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On May 8, Litecoin executed more than 525,000 transactions in a day, coming close to Bitcoin’s 575,000 daily transactions, according to blockchain data from BitInfoCharts. It is five times the average number of transactions on the Litecoin blockchain compared to earlier this year and more than double the previous all-time
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Lightning is not a panacea, and it is best suited for high frequency, small granularity payments – which certainly doesn’t satisfy all types of Bitcoin transactional demand. There’s more than just one way to move dollars around – we have wires, ACH, credit and debit networks, Fednow, physical cash, remittances,
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Summary: The average cost of sending a single transaction on Bitcoin’s blockchain soared to almost $20, its highest point since April 2021.It seems that increased demand for BTC blockchain space was triggered by heightened activity on the Ordinals protocol and tokens issued using the BRC-20 standard.Binance was forced to halt
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The speculative mania was led by pepecoin (PEPE), a frog-themed token launched in mid-April with a maximum supply of 420 trillion. PEPE crossed $1 billion in market capitalization on Friday, eventually peaking at $1.82 billion, a staggering achievement for a three-week-old meme cryptocurrency. At press time, PEPE's market cap stood
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A high court in the United Kingdom recently set aside a proprietary injunction that was issued against the crypto exchange Binance. In its application challenging the injunction, Binance said the action had been taken without notice. Binance also said it could not comply with the injunction since it was granted
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied On-chain data shows 31,700 ethereum (ETH) have been burned in the last week. The spike is due to the latest mania over pepecoin (PEPE). This development has pushed Ethereum’s transaction costs even higher. At the beginning of
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A buzz has been generated around a new layer one (L1) proof-of-stake blockchain initiative named Sui, following the network’s mainnet debut on May 3, 2023. The native token SUI has been listed on various cryptocurrency exchanges, drawing attention to the project. On the same day the network launched, SUI peaked
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The daily median gas price, or transaction cost, hit a 12-month high of 87 gwei (one gwei is a billionth of an ether) early this week. The value has increased more than 50% since the launch of the PEPE token on April 18, according to pseudonymous analyst @hildobby's Ethereum Gas
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Bitcoin (BTC) eyed a reclaim of further lost ground on May 5 as $30,000 remained in play. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBTC price action rebounds from stocks slumpData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it spiked to $29,529 on Bitstamp - a new May high.The pair
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The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its key interest rates by 25 basis points, slowing the pace from previous increases. However, as inflation in the euro area remains persistently high, future rate hikes may still be expected with the regulator insisting it will continue to seek a “timely return” to
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