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Cardano’s k-parameter is set to increase to 500 on Dec. 6, drastically diminishing rewards for large, oversaturated stake pools. The sharp rise in the parameter will mean that the top 100 stake pools on the network will all become saturated, with IOHK advising users to slowly begin re-delegating their stake to smaller pools to increase […]

Bitcoin has been on a tear over the past month, rallying from the low-$11,000s to highs around 36 hours ago at $18,500. This move has been marked by an uptick in mentions of the cryptocurrency by media, along with prominent investors and celebrities. Chinese media, despite the Chinese government’s aversion to cryptocurrencies (at least decentralized […]

For some reason, Bitcoin forks have been rallying extremely hard over recent days. Bitcoin Gold and Bitcoin Diamond have gained approximately 20 percent in the past two days alone, making them the best-performing digital assets in the top 100 coins by market capitalization. Litecoin, too, has performed well over recent days, actually outperforming Bitcoin over […]

The recent BTC run has borne good news for two important parts of the Bitcoin ecosystem — investors and miners. Data from on-chain tracking firm Glassnode shows miner revenues are back at pre-halving levels, i.e. before May 12 of this year. These are the same as when block rewards were double those of today. #Bitcoin […]

What’s beautiful and kind of scary about DeFi is that everything is on-chain: if you know someone’s address, you can track their investments and their other interactions with the Ethereum ecosystem. Due to the fact that you can time announcements of investments with transactions, it becomes somewhat trivial sometimes to connect addresses and funds and […]

Within 30 minutes, on November 18, the price of Ethereum dropped 7.7% as Bitcoin also recorded an abrupt 6% drop. ETH saw a much sharper drop in the same period, sparking concerns regarding extreme volatility. Three key reasons likely caused Ethereum to see a more volatile drop than Bitcoin. The factors are thinner order book, […]

Nervos, one of China’s biggest blockchain and crypto projects, announced the launch of its own token standard, the sUDT, today as per a release shared with CryptoSlate. Since its launch last year, Nervos has made significant improvements to its infrastructure to support a wide range of DeFi applications, from payments and lending solutions to decentralized […]

Institutional Bitcoin products are booming as the pioneer cryptocurrency sees bullish price action. A report shared with CryptoSlate from crypto research firm CryptoCompare found that the aggregate volumes for popular Exchange-traded Products (ETPs) surged 53% this year with several products demonstrating “above-market” returns.  Of these, Grayscale’s popular Bitcoin Trust product surpassed $9 billion in market […]

The adoption of Bitcoin is taking place at an extremely rapid pace. While the jury is still out on how a likely Biden presidency will affect the cryptocurrency space, soon, there will be one of this industry’s own sitting in one of the highest seats in U.S. politics. Incoming Wyoming Senator (Senator-Elect) Cynthia Lummis recently […]

It appears that “aping” into new decentralized finance (DeFi) coins is back in vogue with Bitcoin pumping, Ethereum moving towards its summer highs, and money moving right down the DeFi risk curve. A new Ethereum-based coin has surged 3,000 percent in the past week. ZLOT surges 3,000 percent in a week One of the biggest […]