Spot Ethereum ETFs pull in $240 million, beating Bitcoin ETFs’ $164 million daily inflows
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The number of BOB users has surpassed 500,000, hurry up and check your ranking!
Currently ranked over 4,000 in the third quarter.
BTC Layer 2 ➡️ BTC DeFi ➡️ Just watch BOB 🧡
BOBchinese
The number of BOB users has just surpassed 500,000!
We want to place Bitcoin at the core of DeFi 🧡
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Editor's note: As the regulatory winds warm and the infrastructure matures, stablecoins are quietly becoming a core component of the next generation of payment networks. This article focuses on the latest strategic layout of payments giant Stripe, from restarting crypto payments, acquiring Bridge and Privy, to building a stablecoin "full stack" that covers front-end wallets and back-end liquidation. This isn't just a technology iteration, it's Stripe's collective bet on the future of programmable money. It sends an important signal: the popularity of stablecoins may not come from crypto-native, but from traditional tech giants like Stripe.
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Stripe is steadily building an unrivaled stablecoin infrastructure.
The payments giant has just announced the acquisition of popular wallet infrastructure provider Privy, another major move in its return to crypto – driven by the explosive growth potential of stablecoins.
If you don't already know Stripe, it's a payments platform that serves half of the Fortune 100 and 78% of the projects on the Forbes AI 50 list. Last year, Stripe processed $1.4 trillion in payments, up 38% year-over-year. In contrast, Stripe's revenue is growing seven times faster than that of S&P 500 companies, meaning it has a strong presence in mainstream commerce. In other words, it's the "ideal player" we want to be able to drive stablecoin adoption.
The acquisition of Privy comes on the heels of its aggressive Bridge acquisition, Stripe's largest acquisition ever. These two transactions send a clear signal that Stripe is seeking to master the full technology stack of "stablecoin native payments" and "programmable money".
Let's take a look at what exactly Stripe has in its hands.
What does Privy bring to Stripe?
Privy provides a set of tools for polishing the "rough edges" of the crypto world, especially when it comes to the wallet experience.
Developers can embed crypto wallets directly into their applications through Privy's software development kit (SDK), and users can quickly create wallets in familiar ways such as email or social accounts, greatly reducing the barrier to entry for crypto products.
According to the acquisition announcement, Privy has now served more than 1,000 teams with a total of 75 million accounts, and has processed billions of dollars in transaction volume. Its client list includes core players in the crypto space such as Hyperliquid, Farcaster, and others.
For Stripe, Privy is a natural complement to its previous acquisition of Bridge. Privy packages the complex wallet infrastructure into a "plug-and-play" Stripe-style component, which, together with Bridge's stablecoin solution, builds a complete stablecoin payment toolchain.
In other words, Stripe can now offer services across the entire crypto stack – with wallet tools via Privy on the frontend and stablecoin clearing and transfers on the backend supported by Bridge.
Bridge: The back-end engine for stablecoins
Bridge, a $1.1 billion acquisition by Stripe in February, offers three core services that developers can access with just a few lines of code:
Transaction orchestration: Help enterprises transfer, custody and receive stablecoins, and Bridge is responsible for compliance and regulatory requirements.
Stablecoin issuance: Businesses can issue their own stablecoins through Bridge, and their reserves are invested in U.S. Treasury bonds, and the interest income can be shared with the issuer.
Cross-border transfers: Support account opening and global fund flow in USD and EUR.
Bridge has already shown great value in the real world: Starlink (through its parent company SpaceX) uses Bridge to steadily repatriate its revenue in Argentina to the U.S. in dollars; Nigerian users pay for YouTube Premium and ChatGPT subscriptions through Bridge; Small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. also use Bridge to accept global stablecoin payments without the complexity of the traditional international banking system.
Since being acquired by Stripe, Bridge has expanded rapidly. At present, its "stablecoin financial account" has covered 101 countries, and enterprises can hold USDC and USDB (Bridge's own stablecoin) balances in the account, and support receiving money through traditional banks and crypto networks.
In addition, Bridge recently partnered with Visa to launch the world's first stablecoin credit card issuance. With this solution, fintech and crypto companies such as Ramp, Squads, Airtm, and others have begun issuing Visa cards that connect directly to stablecoin wallets, allowing users to spend their stablecoin balances directly at more than 150 million Visa-enabled merchants worldwide.
Full-stack betting: Stripe's path to stablecoins
Stripe's relationship with crypto spans a decade, with many trials and retreats. Back in 2014, Stripe launched Bitcoin payments, but ended support in 2018 due to high price volatility. In 2019, Stripe joined Facebook's Libra project (which later spun off Sui and Aptos, respectively), but eventually opted out.
