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The Bitcoin network made history today as its most ambitious upgrade, Taproot, went live at block 709,632, 5:15 UTC on Sunday – November 14, 2021. Taproot Upgrade is Live The implementation is a milestone for Bitcoin, considering that Taproot is the first significant upgrade in the network since August 2017 after the Lightning Network and Segregated Witness (SegWit) upgrades. While SegWit and the Lightning Network focus on making transactions faster and cheaper, Taproot...

Following the past few days of enhanced volatility, bitcoin has calmed around $64,000. Most alternative coins have also remained untypically stagnant on a 24-hour scale, with the apparent exception of Avalanche, which went on a roll and registered a new ATH. Bitcoin’s Consolidation Rolls On Last week was going quite well for the primary cryptocurrency as it had recovered from its dip to $60,000 and went on to chart new records. It broke the October peak of $67,000 on Tuesday...

A survey conducted by the software firm – Stratis – revealed that 58% of American and British video game developers had incorporated blockchain technology into their endeavors. 47% have integrated non-fungible tokens in their games. Blockchain Is The Future for Video Games The poll surveyed 197 video game developers in the USA and the UK. Apart from those who already use blockchain and NFT technologies, the rest of the participants are also optimistic since 72% said they...

Moonriver, a canary-test network for the Moonbeam protocol, reached a milestone this week by hitting eight million transactions on its network, becoming the leading parachain in Kusama. The platform announced on Twitter that it had reached the multi-million transaction count on Nov. 10, making it the largest adopted parachain on the Kusama Network. Moonriver is one of the many successful parachains on Kusama, and it has secured a parachain slot for 2022 with over 60+ live...

The DeFi sector has seen a massive amount of money flowing onto its ecosystem this 2021 alone. So much that trading activity on large decentralized exchanges (DEXs) has increased by over 500% – outpacing trading volumes on popular centralized crypto exchanges (CEXs), according to a new report from analytics firm Chaynalysis. 2021 Is The Year Of Decentralized Finance The report highlighted the fierce competition amongst centralized exchanges this year, with traders seeking the...

CoinDCX, one of India’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, has listed the popular meme coin Shiba Inu (SHIB) on its retail-oriented application. Despite the country’s questionable regulatory stance on cryptocurrencies, Indian investors generate millions of dollars worth of daily trading volume on various exchanges. One of the leading trading venues is CoinDCX, and it recently announced that they are listing Shiba Inu (SHIB) on their retail-oriented CoinDCX application. The...

The United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken predicted that bitcoin could increase to almost $100,000 by the year’s end and could even surpass that mark, according to some technical instruments. Bitcoin Is Set Towards New Heights In its “October 2021 Market Recap & Outlook,” the veteran platform – Kraken – explained its bullish prediction with past events. It pointed out that Q4 is usually a highly successful period for bitcoin. As such, if the leading digital...

The bears continued to push bitcoin south in the past 24 hours, and the asset dropped to a weekly low of just over $62,000. Most altcoins are also in the red, with Litecoin losing the most value in a day. Bitcoin Saw a Weekly Low Just a few days ago, the primary cryptocurrency broke its previous ATH two times in a row, and the latest peak came at $69,000. As the community was anticipating another run up to $70,000, the entire landscape changed. Instead of going upwards,...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected VanEck’s proposal for a spot Bitcoin ETF. This comes after several delays by the agency. The global investment manager VanEck has been among the most active companies when it comes down to filing with the SEC to launch a Bitcoin ETF. In the past several years, the firm had numerous applications, with some rejected by the agency and others it had to withdraw on its own. However, the landscape in the States...

According to a recent survey conducted by Pew Research Center, the vast majority of US adults (86%) have heard at least a little about digital currencies. However, only 16% of the participants admitted they have personally invested in some of them. Americans Are Aware of Crypto The nonpartisan think tank – Pew Research Center – surveyed more than 10,000 American citizens to determine the level of crypto awareness among them. Per the results, 24% of the participants said they...