Ukraine’s Civil Servants Report Owning $2.6 Billion Of Bitcoin

timi

A Ukranian government data report indicates that public officials there have declared owning 46,351 BTC, with several whales among them. According to Ukranian government data transparency provider Opendatabot, civil servants in the country have declared owning a total 46,351 BTC (worth some $2.6 billion at the time of this writing). The declarations came as property […]

Central Banks Update: Q1 2021

timi

The hosts of “Fed Watch” reflected on bitcoin and macro-economic news from the first part of 2021. Watch This Episode On YouTube Listen To This Episode: Apple Spotify Google Libsyn Overcast In this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s “Fed Watch” podcast, hosts Christian Keroles and Ansel Lindner reminisce about the year on the podcast so far […]

Buyer Of Beeple’s The First 5000 Days Says NFTs Are Risky

timi

Vignesh Sundaresan made headlines in March this year when he bought Beeple’s NFT artwork ‘The First 5000 Days’ for a staggering $69 million. Bloomberg reports that Sundaresan (who goes under the moniker MetaKovan) has stated that anyone looking to profit from NFTs is taking on a “huge risk”. In a video interview, Sundaresan commented on […]

Buyer Of Beeple’s The First 5000 Days Says NFTs Are Risky

timi

Vignesh Sundaresan made headlines in March this year when he bought Beeple’s NFT artwork ‘The First 5000 Days’ for a staggering $69 million. Bloomberg reports that Sundaresan (who goes under the moniker MetaKovan) has stated that anyone looking to profit from NFTs is taking on a “huge risk”. In a video interview, Sundaresan commented on […]

Was The Protest Against EIP-1559 An April Fool’s Joke?

timi

Ethereum’s most significant issue is the high gas fee, and the Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP)-1559 is designed to solve this issue.  The proposal will be going live in July. It is a gas-saving upgrade, but selected few from the mining community are not too happy about it.  Miners who believed they’re at the losing end […]

March Sets A New Benchmark For Zilliqa: BSC Integration, Cross-Chain Transaction, Anti-Fraud Measure, And More

timi

Zilliqa, the public blockchain platform, had a fantastic month in terms of activity, dApp developments, transaction volume, media coverage, and NFT projects.  Global digital media that covered the ICO’s development in March cumulatively received more than 15 billion visits. Zilliqa is best known for its early implementation of sharding, a scaling solution that breaks transaction […]