On December 25th, following the latest adjustment, the mining difficulty of the leading cryptocurrency increased by a modest 0.04% to 148.26 T. Source: CloverPool. After reaching an all-time high of 155.97 T on October 29th, the metric recorded three consecutive declines: 2.37%, 1.95%, and 0.74%. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s hashrate remained above 1 ZH/s. According to Glassnode, […]
Since January, RWA tokens have shown the highest increase in value at 185.8%, according to a study by CoinGecko. Source: CoinGecko. The narrative of tokenized real-world assets emerged as the most profitable. Keeta Network (+1794.9%), Zebec Network (+217.3%), and Maple Finance (+123%) were the main contributors to this result. In 2024, RWA tokens ranked third […]
Participants in the Aave ecosystem voted against an initiative to transfer the protocol’s brand control to a decentralized organization. Source: Snapshot. The vote concluded on December 26. A total of 55.29% of AAVE holders opposed the proposal, 41.21% abstained, and only 3.5% supported it. The proposal’s authors advocated for transferring intellectual property—domains, social media accounts, […]
The vote on the UNIfication proposal concluded with a 99.9% approval, announced Uniswap founder Hayden Adams. Voting has concluded on Unification 🦄 125,342,017 YES742 NO Unified, true to the name After a ~2day vote timelock, 100m UNI will be burned, fee switches will be flipped, labs will turn off frontend fees and focus on the […]
In 2025, the key metrics of the leading cryptocurrency remained robust, despite a decline in price and worsening sentiment towards the year’s end. This was stated by MicroStrategy CEO Phong Le. “The fundamental market indicators for Bitcoin this year couldn’t be better,” the executive noted on the Coin Stories podcast. Le emphasized that he is […]
On December 24th, a fake press release circulated online, claiming the launch of a new Circle project called CircleMetals for trading tokenized gold and silver. In a conversation with CoinDesk, representatives of the USDC co-issuer confirmed that the information was false. CircleMetals purportedly allowed the exchange of stablecoins for digital versions of precious metals. Users […]
Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) proposed additional security measures to “eradicate” the practice of address “poisoning.” The discussion was prompted by an incident in which an investor lost $50 million in USDT. The victim transferred funds to a fraudulent wallet, mistakenly copying it from a compromised transaction history. Source: X/Scam Sniffer. “All wallets should simply […]
Alphabet’s Waymo is testing Google’s Gemini chatbot in its autonomous robotaxis. The AI will accompany passengers and respond to their inquiries, according to researcher Jane Manchun Wong. Waymo is working on Gemini AI in-car assistant They tried to hide it from the app, but here’s the full 1200-line system prompt pic.twitter.com/weh1EBPj7y — Jane Manchun Wong […]
The first cryptocurrency will “inevitably” surpass gold as the primary store of value, according to analyst David Eng. Why Bitcoin Will Surpass GoldA conservative, first-principles proof A First-Principles Supply AnalysisThis conclusion relies on neither narrative, ideology, nor the extrapolation of recent price action. It is derived entirely from supply mathematics and thermodynamic… pic.twitter.com/hJXmYaqwr2 — David […]
Nvidia has acquired the assets of Groq, a developer of high-performance AI accelerator chips, for $20 billion. This was reported by Disruptive CEO Alex Davis, according to CNBC. His firm has invested over $500 million in the startup since its inception in 2016. Three months ago, Groq raised $750 million at a valuation of $6.9 […]
