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Bitcoin Tracker: Another Tough Week

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While the debate stems from differing ideologies on block size , the controversy calls into question the ability of a digital currency without a central authority to update and innovate itself in any meaningful way. The estimated market cap is at just over $16.6 Well, as long-term as bitcoin value can be.

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For Crypto At Scale, Look To Blockchain … And Academia?

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The researchers being funded by DTR have created a digital currency known as Unit-e, which uses decentralized ledger technology, and should be able to scale at rates leagues above what has been thus far. The effort is being funded by Distributed Technologies Research (DTR), which is a nonprofit foundation based in Switzerland.

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Bitcoin Gets Second (Or Third, Or Fourth) Wind

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A 60 percent surge in a month – for anything, really, be it stock or bond or digital currency – is nothing to sneeze at, but it could be something to see with wonder. The recent market cap at $250 billion has not been seen since August of 2018. Fundamentals? Or merely a blip? Or to make one wonder why.

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South Korea Says It Will Not Ban Crypto-Trading

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In one of the bigger back-and-forth stories in digital currency, South Korea has announced that it is definitely for real this time sure that it does not plan to ban crypto-currency exchanges. That news comes care of the government’s finance minister and came as welcome news for crypto investors nationwide.

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Sui to Launch Circle’s Native USDC and CCTP

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Issued through Circle’s regulated entities, USDC is the largest regulated dollar-backed stablecoin in the industry with over a $35 billion market cap, as of September 17, 2024.

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Bitcoin Tracker: Smooth(ish) Sailing?

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The price of the popular digital currency spent the week climbing back up after fears that China could crack down on its domestic exchanges caused its value to slump. Bitcoin’s current estimated market cap is over $14.5 The CBN advises banks to not transact, hold, trade or use digital currency.

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Bitcoin’s Big Halving Countdown And ‘Long Tail Risk’

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When bitcoin was first released, a cap was placed on how many bitcoin could ever be produced. When the halving occurs, the bitcoin block mining reward will decrease from 25 to 12.5 That means that whenever a bitcoin miner completes a bitcoin block they earn a bitcoin. 10.5B | Bitcoin’s estimated market cap.

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