Open Loot, a developer focused on blockchain-based gaming infrastructure, has launched the OL Chain, a custom-built Layer-3 network designed to make in-game transactions faster, cheaper, and publicly verifiable. The company said OL Chain will record every trade, purchase, and interaction across its ecosystem directly on-chain, aiming to improve transparency for both players and partner studios.
Bitcoin appears to be gearing up for a major move as key technical patterns align. A strong triangle support structure and a developing inverse head and shoulders pattern are signaling a potential bullish reversal. Momentum is tightening, suggesting that a breakout could be closer than it seems. Massive Triangle Formation Holds Firm Amid Market Shakeouts
Bitcoin could be in the middle of an unofficial initial coin offering (ICO) as OG coin holders rotate out and fresh blood scoops up the tokens, distributing the supply across a broader number of people, macro analyst and Wall Street old hand Jordi Visser says. In a Saturday episode of entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano’s podcast and
Despite the price of bitcoin still making headlines, states issuing dollar-backed stablecoins, and payments use cases dominating the conversation, there are substantial other headlines that investors might have missed in this flurry of activity. Particularly with the end of 2025 approaching, and with that the increased importance and focus of tax-related conversations, investors and advocates
Banks and financial institutions have started experimenting with tokenized bank deposits, bank balances recorded on a blockchain, but the technology is doomed to lose out to stablecoins, according to Omid Malekan, an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. Overcollateralized stablecoin issuers, who must maintain 1:1 cash or short-term cash equivalent reserves to back their tokens,
European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde released a statement on Friday touting the digital euro, a central bank digital currency (CBDC), as a unifying force in the European Union (EU) and said the ECB is aiming to launch it “as early as possible.” “As much as banknotes will continue to circulate, we want cash
On Halloween — fittingly the 17th anniversary of Bitcoin’s white paper — a vintage wallet from Nov. 4, 2011, jolted back to life, moving 100 long-sleeping BTC for the first time since they were mined. Throughout October, 98 dormant wallets stirred, transferring a combined $298 million worth of bitcoin that hadn’t budged in years. Old
Public markets now double as a scoreboard for who’s stockpiling bitcoin and ethereum—and the numbers tell a lively story. From Boardrooms to the Bitcoin Blockchain Corporate coin chests start with the obvious heavyweight: Strategy (MSTR) towers over the bitcoin field with 640,808 BTC, a lead so wide it reads like a different league. Bitcointreasuries.net data