In Cointime Economics, the time Bitcoin has been held is considered when it is transacted, giving hodlers’ transactions greater weight. ARK Invest and Glassnode have released white papers describing a proposed framework for analyzing Bitcoin on-chain metrics. The new method is called Cointime Economics and introduces a new measure – the coinblock – to represent...Continue Reading

Prime Core Technologies said that “under prior management” it had lost $6 million in user funds and $2 million in treasury funds through investments in the algorithmic stablecoin. The parent company of crypto custodian Prime Trust, currently involved in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, has reported losing roughly $8 million in client and treasury funds through...Continue Reading

A flurry of macro and crypto-specific factors is expected to impact this week’s $1.9 billion Bitcoin options expiry. The upcoming $1.9 billion Bitcoin monthly options expiry on Aug. 25 is key to defining whether the $26,000 support level will hold. One could pin the recent cryptocurrency market sell-off on the United States Securities and Exchange...Continue Reading

The venture firm has introduced its crypto fund for Web3 infrastructure and applications, promising a collaborative approach with startup founders. Venture capital firm Vessel Capital has announced a $55 million fund to invest in Web3 infrastructure and applications, TechCrunch reported. According to the founders, their goal is not to scale, but rather to assist crypto...Continue Reading

Code Llama is available for both personal and business use under the Llama2 community license agreement. Meta AI announced the launch of ‘Code Llama,’ a community-licensed artificial intelligence (AI) coding tool built on the Llama2 large language model (LLM), on Aug. 24. The new tool is a fine-tuned version of LLama2 that’s been trained specifically...Continue Reading

The two networks will share profits and governance using multisignature wallets, and a “security council” will be formed as the ecosystem grows. Developers behind the Base and Optimism networks have jointly announced a revenue-sharing and governance-sharing agreement. Coinbase, the parent company of Base, has also published a list of “principles of neutrality” it will follow...Continue Reading

This week’s episode of Market Talks discusses the future of BTC mining and how miners can maximize profits, as well as the upcoming Bitcoin halving and its impact on the mining industry. On the latest episode of Cointelegraph’s Market Talks, host Ray Salmond spoke with Dan Rosen, associate director of derivatives at Luxor, a United...Continue Reading

Offering both big-picture and detailed views of transactions, blockchain explorers are a powerful tool for both individuals and companies. Even those who aren’t steeped in the finance industry can probably call up a visual image of an old-school stock ticker, generating lengths of white tape to help investors stay on top of stock market transactions...Continue Reading

Bitget managing director Gracy Chen argues her exchange had a duty to act when a crypto influencer began selling his holdings in a project he was promoting. Love or hate them, influencers are as inseparable from crypto as blockchain itself. While it’s hard to imagine a crypto space without social media influencers, they sometimes act...Continue Reading

Bitget seized more than $200,00 of my cash. Now its executives won’t tell me what they’re doing with it, or if they intend to return it. The blockchain industry has been revolutionary, to say the least. In the last three years, the crypto market has affected and changed lives positively — mine included. And this...Continue Reading