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Terra to Apply Columbus 5 Mainnet Migration

Terra, a top 15-ranked cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is planning to apply the Columbus 5 upgrade to its mainnet today. If everything goes according to plan, this new update will bring improvements to allow the Terra network to keep expanding. Columbus 5 will change how the network mints UST (terrausd), the main stablecoin of the blockchain, and will also bring integration with other chains, and faster transactions. Columbus 5 to Go Live Today Terra, a smart contract-enabled cryptocurrency chain, is prepared to apply the new Columbus 5 mainnet upgrade today.

The cryptocurrency space has been…

The cryptocurrency space has been seeing another boom lately, despite increasing regulatory scrutiny. In fact, according to an industry report by Crypto Parrot, there were 4,908 cryptocurrency launches over the past year. At the time of writing, the crypto-market had around 12,046 cryptos with a cumulative market cap of over $2 trillion. A 68.75% increase! A lot of the recent momentum in the space is the result of institutional investors now seemingly warming up to cryptocurrencies and DeFi. For instance, Fidelity Digital Assets’ 2021 report showed that 84% of U.S.

Fake News Moves Market | This Week in Crypto – Sep 20, 2021

 Fake Walmart news crashes the crypto market, Revolut pays for office space in Bitcoin and a statue for Satoshi. These stories and more this week in crypto. A press release claimed early this week that Walmart had partnered with popular altcoin Litecoin. The news was widely celebrated by crypto fans, and the price of Litecoin along with the rest of the crypto market surged heavily in minutes. However, within an hour, both Walmart and the Litecoin Foundation denied any relationship, that news quickly crashing the market. The cryptocurrency-infused financial

MATIC, Solana, BAT Price Analysis: 02 September

Bitcoin’s foray above $50k impacted the altcoin industry positively. Altcoins such as MATIC and Solana kicked off recent rallies. Amidst MATIC’s scalability news, institutional investments hiked pushing the coin up by 8.8%. Solana eyed revisiting its all-time high of $125.95 with a 7% appreciation over the last 24 hours. Finally, BAT retested its one-week high in 8 days after hiking by 4.6%.  MATIC MATIC/USD, TradingView MATIC surged by 8.8% over the last 24 hours and was trading at $1.51. The crypto touched this price level for the second time in

Bug in Leading Ethereum Node Software Has Caused the Chain to Fork

A bug in outdated versions of the leading Ethereum client for node operators, Geth, is causing forks on the chain, according to research by the Block.According to The Block, this could enable double spends on the world’s second-largest blockchain by market capitalization. Ethereum security lead Martin Holst Swende tweeted, “Fortunately, most miners were already updated, and the correct chain is also the longest (canon).”Ethereum developer who works on the Geth client, Marius Van Der Wijden, said that most retail users should be okay, particularly if they are using the most

Ethereum Competitor Solana Hits All-Time High As Market Continues to Rise

Having briefly entered the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalization earlier this week, Solana has set new all-time highs over the last few days, including today. The SOL token briefly set an ATH of $78.63 in the early hours of this morning UTC, according to crypto data aggregator Nomics. Solana’s price has since retreated a little. It currently sits at $78.17, though this still represents an overnight increase of 8.91%. Solana’s price was under $40 at the beginning of last week, so in the last fortnight SOL has blown up by

Individual Investors Responsible for Crypto Resurgence, Says Analyst

The resurgence of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ether and Dogecoin in the past few weeks is largely due to renewed interest from individual retail investors.Sponsored Sponsored Bitcoin reached above $48,500 on August 14, the highest it has been since May 16. This price point means a gain of 290% year-on-year, which came to 644% for Ether and 1,431% for newly minted third place Cardano. Meanwhile, meme-crypto Dogecoin is up 9,157 year-on-year, according to CoinGecko data. However, behind the recent moves is a resurgence in interest from individual retail investors. According to

Bitcoin Technicals: Why BTC price breaking $48K resistance is the key to new all-time highs

Bitcoin (BTC) and the crypto market have been accelerating heavily in recent weeks, as Bitcoin has surged by 60% from the July lows, while Ether (ETH) has been showing strength with a 90% rally as altcoins have been seeing massive gains across the board.The sentiment has flipped heavily as well. Three weeks ago, the majority of the people were discussing a potential breakdown to $20,000, including the effects of a death cross. But now, a golden cross could happen on Bitcoin with a potential breakout above $48K certainly on the

5 Best Meme Coins For Quick Profits July 2021 Week 4

Meme coins have garnered a lot of attention since the beginning of the year. Although at first they were written off as a joke, these assets are now being taken seriously with a growing market. With a growing daily trading volume of $3.61 billion, the sector is attracting massive capital. In this best meme coins guide, we analyze some of the top meme tokens with the potential for quick profits in July 2021. 1. Dogecoin (DOGE) Dogecoin is the forerunner of meme coins and has earned a spot in the top