$311 Billion: The Contract That Does Not Exist
The number dominated every terminal on my desk Tuesday morning. $311 billion....
| Coin | Price | 24h |
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BTC
Bitcoin
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$62,822 | -0.85% |
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ETH
Ethereum
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$1,781.79 | -0.69% |
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SOL
Solana
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$81.04 | -1.03% |
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BNB
BNB Chain
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$590.5 | +2.48% |
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XRP
XRP Ledger
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$1.14 | -2.89% |
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DOGE
Dogecoin
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$0.0774 | -1.65% |
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ADA
Cardano
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$0.1892 | -2.37% |
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AVAX
Avalanche
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$6.92 | -1.52% |
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DOT
Polkadot
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$0.8826 | -1.20% |
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LINK
Chainlink
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$8.03 | -0.66% |
Extreme Fear
Market Sentiment
Team and early investor shares released
Block reward reduced to 3.125 BTC
Circulating supply increases by about 2%
Independent validator client goes live on mainnet
92 million ARB released
Block reward halving event
Raises validator limit and account abstraction
Improves data availability sampling efficiency
Bitcoin Season
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