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Axie Infinity, the monster-battling game, has been setting startling benchmarks in the gaming ecosystem lately. In fact, ever since it started garnering mainstream adoption from the crypto-community, its token has soared significantly on the charts. A tale of conflicting numbers The gaming protocol’s 30-day cumulative revenue managed to cross the $298.9 million mark, at the timeContinue reading “Assessing why it may finally be game over for Axie Infinity [AXS]”

Bitcoin, the market’s largest cryptocurrency, has undergone a host of forks since its inception in 2009. Each of these splits has birthed new versions of the original Bitcoin. Bitcoin Cash, for instance, split off from the main blockchain in August 2017. On the contrary, Bitcoin SV was the result of a highly contentious hard forkContinue reading “Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV’s on-chain metrics reveal this is the risk they are facing”

Ethereum’s much-anticipated London hard fork is just around the corner. The upgrade, a combination of several EIPs such as 1559, is expected to make transaction fees on the Ethereum network more predictable and less volatile. The adjustments made to ETH’s monetary policy will result in the alt becoming scarcer with time. Here’s one question thoughContinue reading “Ethereum back to $4K – Here’s history’s answer to the when and why”

Litecoin, the crypto ranked 15th on CMC, has had a volatile year so far. In fact, it fell by over 66% in three months following its last ATH. While its recent performances have led to many traders abandoning the asset, devs continue to work towards remaking the network. The MimbleWimble Upgrade Litecoin’s MimbleWimble Extension BlocksContinue reading “What’s the latest on Litecoin’s MWEB updates”

Impacted by Bitcoin falling into the $38.5k range again, most altcoins have had a pretty monotonous 24 hours. Such was the case with AAVE too. After witnessing a 1.4% drop over the day, the crypto was valued at $311.42 at press time. Additionally, its market cap stood at merely $4 billion, when looked at inContinue reading “This is what you’re missing about AAVE’s growth, price action”

Until a few months back, Axie Infinity was just another random token that existed in the market. Fast-forward to July 2021, and this token has already made a place for itself among the top 50 cryptos. In fact, it now boasts a market cap of over $2.56 billion. Launched in November 2020, this token hasContinue reading “Are Axie Infinity, ENJ, ALICE’s performances proof that ‘gaming summer’ is upon us”

Bitcoin’s price surge earlier this week fueled a rally in the altcoin market. In fact, certain altcoins such as AAVE, Chainlink, and MATIC highlighting noted double-digit percentage gains. AAVE, however, was still down 53.22% from its all-time high two months ago, at the time of writing. AAVE was hit pretty badly by the 19 MayContinue reading “These factors may be key to AAVE’s short-term price action”

In a previous article, we assessed whether or not it is worth betting on the market’s “old” coins at the moment. In this piece, the focus will be on DeFi tokens.  Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has been one of the most potent applications of crypto-technology. Unlike the broader crypto-ecosystem, this market is still in its nascentContinue reading “Here’s what you should expect from UNI, AAVE, SUSHI”

The developers of privacy-centric cryptocurrency, Monero have identified a “rather significant” bug in the algorithm that could allow for transaction destinations to be identified. According to a Twitter thread by the developers: “If users spend funds immediately following the lock time in the first 2 blocks allowable by consensus rules (~20 minutes after receiving funds),Continue reading “What you need to know about Monero’s decoy selection bug”