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 $2,17 trillion. Bitcoin continues to trade at around $62,300. Ethereum experiences no changes and stagnates at around $2,400. XRP is down by 2%, Solana by 1%, and Dogecoin by 3%. Almost all altcoins are trading in the red, with very few exceptions. The DeFi sector decreased the total value of protocols (TVL) to around…
Bitcoin Proof Of Stake
CFTC Chief Backs Regulatory Incentives to Make Bitcoin Proof of Stake
Rostin Behnam – chairman of the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission – is not happy with Bitcoin’s current levels of energy consumption. He believes regulators should establish incentives to push the network towards a proof of stake (POS) consensus model. Not Worth the Energy, says Benham Speaking at POLITICO’s Sustainability Summit, Benham claimed that Bitcoin’s energy consumption doesn’t match its economic output. “That may rebalance over time, but right now it’s clearly skewed,” he said. Most of Bitcoin’s energy consumption…
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