The reasons for each retreat are the same: unstable prices, immature infrastructure, and unclear regulation. However, the current change in the US government's attitude towards cryptoassets, especially stablecoins, has changed the situation. Dollar-pegged, programmable, and liquid stablecoins offer the stability of fiat currencies with the flexibility of cryptocurrencies, and are increasingly supported by the U.S. regulatory system.
Stripe's recent product expansion reflects its belief in this trend. In 2024, Stripe reopened crypto payments after a six-year pause, allowing USDC to be received through the Solana, Ethereum, and Polygon networks. Its partnership with Coinbase also enables it to support crypto payments on the Base network and to exchange fiat and crypto assets directly within the Coinbase Wallet.
Now, with Privy in charge of the wallet infrastructure and Bridge in the stablecoin backend, Stripe has full control over the front-end and back-end of the programmable money technology stack. In the past, the adoption of stablecoins was often limited by infrastructure gaps – businesses that wanted to access crypto payments struggled to guide users to get started, and users who wanted to use them were discouraged by the complexity of the wallet experience.
Now, those hurdles are being removed by Stripe. For stablecoins, this may be the real "tipping point".
Stripe's influence extends far beyond the crypto world, it deeply serves the mainstream business, e-commerce platforms, and enterprise software ecosystems. By simplifying stablecoin integration into a "new payment method," Stripe has the potential to dramatically accelerate adoption in a market where crypto is still a niche market.
At the end of the day, Stripe isn't just about "buying infrastructure", it's building a "programmable money underlay" that is compatible with fiat, crypto, and AI applications. After years of conservative testing, Stripe's truly full-stack investment is expected to accelerate the transformation of stablecoins from crypto-native to the world's mainstream financial system.
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How about we fill the CME gap and resume up only?
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I made my first 10x coin with $PENDLE and also created the earliest Dune dashboard for Pendle War.
I started researching Pendle because their user education is excellent, vastly different from other web3 products. As I delved deeper and followed Pendle through various narratives, my confidence in the team grew stronger.
It can be said that Pendle has injected a lot of fresh blood into the DeFi space and has brought wealth effects to most people.
Yond (DeFi arc) 🐻⛓️
I researched why the community vitality of @pendle_fi is so strong, with a continuous flow of spontaneous community content production. The reasons may include the following points:
1️⃣ The tokenization of PT/YT has made Pendle a major asset issuer on the basis of interest rate splitting, with strong asset composability.
For example: The interaction between PT assets and lending protocols like @aave and @SiloFinance can create many opportunities for capital efficiency.
2️⃣ YT is one of the few opportunities in the DeFi space that allows for high returns with a low capital threshold, while other DeFi protocols often require a certain amount of principal to participate and earn some money.
YT essentially provides a carefully selected launchpad for users who love valuation and model analysis. Achieving high returns also helps build the reputation of the launchpad platform.
3️⃣ Based on vePENDLE governance, and derivative protocols like @Penpiexyz_io and @Equilibriafi, $PENDLE holders can be well-fed and willingly act as spiritual shareholders.
The entire Pendle ecosystem allows:
1) Big whales 2) Poor guys 3) Spiritual shareholders to share the feast.
In summary: There are many wealth creation opportunities, low capital thresholds, and asymmetric information on returns. While users produce content, they are also serving their own PT/YT/$PENDLE bags.
So, where is the content path for other DeFi protocols? 🤔
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Bitcoin price performance in USD
The current price of Bitcoin is $107,735.5. Over the last 24 hours, Bitcoin has decreased by -1.70%. It currently has a circulating supply of 19,877,675 BTC and a maximum supply of 21,000,000 BTC, giving it a fully diluted market cap of $2,142.25B. At present, Bitcoin holds the 1 position in market cap rankings. The Bitcoin/USD price is updated in real-time.
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Bitcoin (BTC) is a revolutionary virtual currency that supports a decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) payment system free from the centralized control of any government or entity. Bitcoin was created in 2008 by an anonymous person or group of people known by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
Although Bitcoin wasn't technically the first cryptocurrency created, the asset and its ground-breaking blockchain technology are widely considered the catalyst for today's flourishing digital asset industry. Bitcoin is currently the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
How does Bitcoin work?
Bitcoin is entirely digital and operates on a decentralized blockchain network — a virtual public ledger that records all transactions made on the Bitcoin blockchain. Bitcoin transactions are sent electronically to nodes that verify their validity. Once confirmed, a transaction is grouped with others to create a 'block' of information, which is then added to the blockchain. This process is known as Proof of Work, and it helps to protect the network's security.
