Galaxy Weighs Theories After $8.3M Bitcoin Burn Mystery
Galaxy Research is trying to explain one of the stranger Bitcoin transactions of the year after five addresses sent roughly 107 BTC, worth about $8.3 million, to an old burn address, making the coins provably unspendable. The move, flagged by Galaxy in a thread on X, immediately raised the question that sits at the center […]
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An exchange may have accidentally torched $8.5 million worth of Bitcoin — that’s one of the leading theories after an unidentified wallet sent 107 BTC to an address from which the funds can never be recovered. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s 4-Year Rhythm Is Still Playing Out, Says Crypto CEO Conor Grogan, head of product business operations at Coinbase, said the burn was most likely caused by an exchange that made an error during a cold storage transfer. No Public Explanation From Anyone Involved Five separate Bitcoin addresses carried out the transfers on Monday, all sending funds to a....
What’s the mystery of mystery boxes? Purchasers buy an entire box, sight unseen, in the hopes of getting goods and prizes worth far more than what they paid. The idea may sound far-fetched, but consumers have always loved the idea of getting more bang for their buck. Mystery boxes gamify the process – you take […]
A major thing that is happening for Shiba Inu is the rapid acceleration in the burn rate that has sent more SHIB tokens to the burn address. In addition to the surges that have been recorded this week, there has been an over 72,000% increase in the burn rate in a bare 24-hour period, marking […]
In recent times, cryptocurrencies that burn tokens have been very popular and a number of well known blockchain projects have destroyed large sums of digital assets. While a number of crypto projects have different burn schemes, the overall effect is usually the same, as destroying tokens reduces the circulating supply.
Blockchain Projects Burn Tokens for Specific Benefits and Objectives
Burning tokens has been a popular trend and articles often highlight specific projects like Ethereum, Terra, Shiba Inu, and many more that have destroyed large sums of native tokens.
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The investment company Galaxy Digital Holdings has revealed it is joining the growing list of firms looking to sponsor a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Novogratz’s crypto firm applied with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday to launch a product called the “Galaxy Bitcoin ETF.” Galaxy Digital Wants to Provide a Bitcoin ETF Galaxy Digital Holdings (TSX: GLXY) filed a Form S-1 registration with the SEC on Monday in order to get approval for a new bitcoin ETF. The “Galaxy Bitcoin ETF” filing was submitted on April 12, 2021, and joins the....