Bitcoin tumbles under $39,000 triggering $115M liquidation in 1 hour

[ad_1] Bitcoin’s (BTC) dip below the $39,000 mark resulted in significant liquidations totaling approximately $115 million across the cryptocurrency market during the past hour. Red market In the last 24 hours, BTC experienced a 4% decline, trading at $38,915 as of press time, according to data from CryptoSlate. This downturn reduced its market capitalization by … Read more

Bitfinex Proudly Celebrates 11 Years of Innovation and Leadership in Bitcoin

[ad_1] 06 Nov Bitfinex Proudly Celebrates 11 Years of Innovation and Leadership in Bitcoin Posted at 14:30h in Announcements by Elodie Jallet Today we’ll take a look at Bitfinex’s decade-plus journey shaping the future of a parallel Bitcoin-based financial system, accessible to all. Bitfinex observes its 11th year in operation, a remarkable period characterised by … Read more

Ethereum Protocol Fellowship: The Third Cohort

[ad_1] Do you enjoy solving interesting and challenging problems? Are you interested in getting involved at the most foundational level of the Ethereum protocol? The Protocol Support Team (EF) is excited to announce that applications are now being accepted for the third cohort of the Ethereum Protocol Fellowship (formerly Core Developer Apprenticeship Program (CDAP))! With … Read more

Bitcoin dips to lowest level since Dec. 12 before bouncing as buyers hold $40k threshold

[ad_1] Bitcoin slumped to as low as $40,280 on Jan. 19, its lowest level since Dec. 12, 2023, before rebounding to $41,979 after four hours of consistent sell pressure that liquidated most long positions on major exchanges. As of press time, Bitcoin traded at $41,609 after failing to breach $42,000. Meanwhile, long liquidations stood at … Read more

Bitfinex’s Trading Platform Launched in Vietnamese

[ad_1] 02 Nov Bitfinex’s Trading Platform Launched in Vietnamese Posted at 12:16h in Media Releases by tammy ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, [November 2 , 2023] – Bitfinex (www.bitfinex.com/), a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform, today announced that it is now available in Vietnamese, providing greater accessibility for the exchange’s growing base of Vietnamese-speaking customers. … Read more

Can the hash of UTXO set be part of the bitcoin block header and consensus rules and in which cases?

[ad_1] This question doesn’t have much logic from the “reality” perspective, it’s more theoretical about whether something can or cannot be part of consensus rules and in which cases. I know that the consensus rule can only be something that all nodes see the same way. In other words, at all points in time all … Read more

Mainnet Merge Announcement | Ethereum Foundation Blog

[ad_1] Ethereum is moving to proof-of-stake! The transition, known as The Merge, must first be activated on the Beacon Chain with the Bellatrix upgrade. After this, the proof-of-work chain will migrate to proof-of-stake upon hitting a specific Total Difficulty value. The Bellatrix upgrade is scheduled for epoch 144896 on the Beacon Chain — 11:34:47am UTC … Read more