Bitcoin NFTs on the Rise: The Impact of Ordinals on the Bitcoin Network

It all started with Taproot, the most ambitious upgrade in Bitcoin’s history that went live in November 2021, the first major upgrade since the Segregated Witness (SegWit) update in 2017. The Taproot upgrade significantly improved the efficiency, scalability, and privacy of the Bitcoin network and allowed for more sophisticated smart contracts and transactions to be […]

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Ethereum Near April Lows After Sliding 13% Since Tuesday

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. By the afternoon of April 21st, Ethereum’s price stood near $1,840 for the first time since April 8th. The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency suffered a notable decline since Monday dropping more than 13% in five […]

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FSOC Proposes New Analytic Framework For Assessing Financial Stability Risks

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. On Friday, April 21st, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) voted unanimously to bring two new frameworks to public comment. The first of these would offer more transparency as to how the council assesses […]

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The Future of Digital Identity: Biometrics, Self-Sovereign Identity, and Beyond

Digital identification is becoming increasingly vital in a world where we conduct more and more of our business online. The unique identifiers that allow us to access online services and authenticate our identities in the digital environment are referred to as digital IDs. Traditional identity verification techniques, such as usernames and passwords, are becoming increasingly […]

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Top 7 ERC20 Tokens To Buy Now

Key takeaways DigiToads is a web3 P2E (Play-to-Earn) game where players can collect, nurture, and battle unique DigiToads. TOADS features makes it one of the ERC20 tokens investors in the crypto space could consider. Other coins investors could look to take advantage of include Ether, MakerDAO, Uniswap, Sushiswap, and AAVE.  The cryptocurrency market has seen […]

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EU Parliament Approves “Markets in Crypto-Assets” Regulation (MiCA)

Neither the author, Ruholamin Haqshanas, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. The European Union lawmakers have approved a regulation establishing harmonized rules for crypto-assets at the EU level. The effort marks the first time governments have tried to supervise the digital asset industry on such a scale, […]

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