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• Unconfirmed transactions on Bitcoin network at highest level since 2017
  Hash rate has also tumbled on the Bitcoin network. The Bitcoin network has slowed down amid Bitcoin’s (BTC) new price highs, causing a large number of unconfirmed transactions.According to mempool transaction count on Blockchain.com, the number of unconfirmed Bitcoin transactions surpassed 100,000 on Oct. 27. This is the highest number of unconfirmed Bitcoin transactions recorded […]
• Telos launches new gig economy platform on the blockchain
  Amid a global employment crisis, it’s perhaps inevitable that the gig economy is making inroads into the blockchain space too. Blockchain developers can’t be accused of failing to keep up with the times. The unprecedented shake-up in the world’s labor markets during the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the underemployment trends of recent decades. Signs of a […]
• Bitcoin bull cycle gaining steam: Whale cluster at $13K is now a support zone
  Data from Whalemap shows $13,000 is turning into a BTC whale support as the price of Bitcoin hovers above $13,600. According to on-chain data from the analysts at Whalemap, $13,000 has become a support level for the price of Bitcoin (BTC). Whale clusters indicate that whales — or large BTC holders — are continuously accumulating.Whale […]
• Crypto scammers deface Trump campaign website one week from elections
  Just one week before the election, President Donald Trump’s website was briefly defaced by crypto scammers. One of United States President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign websites was briefly defaced yesterday, according to an Oct. 28 article on TechCrunch.Hackers managed to replace donaldjtrump.com’s usual campaign rhetoric and request for donations with a spoof of the FBI’s […]
• ConsenSys collaborates with Banque de France digital euro partner
  Blockchain firm ConsenSys is becoming increasingly active in the central bank digital currency space. Ethereum software firm ConsenSys has just sealed its sixth central bank digital currency project. On Oct. 28, the blockchain organization announced that it will be collaborating with Société Générale Forge on experiments for a digital euro.Société Générale Forge is the digital capital […]
• Bitcoin 'price will follow,' says analyst after historically accurate metric hits new high
  A record "organic" price valuation based on long-term investors paves the way for uncharted price territory for Bitcoin, the statistician says. Bitcoin (BTC) has already hit an all-time high this week, according to one price measurement from popular statistician Willy Woo.In a series of tweets on Oct. 27, Woo added to his recent bullish prognoses […]
• Celsius Network founder gifts wife 15 million CEL tokens
  Alex Mashinsky has gifted his wife Krissy 15 million CEL tokens worth $20 million for her birthday The founder of the crypto payments network Celsius has gifted his wife a large portion of the token supply, reducing his own enormous stake in the process.Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky gifted wife Krissy 15 million CEL tokens as […]