Cryptocurrency

Polkadot (DOT) is gaining pace above the $5.25 resistance against the US Dollar. The price could surge further toward the $5.85 and $6.00 levels. DOT is gaining pace above the $5.25 resistance zone against the US Dollar. The price is trading above the $5.30 zone and the 100 simple moving average (4 hours). There is … Read more

Shibarium, the Shiba Inu layer-2 solution, recently reached a new milestone in the past few days, crossing the 4 million total transaction threshold. The launch of Shibarium, Shiba Inu’s layer-2 solution, has been a huge catalyst for the meme coin. At the same time, SHIB’s burn rate has exploded in the last two days, as … Read more

The bankrupt FTX estate wants to set the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) $24 billion claims against it to $0.00, according to a Nov. 29 court filing. Earlier in the year, the federal agency had slapped a tax bill worth around $44 billion on FTX and Alameda groups of companies, prioritizing its claims over … Read more

Alex Mashinksy, co-founder and former CEO of insolvent crypto lender Celsius was arrested on Thursday following an investigation into the company’s collapse, according to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indictment. Mashinsky and others are charged with seven counts including securities fraud, commodities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to manipulate the price of Celsius’ token … Read more

Decades from now, there will be many stories to tell about the early days of Ethereum. We will remenisce about how a peculiar and powerful technology began to change the landscape of trust on the internet. Some will remember being skeptical, while others may claim to have known all along that it would change the … Read more

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27 Nov Bitfinex Alpha | Bitcoin Supply Unmoved as Demand Pressures Rise Posted at 13:21h in Bitfinex Alpha by Maria Lobusova This week in Bitfinex Alpha, we analyse a number of different metrics that demonstrate to us that we continue to see huge conviction among Bitcoin holders to maintain their positions, even as the price … Read more

I use the following code to calculate the header hash. function serializeBlockHeader(blockHeader) { const version = Buffer.alloc(4); version.writeUInt32LE(blockHeader.version); console.log(‘version length’, version.length, version) const previousBlockHash = Buffer.from(blockHeader.previousblockhash, ‘hex’).reverse(); console.log(‘previousBlockHash length’, previousBlockHash.length, previousBlockHash) const merkleRoot = Buffer.from(blockHeader.merkleroot, ‘hex’).reverse(); console.log(‘merkleRoot length’, merkleRoot.length, merkleRoot) const time = Buffer.alloc(4); time.writeUInt32LE(blockHeader.time); console.log(‘time length’, time.length, time) const bits = Buffer.from(blockHeader.bits, ‘hex’).reverse(); console.log(‘bits … Read more

Pantera Capital predicts a price for Bitcoin, Binance’s traditional finance partners head for the exits, and are North Korean hackers cashing out millions in stolen crypto? These stories and more, this week in crypto. Bitcoin’s Most Oversold Level Since Covid Crash After falling by over 10%, technical indicators show Bitcoin as being extremely oversold as … Read more

Looking to spend your Litecoin? We’ve compiled a guide on where and how to use your Litecoin. Litecoin: A fast, low-fee coin As one of the earlier cryptocurrencies, Litecoin (LTC) was created as a “lite” version of Bitcoin (BTC). It was built with an emphasis on transaction speed and cost. Faster transactions and lower fees … Read more