After Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool operators decided to lower minimum transaction fees to 1/1 billionth of a BTC on July 15, knock-on effects are making them increasingly susceptible to a blockchain fork. A senior developer pointed out the escalating risks involving compact block propagation times, which are a direct consequence of the fee reduction this
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Metaplanet stock price has crashed and entered a bear market as demand for Bitcoin treasury companies waned and investors began booking profits. Summary Metaplanet share price has plunged by 55% from the year-to-date high. The stock has dropped as Bitcoin treasury companies dive. Technical analysis points to more downside in the near term. Metaplanet shares
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network capacity has declined from over 5,400 BTC in late 2023 to around 4,200 BTC by August 2025, a roughly 20% drop, per mempool.space data. While the raw figures imply a contraction, analysts and developers suggest the shift reflects structural evolution in routing and protocol design rather than a retreat in adoption. Lightning
Bears remain weaker than bulls today, according to CoinStats. BTC/USD The rate of Bitcoin (BTC) has risen by 1.55% since yesterday. On the hourly chart, the price of BTC has made a false breakout of the local resistance of $115,258. As most of the daily ATR has been passed, there are low chances of seeing
In Bitcoin’s humble beginnings, it wasn’t possible to buy bitcoin, as there were no exchanges. There were no hardware wallets to store it and no influencers or the BlackRock marketing team even promoting it. Just Satoshi, some cypherpunks, libertarians, geeks — and a protocol that most dismissed as a nerd experiment. The tech was in
Bitcoin price hovers around $114,000 on Wednesday after facing rejection from its resistance level at $116,000. US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded an outflow of $196 million on Tuesday, continuing its four-day streak of outflows since the end of July. SBI Holdings announced that the company has filed for a dual-asset crypto ETF for BTC and
U.S. stocks opened higher and Bitcoin held the $114k level as Wall Street continued to cheer corporate earnings amid ongoing jitters around trade deals. Summary Stocks opened slightly higher amid investor focus on key corporate earnings results. Tariffs remain in focus amid the Aug. 7 deadline. The benchmark S&P 500 opened 0.3% higher and the
Intellistake Technologies Corp. (CSE: ISTK; OTCQB: ISTKF; FSE: E41) has crossed a big milestone today: its own institutional-grade self-custody wallet and validator infrastructure are officially up and running. This puts the company squarely in the driver’s seat for blockchain-based revenue operations, with all the heavy-lifting components now in place. “With our infrastructure now live, we’ve