- Bitcoin is getting livelier this week . By the way Bitcoin mining has revived the 124-year-old Mechanicville hydroelectric plant near Albany NY and saved it from closure. 14 years ago, on October 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin Whitepaper (read here).
- After Ethereum's switch to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) on September 15, 2022, the power consumption of the network of the second cryptocurrency fell by more than 99.9%.
- Dogecoin (DOGE) overtakes Cardano (ADA) and Solana (SOL).
- The top 5 NFT marketplaces (Opensea, Axie, Magic Eden, Looksrare, X2Y2) exceed $40 billion in total sales. Opensea alone made more than $32 billion in sales out of the $40 billion. However, Opensea's dominance has fallen from 98% in January 2022 to 80% today.
- Revolut's new instant messaging feature, which launched yesterday in the UK and European Economic Area, will integrate NFT profile pictures (Revolut is 20 million users, use my referral link to sign up for Revolut).
- Changpeng Zhao said that Binance is considering taking over traditional banks to bridge the gap between the traditional finance world and the cryptocurrency world.
- E-commerce giant Mercado Libre has launched into cryptocurrency trading in Mexico.
- Welcome to Bitcoin Bar in Budapest, the Hungarian capital where cryptocurrencies are accepted as a means of payment.
- One of South Africa's largest supermarket chain "Pick n Pay" now accepts Bitcoin as a means of payment.
