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The team behind Solana yesterday gave a detailed report on how its validators from all over the world rescued the network from an outage that lasted nearly 18 hours. IDO Bots Responsible for Solana’s Downtime According to the report, the network outage was a result of Grape Protocol’s IDO, which launched on the Raydium exchange in the early hours of September 14th. While trying to manipulate the rules of the IDO, several traders used bots to generate limitless transactions,...

Bitcoin neared $49,000 for the first time in over a week but failed to breach it and has returned to around $48,000. Most alternative coins are slightly in red, except for Solana, which has jumped by 4% in a day to above $160. Bitcoin Maintains $48K After the volatile start of the week, in which bitcoin surged by $1,500 and dropped by $3,000 in minutes, the cryptocurrency enjoyed a steady price increase. In a matter of days, it bounced off the $43,300 low reached on Monday...

After yesterday’s dump below $47,000, bitcoin has resumed its bullish trajectory by adding $2,000 and nearing $49,000. Most alternative coins have stalled, but not Avalanche. AVAX has registered yet another all-time high, this time above $70. Bitcoin Charts an 11-Day High This week began with enhanced volatility following fake reports claiming that Walmart has adopted cryptocurrency payments for its online services. Bitcoin went up by $1,500 before dumping by $3,000 minutes...

Solana mainnet has stopped processing transactions. The popular blockchain halted over 7 hours ago. Meanwhile, Ethereum layer 2 solution Arbitrum has experienced an outage. Potential Restart Incoming As tweeted by Solana Status, the Solana mainnet began experiencing “intermittent instability” several hours ago, and developers are still getting to the bottom of it. The account followed up two hours later, revealing that “resource exhaustion” was causing a denial of service on...

Solana’s network saw explosive growth this year, but it appears that it’s not just NFTs that are driving it higher. The total amount of USDC that circulates on Solana is now up to $2.5 billion. Data from the Solana explorer reveals that the current supply of USDC on the network is just shy of $2.5 billion. Commenting on the matter was the Co-Founder and CEO at Circle, the company behind the dollar-pegged stablecoin, Jeremy Allaire, who said that the “USDC on Solana jumped...

Playing “what if” is a dangerous game, especially when it comes down to investing. Sometimes, however, it could be rather intriguing to review what could have happened if investors made a particular investment. The highly volatile cryptocurrency market could produce some impressive scenarios. For example, putting $1,000 in Solana on January 1st, 2021, would have resulted in nearly $140,000 today. The Cryptocurrency Landscape Change in a Year It’s safe to say that the past...

After a few days of consolidation around $46,000, bitcoin has headed south and dropped beneath $45,000. Most altcoins have retraced in a similar fashion, with a few exceptions. LUNA is among those as it pumped by double-digits to tap a new ATH above $40. Bitcoin Slides Below $45K The primary cryptocurrency had a rough week. As it was preparing to become a legal tender in El Salvador, its price went to a multi-month high at just over $53,000. However, shortly after it became...

Ethereum Ethereum dropped a sharp 10% this week as the cryptocurrency currently sits at around $3400. The cryptocurrency surged to $3975 last Friday, where it met the resistance at a 1.272 Fib Extension level. It was unable to overcome it over the weekend and eventually collapsed from there on Tuesday during the market wipeout. ETH dropped as low as $3000 during the sell-off but eventually recovered by the end of the day to close the daily candle at $3428 (.382 Fib). It held...

DeFi Land, a multi-chain agriculture simulation web game created to gamify decentralized finance, has just completed its Series A funding round, acquiring about $4.1 million from industry investors. The project said in an official press release seen by CryptoPotato that it intends to use the fresh capital to scale its platform and services on the Solana blockchain. The team is working towards bringing DeFi to a mainstream audience by building a solution that aggregates across...

After touching a multi-month high above $51,000, bitcoin has retraced slightly and currently stands around the coveted $50,000 mark. Most altcoins have also stalled on a 24-hour scale, except for Polygon, which has surged by roughly 20% in a day. Bitcoin Stands Around $50K Ever since the primary cryptocurrency recovered from its dip to $46,300 at the start of the month, the bulls have had control over the market. They pushed the asset to and beyond $50,000, as reported...