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An Amazon Web Services disruption on Oct. 20 knocked out MetaMask and other ETH wallets displays and slowed Base network operations, exposing how cloud infrastructure dependencies ripple through decentralized systems when a single provider fails.
AWS reported a fault in its US-EAST-1 region starting at 03:11 ET, with DNS and EC2 load-balancer health monitoring failures cascading into DynamoDB and...
Randomness powers everything from loot drops to respawns to bonus triggers, but players only trust it when they can see how it affects the game. If random events appear out of nowhere, people are more likely to assume manipulation is occurring somehow. If, on the other hand, the interface clearly shows what happened, why it happened, and what comes next, players accept randomness as part of the...
After years of venture-funded dominance, Coinbase is reviving the idea that crypto projects can raise money directly from their users.
The US-based exchange announced on Oct. 21 that it acquired Echo, a community-fundraising platform founded by veteran investor Jordan “Cobie” Fish, in a $375 million deal to rebuild fairer, on-chain capital markets.
According to the exchange:
“Echo believes in...
Bitcoin and gold have told two different stories so far in October, and neither matched what traders expected.
For most of October, Bitcoin and gold looked like they were living in different markets. Gold climbed steadily, adding about 10% over the last month, while Bitcoin slipped roughly 6%.
That divergence is interesting on its own, but the timing matters even more, because the story people...
Bitcoin (BTC) forced the closure of $740 million in leveraged positions on Oct. 21 as the price swung from $110,552 to $114,019 before retreating toward $108,000, executing a classic short-squeeze followed by long liquidations that cleared excessive derivatives exposure.
Data from Coinglass shows $435.63 million in long positions and $304.64 million in shorts eliminated during the 24 hours.
When...
After four straight sessions of redemptions that pulled over $1.2 billion from spot Bitcoin ETFs, US issuers saw a sharp reversal on Oct. 21, bringing in $477.2 million in new inflows. It was the first positive print since Oct. 14 and the largest single-day net gain in two weeks.
BlackRock’s IBIT led the recovery with +$210.9 million, followed by ARK Invest’s ARKB (+$162.9 million) and Fidelity’s...
If you’ve heard this story before, you’re not alone. Argentina is particularly adept at leaping from crisis to crisis. A collapsing Argentine peso, desperate negotiations in Washington, and a high-profile U.S. rescue are all features once again.
But this time, with libertarian President Javier Milei at the helm, the script was supposed to change. He was meant to bring about the end to Argentina’s...
Bitcoin is now more than just something people trade or hold as a store of value; it’s starting to pay interest.
But there’s a catch: the coins earning those rewards can’t move for months or years. A growing number of holders are locking their BTC into time-based contracts that promise yield but also freeze supply.
However, on the plus side, this tightens the market’s breathing room and opens a...
Bitcoin’s weekend nosedive had traders muttering about a “dead cat,” but the market clearly missed the memo. After sliding to $106,189 on Sunday, BTC refused to stay buried. Monday’s tape was cautious, Tuesday started ugly, and then, out of nowhere, buyers charged in and dragged the price to $113,650 by nightfall: a 7% comeback in less than two days.
Graph showing Bitcoin’s price from Oct. 13 to...
Crypto retail checkouts now have two levers that can move quickly, merchant rails that reduce processing cost, and consumer apps that toggle on crypto buying and spending.
Walmart’s OnePay sits at the intersection of both, as a recent Zero Hash partnership allows the app to support Bitcoin and Ethereum trading, hosted wallets, peer-to-peer transfers, and on-chain deposits and withdrawals if the...