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This week has started with a huge challenge for cryptocurrency assets. While Bitcoin is struggling to maintain its $900 billion market cap level, some of the altcoins have plunged by more than 15% ...

Solana is not exactly a new cryptocurrency, but it has only gained traction and widespread popularity in the last few months. Its astronomical rise upwards has attracted the attention of many investors, helping them to discover the project’s high usability and incredible functionality. With so many people jumping in on the Solana hype, many are left wondering whether the coin is a good...

December 1, 2021 / Unchained Daily / Laura Shin Daily Bits...

After weeks of deliberation, alternative investment firm Grayscale Investments has launched a cryptocurrency trust based on SOL, the native token of a Proof- of-History (PoH) Layer 1 blockchain network Solana.

November 30, 2021 / Unchained Daily / Laura Shin Daily Bits...

On Unchained, two co-founders of Solana Labs, Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal, dive deeply into the Solana ecosystem, discussing everything from the price of SOL to the Solana network outage to the competition between Ethereum and Solana. Show highlights: why Raj thinks SOL’s market cap grew from $86 million to $68 billion in less...

SolChicks, the most anticipated play-to-earn game on the Solana blockchain, has announced today several records in the leadup to its IDO launch on the 26th November.

Ethereum 2.0 switches from a Proof of Work consensus mechanism to a Proof of Stake consensus mechanism.

Ethereum 2.0 switches from a Proof of Work consensus mechanism to a Proof of Stake consensus mechanism.

The much-anticipated "Le Cougar Clique" NFT drop is finally here. The unique drop is materialized by a strategic partnership between Cyclos and Solatars. "Le Cougar Clique" launch is attached to Cyclos NFT Collection, which connects the NFT space to the DeFi space. It does this with the help of a unique "culling" mechanic, reducing the...

Yesterday, an IDO of DeFi Land's token, $DFL, was closed. DeFi Land is a one- of-a-kind GameFi platform that educates crypto enthusiasts about the basics of DeFi protocols. Therefore, 100 million tokens, representing 1% of the total supply, were sold during the token sale on Gate.io,...

Despite the huge correction facing the entire crypto industry in recent days, institutional investors have maintained their bullish sentiment towards the space. According to available data from CoinShares, product funds dedicated towards the two largest crypto assets by market cap, Bitcoin and Ethereum continue to grow, with interest...

This article is all about how to buy Solana on Gate.io. Solana professes to be “Proof-of-History”, instead of asking validators to place transaction timings, it is a different variant of consensus that confirms the relevant order of transactions. This method remains...

This article is all about how to buy Solana on Gate.io. Solana professes to be “Proof-of-History”, instead of asking validators to place transaction timings, it is a different variant of consensus that confirms the relevant order of transactions. This method remains...

Was it irresponsible of us to state that Taproot would “enable smart contract deployment”? Maybe it was. Bitcoin received its first major network upgrade since 2012, and users and publications alike are still trying to figure out what Taproot...

After rallying to an all-time high of over $68,000 on November 10, the market cap of Bitcoin and the entire crypto industry rose to over $3 trillion too, marking a new ground for the nascent industry. However, within the space of 24 hours, all of those gains appear to have been eroded as the leading digital asset value has plummeted to...