Day: April 10, 2023

Bitcoin proponents respond to New York Times’ BTC mining report

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The New York Times’ latest report on Bitcoin (BTC) mining, titled “The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin,” has irked many BTC proponents — some of whom took to Twitter to call out certain aspects of the report, including saying it was “cherry-picking” data. The NYT article says Bitcoin mining has a “voracious” appetite and claims it uses as much energy as all residences in New York City. In response, Daniel Batten — a Bitcoin environmental, social and governance (ESG) analyst — pointed toward what he said were…

Terra DeFi project Terraport suffers $2M hack days after launch

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The algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) collapsed almost one year ago, but some Terra-related projects are still live and trying to overcome some issues. Terraport Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) exchange project based on the Terra Classic blockchain, suffered a breach on its liquidity wallet on April 10. Announcing the news on Twitter, Terraport said the hacker had drained all liquidity pools from the platform, causing losses of about $2 million worth of digital assets. “We are currently working with community members and major exchanges to secure as many of these…

Bitcoin is preparing for a breakout, charts indicate

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As the world’s leading cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC), weathers a storm of indecision, market participants eagerly watch for signs of an impending breakout.  In the second week of March, BTC reached a 90-day high of $29,159 and has been trading sideways ever since. Despite the continuous push from bears, it has held its ground, trading at $28,321 as of April 10. Let’s delve into the current state of BTC and explore whether it’s on the brink of a breakthrough. BTC monthly chart | Source: CoinMarketCap Blast from the past: April 2019…

The state of the Bitcoin Lightning Network in 2023

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The Lightning Network, a layer-2 payment solution built on top of the Bitcoin blockchain, is six years old.  Products, users and the amount of Bitcoin (BTC) sent on the Lightning Network (LN) has sky-rocketed in 2023, despite the price per Bitcoin slipping under $20,000. Source: Twitter/Kerooke The LN has benefited from the integration into the Nostr protocol — in which users can send one another satoshis (small amounts of Bitcoin) — and the proliferation of custodial and noncustodial LN wallets, and its formal integration in territories such as El Salvador and Lugano. From Mediterranean cities…

The $3.3 hack is ‘weird’

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Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol SushiSwap recently suffered an exploit due to a smart contract bug, leading to over $3 million in losses. Members of the crypto community responded to the hack, with some thinking that there was something fishy about it.  On April 9, security firms detected unusual activities in the DeFi platform’s smart contract aggregating trade liquidity. A few hours later, a $3.3 million exploit was reported. Jared Grey, the head developer of the decentralized exchange, asked its users to revoke the permissions they granted to the platform. The…

BTC Jumps Back Above $28,000, Following Easter Break – Market Updates Bitcoin News

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Bitcoin started the week climbing back above $28,000, as markets returned from the Easter holidays. The move saw the world’s largest cryptocurrency briefly break out of a key resistance level of $28,500. Ethereum was also higher, as it closed in on the $1,900 level. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) was back above $28,000 to start the week, as market sentiment shifted towards the bulls following the Easter break. BTC/USD rose to a high of $28,532.83 earlier in today’s session, after trading at a low of $27,828.48 the day before. As a result…

‘Natural evolution’ of scaling solutions

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Cross-chain automated marker maker Symbiosis has onboarded layer-2 scaling protocol zkSync to improve speed and reduce fees of token swaps on its platform. The decentralized exchange (DEX) was launched in March 2022. It provides single-sided stablecoin pools that deliver zero impermanent loss to liquid providers. It also facilitates ‘any-to-any’ native asset swaps on its platform across Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and non-EVM networks. Nick Avramov, co-founder of Symbiosis, told Cointelegraph that the integration of zkSync will provide one-click swaps from Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, BNB, Telos and other blockchains into zkSync and…