$7.4B Dollar-Pegged Tokens Withdrawn From Circulation – Altcoins Bitcoin News

During the past 11 days, over 7 billion USDC stablecoins have been withdrawn from circulation, with most of the redemptions occurring following the depegging event of USDC on March 11, 2023. Furthermore, since March 6, a total of 439.48 million BUSD stablecoins have been redeemed. Stablecoin Depegging Event Triggers Billions in Redemptions The stablecoin landscape has undergone significant changes this month after a stablecoin depegging event took place on March 11. During this time, USDC dropped to a low of $0.877 per coin, and half a dozen other stablecoins also…

Openai’s GPT-4 Launch Sparks Surge in AI-Centric Crypto Assets – Altcoins Bitcoin News

Following Openai’s release of GPT-4, a deep learning and artificial intelligence product, crypto assets focused on AI have spiked in value. The AGIX token of the Singularitynet project has risen 25.63% in the last 24 hours. Over the last seven days, four out of the top five AI-centric digital currencies have seen double-digit gains against the U.S. dollar. An Overview of AI-Centric Crypto Asset Market Moves After GPT-4 Release On March 14, 2023, Openai launched the next iteration of deep learning and artificial intelligence (AI) with the release of GPT-4,…

Ebb and Flow of Stablecoin Economy Continues With BUSD’s Market Cap Dropping Below $10 Billion Range – Altcoins Bitcoin News

The realm of stablecoins is an ever-evolving landscape and the number of coins in circulation for the stablecoin BUSD has fallen below the 10 billion mark to approximately 9.68 billion on March 3, 2023. Over the last 30 days, BUSD’s token supply has dropped 40% lower. In contrast, the number of tethers in circulation has increased by 4.7% to 71.11 billion in the last month. BUSD Slips Below $10 Billion, Tether Supply Rises by 4.7% to Over $71 Billion In the stablecoin economy, currency supply fluctuations are key drivers of…

Artificial Intelligence Crypto Assets Continue to Surge, Accounting for $4 Billion in Market Value – Altcoins Bitcoin News

Following a brief downturn in mid-February 2023, artificial intelligence (AI) crypto assets have continued to see gains over the last 30 days. Currently, out of 74 listed AI-focused cryptocurrencies, the net value of all these tokens has risen to more than $4 billion, which accounts for 0.37% of the entire crypto economy’s value. Majority of Listed AI Cryptocurrencies See Positive Gains Over Last Month Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a dominant theme in 2023, resulting in a significant surge in the value of AI-focused tokens this year. Bitcoin.com News reported…

Solana Blockchain Experiences Technical Glitch Causing Transaction Slowdowns – Altcoins Bitcoin News

The Solana smart contract token network experienced a technical glitch on Saturday, February 25, 2023, known as a “large forking event,” causing transaction failures for some users. Solana’s incident report referred to it as “cluster instability” and indicated that a coordinated restart was launched to accelerate block finalization. Solana Blockchain Deals With ‘Large Forking Event’ On Saturday at about 6:37 UTC, the Solana blockchain experienced reduced functionality, and users reported a significant slowdown in block finalization, along with some transaction failures. Solblaze, the liquid staking pool, reported that while Solana…

BUSD Stablecoin Drops from Top 10 Crypto Assets Amid Significant Decrease in Dominance – Altcoins Bitcoin News

After Paxos announced that it would no longer mint the stablecoin BUSD, 4.98 billion BUSD stablecoins have been removed from circulation to date. The Paxos-managed stablecoin has also fallen out of the top ten crypto assets by market capitalization, slipping below dogecoin’s valuation with a market cap of around $11.12 billion, compared to the meme coin’s $11.24 billion. BUSD Redemption: Almost $5 Billion Worth of Stablecoins Removed from Circulation in 12 Days Since Paxos announced on Feb. 13, 2023, that it would no longer issue the dollar-pegged crypto asset BUSD,…

Ethereum’s Transition to Proof-of-Stake Yields Deflationary Results – Altcoins Bitcoin News

After the transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), Ethereum’s annual issuance rate has been reduced to negative 0.057%, according to statistics 158 days after The Merge. The metrics indicate that more ethereum tokens have been removed than issued, and if the chain were still under PoW consensus, 1,823,678 ether would have been minted to date. Ethereum’s Negative Annual Issuance and Unlocked Ether in March Could Shift Equilibrium Statistics from the analytics website ultrasound.money show that the Ethereum network is deflationary these days. More than 1.023 million ether is removed…