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    Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Says He’s Most Bullish About the Introduction of Rollups in 2023

    In responding to a question from former chief technology officer of Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), Balaji Srinivasan, about what users were bullish for in 2023, Buterin highlights reaching the “basic rollup scaling” milestone on the Ethereum roadmap.According to Buterin, this means rollups entering at least stage one and the launch of EIP-4884 — an update introducing “proto-danksharding” to enhance Layer-2 rollup scalability significantly. He tweeted;.tweet-container,.twitter-tweet.twitter-tweet-rendered,blockquote.twitter-tweet{min-height:261px}.tweet-container{position:relative}blockquote.twitter-tweet{display:flex;max-width:550px;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px}blockquote.twitter-tweet p{font:20px -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,”Segoe UI”,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif}.tweet-container div:first-child{
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    }The stages of rollup development were a reference to the three stages of the “trust model.” Stage Zero, or having “full training wheels,” means the technology has all the requirements to process transactions without the operator.In Stage One, or “limited training wheels,” the technology would have a transaction verification method to accept or reject transactions allowed by the smart contract and overriding security council to oversee the process. In Stage Two, or “no training wheels,” there would be two distinct fraud provers, two distinct validity provers, or one of each. At this stage, rollups will support upgrades but must have a delay of more than 30 days.Buterin is bullish on rollups in 2023 as it would begin Ethereum’s journey into becoming a high throughput chain, processing up to 100,000 transactions per second.Find out other things Buterin is excited about in:Vitalik Buterin Shares His Five Things About Ethereum to Be Excited AboutTo know more about Buterin, read:Vitalik Buterin: The Man Behind EthereumSee original on DailyCoin More

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    MATIC Is Now Among The Top Purchased Tokens By ETH Whales

    The crypto whale tracking platform WhaleStats took to Twitter on January 2 to share some new information about what whales have been up to in the new year. According to the post, Polygon (MATIC) is now one of the top 10 most purchased tokens among the top 500 biggest Ethereum (ETH) whales over the last 24 hours.The post MATIC Is Now Among The Top Purchased Tokens By ETH Whales appeared first on Coin Edition.See original on CoinEdition More

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    Valkyrie Announces Launch of “Valkyrie Opportunistic Fund”

    Valkyrie unveiled its new proposal for Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) in one of its recent blog posts. The announcement comes amidst the light of recent events associated with Grayscale and its affiliated firms. The blog post stresses various proposals to improve the current management of GBTC.Valkyrie highlighted three proposals to improve the current GBTC management. The first one includes the facilitation of orderly redemptions at net asset value. This is for all investors who want it through a timely Regulation M filing. Through this proposal, investors will also be able to redeem their shares at a fair price.The second proposal will focus on lowering the fees to a more equitable level. According to the proposal, there will be a fee of 75 basis points, which is comparatively less than the 200 basis points of the current rate.The last and final proposal focuses on allowing redemptions in bitcoin and cash for the investors. This proposal is focused on providing greater flexibility for users to redeem their shares.An excerpt in the blog states: More

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    Crypto Events 2022; a Festival of Massive Cataclysm and Boon

    It is a well-known reality that the crypto/blockchain sector is witnessing all sorts of idiosyncratic advanced technology and related developments. From the bellwether Bitcoin to numerous altcoins, centralized to decentralized crypto exchanges, and Web 2.0 to Web 3.0, the crypto industry has become a pivotal part of the world economy.Alongside these advantages, the crypto industry is also prone to several hackings, exchange collapses, fraudulent activities, macroeconomic factors, terrible market crashes, and many more.As this year fades out, here is a short glimpse of the events that happened in the crypto industry in 2022.The beginning of 2022 showcased a red signal for the crypto market as Bitcoin plunged to $32,000 from its all-time high of $68,915 in November 2021. The de …The post Crypto Events 2022; a Festival of Massive Cataclysm and Boon appeared first on Coin Edition.See original on CoinEdition More

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    Crypto Market Sees Massive Drop of Trading Volume in 2022

    CryptoCompare data has revealed that daily crypto transaction volumes fell sharply in December 2022. On November 8, the global crypto trade volumes peaked at around $115.33 billion. This number dropped to $22.95 billion on January 1, 2023.The November spike coincided with FTX’s insolvency and increasing daily transaction volumes. Compared to October 2022’s $543.67 billion, November 2022’s volume grew about 23.79% to $673.01 billion, as per the data from The Block’s crypto exchange volume index. Meanwhile, the total volume in December 2022 amounted to about $357.48 billion, a drop of 46.88%.It must be noted that on Sunday, the stablecoins fueled 71.63 % of all trades. Although the total value of all stablecoins is approximately $16.44 billion at the time of writing, Tether (USDT) represents $12.45 billion in transaction volume. Similarly, on December 15, the global trading volume was $54.78 billion, most of which was in stablecoins.The last time global crypto trade volumes were this low was in December 2020. However, back then, the worldwide crypto transaction volumes were higher by 7.27%, totaling $385.51 billion. According to market watchers, low trading volume indicates wanin …The post Crypto Market Sees Massive Drop of Trading Volume in 2022 appeared first on Coin Edition.See original on CoinEdition More

