Bitcoin Lightning hacker Burak introduces new layer 2 ‘Brollups’

In early July 2020, the total sales of nonfungible tokens, or NFT, hit $100 million. And that is just the start. As the DeFi market reached $4 billion in locked value and leading cryptocurrencies started their rally to yearly highs, we might soon see a hockey-stick growth pattern in the NFT space. Let’s have a…

Bitstamp, one of the longest-running active cryptocurrency exchanges, is considering launching a batch of new crypto asset listings.Curiously, Bitstamp is contemplating support for Zcash (ZEC), despite an increasing number of exchanges seeking to distance themselves from privacy coins due to associated regulatory risks.Bitfinex considers first new listings in 3 yearsOn March 31, Bitstamp announced it…

Saturday, Aug. 24 — crypto markets continued to see red today as Bitcoin (BTC) has dipped below $10,000 price mark several times over the past 12 hours.Only two out of the top-20 coins by market cap are seeing gains over the past 24 hours at press time, including Cardano (ADA) and NEO (NEO), which are…

United States-regulated trading and clearing platform LedgerX has released a new type of derivative contract unique to Bitcoin (BTC), according to a blog post published on Feb. 5.The new product called LedgerX Halving Contract (LXHC) represents a binary option —  an option where the payoff is either a fixed monetary amount or nothing — that…

Ether has printed a classic bullish reversal pattern against Bitcoin weeks before the Merge launch date. 1104 Total views 4 Total shares Ethereum's native token Ether (ETH) has rebounded 40% against Bitcoin (BTC) after bottoming out locally at 0.049 on June 13. Now, the ETH/BTC pair is at two-month highs and can extend its rally…

The Swiss Federal Council is continuing to keep close tabs on global stablecoin projects and their possible opportunities and challenges.Switzerland is seen as very crypto-friendlyIn a press release on Oct. 16, the Swiss Federal Council stated that it was recently informed about “current opportunities and challenges associated with stablecoins” and that Switzerland will continue to…

A tight range usually resolves with a range breakout and that is what happened in Bitcoin (BTC) on Aug. 17. Bitcoin fell sharply, resulting in a $1 billion liquidation for derivatives traders, the biggest since the FTX collapse in 2022.It is difficult to pinpoint any specific reason for the sell-off but analysts believe that the confusion…

Opera executive Susie Batt said that the tool will not have any platform usage fees and will allow people to freely explore the NFT industry. Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTIn an announcement sent to Cointelegraph, the firm stated that it has partnered with Alteon LaunchPad to let beginners in…