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In recent days, the Solana network has registered another outage linked to the congestion of its network. It is not the first time the system has suffered from these problems, and the market is starting to worry. Today we will better understand the problem of network congestion, starting from the functioning of Solana Mainnet Beta. Solana is not the first blockchain to find itself in this situation, but the market hopes that newer systems will solve this problem. About Solana…

Bitcoin crashed almost 50%, and McDonald's marketing department is just rubbing it in. "How are you doing, people who run crypto Twitter accounts," they asked on Twitter, as about $130 billion in crypto assets disappeared in 24 hours. Judging by the answers, things are not going that great. Billionaires and crypto exchanged responded with crypto memes and phrases, showing just how bad things are. Crypto exchange Binance perhaps summed up the sentiment best. They responded with an image of a…

A prominent crypto figurehead thinks Bitcoin needs proof-of-stake to stay afloat. The precise opposite is true.     Ben Armstrong  – a crypto investor and YouTuber of over 1.45M subscribers – had a bold take for Bitcoiners this Sunday. As stated to his 792k Twitter followers, he predicted the premier blockchain would “have to change” from using proof-of-work (POW). The creator claimed that an ever-growing environmental lobby would eventually get “too loud” for the mining industry to persist. Meanwhile, he cited…

Though Bitcoin has been at its most oversold point since March 2020, long-term investors haven’t taken their eyes off the ball. Ex-Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein believes the crypto industry is “happening”, having matured significantly in 2021. As a result, he suggested that now could be a great time to invest, much like other devotees buying this week’s dip. A Rapidly Growing Ecosystem Blankfein aired his thoughts on the industry in an interview with CNBC’s Andrew Sorkin on Monday. Sorkin…

Are you feeling lucky? It turns out you don’t need to join a giant hash pool to profit from crypto mining. Over the past month, three small Bitcoin miners have individually won the race to mine Bitcoin’s next block. That means it rewarded each with a whole 6.25 Bitcoin for providing their proof-of-work. Beating the Odds Solo CK's pool administrator, Dr. Con Colivas, reported the most recent small miner win today. Using just 86TH/s of hash rate capacity over the…

Just a few days ago, the crypto world was looking with interest at the testimony of Jerome Powell in front of the U.S. Senate. The Chairman of the Federal Reserve appeared in front of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on January 11th. The testimony inaugurated the beginning of Powell’s second term leading the Federal Reserve. As the inflation rate appears to pick up in the Western world, many are looking at the Fed to learn about its…

Facebook (now Meta) did everything it could to maintain its monopoly in all its history. Could it do the same with NFTs? NFT investors are ecstatic as major social media companies finally come out with major NFT integrations. Twitter, a significant hub for NFT users, was the first to roll out the feature. NFT owners can now showcase their NFT profile pictures with a particular hexagonal shape. That way, users can instantly see whether that Bored Ape picture is legit…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) remains hazy on which cryptocurrencies are “securities'', versus “commodities”. Even Ethereum isn’t out of the woods.    The SEC is notoriously slow at providing regulatory clarity for the crypto industry. Besides its strange hostility toward permitting a Bitcoin spot ETF, the commission refuses to classify which cryptocurrencies are securities. Instead, SEC chairman Gary Gensler continues to make vague statements on the matter that shake confidence in every altcoin holder. In a September conversation with…

Get the weekly summary of crypto market analysis, news, and forecasts! This Week’s Summary The Crypto Market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $1,630 trillion. Bitcoin is down by almost 19% and trading at around $35,000. Ethereum lost the $3,000 level after a 28% drop. XRP is down by nearly 23% after a rough week. Most altcoins are trading in the green after constantly dipping in the red after a week. The DeFi sector lost over $3…