Gold surges to more than $3,390 on April 21 as more investors flock to safe-haven assets amidst economic uncertainty. A boost in gold could signal a similar pattern in crypto, specifically Bitcoin. According to the latest data from Trading Economics, gold has hit a new all-time high amidst global economic volatility. On April 21, gold…
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Ethereum Foundation’s new co-executive director Tomasz K. Stańczak says Buterin’s proposals are meant to spark discussions and invite scrutiny regarding the network’s future goals and breakthroughs. In a recent post following Buterin’s previous proposal on replacing Ethereum (ETH) Virtual Machine with RISC-V to improve long-term scalability, Stańczak said that under the change in leadership, the…
ai16z has been confirmed as the native token of the newly launched Auto.fun AI agent platform. This could mark a turning point for ai16z price, which is showing early signs of recovery after weeks of stagnation. Shaw, founder of Elizalabs and the open-source elizaOS, confirmed that ai16z will serve as the native token of the…
New data shows crypto gambling is booming, with $81.4 billion in gross gaming revenue last year, despite being illegal in most regions. Crypto casinos have experienced explosive growth, with 2024 wagers generating over $81.4 billion in gross gaming revenue, a fivefold increase from 2022, according to YieldSec data reported by the Financial Times. Although crypto…
Nearly three years after Vitalik Buterin mocked his Stock-to-Flow model, anonymous analyst PlanB hit back, calling Ethereum a “centralized premined shitcoin.” PlanB, the anonymous analyst behind Bitcoin’s (BTC) Stock-to-Flow model, took aim at Ethereum (ETH) in a post on X, saying the project is looking worse than ever and arguing that centralized, premined coins like…
Spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States saw modest weekly inflows as Bitcoin rallied past $85k, driven by expectations of a softer Fed stance on rate cuts amid President Trump’s push to replace the Federal Reserve chair. Data from SoSoValue shows that 12 spot Bitcoin ETFs brought in $15.85 million in net inflows for the…
A Solana-based non-fungible token project plans to buy a Cold War-era nuclear bunker in England by selling 100,000 NFT “land deeds.” Launched by the creators of the doomsday-themed NFT series Meatbags, Dead Bruv aims to raise funds through a new campaign, dubbed “#buythebunker,” in an effort to purchase a Cold War-era nuclear bunker in England,…
Japanese investment firm Metaplanet has purchased 330 more Bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 4,855 BTC. According to the company’s Apr. 21 disclosure, the latest acquisition was made at an average price of ¥12.18 million per Bitcoin (BTC), about $85,605, totaling ¥4.02 billion (~$26 million). Its total Bitcoin stash is now worth ¥62.17 billion ($414 million),…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed replacing the Ethereum Virtual Machine with RISC-V, an open-source instruction set architecture, as the new foundation for Ethereum smart contracts. In a post shared on the Ethereum Magicians forum on Apr. 20, Buterin argued that the switch could drastically improve the performance and simplicity of Ethereum’s (ETH) execution layer….
