ETC Climbs to 1-Week High, as AXS Moves Away From 10-Month Low – Market Updates Bitcoin News

During a volatile day of trading, ethereum classic rose to a one-week high earlier in the session, before falling victim to a red wave. AXS also rose today, climbing by over 12% in the day, however, a bearish wave pushed prices lower as the day progressed. Ethereum Classic (ETC) ETC climbed to a one-week high earlier in Thursday’s session, when bulls were still buoyed by yesterday’s Fed decision. However, as the day progressed, these bulls turned to bears, as the magnitude of the current inflationary landscape continued to spark market…

Bankoff Crypto Cards Suspended Amid High Volume of Russian Transactions – Finance Bitcoin News

Bankoff, a platform offering virtual cards that could be topped up with cryptocurrency, has told customers its cards are no longer supported by payment systems Visa and Stripe. They allowed Russians to pay abroad after major processors restricted their services in the country. Visa and Stripe Halt Support for Bankoff Cards Payment processors Visa and Stripe have halted services for cards issued by Bankoff, the online banking platform informed clients on Tuesday, May 3. In a notice, a copy of which was posted on social media, the company explained that…

Bitcoin Hashrate Soars To New All-Time High, Will Price Follow

As Bitcoin jumped to $40k in the day following Federal Reserve’s raise hike by half a point, another number on the rise is its hash rate, which hit an all-time high of 221 EH/s. Bitcoin climbs 6% in the day and trades around $40k | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com Bitcoin, Hash Rate, And Price The Hash Rate is the Bitcoin network’s measuring unit of the computational power and speed used to carry on the mathematical operations that confirm and process transactions on the blockchain. For this reason, the Hash Rate…

Tron Climbs to 5-Month High, With WAVES up 15% – Market Updates Bitcoin News

Tron (TRX) rallied to a five-month high earlier in today’s session, as bulls continued to feed off recent news of the USDD stablecoin. While TRX climbed to multi-month highs, WAVES moved away from a two-month low today, as prices surged by as much as 15%. Tron (TRX) May the 4th was definitely with Tron on Wednesday, as TRX was one of the most notable gainers in today’s session, with prices surging to a five-month high. Following a low of $0.07003 during Tuesday’s session, TRX/USD raced to a high of $0.08134,…

Bitcoin’s Hashrate Taps an All-Time High, Next-Gen Machine Deployment Could Push it Much Higher – Mining Bitcoin News

Bitcoin’s hashrate has once again reached an all-time high (ATH) this year, as the network’s processing power reached 275.01 exahash per second (EH/s) on May 2, 2022. The recent ATH follows a significant difficulty jump on April 27, and bitcoin’s value lost 6.2% against the U.S. dollar over the last two weeks. Bitcoin Hashrate Taps 275 Exahash Just recently, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty tapped an ATH at 29.79 trillion and it’s currently the most difficult it has ever been to find a BTC block reward. On April 27, after coasting along…

Ethereum burning spikes to new high on Yuga Labs’ NFT hype

The burning rate of Ethereum (ETH) has spiked to new all-time high (ATH) levels following the heavily anticipated sale of tokenized land plots in Yuga Labs’ upcoming Metaverse project the “Otherside.” Yuga Labs, the creators of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) sold 55,000 virtual land NFTs dubbed “Otherdeeds” on May 1. The overwhelming demand for the tokens saw Ethereum gas fees shoot up so high that a handful of users paid as high as 2.6 ETH ($7,400) to 5 ETH ($14,270) just to get their transactions through. A base…

Bitcoin network difficulty breaks into a new all-time high of 29.794T

Reassuring its position as the most resilient blockchain network against attacks, the Bitcoin (BTC) network recorded a new all-time high network difficulty for the second time this month in April — jumping from its previous all-time high of 28.587 trillion to 29.794 trillion. Greater network difficulty demands greater computational power to successfully mine a BTC block, which prevents bad actors from taking over the network and manipulating transactions, also known as double-spending. As evidenced by data from blockchain.com, Bitcoin’s network difficulty has seen almost a year-long uptrend since August 1,…

NEXO up Nearly 50% After Binance Listing, While TRON Climbs to 1-Week High – Market Updates Bitcoin News

NEXO was up by nearly 50% on Friday, as markets reacted to the news that Binance was listing the token on its platform. Today’s surge sent NEXO to a multi-week high, while TRON also moved higher, hitting a one week peak. NEXO Two weeks after announcing a partnership with Mastercard to launch the world’s first “crypto-backed” payment card, NEXO today achieved another milestone. Binance confirmed that it will be adding the token to its platform, and this news was well received by markets. NEXO/USD rose by nearly 50% during today’s…

US crypto adoption remains high despite global inflation fears

A quantitative analytics report published by DappRadar has unveiled a number of revelatory behavioral market indicators for the global adoption of digital assets. The blockchain data portrays a positive sentiment for the Web3 and metaverse sectors, especially in the United States, a reactionary rise in crypto interest throughout Ukraine and Russia following the outbreak of the conflict, addition to how the well-documented surge of gas prices throughout Europe is impacting inflationary metrics. Bar chart statistics reported a high correlation between unfavorable economic dynamics witnessed in times of currency deflation and…

ApeCoin (APE) hits a new all-time high ahead of this week’s Otherside land auction

The nonfungible token (NFT) and Metaverse sectors have been the bright spots in an otherwise sideways crypto market in 2022 and proof of this comes as APE token hit a new all-time high at $22.60 today. The steady bullish momentum for APE is in large part due to the upcoming The Otherside land auction being held by Yuga Labs and Animoca Brands in conjunction Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT project on April 30. APE/USDT 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView The Otherside launch will consist of a Dutch Auction style sale and…