Jump Crypto Backs $5M Round for Bitcoin Wallet Xverse
The Web3 app supports Ordinals, the technology that brought non-fungible tokens to the Bitcoin ecosystem.
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Aug 10, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
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NFT Trading Is Ice Cold But Developers Are Still Hot for Web3
This week, new reports were released that point to a major slowdown in NFT trading. Plus, Etihad Airways will soon let its community of frequent fliers stake NFTs for miles.
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Aug 5, 2023 at 4:05 p.m. UTC
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The Ordinals Team is Creating a Non-Profit to Support Bitcoin NFT Developers
The team behind the Ordinals protocol, led by Casey Rodarmor, has created the Open Ordinals Institute to grow its ecosystem without compromising neutrality.
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Aug 1, 2023 at 7:01 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin NFTs Back in Spotlight as Ordinals Cross 350K Daily Inscriptions
Bitcoin Ordinals, a method of generating non-fungible tokens (NFTs) through a process called inscribing, debuted in January, bringing the NFT and smart contract narrative to the Bitcoin blockchain.
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Jul 11, 2023 at 7:17 a.m. UTC
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Influencer Formerly Associated with Azuki Postpones NFT Drop After Plagiarism Accusations
Pseudonymous NFT researcher and artist Elena admitted to tracing other pixel art to pad out her upcoming collection Atomic Ordinals.
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Jun 23, 2023 at 10:27 p.m. UTC
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Litecoin Starts June Strong as Investors Eye August Halving, Uptick in Activity
LTC has outperformed both bitcoin and ether over the last 30 days.
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Jun 1, 2023 at 7:11 p.m. UTC
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BRC-721E Token Standard Converts Ethereum NFTs to Bitcoin NFTs
The new token standard allows traders to burn their ERC-721 NFTs and transfer them to inscriptions on the Bitcoin network.
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May 30, 2023 at 5:19 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin's Hot Ordinals Economy is Getting a Dollar-Backed Stablecoin
Bitcoin’s quickly maturing ordinals scene has come a long way since January.
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May 25, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
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In NFT Sales, Bitcoin Jumps to No. 2 Spot in a Matter of Months
According to data platform CryptoSlam, NFTs on Bitcoin have grossed about $167 million in the past thirty days, creeping up on Ethereum’s number one position.
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May 22, 2023 at 10:19 p.m. UTC
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The Blocksize Wars Revisited: How Bitcoin’s Civil War Still Resonates Today
Today’s debates over non-monetary uses of Bitcoin like ordinals and BRC-20 tokens echo the battle between Big and Small Blockers between 2015 and 2017. This article, by Daniel Kuhn, is part of our “CoinDesk Turns 10” series.
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May 17, 2023 at 9:07 p.m. UTC
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