The blockchain ledger is immutable, making it virtually impossible to be removed or altered. The ledger is freely accessible to anyone, making it an open blockchain, and transactions can be made anonymously, bringing privacy and transparency to the network. Being decentralized, Bitcoin can be traded freely between anyone with an internet connection through P2P trading.
Who created Bitcoin?
Bitcoin was created by the individual or collective group known as Satoshi Nakamoto as a response to perceived issues with the traditional banking system. Bitcoin was launched immediately after the global economic crash of 2007 and 2008, and its purpose was revealed to the world through a white paper titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. Ultimately, Bitcoin was designed to help create a fairer, more equitable, and more democratic financial system for all — free from the control of banks and centralized entities.
Over the years, various figures have claimed to be Bitcoin's creator, and some media titles have incorrectly identified individuals as such. But, to this day, Nakamoto's true identity has never been revealed.
What is Bitcoin used for?
Bitcoin is considered by many to be a store of value, which is why some refer to the asset as "digital gold". The currency also provides a decentralized payment system through which other digital assets can be traded and transferred.
Bitcoin is widely traded speculatively, and is growing in adoption as a form of payment for goods and services. What's more, some companies allow their employees to be paid a portion of their salary in Bitcoin. Many people see Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation, given its historical resilience and alleged outperformance during inflationary periods.
Advancements to blockchain technology have brought about an evolution in what's possible on the Bitcoin network. The ordinals protocol, for example, now allows users to inscribe data such as videos, images, and text onto individual satoshis — the smallest unit of Bitcoin — on the Bitcoin blockchain. This created a new way of storing and sharing digital assets using blockchain technology. Then, in 2024, Bitcoin Runes arrived. The protocol allows users to create new tokens directly on the Bitcoin network, and potentially provides Bitcoin miners with a new revenue stream.
Bitcoin price and tokenomics
One unique factor of Bitcoin is that the BTC price and value is ultimately determined by the collective opinion and actions of the community that trades it. Where fiat currencies are backed by physical commodities or government guarantees, Bitcoin is simply backed by data and shared beliefs.
Bitcoin's price and value is also influenced by the demand for the asset relative to its available supply. From the asset's inception, its supply was limited to 21 million Bitcoin to create scarcity and theoretically increase the asset's value over time as demand increases. Factors outside of the asset's controlled supply and scarcity also have an impact on BTC price. One major factor is the sentiment surrounding Bitcoin news and how it influences public opinion to either buy or sell the asset.
The supply of total Bitcoin is managed by a process known as 'mining', which is also decentralized and open to anyone with the required connectivity, knowledge, and resources. BTC mining involves using computers to solve complex equations to validate transactions and store them on the blockchain. Bitcoin miners earn BTC as a reward for solving these equations. Not only does this incentive increase the supply of Bitcoin, it also helps to strengthen the network's security.
What is the Bitcoin halving?
Bitcoin's code has been deliberately designed to reduce the rewards given to miners through an event known as Bitcoin halving. The amount of Bitcoin awarded to miners for successfully adding blocks to the blockchain is reduced by half after every 210,000 blocks, or approximately every four years. To date, the Bitcoin network has witnessed a halving event in November 2012, July 2016, May 2020, and April 2024.
The Bitcoin halving progressively reduces the rate at which new BTC enters circulation until the total fixed supply of 21 million Bitcoin is mined. Bitcoin mining will end when the token reaches its maximum circulating supply around the year 2140. Since the latest halving event in 2024, the Bitcoin mining reward has been cut from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC. The next Bitcoin halving is expected to take place at some point during 2028, although the exact date is difficult to estimate. Following the next halving event, the Bitcoin mining block reward will be reduced to 1.5625 BTC.
Historically, the BTC price has rallied following halving events, although the gains made have diminished with each successive halving. The Bitcoin price jumped by over 12,400% following the first halving event in 2012, 5,200% after the 2016 halving, and 1,200% following the 2020 halving.
Bitcoin mining and its environmental impact
'Bitcoin mining' refers to the process through which new Bitcoin are created and Bitcoin transactions are verified before being added to the blockchain. During the mining process, miners compete to solve difficult cryptographic problems. The first miner to solve the problem is rewarded with newly created Bitcoins — what's known as the block reward.
Bitcoin mining has come under scrutiny for its environmental impact because the process is highly energy intensive. Research have shown that, in 2023, the electricity used to support Bitcoin mining represented around 0.2% to 0.9% of the total global demand for electricity. As a result, Bitcoin mining consumes a similar amount of electricity as some countries. And, as the difficulty of solving cryptographic problems during the mining process increases, so does the energy demanded. The environmental impact of Bitcoin mining is understandably a challenge for the crypto space. Today, organizations such as the Crypto Climate Accord (CCA) and Bitcoin Mining Council (BMC) are working to address the sustainability challenges facing crypto and provide transparency to mining operations.
