Publicly-traded miners are prone to pursue marketing stunts as a way to raise their stock prices. Press releases about AI and HPC initiatives are the latest examples. This op-ed is part of CoinDesk’s Mining Week.
Why the Bitcoin Mining Debate Is So Dysfunctional
Specialization is necessary but Bitcoiners and miners need to learn to listen to each other, says Will Foxley, Director of Content at Compass Mining.
Ethereum Core Developers Eye Mid-April for ‘Berlin’ Hard Fork
The hard fork will facilitate live swapping Ethereum from a proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake blockchain.
Avalanche Developers Rush Client Patch as ‘Bug’ Slows Blockchain Transactions
A “cross-chain finality” bug has forced the network into “self-healing mode.”
Bitcoin Pizza, Meet Bitcoin Tesla: Someone Bought a Model S in 2013 for 91.4 BTC
The bitcoin paid to a California car dealership in 2013 would now be worth $4.1 million.
Valid Points: Eth 2.0 Validators Earn Record $1.2M as ETH Price Rallies
Ethereum 2.0 validators earned their highest daily total income ever on Feb. 8, at $1.2 million.
DeFi’s Curve Finance Is Branching Out to Polkadot
It costs a lot to swap assets on Ethereum. Curve Finance is building a version on Polkadot to enable a multi-chain future.
Matic Network Now ‘Polygon’ as Platform Targets Ethereum’s L2 Woes
Polygon is building a Layer 2 aggregator for sidechains, rollups and even whole blockchains in a bid to fix Ethereum’s transaction limitations.
Matic Network Now ‘Polygon’ as Platform Targets Ethereum’s L2 Woes
Polygon is building a Layer 2 aggregator for sidechains, rollups and even whole blockchains in a bid to fix Ethereum’s transaction limitations.
Ethereum Transaction Fees Hit Record Highs As Ether, DeFi Coins Soar
The average Ethereum transaction fee has passed $20 for the first time.
NFT Marketplace Rarible Closes $1.75M Seed Raise From 1kx, Coinbase Ventures
The startup will use the funds to build a DAO governance structure.
Ethereum Miners Earned Record $830M in January
Miner revenue jumped over 120% from the previous month.
Alameda Research Acquires Interoperability Project Ren
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research has acquired RenVM to bring more DeFi assets to Solana.
Alameda Research Acquires Interoperability Project Ren
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research has acquired RenVM to bring more DeFi assets to Solana.
Decentralized Finance’s UNI Token Jumps 92% in One Week, Passes $15
Uniswap’s UNI token has nearly doubled its price in 7 days. The decentralized exchange is seeing volumes higher than last summer, too.
Big Guns Back $10M Investment in DeFi’s dYdX
The funding round, led by Three Arrows and DeFiance Capital, was also joined by Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain Capital and Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam.
Collateralized Debt Obligations Make Their Way Into DeFi Lending
The future of finance apparently involves Wall Street’s ghosts.
Minority Mining Pools Threaten to Collude Against Contentious Ethereum Update
A small band of Ethereum miners are trying to pick off larger mining pools’ subscribers in a bid to shoot down EIP 1559.
Ethereum’s Ether Cryptocurrency Sets New Price Record on Major Exchanges
Ether (ETH) has broken its previous all-time high set in January 2018 with a rise to $1,439.
China’s Blockchain-Based Service Network to Integrate Central Bank Digital Currency
The BSN expects to complete integrations with a total of 30 public blockchains this year.
