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A Remarkable Achievement in Bitcoin Mining

In a significant announcement that has captured the attention of the cryptocurrency world, MARA Holdings, a leading Bitcoin mining company, recently revealed a monumental milestone. The company successfully mined an impressive 703 BTC in July alone, pushing its total Bitcoin holdings past the coveted 50,000 mark to an astounding 50,639 BTC. This achievement, confirmed via a GlobeNewswire press release, underscores MARA Holdings’ relentless pursuit of operational excellence and strategic growth within the highly competitive Bitcoin mining sector. What Does This Milestone Mean for MARA Holdings? Reaching over 50,000 BTC in holdings is not just a number; it is a testament…

MiningAug 4

Market Prophet Tom Lee Explains Why He Chose Ethereum Over Bitcoin

Tom Lee, managing partner and head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, shared his views on the differences between the new generation of individual investors and institutional investors on Amit Kukreja's podcast. The experienced strategist clearly stated that the real reason behind his preference for Ethereum was the growth in the stablecoin sector. Tom Lee, a long-time chief strategist at JPMorgan Chase, is known among US investors for his accurate predictions of market trends and frequent appearances on major media platforms like CNBC. However, he has also been the target of criticism for his consistently optimistic approach to the market.…

EthereumAug 4

Gaia AI Mainnet Launch Accelerates Mira’s Vision for Decentralized Trust in AI

Gaia AI, one of the most prominent platforms in creating algorithms to decentralize AI inference architecture, has announced the launch of its Mainnet, which is a major milestone in the movement of transforming artificial intelligence into a community-centered framework. We're thrilled that our partner @Gaianet_AI is live with their Mainnet!@Gaianet_AI is building one of the most robust infrastructures for building and deploying agents and is an important partner for us as we decentralize the AI stack for the world. https://t.co/cnQkBCfRQb — Mira (3/3) (@Mira_Network) July 30, 2025 The launch of the mainnet network provides incentivized and scalable compute resources to…

BlockchainAug 4

Price Breaks All-Time High Record Again – Here’s What We Know

Bitcoin broke its all-time high price record at $119,292.62. After this historic high, the price has retreated somewhat and is currently trading at $118,979.14. Bitcoin, which has gained 9.22% over the past seven days, has once again attracted investor attention. In the last 24 hours, the cryptocurrency market saw a total of $205.37 million in liquidations. $83.77 million of these liquidations came from long positions and $121.59 million from short positions. The assets that saw the most liquidations were as follows: BTC: $41.13 million ETH: $35.06 million XRP: $15.32 million XLM: $10.69 million Altcoins like PENGU, DOGE, SOL, and HBAR…

BitcoinAug 4

How Much of Ethereum’s Supply Is Lost Forever? Here’s the Amount That Must Be Excluded When Calculating Supply

Coinbase executive Conor Grogan announced that at least 913,111 Ethereum (ETH) were permanently lost due to user error. This amount, currently valued at approximately $3.43 billion, corresponds to 0.76% of the total ETH supply. According to Grogan, these losses stem from irreversible transactions and inaccessible wallets. Furthermore, when we include the 5.3 million ETH (approximately $20 billion) burned under EIP-1559, an update to Ethereum's fee mechanism, more than 5% of the entire Ethereum supply has been permanently removed from circulation. Grogan noted that this loss only covers ETH that is verifiable and technically “locked forever,” not lost private keys or…

EthereumAug 4

Social Sentiment Highlights Robust DeFi Growth with Notable Engagement

The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector is making considerable buzz on the social media. As per the data from Phoenix Group, $SOL, $XRP, and $LINK are the top DeFi projects when it comes to social activity over past 24 hours. The crypto data and analytics platform revealed in its recent X post that the growing social activity of these projects indicates the rising community sentiment and engagement. Hence, this significant interest is anticipated to lead to robust progress in the near future. TOP #DEFI PROJECTS BY SOCIAL ACTIVITY$SOL $XRP $LINK $RENDER $INJ $HBAR $ENA $ICP $MASK $XTZ pic.twitter.com/oxbwhTUA51 — PHOENIX –…

DeFiAug 4

Ethereum Rainbow Chart predicts ETH price for August 1, 2025

Insights from the Ethereum (ETH) Rainbow Chart suggest that the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap is likely to see further momentum on August 1. As of press time, Ethereum was trading around $3,700, placing it within the “Steady…” zone of the chart. The Rainbow Chart is a long-term valuation model that utilizes a logarithmic curve and color bands to illustrate Ethereum’s historical price sentiment. It helps investors gauge whether the asset is undervalued or overheated, without predicting short-term movements. For August 1, 2025, the model estimates Ethereum could trade between $4,752.48 and $6,901.15, a range corresponding to the “HODL!” zone.…

EthereumAug 4

Coinbase's network Base launches free security review program for native builders

Coinbase just announced that its protocol security team will offer free security reviews to a select cohort of apps and protocols building on the Base chain, which is currently in beta. The initiative is coming shortly after Arbitrum announced a similar campaign that saw the Arbitrum Foundation allocate $14 million in ARB tokens to subsidize security audits for network projects, distributing 30 million ARB tokens over 12 months following DAO approval. Coinbase’s new program to improve network security Base Chain claims it is focused on onboarding the next billion users on-chain, and it plans to achieve this by empowering builders…

BlockchainAug 4

Ethereum (ETH) Reclaims $3,800. Is $4,000 Likely?

Ethereum (ETH), the flagship alternative cryptocurrency, managed to reclaim the $3,800 level earlier today, spiking to an intraday peak of $3,810 on the Bitstamp exchange. The cryptocurrency is currently roughly 22.8% from reaching its November 2021 peak of $4,878. It has soared by 54% over the past month alone. Ethereum ETFs are on a roll The most recent price rally comes after Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) logged $4.1 billion worth of inflows over the past 10 days alone. On July 22, they brought in $533 million in a single day. The outperformance of Ethereum ETFs (especially BlackRock's iShares Ethereum Trust…

EthereumAug 4

Pipe Network debuts Firestarter Storage for Solana developers

This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. When building on Solana up until now, you’ve really only had two bad choices for storing and delivering your app’s data. You could lean on Web2 giants like Cloudflare or AWS, which are fast and easy, but very much centralized and outside the crypto ethos. Or you could try to piece together more decentralized fixes using IPFS, Arweave, and other assorted gateways — bearing in mind that, while these latter methods do work, they require lots of duct-tape and set-top thwacking to dial in. Decentralized CDN Pipe…

BlockchainAug 4