Towards more sustainable Bitcoin mining methods, the activity has been adopted as a method of monetizing energy sources that would otherwise go to waste, providing a valuable source of income in developing nations in particular. In both Nigeria and Costa Rica for example, hydroelectric power is being repurposed to support crypto mining operations, generating income not only through mined BTC but also the hosting of mining infrastructure. Meanwhile, some Bitcoin mining operations have invested their BTC earnings into renewable energy sources to help offset the environmental impact of mining.
How to trade Bitcoin
There are many ways to acquire and trade Bitcoin, and one of the most common is through an exchange. Although Bitcoin was built on the idea of decentralization, what's known as a centralized exchange provides access to the currency. On a centralized exchange, you can purchase Bitcoin using traditional currencies such as USD and EUR, or using other cryptocurrencies including USDC or ETH. Alongside providing an avenue to purchase Bitcoin, centralized exchanges also match buyers to sellers so you can trade Bitcoin with ease.
Decentralized exchanges are an alternative to centralized services. On a decentralized exchange, buyers and sellers interact directly without the involvement of an intermediary to trade cryptocurrencies. This is known as P2P. Although decentralized exchanges may be hosted by a centralized entity, it has no influence over the transactions between users, and only provides the platform for exchanges to take place. As a result, you'll need a Bitcoin wallet to safely store your BTC.
Alongside the trading of Bitcoin for other digital assets, it's possible to obtain Bitcoin through mining and even by using Bitcoin ATMs. Like a conventional ATM but one that's connected to the blockchain, Bitcoin ATMs allow you to effortlessly exchange BTC for cash or cash for BTC.
How can I keep my Bitcoin safe?
If you buy or trade Bitcoin through a centralized exchange, your chosen platform will hold your tokens on your behalf. However, it's recommended that you use a self-custody Bitcoin wallet to manage your BTC yourself. With a secure and trusted Bitcoin wallet, you won't need to rely on a third-party to keep your Bitcoin safe. You'll keep full control of your private keys, while you also avoid the need to share personal details with a third-party, preserving your privacy. Whether you choose a hardware or a software wallet when selecting a Bitcoin wallet, it's essential to understand how the tool works and how to manage your private keys, so you avoid errors that could compromise the security of your assets.
Latest Bitcoin news
2024 has been a noteworthy year for Bitcoin. One major development for the currency came with the approval of a Spot Bitcoin ETF by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which was announced on January 10, 2024. Eleven proposals from issuers including Grayscale, Blackrock, ARK, and VanEck were approved, marking a major shift towards the mainstream adoption of Bitcoin. This was followed by the approval of six further Spot Bitcoin ETFs in Hong Kong on April 30, 2024 as the funds reached retail traders in Asia for the first time.
Around three months after the approval of the Spot Bitcoin ETF in the U.S., the virtual currency experienced its fourth Bitcoin halving since launch, which happened on April 19, 2024. The Bitcoin halving cut the reward granted to miners on the Bitcoin network from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC. There's much speculation around the impact the latest Bitcoin halving event will have on the asset's value, and it's still too early to assess how the 2024 halving will impact the Bitcoin price long-term.
Events such as the Spot Bitcoin ETF approval, the 2024 halving event, and bullish sentiment for the crypto market broadly helped Bitcoin to reach a new all-time high price of $73,787 on March 13, 2024. However, BTC prices pulled back as far as $56,825.40 on April 30, 2024, before reaching above $60,000 and entering a period of sideways movement.
Number of posts mentioning a token in the last 24h. This can help gauge the level of interest surrounding this token.
Contributors
Number of individuals posting about a token in the last 24h. A higher number of contributors can suggest improved token performance.
Interactions
Sum of socially-driven online engagement in the last 24h, such as likes, comments, and reposts. High engagement levels can indicate strong interest in a token.
Sentiment
Percentage score reflecting post sentiment in the last 24h. A high percentage score correlates with positive sentiment and can indicate improved market performance.
Volume rank
Volume refers to post volume in the last 24h. A higher volume ranking reflects a token’s favored position relative to other tokens.
In the last 24 hours, there have been 142K new posts about Bitcoin, driven by 56K contributors, and total online engagement reached 88M social interactions. The sentiment score for Bitcoin currently stands at 79%. Compared to all cryptocurrencies, post volume for Bitcoin currently ranks at 49. Keep an eye on changes to social metrics as they can be key indicators of the influence and reach of Bitcoin.
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When was cryptocurrency invented?
Thanks to the 2008 financial crisis, interest in decentralized finance boomed. Bitcoin offered a novel solution by being a secure digital asset on a decentralized network. Since then, many other tokens such as Bitcoin have been created as well.
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