Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings has announced a partnership with Starwood Property Trust to develop AI-focused data centers. Summary MARA has entered a strategic partnership with Starwood Capital Group to convert select U.S. Bitcoin mining sites into AI focused hyperscale data centers. The joint venture will target roughly 1 gigawatt of short-term IT capacity, with plans
Altcoin Season Index climbed to 35 while Bitcoin dominance remained near 59.4% in March 2026. 40% of tracked altcoins outperformed Bitcoin over the previous 60 days. Extreme Fear reading of 14 contrasts with steady recovery in ETH, SOL, and DOT. The Altcoin Season Index is rising again as Bitcoin trades near $66,000. Market data shows
A Terminal Total Difficulty (TTD) of 50000000000000000 has been selected for the Ropsten Merge. Stakers and node operators must manually override the TTD in both their execution and consensus layer clients before June 7, 2022. Proof-of-Work testnets can have volatile hash rates and the exact timing of The Merge on Ropsten is hard to predict
Ripple’s latest funding push for the XRP Ledger is drawing renewed attention to XRP, with traders closely watching whether the ecosystem expansion can translate into sustained price momentum. Summary Ripple boosts XRPL funding: New grants and investments aim to accelerate DeFi, tokenization, and enterprise adoption. XRP consolidating near $1.40: Price remains range-bound between $1.35 and
Queridos amigos, It’s happening. Devcon is back! When we first announced that Devcon would take place in Bogotá, we spoke about all the city had to offer, and what we dreamed the event could become. Later this year, we will finally meet in Bogotá. With Devconnect now wrapped up, our team is working to bring
One of the longest, most painful periods of Bitcoin mining stress is finally nearing its end, and the data suggests the worst of the drawdown may be behind us. The Hash Ribbon indicator, a reliable metric for spotting market bottoms, may be dangerously close to a recovery after three months of capitulation. But, is this
ARB is trading ~96% below its 2024 ATH, with analysts framing current demand-zone compression as a potential long-term accumulation phase for a future trend reversal. Summary ARB sits near historic lows, roughly 96% below its 2024 peak and at major wick support in a multi‑year descending channel. Price is compressing in a high‑timeframe demand block,
The following is an update from Ethereum Foundation Fellow Chuy Cepeda. Our identities hold immense power. In a time when people take great pride in using multiple pseudonyms or personas, we often think about how to identify ourselves. I identify as a native of Monterrey, Mexico, a Latin-American, a son, brother, father, husband, engineer, Ph.D.,
The mood around digital assets has shifted again among the world’s largest allocators, according to Ron Biscardi, CEO of iConnections, which runs one of the largest capital introduction conferences globally. Biscardi, who has spent more than 25 years in the alternative investment industry and runs a platform that represents over $55 trillion in assets, has
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said artificial intelligence could ramp up the network’s development roadmap while improving security standards. Summary Vitalik says AI could speed up Ethereum’s roadmap and delivery timelines. Half of AI gains should go toward stronger testing and formal verification. AI may help make near bug-free crypto code a realistic expectation. Responding to
