Bitcoin


Tech

Block Demand Leads to Fee Spike as Bitcoin-Based Meme Coins Flourish

Over 11,000 tokens have been issued and traded on the Bitcoin network, data shows.

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Policy

Liechtenstein Plans to Accept Bitcoin for Payments to State, Prime Minister Says: Report

Under the plans, any crypto received will immediately be exchanged for Swiss francs, Prime Minister Daniel Risch told German news publication Handelsblatt.

Liechtenstein Prime Minister Daniel Risch. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Markets

Meme Coin Trading Volume Surges to Two-Year High, Signals Caution for Bitcoin Bulls

Speculative mania in meme coins has historically presaged bearish reversals in bitcoin.

Volumen semanal de memecoins. (James Tolan/Dune Analytics)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin at $28.6K Remains Unstirred by Binance Temporary Withdrawal Pause

PLUS: Bitcoin maximalists find Ordinals annoying. But they are a good thing for the network in the long run.

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Markets

Bitcoin Network Congestion Causes Binance to Pause Withdrawals

The world’s biggest crypto exchange has now resumed withdrawals, but problems continue to linger for the Bitcoin protocol.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Videos

Bitcoin’s Activity Pushes Average Transaction Fee to Nearly 2-Year High

A spike in transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain involving Ethereum-style tokens and non-fungible token (NFT)-like "inscriptions" has driven up congestion on the network, pushing the average fee rate to the highest in nearly two years while showering miners of the cryptocurrency with extra revenue. "The Hash" panel discusses the milestone and its implications for the Bitcoin ecosystem.

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Opinion

Pump the BRCs: The Promise and Peril of Bitcoin-backed Tokens

A new way of issuing tokens on Bitcoin is growing fast. So why did their creator warn that they “will be worthless?"

Piggy bank bent forward change money coins (Andre Taissin/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Craig Wright Shows ‘Prima Facie Evidence’ of Contemptuous Conduct, U.S. Judge Says

The computer scientist who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto is still engaged in a $143 million dispute over bitcoin ownership.

Craig Wright at CoinGeek Conference New York (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Meme Coin PEPE Surges to $1B Market Cap

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for May 5, 2023.

Pepe the Frog (PepeCoin's Twitter account)

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