Inflation fears sparks Bitcoin rally before Taproot – Crypto Roundup, Nov 15,...
First major upgrade in four years set to accelerate Bitcoin innovation After briefly eclipsing all-time highs on shocking inflation figures, Bitcoin settled down to finish the week with 2% losses as the long-awaited Taproot upgrade was activated At its peak on Wednesday, Bitcoin flirted with the $69K level. Within a few hours however, fresh fears of an Evergrande-induced financial collapse swept over the market, dragging cryptoassets down alongside the S&P 500. Adding to the blow, the Securities and Exchange Commission then denied another spot Bitcoin ETF application on Friday. This....
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The MVRV indicator shows that Bitcoin currently hasn’t reached the top yet, and the crypto may still have room to grow. Bitcoin MVRV Ratio May Show The Top Hasn’t Been Reached Yet As pointed out by a CryptoQuant post, on-chain data suggests MVRV ratio values are still low right now, implying that the coin hasn’t yet made the top. The Market Value to Realized Value (or MVRV in short) ratio is a Bitcoin indicator that’s defined as the market cap divided by the realized cap. MVRV Ratio = Market Cap ÷ Realized Cap The metric’s value tells us whether BTC’s....
Our exploration of the new superpowers Taproot gives to Bitcoin continues. Yesterday, we defined smart contracts and covered the functionality of the Taproot-enabled ones. To summarize, Taproot gives new characteristics to Bitcoin layer one that enable smart contract expressiveness in layer two solutions. Today, the topic is privacy. What happens on the blockchain stays there […]
With BTC regaining lost ground and a special feature on what long-timers in the crypto industry think about this year's rally, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest crypto news roundup.
The process chosen for activating Taproot is detailed in BIP 8, and it includes a debated option called “lockinontimeout” (LOT). The post Taproot Activation And The LOT Debate appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
The ‘Speedy Trial’ lock-in period for the Bitcoin network upgrade Taproot is now complete. Data from taproot.watch details the lock-in has been achieved and it was locked in at block height 687,285 and mined by the mining pool Slushpool. Bitcoin Taproot Lock-in Complete at Block Height 687,285 Taproot is coming this November as the web portal taproot.watch indicates that the lock-in period of signaling has finished. “This period has reached 1815 Taproot signaling blocks, which is required for lock-in.” The Taproot upgrade is considered one of the largest upgrades....