CRYPTOCURRENCY
UniSat Commemorates BRC-20 Anniversary with Key Updates and Future Plans
UniSat celebrates the first anniversary of BRC-20, announcing new features, upcoming projects, and a call for beta testers for their latest app.
BRC-20 Token Standard Creator Opposes UniSat Wallet's Proposed Fork
Domo opposes UniSat Wallet's BRC-20 fork, citing risks to stability and community impact in the evolving crypto landscape.
Magic Eden Halts BRC-20 Trading Temporarily Amid Ordinals Expansion
Magic Eden temporarily suspended BRC-20 trading on October 22, 2023, to ensure user protection until certain BRC-20 regulations were agreed upon. Earlier in June, the platform had extended support for BRC-20 tokens, diving deeper into the Bitcoin ecosystem. Following the halt, trading resumed on July 13, 2023, with a promotional reduction in listing fees to 0.1% for new BRC-20 tokens for a month.
BRC-20 Tokens Surge in Popularity as Traders Flock to Bitcoin's Latest Token Standard
BRC-20 tokens, the latest token standard on the Bitcoin blockchain, have seen a surge in popularity as traders and investors embrace the novel fungible token. With a market capitalization of over $1 billion and a total trading volume of $207.7 million in the past 24 hours, BRC-20 tokens like ORDI, NALS, VMPX, PEPE, and MEME have experienced significant price variance.
BRC-20 Bitcoin Tokens Surpass $1 Billion Market Cap
BRC-20 Bitcoin tokens reached a market capitalization of $1 billion, with notable tokens like ORDI, NALS, VMPX, PEPE, and MEME experiencing price variance of between +11% and -55%. The token standard uses Ordinals and Inscriptions to manage token contracts, minting, and transfers on the Bitcoin blockchain.
Bitcoin Ordinals Inscriptions Double
The number of Ordinals inscriptions on the Bitcoin network has almost doubled in the last eight days, largely due to the popularity of text-based inscriptions as the BRC-20 token standard. BRC-20 tokens currently have a total market cap of around $700 million, with experts predicting the market for "Bitcoin NFTs" may reach $4.5 billion by 2025.