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Overview of Satoshi’s background holdings Bitcoin was created in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, whose identity remains unknown. Between 2009 and 2011, Satoshi mined an estimated 1.1 million-1.5 million BTC — now worth over $100 billion — which has never been moved.Satoshi’s massive Bitcoin (BTC) holdings were mined in Bitcoin’s early days, when competition was low and mining was easy. Their long silence has fueled speculation. Some believe the private keys are lost, while others see it as a deliberate decision to uphold Bitcoin’s ideals or avoid market disruption.If Satoshi’s Bitcoin were ever moved, it could have a major…
Privacy is the freedom to choose what you share, when you share it, and who you share it with. We all take this for granted in daily life: closing the door to a room, casting a secret ballot, or speaking privately with a friend. But online and onchain, these protections are often missing. Ethereum was created to be the foundation of digital trust, one that is worthy of civilizational scale. For that trust to remain credible, privacy must be part of its core, the EF, along with dozens of Ethereum teams focused on privacy, are proud to support this cause..…
VanEck analysts note that active DATs are underpricing volatility to keep funding crypto buys, but falling swings and limited liquidity could make this harder. If market excitement and volatility drop, investor premiums and mNAVs may fade too. Summary VanEck analysts say some of the most active DATs, like BNMR, are underpricing volatility to attract traders and fund more crypto purchases. But with cryptocurrency swings trending down and liquidity limited, this strategy may not work as smoothly in the future. Eventually, premiums and mNAVs that investors currently count on could fade if market excitement and volatility decline. Some companies have found…
Opinion by: Joshua Chu, co-chair of the Hong Kong Web3 AssociationIt is no secret that Dubai has been aggressively challenging its Asian counterparts for the crown of becoming the world’s next crypto capital. Beneath the gleaming air-conditioned skyscrapers, where supermodels are everywhere at crypto events and pilot blockchain programs, a complex grand strategy is unfolding.Just as Beijing had its strategy to harness confiscated digital assets to assert global influence via its newfound geopolitical currency, complete with on-/off-ramp infrastructure fully set up in Hong Kong, Dubai is also seeking to deploy its own combined arms approach, leveraging sovereign (oil) wealth, Islamic…
Solana is outpacing Ethereum’s early growth, generating $2.85 billion in revenue over the past year—more than 20 times what Ethereum earned at a comparable stage in its lifecycle. Summary Trading tools drove $1.12 billion (39% of total revenue), with January 2025 hitting a record $616 million in monthly revenue. Solana now averages 1.2–1.5 million daily active addresses, far exceeding Ethereum’s 400,000–500,000 during a similar stage. According to a recent report by 21Shares, Solana (SOL) generated $2.85 billion in revenue over the past year, with trading tools alone contributing $1.12 billion, or 39% of the total. Platforms like Photon and Axiom,…
Inspired by Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin playbook, Joseph Lubin believes Ethereum treasury companies could provide outsized returns on yield and investment opportunities to their Bitcoin counterparts.Speaking exclusively to Cointelegraph at Token2049 in Singapore, the Ethereum co-founder unpacked his thesis for why Ether (ETH) digital asset treasuries (DATs) present superior opportunities to the Bitcoin (BTC) treasury movement popularized by Saylor’s Strategy Bitcoin play.“I’d much rather have something that potentially has more impact. It certainly is as solid as Bitcoin, and I would argue more solid because of the functionality and the organic demand for it to pay for transactions and storage,” Lubin…
Institutional demand for Ethereum has climbed to new highs during this market cycle.According to Strategic ETH Reserve data, spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and Digital Asset Treasury Companies (DATCOs) now control more than 12.5 million ETH, or roughly 10% of the token’s circulating supply.This marks a dramatic expansion from April, when these institutions collectively held about 4 million ETH, representing less than 3% of the total supply.Institutional Ethereum Holdings (Source: Strategic ETH Reserve)The rise reflects how institutional capital has increasingly turned to Ethereum exposure through regulated ETFs and on-chain treasury allocation amid the growth of the network fundamentals in tokenized…
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Goblintown, the digital asset incubation company behind the globally acknowledged Goblintown non-fungible token collection, has announced the debut of its highly anticipated non-fungible token strategy, “GobStrategy.” The Goblintown NFT creator has partnered with TokenWorks, an automated non-fungible token trading protocol, to launch Goblintown NFT Strategy. In response to this launch, Goblintown has seen its daily trading sales volume skyrocket by over 1,700%. Goblintown NFT Strategy Goes Live In an October 6 blog post, the Goblintown NFT team confirmed that its much-anticipated non-fungible token strategy “GobStrategy” has successfully…
Ethereum recorded its largest validator exit on record this week, with more than 2.4 million Ether worth over $10 billion awaiting withdrawal from its proof-of-stake network, but institutional participants are replacing much of that in the validator entry queue.Ethereum’s exit queue surpassed 2.4 million Ether (ETH) worth over $10 billion on Wednesday. The spike in exits extended the validator queue time to more than 41 days and 21 hours, according to blockchain data from ValidatorQueue.com. Validators are responsible for adding new blocks and verifying transactions on the Ethereum network, playing a critical role in its operation.Ether validator queue. Source: validatorqueue.comRelated:…
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage BlackRock’s IBIT is now the asset manager’s most profitable ETF (exchange-traded fund) by a wide margin as the fund nears $100 billion in net assets. Over the past year, IBIT has generated almost $245 million in fees. This performance beats the iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF (IWF) and the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA) by $25 million in annual revenue, according to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. Around the middle of July, IBIT was still ranked below IWF and EF in terms of revenue, previous X posts…