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Adam Forsyth

Why transaction counts tell you almost nothing

Every chain announcement leads with a transaction number. On a network charging $0.0002, 1 million transactions represents $200 of economic activity and a weekend of testing. The metric that headlines every milestone is the one that survives the least scrutiny, and the analytics platforms already know it. Summary Transaction counts are the most-cited blockchain metric…

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What happens if a prediction market is delisted?

Prediction market guides explain how contracts resolve and pay. Almost none explain what happens when a market never gets that far, because it was voided, suspended by a court, renamed mid-life, or pulled by the exchange. The answers live in rulebooks and incident history, and they differ enough to matter. Summary A prediction market can…

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Fidelity Flags October and Bitcoin Bottom as ‘Yardstick’ Hits Historic Lows

Bitcoin is nearing a market bottom, according to a key valuation metric called the Yardstick from Fidelity Digital Assets. “BTC’s Yardstick is hovering near historic lows, while several sentiment indicators are approaching capitulation territory,” stated Fidelity in its Q3 Signals Report on Tuesday. However, bitcoin is currently trading around 50% below its all-time high,…

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Tether USAT launches on Celo as second mainnet

Tether’s US-focused USAT stablecoin has launched on Celo, marking its second mainnet deployment after Ethereum and extending the token to a network widely used for digital-dollar payments. Summary USAT now supports native minting and burning on Celo rather than relying solely on bridged tokens. Celo users can pay network gas fees with USAT through the…

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