Part two of this series exploring the growing intersections of blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) illustrated how this combination is transforming the blockchain ecosystem. The convergence is growing across a number of industries, and healthcare is a prime example. It’s also a fast-growing one. According to Morgan Stanley, the industry’s average estimated budget allocation to AI is projected to grow from 5.7% in 2022 to 10.5% in 2024. Similarly, blockchain’s market size in healthcare was valued at $1.97 billion in 2022 and is expected to expand at an eye-popping CAGR of 68% from 2023 to 2030. These growth predictions are unsurprising since, used properly, blockchain and AI can be excellent…
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Crypto’s top 10: Rankings shake-up looms as Ethereum killers make presence felt
Binance Coin, Polkadot and Cardano are in the ascendancy. Should Ethereum, buckling under the strain of congestion, be worried?
Back in December 2017, when BTC hit $20,000 for the first time, altcoins such as Bitcoin Cash, XRP and Litecoin were firm favorites in the top five. Tether and Binance Coin were nowhere to be seen among the 20 biggest coins. Some, like Polkadot, didn’t even exist. Fast forward to 2021, and the rundown of the 10 biggest cryptocurrencies by market cap looks very different indeed.
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Bison Trails: Build new nodes 100x faster
The Blockchain infrastructure firm says Global Blockchain Sync can cut “the time it takes for new nodes to sync from the typical weeks or months to mere hours’
The GBS service can set up an EOS (EOS) archival node within 72 hours as opposed to six months, while Ethereum archival node setup time is cut from over 14 days to 12 hours, Bison Trails said. Supported networks include Polkadot (DOT), Kusama (KSM), Cosmos (ATOM), Celo (CELO) and NEAR (NEAR).
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Between Tether, DeFi, and the SEC, Ripple's standing in crypto's top five is in jeopardy (Photo: Pixabay)Is XRP in danger of falling out of the top five cryptocurrencies?
XRP and Cardano’s market caps are now neck and neck, and the embattled altcoin could be demoted further if its market cap is overtaken by another token embraced by decentralized finance, Polkadot
Just a few short months ago, XRP’s market cap meant that its position in the top three cryptocurrencies was secure. Unfortunately, a confluence of factors has plunged the altcoin’s standing into peril.
