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Former President Donald Trump has announced the release of a new series of NFTs based on the Bitcoin Ordinals protocol, following the sale of his "mugshot" NFTs to previous buyers. Trump Releases NFTs on Bitcoin Ordinals Twitter account X, specializing in the sale of NFTs by former US
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Despite surpassing $14 billion in trading volume, Bitcoin spot ETFs are facing significant conversion demands from Grayscale. Chart: 1-hour BTC/USDT on Binance as of 07:15 AM, January 19, 2024 Late on January 18 and early January 19, the Bitcoin market witnessed a new correction, pushing BTC down to
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The Layer-2 Public Goods Network (PGN), backed by Gitcoin, will gradually shut down all activities and officially dissolve the chain by mid-2024. Public Goods Network, a scaling solution for Ethereum supported by Gitcoin, is in the process of winding down its operations and will officially close its network by mid-2024.
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The Polygon CDK Layer-2 development toolkit has recently announced the integration of the Data Availability (DA) solution from NEAR DA. Both Near Foundation and Polygon Labs have officially announced the integration on their respective homepages. NEAR's Data Availability layer has integrated with @0xPolygonLabs' CDK for developers building
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BNB Chain has completed its 26th quarterly BNB burn, permanently removing over $636 million worth of BNB from circulation. BNB Chain Completes 26th BNB Burn, Removing Over $636 Million. Image: Coin68 The BNB Foundation, operating within the ecosystem of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has announced an
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Conflux Network (CFX), a layer-1 blockchain, has announced its latest initiative: a layer-2 solution for Bitcoin that supports Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility. On the evening of January 18, Conflux revealed plans for a new layer-2 solution aimed at Bitcoin, enabling compatibility with Ethereum's EVM. The testnet for
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dYdX, the decentralized exchange (DEX) that transitioned to the Cosmos blockchain last year, has reached a trading volume of $758 million in the past 24 hours. After moving from Ethereum to the Cosmos blockchain infrastructure, dYdX has officially surpassed Uniswap to become the largest DEX by daily trading volume, based
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Sam Kazemian, the founder of Frax Finance, has announced that their Layer-2 solution, Fraxtal, is set to launch in February 2024. He expects it to attract hundreds of millions of USD in deposits upon release. In an interview with CoinDesk, Sam Kazemian, founder of the DeFi project Frax Finance, revealed
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On the third day of U.S. stock market trading, Bitcoin Spot ETFs recorded a trading volume of $1.8 billion, marking a decline from previous days. Volume of Bitcoin Spot ETF Trading Halves on Day 3 Compared to First Two Days. Photo: CCN By the close of trading on
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Ethereum developers have successfully deployed the Dencun upgrade on the Goerli testnet, paving the way for its upcoming mainnet deployment at the end of February. Ethereum Successfully Deploys Dencun Upgrade on Goerli Testnet As reported by Coin68, Dencun represents one of the most significant cryptocurrency upgrade events of 2024. However,
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Grayscale continues its streak of large Bitcoin transfers to Coinbase following the approval of their ETF fund. Grayscale Transfers Additional 18,600 BTC to Coinbase Shortly after the opening of the US stock market trading session on January 17, asset management company Grayscale executed a series of Bitcoin transfers to
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On the evening of January 16, 2024, Chainlink, the leading oracle project in the cryptocurrency industry, announced that its cross-chain support protocol, Chainlink CCIP, has integrated with Circle's Cross-chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) to provide users with a secure and reliable way to move the stablecoin USDC across different