Bitcoin outperformed nearly every asset class in past year: VanEck
VanEck expects Bitcoin’s long-term bull market to continue, but miners are struggling. Go to Source
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Germany has 9K Bitcoin left just 3 weeks after it started selling
Germany’s Bitcoin stack briefly dipped below 5,000 BTC after sending a mass of funds to Coinbase, Bitstamp, and Kraken but has since moved some back. Go to Source
New daily Runes etched on Bitcoin falls 99% from post-halving peak
Only 157 new Runes were etched on Bitcoin on May 13, which contributed to just $3,835 in transaction fees paid to Bitcoin miners. Go to Source
Bitcoin’s Ordinals, Runes key to solving the mining subsidy problem: ViaBTC
Each Bitcoin halving sees Bitcoin miners rewarded with a smaller block subsidy, but ViaBTC is optimistic that innovative Bitcoin applications will more than cover these needs, as Satoshi Nakamoto envisioned. Go to Source
Ordinals Market Registers Record Sale: Bitcoin Budgie Changes Hands for Over $1.1 Million in BTC
Leonidas, the pseudonymous founder of Ord.io, an ordinals explorer, has reported one of the biggest sales of inscriptions, the so-called Bitcoin native non-fungible tokens (NFTs), to date. Leonidas stated that the second inscription on the Bitcoin blockchain had been sold for 24.48 BTC (over $1.1 million), predicting that more sales will beat this record in … Read more
Why a gold rush for inscriptions has broken half a dozen blockchains
Some suggest EVM inscriptions are the latest way for retail to access low-cap coins, while others argue it’s an over-hyped fad. Whatever it is, it’s clogging up the blockchain. Go to Source
Daily gas spent on EVM inscriptions surges to record high of $8M
Bitcoin is not the only network getting clogged up with Ordinals inscriptions, with weekend activity on EVM chains also spiking. Go to Source
Bitcoin Ordinals could be stopped if blockchain bug is patched, claims dev
A Bitcoin Core developer claimed Bitcoin Ordinals exploit a vulnerability allowing inscribers to bypass data size limits, which could soon be fixed. Go to Source
Bitcoin Ordinals haven’t wrestled blockspace from money TXs: Glassnode
Inscriptions have been acting more as a “packing filler,” stuffed into any remaining space once higher-value monetary transfers are packed into blocks, said the firm. Go to Source
‘NFTs will win on Bitcoin’ — OnChainMonkey NFT collection ditches Ethereum
Metagood CEO Danny Yang attributed the move to the Bitcoin network being seen as a more secure platform for its users, among other reasons. Go to Source
