Author Archives: Bitcoinist

Move aside, traditional playmakers in NFTs. The buzz this past week wasn’t with Ethereum or Solana powered NFTs, but rather with new emerging players. That’s right, we saw some ‘unusual suspects’ with blockchains like Cardano and Aptos making noise in the NFT space this past week. We’ll review those, as well as some of the[Read more…]

Aptos (APT) had been off to a turbulent start last week after launching to much uncertainty in the crypto market. However, the project looks to have found its footing in about a week. Interest in the blockchain has skyrocketed, so the development of various projects has followed. So far, Aptos has taken the fight to[Read more…]

Is Solana summer over? Seasonality might suggest so, but if that’s enough for you, the blockchains usage across both defi and NFT landscapes has been falling recently. Competing chains are making targeted and dedicated efforts to get more involved in both defi and NFTs, leading to major growth and investment in the space at large.[Read more…]

Agency representation continues to find its way to NFTs, bear market aside. Dapper Labs and CryptoKitties co-founder Mack Flavelle is signing on with premier talent agency WME (also known as Endeavor) according to bubbling reports on Monday. Flavelle is well-respected within the NFT community as a co-creator of the ‘O.G.’ NFT project CryptoKitties in 2017,[Read more…]

Solana has already cemented its reputation as one of the largest competitors of Ethereum which had earned it the nickname of ‘Ethereum Killer’. The community has run with this narrative and it has led to a fierce rivalry between the communities behind both networks. However, Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko has actually come forward to debunk[Read more…]

Since the beginning of 2022, the crypto market has descended further into the bear market. The current bitcoin cycle low was hit back in June 2022, and its price is only about 11% up from that point. Through the bear market, there have been some cryptocurrencies that have held up better than the others. This[Read more…]

Mango Markets, a decentralized trading platform on the Solana blockchain, has become “ripe for harvest” when it fell victim to hackers who stole more than $100 million from the platform, Fortune reported Wednesday. The hack looked to be the consequence of a price manipulation on Mango Market’s native MNGO token, according to a tweet from the platform.[Read more…]

Bitcoin is already in existence for more than a decade now, being first introduced in 2009. Many years later, the asset established itself as the largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization, not to mention popularity. Its market cap currently stands at over $370 billion and despite being down 72% from its all-time high of[Read more…]

It’s been a busy month for Epic Games when it comes to blockchain engagement. The Epic Games Store launched it’s first supported blockchain-based title, Blankos Block Party, earlier this month – and now it’s adding a second title to it’s slate of offerings. Let’s take a look at the title and what we can expect when[Read more…]