BITCOIN NEWS

‘Bitcoin Miner’ Was a Dead Game—Until It Started Paying Real BTC Earnings

Idle tapping game Bitcoin Miner was developed in the wake of the 2017 bull run as a colorful and amusing riff on the wild world of crypto. And to hear Fumb Games co-founder Paul West tell it now, almost nobody cared when the game first launched on iOS and Android. “Nothing happened. Like, literally ...

ETHEREUM NEWS

Ethereum Blob Inscriptions Exceed 40%, Triggering Unprecedented ‘Blob Contention’

Following the debut of the Dencun upgrade and Ethereum blobs, enthusiasts have devised methods to embed data akin to how Ordinal inscriptions operate. Since this development, inscription-based activities now account for over 40% of blob transactions, leading to a significant increase in network acti...

CRYPTO NEWS

Russia’s Garantex $20B Crypto Inflow Under Probe By US and UK

The cumulative transfer of up to $20 billion in cryptocurrencies to a Garantex Exchange has suddenly piqued the interest of authorities in the United States and in the UK owing to its potential violations of Russian sanctions  Garantex Caught In Between Russian Sanctions Evasion Markedly, these auth...

FINANCE NEWS

Pound Sterling recovers intarady losses as US Dollar retreats ahead of US PCE Inflation

The Pound Sterling rises above 1.2600 against the US Dollar ahead of the US core PCE inflation data for February. The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge could give clues over when the Fed may begin the rate-cut cycle. UK’s soft inflation data for February has lifted expectations for BoE rate cuts in Ju...

TECH NEWS

Bitwise files for a spot ether ETF

Bitwise filed for a spot ethereum ETF on Thursday.  The company, which launched a spot bitcoin ETF back in January, also has an ethereum futures ETF, known as the Bitwise Ethereum Strategy ETF (AETH).  The potential issuer dropped its 19b-4 and S-1 documents side-by-side Thursday, following Fidelity...

NFT NEWS

Blast NFT Game Munchables Recovers $62 Million Stolen in Exploit

NFT game Munchables, which is on recently launched Ethereum Layer 2 Blast, lost $62 million last night in an exploit. But early this morning the team had good news for its community: “All funds are safe.” All user funds are safe, lockdrops will not be enforced, all blast related rewards ...

BLOCKCHAIN NEWS

Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Wants Validators to Be More Decentralized

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin wants to improve decentralization on the Ethereum network by modifying its penalty system, he wrote in a recent blog post. And funny enough, he posted about it on Twitter after being asked by Elon Musk why he hasn’t been using the platform. The Ethereum netw...