One of the latest ideas that has come to recently achieve some prominence in parts of the Bitcoin community is the line of thinking that has been described by both myself and others as “Bitcoin dominance maximalism” or just “Bitcoin maximalism” for short – essentially, the idea that an environment of multiple competing cryptocurrencies is
Bitcoin has ground higher for a second week, printing $66,990 on 21 July, 2026, its highest price since mid-June. The price is now up 15.9 percent since the $57,803 current cycle low, recorded on July 1, and up 12.4 percent in July. This aligns with our view that, on a historical basis, there are grounds
Memecoin investor Murad has said the crypto bull cycle has yet to begin, with Bitcoin trading near $82,000 after U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded $526.7 million in daily inflows. Summary Murad said crypto’s bull cycle has not begun, without giving a timeline or price target. Bitcoin ETFs drew $526.7 million on Oct. 19, reducing
Proof of stake continues to be one of the most controversial discussions in the cryptocurrency space. Although the idea has many undeniable benefits, including efficiency, a larger security margin and future-proof immunity to hardware centralization concerns, proof of stake algorithms tend to be substantially more complex than proof of work-based alternatives, and there is a
Iran War Polymarket odds say Washington ends the blockade eventually, just not soon. Traders price a 61% chance that the U.S. officially announces an end to its naval blockade on Iranian ships by March 31, 2027, while U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says the squeeze is working. Adm. Brad Cooper, who heads CENTCOM, said in a
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has said Alpenglow could have shipped in half the time through a simpler vote-program change, ahead of the Oct. 21 consensus migration that will remove validator vote transactions from blocks. Summary Yakovenko said a simpler vote-program change could have halved Alpenglow’s development time. Removing validator vote transactions will lower headline TPS
Yesterday was the first proper day of ÐΞVhub Berlin being open, following the first Ethereum internal developers’ symposium ÐΞVcon-0. I want to post a few images to let you gauge the mood here. Henning, Marek, Viktor and Felix hacking on the couch Aeron and Brian in discussion Alex and Jutta conferencing over network and security
The potential effects of artificial intelligence in the derivatives markets will be in focus at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s first in a new series of meetings hosted by its Innovation Task Force on October 28. Using President Donald Trump’s favored “super intelligence” descriptor, the agenda released on Tuesday marks the opening outing of
Bitcoin has climbed back above $83,000 during Tuesday’s recovery in U.S. stocks before retreating toward $82,600, as falling oil prices accompanied gains across risk assets. Summary Bitcoin briefly topped $83,000 before pulling back toward $82,600. U.S. stocks rose as oil prices eased, with healthcare shares reaching a record high. Trader Ardi identified $84,200 as the
Day 1 – Monday 24th Nov – ÐΞV: Mission and Processes The first day of ÐΞVcon-0 kicked off early at 7am with the Ethereum UK communications team arriving at the venue (Ethereum Dev UG’s workspace in Kreuzberg, Berlin) to set up the 4K high quality recording equipment and arrange the space for the event. After
