing usage while still ensuring network security.
NFTs
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke cops tobi.eth ENS for 30 ETH
With ENS names selling for double-digit numbers in ether, they now play in the same price league as high-end NFTs like CryptoPunks and Bored Ape Yacht Club.