Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news editorial. Integrating traditional real-world assets (RWA) into blockchain is not a new topic of discussion. Major institutional players, from Euroclear to Goldman Sachs, have turned to tokenization to reduce transaction fees, execution times, database management costs, and make provenance and ownership procedures much less tedious. 2023 was the year that theory finally began to translate into practice. In 2022, private credit markets collapsed as a result of the ramifications of the Terra Luna collapse, recovering by 60%,…
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MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor has changed his stance on a spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF), arguing that the recent approval from U.S. regulators is only good news for Bitcoin (BTC).“Is this good for Bitcoin or not? Yes, I think this is good for Bitcoin. In fact, I think it might be better for Bitcoin. Because we have the support of the entire cryptocurrency industry, politically, much stronger,” Saylor told Bitcoin podcaster Peter McCormack in a May 25 episode. Bitcoin did a podcast.“The Ethereum ETF serves as another line of defense for Bitcoin,” he said, following news that the U.S.…
Share this article Ethereum’s expected Pectra upgrade is now scheduled to be released by the end of Q1 2025, according to a recent update from Ethereum developers. Pectra is the next major milestone in the Ethereum development roadmap following the successfully deployed Dencun upgrade in March. Latest thoughts on the next hard fork after Cancun and Pectra (Prague + Electra):* Deliver Pectra by the end of the first quarter of 2025.* Include PeerDAS to extend rollup. * Includes EOF to improve EVM in both L1 and L2. There is a longer article inside.I look forward to continuing the conversation. https://t.co/lNwYg0I4vj…
Special thanks to Vlad Zamfir, Chris Barnett and Dominic Williams for ideas and inspiration In a recent blog post I outlined some partial solutions to scalability, all of which fit into the umbrella of Ethereum 1.0 as it stands. Specialized micropayment protocols such as channels and probabilistic payment systems could be used to make small payments, using the blockchain either only for eventual settlement, or only probabilistically. For some computation-heavy applications, computation can be done by one party by default, but in a way that can be “pulled down” to be audited by the entire chain if someone suspects malfeasance.…
A widely respected trader says Ethereum (ETH) is set to significantly outperform Bitcoin (BTC) and is predicting one memecoin will rally hard. Alien trader Bluntz told his 259,000 followers on social media platform Traders say ETH/BTC is just days away from printing a rare bullish differential, hinting at Ethereum’s outperformance over Bitcoin. A bullish divergence can indicate a reversal area amid upward momentum, even if the price is falling or moving sideways. Bluntz targets the 0.1 BTC level ($6,907), which is almost 95% above the current ETH/BTC level. “Only 8 days left until ETH/BTC prints its first two-week bullish differential…
Global asset manager WisdomTree has received approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to list new investment products related to Bitcoin and Ethereum on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), the company said in a recent press release. The company has secured regulatory clearance to offer its new cryptocurrency-related products to European professional investors. The products, scheduled to launch on May 28, include Bitcoin WisdomTree Physical Bitcoin (BTCW) and WisdomTree Physical Ethereum (ETHW) exchange-traded products (ETPs). These ETPs will initially be exclusively accessible to professional investors in certain sectors. More investment products here Like a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), a Bitcoin…
May 26, 2024, Cardiff, UK, Chainwire On May 20, 2024, Bitcoin Layer2 development team BEVM released a technical yellow paper titled “Taproot Consensus: A Decentralized BTC Layer2 Solution.” This document details the Taproot Consensus implementation, which leverages native Bitcoin technologies such as Schnorr signatures, MAST, and Bitcoin SPV nodes to build a fully decentralized BTC Layer2 solution. Taproot Consensus represents a significant leap forward in native Bitcoin scalability by innovatively combining existing Bitcoin technologies without modifying Bitcoin’s core code. I. History of Bitcoin technology iterations October 31, 2008: Satoshi Nakamoto published “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” which introduces Bitcoin…
May 23 NOTCoin (NOT): What if the ‘click’ game becomes a real cryptocurrency? Posted at: 08:43h education Posted by Tammy Notcoin, a simple “click” game on Telegram, has become a huge hit with over 35 million players worldwide. How to play is very easy. Simply click on the gold coin icon to earn Notcoins (the in-game virtual currency). Play for fun, rank up and earn money The interesting thing about Notcoin is that you don’t just play for fun, you can also climb the global rankings and compete with other players. You can also use support items to speed up…
Book Of South Park (BOSP) Meme Token Launches on Ethereum Blockchain – Chainwire housenewsroomThe Book Of South Park (BOSP) Meme token is launched on the Ethereum blockchain. We use cookies to make Chainwire’s website a better experience. Cookies help us give you a more personalized experience, relevant advertising and provide us with web analytics. Technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of specific services explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of transmitting communications over electronic communications networks. Technical storage or access is necessary for…
Mistral, a leading open source AI developer, has quietly launched a major upgrade to its Large Language Model (LLM) that makes it uncensored by default and brings some notable improvements. Without a tweet or blog post, the French AI lab published the Mistral 7B v0.3 model on its HuggingFace platform. Like its predecessor, it can serve as the basis for innovative AI tools from other developers..Canadian AI developer Cohere has also released an update to Aya, boasting multilingual technology and joining Mistral and tech giant Meta in the open source space.Mistral runs on local hardware and provides uncensored responses, but…