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Musk’s Milady Meme, Opening Up Ordinals

Miladys NFTs saw a brief pump after Elon Musk tweeted about them and Binance is making it easier for people to buy Bitcoin NFTs.

Milady NFT (Screenshot via Twitter, modified by CoinDesk)

Технології

Among Bitcoin Developers, Debate Is Raging Over Whether to Censor Ordinals BRC-20s

Despite calls for censorship, many developers agree that maintaining the status quo is the right thing to do for now.

Debate has ensued over the proliferation of BRC-20 tokens on the Bitcoin blockchain. (Кусмарцева Дарья / Getty Images)

Думки

If Bitcoin Can’t Handle a Few JPEGs, How Can It Handle the World?

Network congestion from ordinals and BRC-20s is a stress test – and Bitcoin is failing.

(Getty Images)

Технології

Africa Moves to Lightning, Stablecoins as Bitcoin Transaction Fees Soar

Those already using stablecoins and lightning transactions are not affected, but for many in Africa, higher bitcoin fees are a problem.

(Dale Kaminski/Getty Images)

Web3

Binance’s NFT Marketplace Adds Support for Bitcoin NFTs

The leading cryptocurrency exchange will allow NFT collectors to purchase tokens on the Bitcoin network directly through their Binance accounts – bypassing the need to create a separate wallet for inscriptions.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Технології

Bitcoin’s ‘BRC-20’ Explosion Sends Users Scrambling for Options, Including Lightning

The effects of the BRC-20 mints range from halting of bitcoin withdrawals on Binance to frustration with the sudden high costs of making bitcoin payments in places like Africa and South America.

The explosion of BRC-20 tokens has put Bitcoin to the test. (Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images)

Технології

Ordinals Upend Bitcoin Mining, Pushing Transaction Fees Above Mining Reward for First Time in Years

Several mining pools such as Luxor Technologies and AntPool mined blocks on Monday where fees exceeded Bitcoin’s block subsidy of 6.25 BTC.

Antminer bitcoin mining rigs displayed at Consensus 2021 (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Фінанси

Binance Resumes Bitcoin Withdrawals After Second Pause, Says It's Adjusting Fees and Integrating Lightning Network

The second pause came less than eight hours after the first.

Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as "CZ", founder and CEO of Binance, at Davos in 2023. (Casper Labs)

Ринки

Bitcoin Network Congestion Causes Binance to Pause Withdrawals

The world’s biggest crypto exchange has now resumed withdrawals, but problems continue to linger for the Bitcoin protocol.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Думки

Pump the BRCs: The Promise and Peril of Bitcoin-backed Tokens

A new way of issuing tokens on Bitcoin is growing fast. So why did their creator warn that they “will be worthless?"

Piggy bank bent forward change money coins (Andre Taissin/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)