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    ATOM’s Price Continues Its Bullish Streak and Rises Another 5.46%

    The crypto market has come to life as the new year kicks off. One crypto that has benefited from the new year’s addition of liquidity in the market is Cosmos (ATOM), which has risen 5.46% over the last 24 hours according to CoinMarketCap. As a result, the price of ATOM is trading at $9.88 at press time.The altcoin has also been able to post gains against the two crypto market leaders, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), and has strengthened against both of the leaders by 4.18% and 3.82% respectively. At press time, one ATOM is worth 0.0005926 BTC and 0.008169 ETH.There has also been a 40.20% increase in the daily trading volume for ATOM over the last 24 hours, which has elevated the total trading volume for ATOM to $98,152,610.The post ATOM’s Price Continues Its Bullish Streak and Rises Another 5.46% appeared first on Coin Edition.See original on CoinEdition More

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    Indonesia eyes $11 billion in capital market fundraising this year

    About 260 trillion rupiah was raised through the capital market last year, including the IPO of top tech firm PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia, which raised $1.1 billion in April.Inarno Djajadi, head of capital market supervision at the Financial Services Authority, said there were 84 offerings in the pipeline with 81.41 trillion rupiah ($5.23 billion) in total estimated value. About 54.5 trillion rupiah of that would be from 58 potential IPOs.Among firms expected to go public in 2023 are two units of state energy firm Pertamina, Pertamina Geothermal Energy and Pertamina Hulu Energi. Pertamina Hulu Energi could raise up to $2 billion, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters in December. State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir in a separate event on Monday said that state palm oil grower Palm Co, a unit of state plantation firm PTPN III, may launch an IPO this year. ($1 = 15,570.0000 rupiah) More

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    A resilient Germany is weathering the energy crunch

    The writer is Germany’s minister of financeGerman industry and society are once again proving much more resilient and adaptable than certain people feared. Horror scenarios of a dangerous energy rationing or a massive slump in our economy have often been bandied about. But we are nowhere near that. With a challenging year just behind us, this is good news — not only for Germany, but also for Europe. Companies and households reacted swiftly to the sharp increases in energy prices. They installed more efficient heating or production facilities, switched to alternatives and imported intermediate products. The results are encouraging: German households and businesses have reduced gas consumption significantly, despite recent cold weather. From the start of the war in Ukraine to mid-December industrial gas consumption in Germany was (temperature-adjusted) around 20 per cent lower than the average level for the preceding three years. Even if some firms have cut back production, especially in energy-intensive sectors, industrial output as a whole has only fallen by about 1 per cent since the start of 2022. Added to this, in a survey released by the Ifo institute in November, over a third of German companies saw the potential to reduce gas consumption further without endangering output. Instead of imposing excessive laws and regulations, we have relied on price signals and the prudence of market participants to create the right incentives and reduce gas consumption. We will follow this approach in coming months, when energy savings will remain important. Our latest relief measures will not distort price signals. To this end, the Bundestag approved gas and electricity price brakes in its final session in 2022. They are designed to function without any intervention in markets or prices. This system will pay out a fixed amount relative to previous years’ consumption and the current difference to a reference price — regardless of current consumption.Energy price brakes are the main component of Germany’s “protective shield”, which makes up to €200bn available for measures in 2022 to 2024. Seen in relation to the German economy’s size, its past heavy reliance on Russian energy imports and the fact that the measures will expire in 2024, these are balanced and expedient mechanisms. In contrast to instruments used in other countries, our new arrangements will not affect the price formation process driven by supply and demand, or on incentives to save gas. Companies and households will continue to save the full market price when they reduce consumption by a unit of gas or electricity. In this way, the price brakes also avoid the creation of additional demand for gas at the expense of consumers in other European countries. No one need fear that competition will be distorted or that gas will be bought up. Indeed, a recent IMF working paper on cushioning the impact of high energy prices on households explicitly praises the German energy price brakes. Current developments confirm the effectiveness of a market-based approach — and show that we should also rely on price signals when it comes to reducing CO₂ emissions. Last year, households and companies had only a few weeks to adapt, yet we have already seen a strong response. The effect of CO₂ prices can be even stronger, as adaptation is possible over a much longer time and they additionally affect expectations and long-term decisions. Regulatory interventions and subsidy schemes, even if well targeted, cannot compete with market co-ordination and incentives that support individual decision-making and promote innovation.Europe and Germany can weather this crisis without a collapse in industrial production. We also have an opportunity to deal efficiently with the move to climate neutrality. In both cases, we should have confidence in price signals as well as in the power of people and business to innovate and adapt. More