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During the historically significant block size debate that raged through the Bitcoin userbase from 2015 to 2017, a key area of contention surrounded the idea of how bitcoin (BTC)-denominated payments will scale to a global userbase. While some major miners, exchanges, wallet providers, and other users wanted to see a hard fork to increase capacity for on-chain payments, the major contributors to Bitcoin Core and other users thought it would be a better idea to try to maximize use of the then-available block space limit before opting for a backwards incompatible change that could potentially split the network. The end result of this debate was the adoption of Segregated Witness (SegWit), which paved the way for the Lightning Network to develop as a secondary payments layer for the base Bitcoin blockchain. While there has been some adoption of this layer-two (L2) Bitcoin network in various forms, drivechain inventor and LayerT...

Rumble Inc (NASDAQ: RUM) CEO Chris Pavlovski publicly considered adding Bitcoin (BTC) to the company’s balance sheet on November 19. MicroStrategy Inc (NASDAQ: MSTR) Founder and Chairman Michael Saylor offered support, quickly making Rumble stock surge before the market’s closing. https://twitter.com/saylor/status/1858945523258159169 Looking ahead, Finbold turned to artificial intelligence (AI) models and asked for a price prediction to RUM for 2025 year-end. Notably, since MicroStrategy acquired Bitcoin for the first time on August 11, 2020, BTC is up 732% by press time. Meanwhile, MSTR stock surged by 2,938% in the same period, going from $14.44 to $438.76 per share. Picks for you ‘Rich Dad’ R. Kiyosaki makes super bullish Bitcoin prediction 46 mins ago ...

Institutional adoption of digital assets has significantly increased, as evidenced by the majority of top hedge funds now reporting holdings in Bitcoin ETFs. Simultaneously, Bitcoin adoption in Africa is experiencing rapid growth, with over 110 businesses across 18 countries actively utilizing the cryptocurrency. Furthermore, a recent report from African Bitcoiners reveals a 16% rise in the number of Bitcoin-related organizations established in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the second quarter.  This trend underscores the expanding influence of digital assets on both institutional and regional levels. New cryptocurrency releases, listings, and presales today are also attracting investor interest. This article provides a curated list of these tokens to assist interested investors. New Cryptocurrency Releases, Listings, and Presales Today Auki Labs is leading the way in shared augmented reality by introducing pose mesh domains, representing a new virtual real estate form. ...