Author: NBTC
“Show me the money.” The notorious phrase from 1996’s “Jerry Maguire” movie is on the lips of investors watching the state of the Bitcoin mining market as it faces its next crunch point: April’s Bitcoin Halving. Mining, an integral part of securing the bitcoin network, requires a lot of capital to operate profitably. And now, after a brutal crypto winter and with the upcoming halving next month, many investors have turned sour on what once was an outrageously profitable business, drying up capital for the miners. This feature is part of CoinDesk’s “Future of Bitcoin” package published to coincide with…
Nomic, a well-known name in the cryptocurrency market, shakes up the industry with the recent launch of stBTC. It is a Bitcoin Liquid Staking Token created by Babylon, another Cosmos chain-based project focused on a Bitcoin staking protocol. The invention has a potential to change the decentralized finance game while also benefiting from the initial phases of the technology. Introducing $stBTC, a Bitcoin Liquid Staking Token powered by @babylon_chain.https://t.co/b7duK3MBVs — Nomic (@nomicbtc) April 10, 2024 Nomic and Babylon Advance Bitcoin in DeFi with stBTC Both Nomic and Babylon are currently participating in various Bitcoin and Cosmos ecosystem initiatives. This cooperation…
OKX Ventures has announced a strategic investment in Lumoz, an avant-garde modular compute layer and Zero-Knowledge Rollup as a Service (ZK-RaaS) platform. This move reflects the increasing maturation of Zero-Knowledge (ZK) scaling technology and a growing industry demand for zero-knowledge proof computation solutions. Lumoz has already made significant strides in the Layer 2 ZK-Rollup sector, boasting partnerships with prominent networks like ZKFair and BTC Layer 2 platform, Merlin Chain. As the industry anticipates a surge in new ZK-Rollups, Lumoz’s modular compute layer stands out for its ability to alleviate the high computational costs typically associated with zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) computation.…
Render (RNDR), a top decentralized GPU-based rendering and AI processing solution, is one of the best performing AI related tokens today. The price of RNDR, the project’s native token, has spiked more than 17% in the past 24 hours and 54% in the past week. On March 9, 2024, Render’s price crossed the $10 level to hit a new all-time high above $11.97. Render CEO to speak at NVIDIA’s GTC 2024 Render, which also allows for decentralized applications across digital rights management (DRM) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), is attracting growing attention amid a broader rally for AI crypto. These tokens…
The number of average daily Unique Active Wallets (dUAW) in Web3 reached 7 million in 2024’s first quarter, according to the “State of the Dapp Industry Q1 2024” report by DappRadar. This represents a 77% increase when compared to the last quarter, with a notable shift being the 9% rise in the social sector, driven by social decentralized applications (dApps) that incentivize user participation through quests and potential airdrop rewards. The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector had an average of 1.3 million dUAW, fueled by activity in recently launched chains like Base and Blast. The report highlights that this interest in…
Since the beginning of the week, Bitcoin’s price has experienced a notable decline of over 8%, marking a notable correction in its recent surge. This dip manifested itself in a fat red candle on the trading charts, with prices falling to $62,900, the lowest level witnessed in the past two weeks. The fall in the price of the main cryptocurrency by an almost double-digit percentage figure caused fear, uncertainty and doubt among market participants, when many began to consider whether the unrestrained growth of recent months was coming to an end. Veteran trader Peter Brandt weighed in on the current…
South Korean youth debt is on the rise, with crypto investments leading many desperate young people to bankruptcy courts, new data shows. Per Hankyoreh, on April 5, the Seoul Rehabilitation Court released a report on debt-related cases for the Financial Year 2023. The report’s authors noted that there had been a 31% rise in “personal rehabilitation” applications in FY2023. The authors noted that “crypto investment” and “stock market purchases” were driving a rise in case numbers for people aged 20-29. South Korean Youth: Crypto Investments Going Wrong? The Seoul Bankruptcy Court compiles an annual Personal Rehabilitation and Bankruptcy Case Statistical…
Renowned crypto author Panos Mekras has outlined factors he believes will contribute to XRP’s success and influence its market value, diverging from the prevailing anticipation surrounding a potential lawsuit settlement and ETF listing. Mekras, Co-founder of Anodos Finance, expressed this sentiment amid the wave of pessimism directed towards XRP. Famous crypto investigator Mr. Huber called attention to this trend in a recent post on X. “XRP is Dead” Campaign Huber observed a chorus of “XRP is dead” reverberating within the XRP community due to its lagging performance compared to its counterparts. For instance, XRP has increased 19% over the past…
BitVM has recently come under some scrutiny after the Taproot Wizards, Tyler and Rijndael, posted their criticism of the liquidity requirements imposed on the operator of a BitVM based two-way peg. In all the recent discussions around BitVM based layer two solutions, I had taken for granted that people discussing them and interested in the design space understood the collateralization/liquidity requirements imposed by the architecture on the operator(s). The recent discussion around the “liquidity crunch” issue shows me I was incorrect about this assumption, and that many people outside of those actively involved in BitVM development were not aware of…
The price of Bitcoin, the flagship cryptocurrency, has suddenly managed to reclaim the coveted $65,000 level. It surged to $65,460 earlier today before paring some recent gains. Despite the recent dip, the price of the leading cryptocurrency is up roughly 25% over the past 30 days. Massive liquidations According to data provided by CoinGlass, more than $46 million worth of short positions have been liquidated over the past four hours. Roughly $12 million worth of short positions have been wiped out in the span of a single hour. However, the bulls still suffered a much bigger blow compared to the…