The 3x Mirage: Volatility Shares, Cboe, and the Quiet Arithmetic of Trust
The news feed called it a milestone, and the news feed is rarely wrong about...
The news feed called it a milestone, and the news feed is rarely wrong about...
An empty array passed validation. That is the entire story. Last week I...
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Extreme Fear
Market Sentiment
Circulating supply increases by about 2%
Block reward reduced to 3.125 BTC
Team and early investor shares released
Improves data availability sampling efficiency
92 million ARB released
Block reward halving event
Raises validator limit and account abstraction
Independent validator client goes live on mainnet
Bitcoin Season
| # | Coin | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bitcoin
BTC
|
$62,822 |
| 1 |
Ethereum
ETH
|
$1,781.79 |
| 1 |
Solana
SOL
|
$81.04 |
| 1 |
BNB Chain
BNB
|
$590.5 |
| 1 |
XRP Ledger
XRP
|
$1.14 |
| 1 |
Dogecoin
DOGE
|
$0.0774 |
| 1 |
Cardano
ADA
|
$0.1892 |
| 1 |
Avalanche
AVAX
|
$6.92 |
| 1 |
Polkadot
DOT
|
$0.8826 |
| 1 |
Chainlink
LINK
|
$8.03 |