Author: CryptoHoppers

In a groundbreaking move that merges the digital and physical art realms, curated NFT marketplace SuperRare is set to host a two-month exhibition at the prestigious 0x.17 gallery in New York City. This unique pop-up event seeks to emphasize the significance of bringing non-fungible token (NFT) artwork into immersive, tangible spaces. With an exciting program featuring over 20 talented SuperRare artists, the gallery aims to foster dialogue, interaction, and a renewed sense of human connection within the NFT art community. The exhibition begins on June 1 and kicks off with a captivating solo show by AI artist Claire Silver, titled…

The crypto-market has evolved into a dynamic landscape with various trading opportunities. One area that has gained significant traction is the Crypto Futures and derivatives market. With cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum taking center stage, investors and traders are delving into Futures contracts tied to these digital assets in pursuit of potential profits. Is your portfolio green? Check out the Bitcoin Profit Calculator Traders’ behavior for the king coin According to Glassnode’s data, the Open interest for BTC Futures contracts hit a one-month high on the Huobi exchange. However, the interest in trading Bitcoin Options wasn’t limited to just the…

Avalanche has been highlighting its preparedness for more demand as self-custody gains popularity AVAX’s short-term demand still showing signs of low stimulation The DeFi space is heating up now that recent events have exposed cracks in the crypto-market’s centralized finance segment. Networks that have DeFi-centric developments are ideally positioned to leverage this shift, especially in the long-run. Avalanche is among them and recent announcements highlight its readiness for this shift. Read AVAX’s Price Prediction for 2023/2024 One of Avalanche’s latest announcements revealed a design refresh of Trader Joe. The latter is one of the top decentralized exchanges natively running on…

The Oslo Freedom Forum offers another perspective.  Seen from the standpoint of activists like these or these, the value of the bitcoin network becomes self-evident. This time, though, we pass the mic to a developer, an economist, and an entrepreneur, all American. They give us a one-minute lesson on what makes bitcoin special—an innovation like no other. The Oslo Freedom Forum wasn’t a bitcoin event, but the subject was always present.  The Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein took the time to cut videos of these short but powerful lessons and Bitcoinist made a commitment to reflect them. Let’s widen the…

The memecoin frenzy earlier this month — which saw active bitcoin users plummet and users flock to Solana — seems to be disrupting activity elsewhere, with the volume of Ethereum on-chain stablecoin trading this month on track to be the lowest since Dec. 2020. On-chain trading of USDC has reached only $73.1 billion so far this month, less than half the $158.9 billion that changed hands in April, according to data from The Block. Nearly $69 billion of Tether’s USDT has changed so far this month, after seeing volume last month of $110.6 billion.  “It’s likely caused by high…

Global Content Distribution Network (CDN) and Cloudflare competitor Blockstack has launched Stacks 2.0 Public – a public testnet release that will allow blockchain developers and miners to participate in the deployment of an innovative new consensus mechanism, dubbed Proof of Transfer (PoX), as well as trial Clarity smart contracts that the company has been working on for some time. Blockstack has built the core protocols and is aiming for a user-owned internet. A key milestone on the road to the companies mainnet, the Blockstack PBC will work alongside potential miners and testers through testnet phases to prepare the network for…

Bitcoin (BTC) miners the world over are running out of patience with the highly anticipated launch of PEGA Pool mere weeks away. Record low BTC prices, compounded by rising hash rates, have had BTC miners and mining companies in a spin for months. Many struggle to make ends meet and certain firms have even been forced to file for bankruptcy. That’s why miners are so excited for PEGA Pool to launch in Q1 of 2023 finally. Ranked as the 13th largest mining pool on the planet according to BTC.com, PEGA Pool is also the world’s first ecological mining pool in…

The Parity upgrade would act as an improvement to smart contract deployment. The disclosure did not impact the development activity positively. Terra Classic’s [LUNC] development team has finally picked a date for the Cosmwasm upgrade v.1.1.0. According to the announcement by the project’s L1 team manager on Twitter, the upgrade would happen on 14 June.  Realistic or not, here’s LUNC’s market cap in ETH’s terms Sealed on the downside Terra had initially disclosed the move to switch from v.0.16.6 (also known as the Parity upgrade) earlier this year. Although it was initially slated for a 31 May move, the developer…

Data shows the Bitcoin transaction fee share of the Inscriptions has dropped to just 26% recently, a sign that the hype around them may be fading. Bitcoin Inscriptions Fee Share Remains High, But Much Lesser Compared To Peak According to data from the on-chain analytics firm Glassnode, the fee dominance of the Inscriptions was at 62% during their peak. An “Inscription” here refers to any form of data directly inscribed into the Bitcoin blockchain. The Inscriptions only became possible when the Ordinals protocol emerged earlier in the year, and since then, they have seen a number of applications and have…

The Flare API Portal offers developers an intuitive interface to interact with the Flare Network and its accompanying suite of tools. It provides access to off-chain data sources such as Google Cloud Storage, along with access to on-chain services like Atomic Swaps, Event Notifications, DeFi Bridges, and more. Developers can also monitor their applications’ performance in real-time using the integrated analytics dashboard. Flare seeks to give developers greater control over their workflows around creating web3 apps by offering them a set of streamlined APIs that make it simpler for them to integrate key aspects such as authentication and payment methods…