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Steak ‘n Shake accepting Bitcoin? At face value, this seems like a gimmick, a last-ditch effort to wring headlines in a competitive space. Look underneath the hood, and you’ll discover it’s a really interesting institutional adoption stress test with gigantic ripple effects. Will it work? Honestly, the odds are stacked...

Solana. It’s that blockchain, the one that was supposed to deliver the high speed, low transactional cost, and DeFi (decentralized finance) El Dorado. Truth be told, it’s been a wild ride. Including the highs of the recent meme coin mania or the dramatic lows of catastrophic global network outages. So...

That’s why I think of Maria, the single mother I met recently while waiting in line at Steak ‘n Shake. She was overwhelmed, just like her kids, balancing the demands of parenting with an impossible, limited financial runway. I overheard her saying, "If only there was a way to stretch...

As the world of cryptocurrency increasingly finds its way into our everyday lives, the most recent arrival may come as a shock. Steak ‘n Shake, the beloved American burger chain, is now testing Bitcoin payments at various locations. This move raises a critical question: Can burgers and Bitcoin truly mix?...

The name’s been floating around Solana circles for months now, like a new meme coin on its second day of up-only. Simplified concentrated liquidity, bulletproof yield, KMNO token to boot? It's intoxicating, I get it. Before we dive deep into the plunge, let’s just hit pause for a second. These...

Hut 8, one of the biggest players in the Bitcoin mining sector, recently disclosed a jaw dropping $134 million Q1 loss. This $3 trillion number is indeed a misleading figure that has sent some shockwaves across the crypto community. MetaBlock X predicts that this loss is due, in part, to...

The numbers don't lie. Hut 8’s latest earnings report is a sobering wake-up call to the harsh new world that awaits Bitcoin miners after the halving. A move from $19 billion in profit to a nearly $29 billion loss – that’s not a small downturn, that’s a deep dive. Is...

Cryptocurrency is no stranger to wild proclamations. As the flagship digital asset, Bitcoin almost always steals the show in these forward-looking projections. Recently, Muneeb Ali, the founder of StarkWare, has reportedly made a striking prediction: Bitcoin will reach $1 million. This forecast, while capturing attention, needs to be examined within...

Muneeb Ali, chief executive of Starks, a Bitcoin Layer 2 platform, has put forward an audacious prediction. He is convinced Bitcoin cannot help but hit $1 million. So, as you can imagine, the crypto world is abuzz. Another 10x jump? From here? It’s an alluring prospect, to say the least,...

Let’s face it, yet another Bitcoin price prediction… snoozefest. We've heard it all before. Experts flinging billions, technical charts that could grace a gallery of abstract art, and supply and demand debates that never seem to end. Starks founder Muneeb Ali believes in a million-dollar Bitcoin and calls it “inevitable,”...