Blocksteam CEO: There are currently no soft or hard forks caused by inscriptions
On December 10th, Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, wrote on the X platform that there is currently no soft or hard fork behavior caused by inscriptions, and the scrutiny resistance model of Bitcoin is that other miners will mine something that a miner/pool does not mine. Now with Stratum V2 and commitment transactions, anti-scrutiny and decentralized attributes can be done even better.
1075 BTC transferred from Coinbase to unknown new wallet
Whale Alert monitored that at around 00:23 Beijing time today, 1,075 BTC (worth about $47,190,678) was transferred from Coinbase to an unknown new wallet.
Bitcoin Ordinals EVM expansion protocol Veda announces indefinite postponement
On December 10th, Bitcoin Ordinals EVM expansion protocol Veda announced on social media that the launch of the protocol will be indefinitely postponed due to force majeure, while Veda-core and Veda-bvm will be open-sourced.
33,000 BTC and 210,000 ETH options are expiring soon
According to Greeks.live monitoring, 33,000 BTC options are about to expire with a Put Call Ratio of 0.84, a maximum pain point of $40,000, and a nominal value of $1.43 billion. Additionally, 210,000 ETH options are about to expire with a Put Call Ratio of 0.59, a maximum pain point of $2,150, and a nominal value of $490 million.<br>Greeks.live states that the option data shows a significant increase in short-term positions for BTC, indicating that this week's main trading focus is BTC options, and the proportion of bearish options is not low. Expectations for an increase are mainly focused on the ETF approval in January, with a noticeable increase in positions in January, making this December not peaceful.
1118 BTC transferred from Coinbase to unknown wallet
According to Whale Alert monitoring, 1118 BTC (approximately $48,467,632) was transferred from Coinbase to an unknown wallet.
Bitcoin options holdings hit $20.7 billion, a new all-time high
According to Coinglass data, the current value of outstanding Bitcoin options contracts has reached $20.7 billion, setting a new historical record.Among them, Deribit has the highest value of outstanding Bitcoin options contracts at $15.904 billion, followed by CME ($1.974 billion), OKX ($1.298 billion), Bybit ($0.973 billion), and Binance ($0.597 billion).
What Do Schnorr Signatures Do for Bitcoin?
Bitcoin uses digital signatures to enable coins to be transferred on the blockchain. Digital signatures are used to prove ownership of specific coins and to authorize their transfer to a new owner.
UK court orders Craig Wright's company Tulip Trading to prove ownership of Bitcoin in hacking case
A UK court document shows that Craig Wright's company, Tulip Trading, needs to prove ownership of about 110,000 bitcoins, which are at the center of a case filed in 2021 against a group of bitcoin developers. The developers are suing Tulip, accusing them of wrongly refusing to help Wright's company recover billions of dollars worth of bitcoins lost in a hack.
4,535 BTC transferred between unknown wallets, worth nearly $200 million
WhaleAlert monitoring shows that at 23:53 Beijing time, 4,535 BTC (198,031,859 USD) was transferred from an unknown wallet to another unknown wallet.
The Bitcoin network just mined four blocks in 3 minutes, after more than 90 minutes without a block.
On december 7th, OKLink data shows that the Bitcoin network just (20:35-20:38) mined four blocks within three minutes, before that, no blocks had been mined for over 90 minutes.
