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Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Capacity Jumps 384%

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Capacity Jumps 384%A Fidelity Digital Assets report indicates that Bitcoin’s primary scaling solution is growing at roughly twice the rate shown by public data because much of its network activity remains private. The Lightning Network Is Growing and Institutions Are Taking Notice The total capacity of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has jumped 384% since 2020 as an increasing […]

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Solana Application Revenue Skyrockets to $840M in Q4 2024

Solana Application Revenue Skyrockets to 0M in Q4 2024Much of the revenue was generated in November which topped $367 million or nearly $100 million more than the revenue generated in the entire previous quarter. Application Revenue on Solana Shoots up 213% Several so-called “Ethereum Killers” like Cardano and EOS have come and gone, but thus far, only Solana has given the “world computer” […]

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Report: Over 650 Million People Now Have Access to Bitcoin

Report: Over 650 Million People Now Have Access to BitcoinThe report asserts that the dominant cryptocurrency is slowly shifting from being a store of value to being a medium of exchange once again. Bitcoin Adoption Expands: 650 Million People Now Have Access Satoshi created bitcoin (BTC) as “peer-to-peer digital cash,” but over time, the cryptocurrency has morphed into what many call “digital gold,” with […]

Bybit CEO Says Crypto Exchange Is Solvent, All User Assets Backed 1:1 Following ‘Largest Heist of All Time’

Crypto Industry Sees Mixed Signals in January Amid Policy Shifts and ‘Memecoin Mania’

Crypto Industry Sees Mixed Signals in January Amid Policy Shifts and ‘Memecoin Mania’President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto administration, the meteoric rise of Solana, and the Deepseek surprise, were all key issues in Binance Research’s monthly report. Binance Research Releases Monthly Market Insights Binance Research, a division of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, released its Market Research report on Thursday, detailing key issues that impacted the $3.76 […]

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OKG Research: Stablecoins Can Create up to $100 Billion in Demand for U.S. Debt

OKG Research: Stablecoins Can Create up to 0 Billion in Demand for U.S. DebtThe direct demand created for U.S. debt by stablecoins could grow exponentially in 2025. Stablecoins Can Leverage U.S. Debt for Massive Growth An analysis by OKG Research predicts that stablecoins such as USDT and USDC will directly increase the demand for U.S. debt in 2025. It is anticipated that the market value of stablecoins will […]

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Nation-state Bitcoin adoption to drive crypto growth in 2025: Fidelity

Fidelity Digital Assets research analyst Matt Hogan said not making any Bitcoin allocation could become more of a risk to nations than making one.

Countries are expected to add Bitcoin into national strategic reserves in 2025, kicking off significant growth in the crypto market, Fidelity Digital Assets said in its latest research paper.

“We anticipate more nation-states, central banks, sovereign wealth funds, and government treasuries will look to establish strategic positions in Bitcoin,” said Fidelity Digital Assets research analyst Matt Hogan in the firm’s Jan. 7 paper titled “2025 Look Ahead.”

He added that these entities may take notice of the playbook employed by Bhutan and El Salvador “and the substantial returns they have been able to glean from such positions in a relatively short amount of time.”

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Bitcoin Market Cap to Reach 20% of Gold’s: Galaxy Research

Bitcoin Market Cap to Reach 20% of Gold’s: Galaxy ResearchGalaxy Research predicts a bullish year for Bitcoin in 2025, projecting prices to surpass $150,000 and potentially reach $185,000 in Q4. Bitcoin Market Cap to Reach 20% of Gold’s Galaxy Research, an arm of the digital asset management firm Galaxy, projects bitcoin (BTC) to surpass $150,000 in the first half of 2025 and may even […]

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RMIT to make Blockchain Hub a part-time gig, hints at resource crunch

The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology’s Blockchain Innovation Hub will no longer exist in its current dedicated form starting in 2025.

The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology’s (RMIT) pioneer Blockchain Innovation Hub — billed as the first social science research center into blockchain — is set to largely sideline its dedicated blockchain research unit in 2025, despite a historic crypto market rally. 

From next year, the Hub will operate as a research group under the university’s finance school, and researchers will have to go back to teaching, according to a Dec. 12 email seen by Cointelegraph and confirmed by an RMIT spokesperson.

In the email, RMIT deputy vice-chancellor of business Colin Picker said the university is honing in on efficiency and must choose carefully where it sends resources. He said the new Blockchain Hub model was strategic as it will support student learning while allowing research to continue.

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‘Science needs an update’: How DeSci can fix junk science and cure baldness

DeSci advocates say “traditional science” has fallen prey to regulatory capture and been maligned by corporate greed and now a blockchain-based update is in order. 

Decentralized science (DeSci) — a new field that updates scientific research with blockchain and crypto — may hold the key to revolutionizing the future of science by bootstrapping new blockchain-based funding models and making research more accessible. 

Speaking to Cointelegraph, Joshua Bate, the founder of DeSci World, said DeSci is a much-needed “update” to the broken software of trad science, which he says has become crippled by pointless incentives, including gatekept data, regulatory capture and corporate greed. 

Bate said DeSci can be thought of as an extension of the “open science movement” — an initiative of researchers sharing data and publishing open research that began as far back as the 1600s. 

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China’s Former Vice Minister of Finance Calls for Research on Crypto as US Policy Pivots

China’s Former Vice Minister of Finance Calls for Research on Crypto as US Policy PivotsZhu Guangyao, China’s former vice minister of Finance, has called on the country to continue researching crypto as the US changes its attitude towards the asset class. During the 2024 Tsinghua PBOC Chief Economist Forum, Guangyao stated that crypto should be studied “because it is a crucial aspect of the development of the digital economy.” […]

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