The service will simplify node infrastructure and onboarding for blockchain developers. According to an Oct. 27 announcement, tech-giant Google is launching an in-house Blockchain Node Engine (BNE) based on Google Cloud. As a node-hosting service, BNE enables Web3 companies to relay transactions, deploy smart contracts, and read or write blockchain data directly on Google Cloud....Continue Reading

High transaction fees stand in the way of crypto achieving its full potential and being embraced by the masses — but it is possible to make transfers for free. During the frenzied bull run, transaction fees were running rampant. Over on the Ethereum blockchain, they hit eye-watering highs of $196.638 back in May — rendering...Continue Reading

Bulls have a lot of work left to do, say Bitcoin analysts as consolidation enters for BTC price. Bitcoin (BTC) consolidated gains on Oct. 27 as the highest levels in six weeks gave way to sideways action. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin impresses with stability on GDP print Data from Cointelegraph Markets...Continue Reading

The Bitcoin miner says low BTC and high electricity rates and Celsius’ refusal to pay its bills could be its undoing; the company’s BTC holdings have dropped from 8,058 in May to 24 now. Bitcoin miner Core Scientific filed forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Oct. 26 indicating that will...Continue Reading

Africa’s cryptocurrency landscape welcomes a new crypto wallet backed by global firms in the ecosystem. Some 2 million users in Nigeria and Kenya are set to be onboarded to a new cryptocurrency wallet backed by the likes of Coinbase Ventures and Alameda Research.  Mara is a digital financial ecosystem project that is kickstarting its journey...Continue Reading

It seems that every time one turns on the TV, something, somewhere, is going catastrophically wrong. Whether it be Hurricane Ian tearing through Cuba and Florida, war raging in Eastern Europe, or floods devastating Pakistan, there has been no shortage of crises in 2022 both natural and human-caused.  And as the climate continues to warm,...Continue Reading

DOGE could undergo a 20% price correction before the end of the year despite strong fundamentals. Dogecoin’s (DOGE) price rallied to its best levels in two months as traders assessed Twitter’s potential to create a cryptocurrency wallet product. Elon Musk fuels Dogecoin rally again DOGE’s price jumped to $0.081 on Oct. 27. The price gained...Continue Reading

Is the multilateral lending institution throttling useful DLT experiments in the developing world, or is it saving crypto from itself? Is the International Monetary Fund (IMF) really hostile to crypto? Many in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space think so. In January, the fund asked El Salvador to drop Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender.  In May,...Continue Reading

Some serious withdrawals are occurring on the world’s biggest crypto exchange by volume. Bitcoin (BTC) has seen record buying activity as BTC/USD returns to six-week highs. The latest data from on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant shows more BTC leaving major exchange Binance in a single day than ever before. Binance finishes the day 55,000 BTC lighter...Continue Reading

Disney’s CEO said the company doesn’t tend to use the word metaverse, as it believes it’s a very broad term. During a Wall Street Journal event, Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel revealed that they are not big fans of the metaverse in its current form. Spencer called the metaverse’s current...Continue Reading