Bitcoin Holds Above $41K as Hashrate Surged to All-Time High
Hashrate levels hit all time highs of 248.11 million terahashes per second on Saturday. Source
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Crypto M&A Surged Nearly 5,000% in 2021, PwC Report Says
The total value of crypto-related mergers and acquisitions rose to $55B in 2021 versus $1.1B a year earlier, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Source
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Crypto Options Trading Volume Surged in January as Prices Fell
Deribit, the biggest crypto options exchange, wrote in a newsletter to investors on Thursday that the volume of option trades on its platform in ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain, rose to a record 5.4 million in January, up 36% from the volume in December. Source
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Crypto Donations to Tor Surged 841% in 2021
Crypto donations to privacy focussed non-profit The Tor Project surged 841% in 2021 compared to the previous year, according to a blog post from Monday.The Tor Project is a non-profit which steers the development of the privacy network and web browser Tor. Tor aims to empower people by helping them
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Global VC Funding for Blockchain Firms Surged to Record $25B in 2021: CB Insights
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Stablecoin Issuance Surged Last Year — UST Saw the Largest 12-Month Increase – Altcoins Bitcoin News
Stablecoins have become prominent payment rails in the world of cryptocurrencies commanding $177 billion in fiat value today. The top ten stablecoins by market capitalization represent the largest share of the value in the fiat-pegged coin economy and many of these tokens grew exponentially last year. Terra’s UST stablecoin grew
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Bitcoin holdings of public companies have surged in 2021
The quantity of Bitcoin held by private corporations has increased significantly during 2021, building on increases from the previous year. In a Jan. 3 tweet, on-chain analyst Willy Woo claimed that public companies holding “significant BTC have gained market share from spot ETFs as a way to access BTC exposure
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DAO treasuries surged 40X in 2021: DeepDAO
The total combined value of treasuries, or assets under management (AUM) for the use of decentralized autonomous organizations, increased by around 40 times between January and September of 2021. According to data from DAO stats platform DeepDAO, the total AUM for DAO treasuries listed on the platform increased from around
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3 reasons why Convex Finance surged 215% in December to hit new all-time high
The growth of the stablecoin sector within crypto has been one of the most impactful developments of 2021. In particular, stablecoins became integral to the expanding decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem as their total value eclipsed $162 billion, according to CoinMarketCap.One project that has seen its token price surge thanks to
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Study Shows Market Share of Altcoins Surged Threefold Since 2014 – Altcoins Bitcoin News
This week, bitcoin’s market dominance among the market capitalization of all 12,046 crypto assets in existence has been hovering above 38%, while ethereum’s overall valuation commands 19% dominance. A report published on Monday shows that since 2014, the market share of altcoins surged threefold from 21% in 2014, to today’s
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