Ordinals

Coinbase’s Base welcomes the second iteration of its Onchain Summer, and NodeMonkes is now the most popular Bitcoin NFT

Runes protocol will bring versatility to Bitcoin, but some are worried about the increased fees

Despite ordinal volume dipping following the Bitcoin halving due to high network fees, the latest Motoko Sentinel collection saw an increase in its trading volume

Billed as a better BRC-20 fungible token standard, Bitcoin Runes launches tomorrow

Plus, Doodles makes a movie and Dogecoin has a deep order book

There’s not quite blood in the streets, but things are looking mighty red for crypto

Plus, Binance sees blowback for its perfume launch and Coachella gives NFTs a second chance

What if the fight that started for ungovernable money has become something much bigger?

“Quantum Cats” is a new Ordinals collection, the first of which hits Sotheby’s on Jan. 12

2023 was a solid year for cryptos, here are the top charts and data points for the market

As 2023 comes to a close, here is a round up of the top narratives that moved markets this year

Financial freedom and self-sovereignty don’t come cheap, as anyone using a cryptocurrency in 2023 will attest

Ordinals are driving up block congestion with arbitrary data. It’s not Bitcoin’s first rodeo with network congestion

Plus, inscriptions cause Arbitrum downtime and BONK books significant volume

Bitcoin’s rally has given cover for a raft of smaller cryptocurrencies to set their own price records

The collection has not previously been available to the public

The pseudonymous Rijndael’s hiring comes as bitcoin ordinals spurred a takeoff in bitcoin transaction fees over recent weeks

Avalanche has been inundated with transactions for inscriptions, similar to the Ordinals that already hit Bitcoin, Litecoin and Dogecoin

Ethereum is big. But it’s not Bitcoin big — yet

Plus, Web3 games migrate and Bitcoin Ordinals see a resurgence

Casey Rodarmor proposes “Runes” to improve BRC-20 clutter that complicates the Bitcoin system and makes it less efficient

Yuga Labs dropped its first bitcoin ordinal collection, Twelvefold, in February, and the puzzles are based on that collection

No matter what some critics might think, Bitcoin miners should welcome Ordinals with open arms

Users can send their favorite digital collectibles straight to Bitcoin from Ethereum by initiating a bridging contract acting as a single on-chain inscription request