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Bitcoin SV Just Hit 4 Million Daily Transactions
Bitcoin SV scales to 4 million transactions per day. Seriously. It already does that. Easily. Even while its price and bsv coinmarketcap ranking remains stubbornly low and stuck. BSV supporters have been saying these things for months. But it's always good to look at the facts. What they really are.
Archie DuttonMar 25, 2026
BARD Crypto Explained Without the Jargon or Hype
Bitcoin's most obvious problem: the majority of holders don't use it. Tokens on other blockchains can be deposited into DeFi protocols and staked to earn yield. Bitcoin doesn't have a native mechanism for that. Enter Lombard, the protocol powering bard crypto. Its pitch is simple: Lombard's technology allows people to put their Bitcoin to work in DeFi without surrendering ownership of their BTC. Whether that promise survives a deep dive is another question entirely.
Crypto News NavigatorMar 23, 2026
Core Merged Bitcoin Security with EVM Speed and It Actually Works
Is it possible to have a blockchain "secured by bitcoin" without forking bitcoin? That's the promise being sold by Core crypto, which launched with Satoshi Plus consensus hybridizing proof-of-work and delegated proof-of-stake. The elevator pitch is convincing: leverage the most battle-tested crypto security model to back an execution layer that can finalize every few seconds. But with ~200 validators and sub-10-second block times as of March 2026, curious minds will want to know how the engineering squares up.
Crypto News NavigatorMar 20, 2026
Satoshi Nakamoto's Legacy Lives in TOSHI's Community Model
Toshi coin passed 921,000 holders this month, surpassing competing memecoin Base BRETT by nearly 57,000 wallets. Toshi achieved these milestones despite having absolutely ZERO venture capital firms in its cap table. Stop by the toshi price page on CoinGecko if you haven't in a while (global rank #290, market cap $91 million) and let those numbers sink in. They tell a story far greater than most aspects of the memecoin boom.
Mia HallandMar 18, 2026
From Rejected to $179 Billion: The Complete History of Bitcoin ETFs and What They Changed
When ten Bitcoin spot ETFs went live on January 11, 2024, the crypto market changed in ways that are still playing out. Volatility dropped 55%, institutional money poured in at a pace that shattered every ETF record in history, and Bitcoin's correlation with the S&P 500 surged to 0.71. This is the full breakdown of what shifted, why it happened, and what the next wave of altcoin ETFs will inherit.
Crypto News NavigatorMar 13, 2026
How to Buy Gemini Dollar When You Want USD Stability
Launched in 2018, GUSD was one of the first stablecoins to get the green light from the New York State Department of Financial Services. Every GUSD token has the backing of one dollar, which is kept as cash, in money market funds, or in US Treasury bills. These are held at State Street Bank and Trust Company, Goldman Sachs, or Fidelity. BPM LLP, an independent accounting firm, puts out reserve reports each month and checks holdings every day. Tether and Circle usually put out their reports every three months. For users who keep an eye on Gemini's BTC price along with their stablecoin holdings, this reserve setup gives some regulatory confidence that trading volume alone can't match.
Mia HallandMar 10, 2026