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What if Bitcoin Taproot follows SegWit’s path of adoption

Bitcoin Taproot is finally live, a network upgrade that has been four years in the making. It was first put forward by Greg Maxwell, cryptographer and developer, in 2018 after SegWit was implemented on 24 August 2017. SegWit was the first major BTC soft fork update, which wasn’t taken all too well by the community. Now, four years later, the ecosystem has another update in store to improve the privacy, scalability, and security of the network. In this article, we will try to draw a possible adoption roadmap for Taproot

The Squid Game Cryptocurrency Scam – What Happened?

You may have heard of a new Netflix series making headlines, Squid Game took the world by storm and was quickly recognized as the most-watched show after hitting 111 million views in a month. The show is based within Korean culture and features a covert game show run for and by the elite. People who are deeply in debt are sourced and offered an opportunity to make billions, but when they arrive not all is as it seemed. The game features 6 rounds, each round is based on kids’ Korean

🔴 Bitcoin Futures ETFs Are Here?! | This Week in Crypto – Oct 18, 2021

 Bitcoin Futures ETFs could come to exchanges soon, Coinbase is launching an NFT marketplace and guess which country is now the biggest crypto mining hub in the world? These stories and more this week in crypto. The price of Bitcoin surpassed the $60,000 mark following reports that the first U.S. Bitcoin futures exchange-traded funds could start trading soon. NYSE Arca certified its approval to begin listing ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF and Nasdaq confirmed that shares of Valkyrie’s Bitcoin ETF had been certified for listing on its exchange. The Bitcoin

Chainlink has high upside potential, but are there true entry points

With Bitcoin leading the market gains showing close to 16.90% weekly price rise, the rest of the market has stayed rather calm. While on the back of Bitcoin gains, the market seems to be witnessing a steady upward movement, most alts have failed to surprise the market. Chainlink, the 15th ranked alt by market cap, has also had a rather stagnant price action.  Nonetheless, while the alt’s long-term prospects looked appealing the market confidence around the alt seemed to be lacking, so where could LINK go from here? Classic case

As Bitcoin inches towards $60K, Q4 may see ‘parabolic moves in all of crypto’

Earlier this week, Bitcoin broke through the psychologically important mark of $50,000 for the first time in a month, causing many investors to turn their eyes to the top cryptocurrency again. The resurgence of interest in bitcoin recently has resulted in higher trading volumes, combined with mega whale moves. Someone(s) bought up $1.6B worth $BTC via market orders in just 5 minutes. Short liquidations seem relatively smaller like $17M at that time. This is more like whale buying, not cascade liquidations.https://t.co/dD3OsykiET pic.twitter.com/0NnvbmaYYm — Ki Young Ju 주기영 (@ki_young_ju) October 6,

COTI to Issue New Stablecoin on Cardano Network

COTI introduced a new algorithmic stablecoin called Djed for Cardano this weekend in an effort to expand decentralized finance (DeFi) on the network.Sponsored Sponsored The Djed stablecoin was announced at a Cardano Summit in Wyoming on Sept 26 by IOHK founder Charles Hoskinson. The enterprise-grade fintech platform COTI will be the official issuer of Djed which will use the new Cardano smart contracts to ensure price stability, the announcement added.Sponsored Sponsored Djed will be entering an already crowded stablecoin market that is dominated by Tether and USD Coin, however, its

Where to buy Terra before new upgrade sends LUNA price to the moon

Growing demand for UST saw LUNA price hit an all-time high this month, and it could easily achieve another after the Columbus 5 upgrade Terra (LUNA) has defied the downward trend prevalent in the rest of the crypto market by managing gains of 1.5% in the last 24 hours. With an important upgrade due at the end of the month which will enable the Terra ecosystem to expand, LUNA price could be headed for the moon. How & where to buy Terra in the UK and elsewhere With the ever-increasing

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

Bitcoin is great, but real crypto innovation has moved elsewhere

Something is brewing, and those with finely tuned noses can smell it. As traders have come to expect, Bitcoin (BTC) is doing “Bitcoin things” by bouncing around between the usual “key” support and resistance levels, and to be honest, it’s all starting to feel a bit boomerish.Bitcoin’s long-awaited “moon” depended on institutional investor buy-in, breaking the previous all-time high at $19,000, and a set of other firmly held beliefs. Well, all that happened, and the run to $64,900 exceeded many investors’ wildest dreams. But despite this, the entire BTC situation