Major Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms added $69 million worth of the world’s leading cryptocurrency to its holdings. According to Securities and Exchange Commission filings, Riot Platforms bought 667 Bitcoin (BTC), increasing its total crypto holdings to 17,429 BTC. Riot acquired this tranche at an average price of $101,135 per coin, bringing the total value of
Queridos Amigos, Yesterday, Wave #01 of Devcon tickets sold out just a few minutes after going online! After two years of anticipation, the whole team awaited this moment with curious suspense. But don’t worry, more ticket waves are coming soon. Today we are excited to announce the return of the Devcon Scholars Program, an EF
Hedera has adopted Chainlink’s suite of smart data products to accelerate the growth of decentralized finance and tokenized real-world assets. The Hedera (HBAR) team announced on Dec. 16 that Chainlink (LINK)’s Data Feeds and Chainlink Proof of Reserve were now live on the Hedera mainnet. The integration aims to bolster developers on the Hedera network
For the last testnet proof-of-stake transition, Goerli will merge with Prater. The combined Goerli/Prater network will retain the Goerli name post-merge. Bellatrix, the Prater upgrade readying it for The Merge will happen at epoch 112260, expected at 12:24PM UTC on August 4, 2022. After Bellatrix is activated, the Goerli/Prater merge will happen when Goerli hits
Binance will list Pudgy Penguins’ native token PENGU alongside the Simon’s Cat meme coin on Dec. 17. After the Binance listing announcement, CAT went up nearly 65%. In a company notice, major crypto exchange Binance announced plans to list PENGU, the native token for the NFT collection Pudgy Penguins, on December 17 at 14:00 UTC.
We are thrilled to announce the 39 grantees selected for the recent Academic Grants Round. This grants round invited researchers, think-tanks, Ph.D. students, and all those interested in advancing knowledge around the Ethereum ecosystem to submit academic proposals. Thank you to all those who submitted proposals, and congratulations to all the grantees. We are pleased
The native token of Virtuals Protocol, the artificial intelligence and metaverse project that’s among hottest in the market amid rise of AI agents, rose to a new all-time high on Dec. 16. Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) price hit $2.96 across major crypto exchanges to record a new all-time. The project, which offers an AI agent Launchpad
The Sepolia testnet will undergo a post-merge execution layer (EL) upgrade at block 1735371, expected on August 17, 2022 The upgrade will cause EL clients on the network to disconnect from peers which have not transitioned to proof-of-stake. It does not add additional functionality beyond this. Sepolia node operators must upgrade their execution layer client
A widely followed crypto analyst says that holders of smart contract platform Solana (SOL) may be due for the same pain Ethereum (ETH) traders felt during previous cycles. In a new interview on the Crypto Banter YouTube channel, popular crypto trader Benjamin Cowen says that Solana paired against Bitcoin (SOL/BTC) is printing the same patterns
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