Bitcoin pioneer Charlie Shrem announced plans to relaunch a bitcoin faucet on May 4, 2025, aiming to distribute free bitcoin like the original faucet created by Gavin Andresen in 2010, which gave away five bitcoin per claim to promote adoption, according to his X post. Shrem, who served two years in prison in 2014 for

The Solana Foundation has recently encountered a bug that allowed hackers to mint some tokens and even take those tokens from users’ accounts. However, the bug has been reportedly fixed now.  The Foundation’s analysis reveals that the vulnerability was first found on April 16, and it could have permitted a

Leading venture capitalist Tim Draper weighed in on the financial pros and cons of Bitcoin and the US…

This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. Meerkat, the emerging crypto ecosystem known for merging meme culture with real utility, has announced the launch of its new Telegram-based application: the Meerkat Miniapp. This interactive tool allows users to play, complete missions, and earn $MERK rewards directly within Telegram, offering a new approach to

Balancing Security, Decentralization, Scalability, and User Experience Building in Web3 comes with challenges—scalability, accessibility, affordability, and decentralization often compete against each other, forcing developers to make trade-offs that limit real-world adoption. Most Layer 1 blockchains struggle to balance these factors, leading to high fees, congestion, or centralization risks. Shardeum’s unique architecture was built from the
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The growing de-dollarization sentiment has been troubling to the American economic front. The US dollar’s value and prestige…

Lopp, currently embroiled in the debate to lift OP_RETURN restrictions in bitcoin, stated that the simplest way to keep so-called “spam” away from the bitcoin chain was to increase block space demand. This way, so-called “spammers” would have to pay higher costs to use bitcoin’s resources. Jameson Lopp States That Higher Adoption Is the Way

The Solana Foundation has revealed that a critical vulnerability affecting its Token-2022 standard was quietly patched in April, averting what could have been a catastrophic breach. If exploited, the flaw would have allowed attackers to mint an unlimited number of tokens or withdraw funds from any account without authorization. According to the post-mortem, the issue
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The BlackRock-Bitcoin relationship has shifted dramatically in recent months, as the world’s largest asset manager now signals a…

The cryptocurrency space is almost similar to a huge playground where you can expect new players to arrive anytime. One of the most interesting additions to the crypto landscape, the Pepe (PEPE) coin, is an example of popular memecoins. Beginners must understand that memecoins are crypto tokens inspired by popular internet memes, such as fictional […]
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