What is the Nakamoto Coefficient & Why Does it Matter?
The Nakamoto Coefficient is the smallest number of independent entities that would need to collude to compromise a blockchain's consensus. In Proof-of-Work, that means mining pools with enoug
Category
Altcoins
Latest CryptoCompass coverage, analysis, and explainers filed under Altcoins.
Latest Altcoins Stories
Newest first
How Much Funding Has Canton Developer Digital Asset Raised?
Digital Asset (@digitalasset), the New York company building the Canton Network (@CantonNetwork), has raised at least $812 million since its founding in 2014, per CryptoRank data. The latest
How Do Leveraged Dogecoin ETFs Work?
A leveraged Dogecoin ETF is a fund that aims to deliver a multiple, usually double, of Dogecoin's daily price move by holding derivatives instead of the coin itself, and it resets that exposu
Cardano ADA Price Hits Highest Level Since July 4
ADA reached $0.195, its highest price since July 4. Cardano’s market cap increased 24% over the past week. The number of ADA holders continues to decline, according to Santiment. Cardano’s AD
BTC vs ETH vs XRP: Which ETFs Attracted the Most Money on Monday?
After a painful end to the previous week (and month), the spot Bitcoin ETFs began August with a bang, attracting over $170 million in net inflows. This made them the best-performing exchange-
Switzerland pulls ahead of Germany in crypto adoption
A statue of Satoshi Nakamoto stands in Lugano, and Swiss merchants readily accept bitcoin. In the Helvetic Confederation, paying with cryptocurrency is nothing out of the ordinary. The Bearin
Cardano And Injective Connect Through IBC On Testnet
First Live On-Chain Rail Between Cardano and Injective Cardano and Injective have switched on a live Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) connection on testnet, marking a notable step toward
Dfinity Founder Pushes Back On Quantum Crypto Fears
Williams: Blockchains Will Get Ample Warning Dominic Williams, founder and chief scientist of Dfinity and the Internet Computer Protocol ($ICP), is pushing back on growing fears that quantum
Kenya puts 30 million academic records on Avalanche
Onchain Credential Verification at Scale Kenya's Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has moved its academic credential verification system onchain, anchoring more than 30 million recor
XRP Ledger opens up global public nodes through Ankr
The XRP Ledger Foundation (@XRPLF) has partnered with @ankr to deploy a network of globally distributed public nodes on the XRP Ledger ($XRP), spanning locations from New York to Singapore. T
NEAR Co-Founder Proposes Sovereign Fund to Strengthen Long-Term Tokenomics
Summary Illia Polosukhin proposed a sovereign fund using treasury assets and protocol revenue to support ecosystem services sustainably while reducing inflation. Governance could expand the t
Here’s Why Cardano Price Is Rallying While ADA Holders Keep Leaving
Cardano price has climbed steadily since July 28, even as several major problems continue to affect its ecosystem. ADA moved from around $0.15 to a high near $0.199 today, which placed it amo